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N100bn Scam: Court discharges Mohammed Abacha

A Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Wednesday, discharged Mohammed Abacha, son of late former Military Head of State ,…

COSON Mourns Kefee

The board, members and management of Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) said it received with shock the news of the…

UN Envoy Vows To Rebuild Chibok Schools 

UN education envoy Gordon Brown on Tuesday pledged that a school from where more than 200 girls were kidnapped by…

Amaechi Tasks Nigerians To Pray For Good Leaders

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has urged Christians to…

Man Dupes 100 Land Buyers

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year old fake land speculator, Muyiwa Akinwande, has confessed to Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court sitting in Lagos State,…

Ekiti Polls: INEC accredits 29 domestic, international observers

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has accredited 29 domestic and international organisations to observe the Ekiti State…

Woman Burns Ex-Lover To Death

Jethro Ibileke/Benin  The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria, have arrested and detained a 35-year-old woman, Esohe…

Spain’s king Juan Carlos quits for son

MADRID(AFP) – Spain’s King Juan Carlos signs an act of abdication Wednesday to end his 39-year reign, as a flag-festooned…

5 dead, 32 missing in Malaysia boat mishap

Thirty-two people were missing on Wednesday and five were confirmed dead after an apparently overloaded boat carrying Indonesian illegal migrants…

Court defers ruling on Atuche, Ojo’s N125bn fraud trial

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed 30 September for ruling on practice direction in the trial of…

Rivers Police Community Relations Committee dissolved

Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Tunde Ogunsakin, has ordered the dissolution of the executive of the Police Community Relations…

Confab: Delegate worries over recommendation implementation

Delegates to the National Conference have recommended measures that would revamp the transportation system in the county for sustainable development,…

Hairdresser arraigned for murder

A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday granted permission to the police to arraign a 29-year old hair dresser,…

PDP, APC, others urged to address gender imbalance

A non-governmental organisation, Women in Politics, on Tuesday urged political parties to address gender imbalance in the hierarchy. Ebere Ifendu,…

EFCC arraigns 2 for defrauding applicants of N2.25m

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned James Onu and Abuchi Nwigwe before the Federal High Court in…

African Union set to readmit Egypt

The African Union is set to readmit Egypt and end it’s nearly year-long suspension from the grouping because of the…

65 Palestinians arrested as Israel search for kidnapped teens

Israeli troops arrested 65 Palestinians overnight, most of whom were freed in a 2011 prisoner swap, as they scoured the…

21 die, 27 wounded in Damaturu bomb attack

Latest reports said no fewer than 21 people have died in the latest bomb attack at a TV viewing centre,…

40 Indians in Iraq missing

Forty Indian employees stranded in violence-hit Iraq are “uncontactable”, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, with a newspaper reporting the construction…

Wife beats husband to death over ex-marital affair

A 79-year old Japanese housewife who allegedly clubbed her husband to death in a row over an affair he had…

Japan prohibits child porn possession

Japan on Wednesday finally fell into line with other developed countries and made the possession of child pornography illegal. The…

US executes man for kidnap, rape, murder

The United States on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma in April, after…

FUT Minna set to graduate 7,842

The Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, would graduate 7,482 students at its 21st, 22nd and 23rd combined convocation ceremonies…

Ogun completes two more bridges

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Governor Ibikunle Amosun led administration in Ogun State has completed two flyover bridges in Abeokuta, the state…

Police charge 12 APC supporters with terrorism

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria, the federal government has slammed…

President Jonathan kicks off Safe School Initiative

President Jonathan has kicked off the Safe School Initiative, a programme designed to build confidence in young Nigerians and their…

Wanted terror suspect arrested, says DHQ

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters on Tuesday claimed that a wanted terror kingpin was among the 486 Boko Haram suspects arrested in…

Edo set to recruit 3,000 into civil service

The Edo government on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to employ no fewer than 3,000 qualified persons into the…

Bomb blast rips viewing centre in Yobe

An explosion has rocked a popular viewing centre in Damaturu, Yobe State, sources claim. The explosion is believed to have…

Jordanian Prince appointed UN human rights official

The United Nations on Tuesday in New York announced the appointment of Jordanian Prince, Zeid al-Hussein, as the new UN…