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Police Shoot SUV Snatcher

Barely two weeks after the police at Dopemu Police Station in Lagos,  southwest Nigeria, smashed a five-man robbery gang at…

APC Targets Registering 2.5m Members In Lagos

The All Progressives Congress, APC, says it is targeting 2.5 million members during it registration exercise in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…

6 Teenage Students Face Trial Over Cult Membership

The Ekiti Police Command on Wednesday arraigned six teenagers in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for belonging to a secret cult.…

Canada’s Alice Munro new Nobel Literature laureate

Canada’s Alice Munro won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her short stories that focus on the frailties of…

Libyan PM freed by abductors

Gunmen who seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli Thursday and held him for several hours have freed him,…

Amosun gives cash gift to Ogun pilgrims in Mecca

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has given each pilgrim from the state in Saudi Arabia…

Lagos Climate to change in 2029, with dire consequences

The climate of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as we know it today, with marked seasons for wet and dry months,…

Ghana bans Boko Haram film

A vicious would-be suicide bomber is heading for Nigeria’s vast metropolis of Lagos and only a down-on-her-luck prostitute can stop…

Gunmen kidnap Libyan Prime Minister

An armed group has kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. He was kidnapped at dawn on Thursday and taken to…

Nigeria probes Guinea Bissau attack against citizens

Nigeria is investigating attacks on its embassy in Guinea Bissau and the death of some of its citizens during the…

Solomon Lar, political veteran dies

The founding chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar has passed away. An announcement by the government of…

Jonathan goes for medical check up—in Aso Villa!

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday took some time off the weekly meeting of…

Gambia accuses US, UK of coup plots

Gambia has accused the United States and Britain of fomenting multiple coup attempts in the tiny West African country and…

Police probe Mandela’s grandson over gun violation

One of Nelson Mandela’s grandsons is being investigated on suspicion of pointing a gun at another man during an argument,…

Oshiomhole to councils: Stop blocking roads for tax

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo has warned councils in the state to desist from illegal…

Ram Sellers Lament Effects Of Insecurity

Some ram sellers in Lagos on Wednesday said that security challenges in northern part of the country and high cost…

Nasarawa postpones council polls

The Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) in Nasarawa State on Wednesday announced the indefinite postponement of local government election in the…

Nasarawa SUBEB Uncovers N24.4m Fraud

Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NASUBEB), on Wednesday said it had uncovered over N24.4 million fraud in the payment…

Police Detain Corporal Over Murder Of Graduate

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the detention of one of its personnel, a Police Corporal, accused of killing…

ICPC Seizes 100 Houses In Abuja

The Independent Corrupt Practises and Allied Offences Commission (ICPC) said on Wednesday that it had seized more than 100 houses…

Plateau Assembly Speaker Quits

The Speaker of the House of Assembly in the Nigerian central state of Plateau, Mr John Dabwan, has resigned. He…

Nigerian troops avert plot to bomb Kano, raid Boko Haramcamps

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Wednesday uncovered plots by terrorists to carry out…

Saudi women challenge driving ban

Women members of Saudi Arabia’s influential Shoura Council, which advises King Abdullah, have proposed allowing women to drive, challenging a…

Tade Ipadeola Wins 2013 NLNG Prize For Literature

Tade Ipadeola, poet, lawyer and author of The Sahara Testament, has won this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature. The price…

Awolowo Foundation Backs National Confab

The Obafemi Awolowo Foundation, Monday, in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, backed President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for convocation of a national conference…

Another Plane Crash Survivor Dies

One of the remaining six survivors of last Thursday’s plane crash has died, an official at the Nigerian Civil Aviation…

AU may ask ICC defer trial of Kenyan leaders

African Union chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has asked U.N. Security Council envoys how they might react if asked to defer the…

Ngige Storms Lagos Tomorrow

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Anambra State, Senator  Chris Ngige, is expected in Lagos tomorrow in continuation…

Malaria vaccine: African experts sue for caution

Experts in Africa, the continent worst-hit by malaria, reacted with optimism but also caution to news that the first vaccine…

4 Families Battle Ashimolowo Over Epe Land

Four chieftaincy family members of Offiran Village and Aiyeteju Village along Lagos-Epe Expressway, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have commenced committal…