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Court frees monarch accused of raping corps member

A Nigerian court has discharged and acquitted the traditional ruler of Ilowa Ijesa, in the western Nigerian state of Osun,…

Man Jailed 10yrs. Over N35m Scam

An FCT High Court in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Tuesday sentenced Joseph Morah, 52, to 10 years imprisonment for obtaining…

I Caught My Hubby In Our Neighbour’s Room, Wife Tells Court

A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Omolabake Bashorun, on Tuesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught her husband…

Lagos gives conditions to release detained rams

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit says it will release the 65 rams…

Jonathan mulls special funds for medical facilities

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Tuesday in Abuja that the Federal Government will fully explore the option of creating a…

Speeding car kills man in Lagos

A man has been crushed to death by a hit and run driver on the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…

9 Killed In Road Crash

The Katsina State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday confirmed the death of nine persons in…

Breaking news: 3 Nigerians lynched in G/Bissau for child kidnapping

A Lynch-mob has killed three Nigerians in Guinea Bissau. They were accused of child kidnap in Bissau, the capital and…

Nigeria drops charges against Russian sailors

A Nigerian court on Tuesday dismissed charges against the 19 remaining Russians who had been accused in an illegal arms…

Lord’s Chosen Church Hq Shut

The Lagos State Government has shut down the headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa…

Armed Youths On The Rampage

At least 15 armed youths from Igbokusu community in Eti-Osa Local Government, Lagos State, southern Nigeria, went on the rampage…

Cable Car, Train Service Ready Soon —Fashola

The long awaited cable car project is on the verge of completion, says Governor Babatunde Fashola, but he did not…

Higgs, Englert win Nobel Physics Prize

STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Peter Higgs of Britain and Francois Englert of Belgium won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday…

Woman, 57, Delivers Twins 31 Years After Marriage

A 57 year-old teacher, Mrs Anike Ajayi, on Monday gave birth to twins after 31 years of childlessness in Ekiti.…

UI breaches ASUU strike, conducts examinations

At the University of Ibadan, the strike action by by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which began Monday 1…

Malaria vaccine coming

British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline will seek marketing approval for the world’s first malaria vaccine next year after trial data showed the…

UK court to restart $145m Ibori asset-confiscation case

Hearing in the case of confiscation of 90 million pounds (about 145 million dollars) worth of assets belonging to ex-gov.…

Annan warns Africa not to quit ICC

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan said Monday it would be a “badge of shame” for Africa if its leaders voted…

Ajimobi wants states take lion share of Nigeria’s revenue

Governor Abiola Ajimobi, of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has condemned the current fiscal structure which favours the Federal…

Delta senate poll test for INEC, says Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of the southern Nigerian state of Edo said Saturday’s Delta Central Senatorial election is another test for…

8,000 fake workers on Abia state payroll

The Head of Service (HOS), of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia, Mr Godson Adiele, said on Monday that at…

N2.3t debt: Nigerian Governors puncture NNPC denial

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has come down hard on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for denying claims…

‘New PDP’ Governors, Jonathan postpone peace talks

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, and the Baraje-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party agreed on Monday to reschedule a meeting…

District head arrested for robbery, rape

The Police Command in northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara on Monday arrested the Acting District Head of Keta Village in…

Lagos detains dozens of rams, owners appeal for release

Officials of the the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit have confiscated dozens of rams on display for…

Kabiru Sokoto: Judgement Day Fixed

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Trial of suspected mastermind of the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in…

Zuma Invokes Wrath Of God

President Jacob Zuma, who has been under sustained attack from young politicians like Julius Malema and Lindiwe Mazibuko, says those…

Akpabio sacks 3 commissioners

Governor Godswill Akpabio of the eastern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has dropped three commissioners and a special adviser in…

Britain launches new anti-crime agency, just like FBI

Britain’s new FBI-style crime-fighting agency was launched Monday with a threat to hit the country’s most “horrible” criminals with a…

Insight on body’s cell system earns 3 scientists Nobel Prize

A trio of US and German scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for pioneering work on the…