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Contract Scam Rocks Nigeria Police

A mullti-billion naira contract scam is currently rocking the FCT Police Command where the head of the Payroll Office is…

Senate bye election: PDP blasts APC, says Poll credible

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday in Abuja, the Nigerian capital said the Delta Central senatorial bye-election was free,…

Nigeria’s opposition parties reject senate bye-election result

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The declaration of Mr. Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator-elect in last Saturday’s…

Tinubu: Why I oppose National Confab now

Nigeria’s opposition leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu argues here that the proposed National Conference is too critical to be left…

Police Boss Orders Tight Security During Sallah

As Muslim faithful in Nigeria mark the 2013 Eid-el Kabir, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered tight security…

Argentine president has brain surgery to remove blood clot

Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner was ordered discharged from a Buenos Aires hospital Sunday, five days after undergoing surgery to remove…

Opinion: Jonathan’s national conference a ruse

THE PROPOSED NATIONAL CONFERENCE IS PRESIDENT JONATHAN’S PERFECT RUSE. DON’T BE FOOLED! Any conference that falls short of allowing the…

Another aviation scare: Nigerian passengers disembark on runway

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent An IRS Airline plane, on Sunday, had to disembark 89 passengers right on the runway in the…

Stampede at Indian temple kills over 60

A stampede on a bridge outside a Hindu temple killed at least 60 people in India Sunday and dozens more…

Brazil World Cup: Emenike’s brace boosts Nigeria’s chances

ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE The Super Eagles of Nigeria Sunday evening moved a step closer to the Brazil 2014 World Cup after…

Delta senate election a sham, says APC

Although the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the PDP candidate winner of the Delta Central senatorial election, which held…

PDP’s Aguariavwodo declared winner of Delta Senate seat

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Emmanuel Aguariavwodo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the…

Muslim pilgrims begin annual hajj

Some two million pilgrims poured out of the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj,…

World Bank: 400 million children live in extreme poverty

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE/Agency Report The World Bank has said that though the number of people living in extreme poverty around the…

2 Nigerian journalists win CNN awards

Bamidele Johnson/Johannesburg Oluwatoyosi Ogunseye, editor of The Punch on Sunday, and Tolu Ogunlesi, a freelancer, were among the winners at…

Williams succeeds Ogunlewe as Lagos Head of service

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of Mrs. Josephine Oluseyi Williams as the 17th…

Like Nigeria, Facebook-linked murders in Guatemala

A court in Guatemala sentenced two men to 200 years in prison each for murdering two teenagers they contacted via…

Adamawa Governor’s Lodge in Abuja sealed off

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The FCT Administration in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja on Saturday sealed off the Adamawa state Governor’s…

Police foil robbery attempt in Iseyin

The Nigerian police on Saturday foiled a robbery attack on a commercial bank on Oluwole road in Iseyin, in the…

Apathy, poor logistics mar Delta Central Bye-election

JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri Voter apathy, low turn out of voters, late arrival of voting materials in some places, marred the Delta…

African leaders want ICC stop trial of Kenya leaders

African nations on Saturday urged the International Criminal Court to defer the crimes against humanity trials of Kenya’s leadership as…

SSANU returns to work

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has announced the suspension of its week-long strike. The suspension of the…

Delta senate election: APC accuses PDP of intimidation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of using security agents to intimidate voters while preventing voting materials…

ICPC arrests 17 fake corps members

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested seventeen fake Youth Corp Members at the NYSC…

Olawale Ojo: ASUU Made Me Take Part In Project Fame

Olawale Ayodele Ojo, winner of the MTN Project Fame (Season 6), tells BAYO ADETU about his experience in the competition…

Erelu Fayemi celebrates with books

GBENRO ADESINA/ADO-EKITI Notable people in and outside Nigeria today gathered at Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State to shower encomiums on…

TV Drama: Long-lost ‘Doctor Who’ episodes found in Nigeria

Nine missing episodes of the cult BBC science fiction drama “Doctor Who” have been found in a television station storeroom…

Father, uncle of Cross River deputy governor kidnapped

The Nigerian police has confirmed the abduction of Etubom Essien Cobham, the father of the deputy governor of Cross River…

N77m Fraud: Ex-Oyo Commissioner Gets N10m Bail

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, granted a N10 million bail to Kazeem Adedeji, a former…

26 Sex Workers Get Service Sentence

The Special Offences Court, Alausa, Ikeja,  on Thursday sentenced 26 commercial sex workers to six-hour community service each for soliciting…