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Mandela, still critically ill, discharged from hospital

South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela has been discharged from the Pretoria Hospital, where he was admitted for over 80…

Family pleads for the release of stowaway teenager

The family members of 13-year old Nigerian stowaway boy, who flew from Benin to Lagos inside the wheel compartment of…

The many dramatic scenes at PDP convention

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP convention held on Saturday to elect candidates into 17 vacant positions in the…

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kill 38 in Nigeria

At least 38 people have been killed in weekend attacks in Nigeria by suspected Boko Haram insurgents, and another 34…

Secondus emerges Vice-Chairman of PDP faction

Mr Uche Secondus has emerged as Deputy National Chairman of the second faction of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP),…

Ex-convict Ezeemo to battle Ngige for APC ticket

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has nullified the disqualification of Mr. Godwin Ezeemo from contesting for the party’s ticket to…

PDM praises members of new PDP faction for courage

Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM, linked with former vice-president Atiku Abubakar today saluted “the bravery and statesmanship” of the dissenting…

Why we floated a new PDP, says Baraje

Chairman of the new faction of Nigeria’s ruling PDP, Abubakar Kawu Baraje in a speech at the mini-convention of the…

PDP splits into two, Baraje heads faction

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party that touts itself as Africa’s biggest party split down the middle today after eight governors…

Motorcyclist on the rampage in Ikorodu again

Damilare Okunola Motorcyclists, popularly called ‘okada riders’ ensured that motorists and residents of Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos, South western…

Teenager murdered in father’s home

A Nigerian teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, has been murdered by unidentified assailants at his father’s house in Akure. The deceased…

Syria: UN experts scurry out as US strikes imminent

DAMASCUS (AFP) – UN experts probing a suspected chemical weapons attack quit Syria on Saturday, opening a window into a…

Woman kills husband and cooks body

A woman in eastern China murdered her husband and boiled the corpse to cover her tracks after he abused her…

Anger against Nigeria after embassy in Canada shut

Nigerians in Canada who visited the Nigeria High Commission in Ottawa Canada 23 August were disappointed when they got there…

Project Fame: All Contestants On Probation

As Ayoka becomes the fifth contestant to be eliminated from the on-going MTN Project Fame West Africa (season 6), the…

Black Jesus Killed

An infamous cult leader known as “Black Jesus”, who was suspected of cannibalism, has been chopped to death in a…

Danfo Driver Batters Commandant

A Commandant of  Nigeria Peace Corps, Mr. Ola Merotiwon, was battered by a commuter bus (danfo) driver while attempting to…

I Didn’t Have Sex In BBA House —Beverly

Beverly Osu, one of Nigeria’s representatives at the just concluded Big Brother The Chase, has said that contrary to the…

Tribunal Orders Fresh Census In 14 Lagos LGs

The National Census Tribunal, sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital has ordered fresh census in 14 Local Government Areas in Lagos…

Nurse Who Set Girl Ablaze Sent To Kirikiri Prison

Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has ordered that Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, the nurse who allegedly set an 11-year…

Jonathan Has Failed —Mrs Fawehinmi

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has failed Nigeria and should be defeated in 2015, and his wife, Patience, has made things…

Heavy Security Ahead Of PDP’s Convention

Hundreds of well armed policemen have been deployed around Eagle Square, Abuja the venue of tomorrow’s mini convention of Peoples…

EFCC declares 3 aides of ex-governor Nnamani wanted

Following the arrest warrant issued by Justice M. N. Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s Economic and…

PDP slams suspension on Andy Uba

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja The national secretariat of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP on Thursday suspended former presidential aide and a…

Mahama stays as president, Ghana court rules

Ghana’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld President John Dramani Mahama’s win in elections last year, dismissing the opposition’s case alleging…

Why Nigerian varsity students rush to Ghana—Okojie

The Executive Secretary, Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Julius Okojie, has attributed the rush by Nigerians to study in…

ACF joins call for Odimegwu’s sack

Northern Nigeria’s Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), on Thursday urged the Federal Government not to allow the Chairman of National Population…

Taraba House declares Suntai unfit, urges return to US for rehab

Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa has told Governor Danbaba Suntai to return to the United States…

Amaechi’s loyalists snub PDP convention

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Loyalists of Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, have announced a boycott of the 31 August national convention of…

Scientists Grow ‘Mini Human Brains’

Scientists have grown the first mini human brains in a laboratory and say their success could lead to new levels…