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Spain to play Brazil in Confed Cup final

Spain have edged out Italy by penalties to book a dream date with host nation, Brazil at the Confederations Cup…

Police Smash Robbery, Cult Gangs,Parade 10 Suspects

Ten armed robbery suspects were on Thursday paraded before journalists by the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Police Force…

Robbers Strike 5 Days After Informing Residents

Armed robbers who wrote residents of New Oko Oba last Friday telling them to prepare for their visit carried out…

Stop Executing Prisoners, Group Tells Jonathan

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Nigerian government to withdraw the directive  to the 36 states of…

Two Men In Police Net For Buying Blood From Students

Two patent medicine sellers accused of buying blood from students in Agege area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been…

Doctors Begin Warning Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Wednesday embarked on a warning strike over poor funding of residency training…

Bank Staff Arrested For Robbery

Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who allegedly waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7 million…

IG Appoints New Commandant For Police College

The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has approved the appointment of Malam Yahaya Garba, a Commissioner of Police,…

FG Urged To Support Drug War

The Federal Government should support the war against drug trafficking in Nigeria by providing more funding for the National Drug…

NDLEA Arrests 194 Suspected Drug Offenders

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 194 drug suspects and confiscated 23.6 kilogrammes of cannabis and other…

Portugal Hit By General Strike

Public transport crawled to a standstill in Portugal on Thursday as unions staged their fourth general strike in two years…

Obama begins African tour in Senegal

Barack Obama launched a long awaited week-long Africa tour in Senegal on Wednesday, aiming to fulfil neglected expectations for his…

Machine keeps Mandela alive

Anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela is on life support, unable to breathe on his own, an elder in the South African…

N5.2B Fraud: Court Frees Elumelu, Ugbane

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of an Abuja High Court on Wednesday, quashed a 62 count charge brought…

Aspirin mixed with another drug to tackle stroke

A clinical trial in China has shown that aspirin combined with a drug used to prevent blood clots is better…

Federer, Hewitt, Sharapova crash out on Black Wednesday

Defending champion Roger Federer followed other notable big guns in world tennis when he crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.…

Bank staff arrested for robbery

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7…

3 Hezbollah-linked Lebanese charged with terrorism

Nigeria on Wednesday charged three Lebanese allegedly linked to the militant Shiite movement Hezbollah with terrorism related offences. Five Lebanese…

8 Arrested At Fake Cement Factory

The Nigerian Army Wednesday disclosed that eight persons have been arrested at a fake cement factory in Ewekoro town in…

Robbers Raid Hotel For Dollars

Unidentified gunmen on Monday struck at a popular hotel in Ajao Estate, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, and carted away millions…

How I Esaped From Prison —Re-Arrested Suspect

A former militant leader turned suspected kidnapper, has opened up on how he escaped from Oko Prison custody. The suspect,…

Reps Member Decries Persecution Of Fani-Kayode

Executive Chairman, House Committee on Human Rights, Rotimi Makinde representing Ife Central Constituency in the House of Representatives, has condemned…

The Highway Of Death

Nigerians are not finding it easy on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway writes EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The refusal of both the Federal Government…

Australian PM ousted in party vote

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia’s former leader Kevin Rudd ousted Prime Minister Julia Gillard as Labor chief in a dramatic internal…

Archbishop prays for Mandela’s peaceful end

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s close family on Tuesday gathered to hear a sombre prayer wishing the anti-apartheid icon a…

Tinubu commissions Mokola Flyover Bridge, 2 others

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The sprawling city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, literally stood still on Tuesday, as dignitaries trooped in…

Amaechi vows to lead protest against Police chief, FG

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has vowed that he is just waiting for an…

Politician charged with rape of minor

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria’s central state of Kwara, has ordered the remand in prison of…

UK envoy: No final decision on visa bond for Nigerians

The British High Commissioner in Nigeria has thrown more light on the controversial 3000 pounds bond being proposed as a…

Gen. Useni, ex-Abuja minister faces trial for graft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Thirteen years after he was first docked before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on an alleged…