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Lead Poisoning Treatment Starts In Zamfara

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tuesday that it had begun treating children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic, after…

Man Remanded For Killing Own Father

A 20-year old man, Ibrahim Sanni Mai-Gunjo, arraigned before a magistrate’s court, Ilorin, Kwara state capital, northcentral Nigeria, for allegedly…

In Picture: Jonathan and the masked woman

What could be going on in the mind of Nigeria’s President Ebele Goodluck Jonathan when shaking hands with this woman?…

Baga Massacre: Jonathan vows action

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday assured Nigerians and members of the international community of the commitment of his…

Amaechi Versus Jonathan

Despite accusations and denials, there is enough circumstantial evidence that the feud between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Rotimi Amaechi…

Targeting Amaechi

Last week’s court ruling on the control of the PDP machinery in Rivers State strips Governor Rotimi Amaechi of his…

Okebukola blames sub-standard education on policies

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The former secretary National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola (OFR) has blamed the falling standard of education…

Ex-ICPC boss, Wali lament deepening corruption in Nigeria

Stephen Oni/ilorin The pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has…

Baga Massacre: Governor orders rebuilding of homes

Government of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Borno on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Works to begin reconstruction of houses…

Nigerian army confirms 30 Boko Haram insurgents killed

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed the death of 30 Boko Haram insurgents in an encounter with a multi-national Joint…

Jonathan seeks Senate confirmation of new board for EFCC

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday forwarded a request for the Senate to confirm the appointment of a new secretary and…

Amosun Flags Off Climate Protection Project

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwestern, Nigeria has declared his government’s readiness to support the initiative…

Judgment day fixed in Nigeria’s battle of first ladies

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Indications emerged Tuesday at an Abuja Court that the negotiated out of court settlement between the…

Hackers spread rumour of ‘Obama injury’ in ‘White House blasts’

Hackers spooked markets Tuesday after breaking into the Associated Press’s Twitter account and falsely reporting President Barack Obama had been…

Ajimobi promises aid to tanker fire victims

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of western Nigerian state of Oyo has promised to assist victims of Monday’s fire incident at Omitowoju…

Nigerian community reports Shell, Agip to UN, wants $1billion

The Paramount Ruler and elders of Nembe Kingdom in Bayelsa, have petitioned the UN over alleged destructive oil exploration activities…

Alleged Forgery: FG trims counts against journalists

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Federal government on Tuesday intensified effort in the trial of Leadership newspapers’ journalists as it…

Soyinka Wins Anisfield-Wolf Award

The 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka on Monday in America, won the Lifetime Achievement award of the…

Ogun Sacks Kara Scavengers’ Colony

The Ogun State Ministry for Physical Planning has demolished the scavengers’ colony in Kara, Ogun State. The makeshift houses built…

Pregnant Tenant Loses Baby To Forceful Eviction

A pregnant woman, Mrs Fatimah Idiris Idoko, has lost her six months pregnancy after her landlord allegedly ejected her family…

2015: Rigging ‘ll Be Impossible —Buhari

Ahead of the 2015 elections, former military head of state, Major General Muhammed Buhari (retd) has warned that no party…

LG Boss, Deputy, 17 Councillors Sacked

The political proxy battle between Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria, and President Goodluck Jonathan took a turn…

Nigerian soldiers restrict access to genocide town of Baga

Rescue workers on Tuesday struggled to reach a remote Nigerian town where the military was restricting access after fierce clashes…

Car bomb at French embassy in Tripoli

A car bomb hit the France embassy in Libya, wounding two French guards and causing extensive damage in the first…

Nigerian leaders need psychiatric tests, says Ganiat Fawehinmi

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Widow of the late Chief Gani Fawehinmi, Mrs. Ganiat, has described political leaders in the country as having…

Guantanamo prisoners on hunger strike

More than half of the men held at the Guantanamo detention camp have joined an escalating hunger strike to protest…

Oshiomhole Warns Igbinedion on ‘elderly rascality’

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Monday sounded a stern warning to 79 year old Chief Gabriel…

APC the storm to sack PDP from power, says Tinubu

Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Governor of Lagos State and National leader, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described…

Houses razed in Ibadan in petrol tanker fire

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN About fifty houses, a mosque, shops, vehicles and other property worth several millions of naira were lost to…

ACN slams PDP over council polls

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Edo State Monday slammed the state chapter of…