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Olamilekan: Reps Don’t Trust President Jonathan

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts, Adeola Solomon Olamilekan, tells EROMOSELE EBHOMELE why the House does…

Awujale: I Don’t Fear Death

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta One of Nigeria’s leading monarchs, the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has once again lambasted…

Olunloyo: Why I joined the ACN

Dr. Victor Olunloyo, the former governor of western Nigeria’s Oyo State and former member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…

Mandela bounces back

Nelson Mandela has “recovered” from recent surgery and a lung infection, a health scare that had put South Africa on…

Ghana’s leader, Mahama to be sworn in today

Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama will be sworn into office today following last month’s polls. But the ceremony will be…

Jonathan urges church mould Nigerian character

President Gooodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Sunday advised the Church to champion the course of nation building through character moulding…

Father unveils identity of Delhi gang-rape victim

Badri Singh Pandey, t he father of the New Delhi gang-rape victim has revealed his daughter’s identity to a British…

Work stops on Asaba drainage project

Construction work has stopped on the multi-million Naira drainage project, in Asaba, the capital of Nigeria’s Delta state. The contract…

Lagos PDP denies endorsing Obanikoro

Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State on Sunday denied endorsing, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, as its governorship candidate for…

Official: 400 South African soldiers sent to Bangui

South Africa has authorised the sending of 400 soldiers to Central African Republic (CAR) where government and regional troops are…

South African soldiers in CAR to protect capital

At least 200 South African soldiers have arrived in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, to try to secure…

News Analysis: Nigeria’s byzantine drug problems

President Jonathan will need to declare an emergency to deal with the country’s drug epidemic, writes Bayo Onanuga Nigeria’s anti-drug…

Sexual orgy at embassy sacks envoy

The Honduran ambassador to Colombia was forced to resign Saturday after his bodyguard reportedly held a Christmas party with prostitutes…

Okorocha’s daughter marries his commissioner

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, has given out his first daughter, Uloma away in marriage to…

Bandits massacre 7 Nigerian villagers

Bandits raided three villages in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Saturday, leaving seven people dead and seven in hospital, an…

Oshiomhole sacks another permanent secretary

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has ordered the immediate retirement of Mr Alhassan Ikeloa, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…

Aregbesola unveils symbol of Yoruba culture

Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s state of Osun on Saturday in Ile-Ife unveiled an Ife ancestral monument, popularly called Ori-olokun,…

Sunny Ade’s ex-guitarist, Fatoke Caught with Cocaine

Simon Ateba/Lagos Fatoke Abiodun, Nigeria’s veteran guitarist, who played alongside legendary musician, King Sunny Ade for three decades, has been…

Giant tuna sells for $1.8million

A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year’s first auction at Japan’s Tsukiji fish market…

Fire razes Abuja flats

A block of four flats located along Demonstration Road in Gwagwalada, a satellite town in the Niegria’s Federal Capital Territory…

Anenih, NPA chair dubs criticisms as mischief

Chief Tony Anenih, recently appointed chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority has urged his fans to ignore the barrage of criticisms…

Olunloyo abandoned by PDP, alleges chieftain

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan A chieftain of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dejo Raimi has blamed his party for being…

Nigeria’s lessons: The teacher using Twitter kill celebrities

Nigeria’s legacy media and social media users should learn from this interview: the internet is full of pranksters, who can…

Boyfriend of Delhi rape victim speaks

NEW DELHI (AFP) – The boyfriend of a young Indian student whose gang-rape and murder sparked nationwide fury has recounted…

Photo News: In Japan, A Sea Lion Paints

AFP Photo Sea lion “Jay” paints a Chinese character reading “the Serpent” at the Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium in Yokohama,…

PPMC manager abducted in Port Harcourt

Nigeria’s Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed the abduction of a senior staff of the Pipelines, Products Marketing Company,…

In Pictures: Nollywood Komolafe’s Final Exit

It was an emotional farewell in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state in western Nigeria, as popular Nollywood actress, Bisi Komolafe…

8 arrested over internet scam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two undergraduate internet stammers and six other fraudsters at the upscale 1004…

Hyundai paid N30m ransom to Nigerian abductors

The alleged ringleader of a Nigerian kidnap gang said that Hyundai Heavy Industries paid nearly $200,000 in ransom to free…

Church of England endorses gay bishops

The Church of England has dropped its opposition to gay clergymen in civil partnerships becoming bishops, it confirmed Friday. The…