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A Deadly Highway

With its deplorable state, the Calabar-Ogoja highway in Cross River State may well be Nigeria’s worst road The two men…

Government Not Doing Enough To Tackle Youth Unemployment

Ibrahim Abdullahi was senate president of the Children Parliament, Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure,…

Boko Haram strikes terror at night, kill 10

Like a thief in the night, suspected Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10…

Nigeria hosts Pan African Parliamentary confab

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A conference to be organized by Pan-African Parliament on African governance platform and promotion of African Union…

Delta state closes camps for flood victims

Nigeria’s Delta state government has closed all camps opened to cater for the recent flood-ravaged victims in the state, Dr…

Sokoto Sultan urges Nigeria to tackle insecurity

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar over the weekend warned that Nigeria’s development will continue to…

Zuma’s $28m expensive country home ignites row

South Africa’s opposition on Sunday called on the state ombudsman to widen a probe into controversial $28 million upgrades at…

Legal trouble for Oyedepo over kindergarten’s death

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The General Overseer of Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has been asked to pay N2 billion within 14…

Nigerian pastors dismiss Doomsday prediction

Simon Ateba Two Nigerian pastors have dismissed the fears that the World will come to an end on 21 December…

Palestinians celebrate new UN status

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories(AFP) – Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas returned to the West Bank on Sunday after winning upgraded UN status…

And Miss ECOWAS 2012 is…

Mariam Diallo (C) of Guinea poses after being crowned Miss ECOWAS (Cedeao) 2012 with first runner-up Jirzah Ellen Evora (L)…

Nigeria: Boko Haram militants burn churches, border posts

It was not going to be another violence free Sunday in Nigeria as suspected members of the Islamist extremist group…

Emeka Ojukwu’s Will Fake, says first son

The first son of late Biafran leader Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has alleged that the will presented by Barrister Onyekwelu on Friday…

Will the World end on 21 December?

By Our Reporter Nineteen days away, hysteria over the fate of our planet Earth on 21 December this year has…

Bombs: 2 Senior army officers kicked out of Jaji

Almost a week after an embarrassing twin suicide bombing of a military church in Jaji, Kaduna state, Nigeria’s military high…

7 injured as fire guts 3-storey building in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga No fewer than seven persons ustained serious injuries today when fire razed a three-storey residential building on Lagos…

$500m spent by Nigerian students in EU, US

The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVC), said on Saturday that Nigerians spend an average of $500 million…

Congo rebels withdraw from Goma

Rebels in the volatile east of the Democratic Republic of Congo pulled out Saturday from the mining hub of Goma,…

Nigerian pregnant woman denied care because of $150

A pregnant Nigerian lady has died because doctors in Port Harcourt insisted the husband must pay N20,000, less than $150,…

January date set for election of PDP BOT chair

The Chairman of the PDP’s Board of Trustees (BOT) would be elected on 8 January next year. This is official.…

Okolo wins Miss University Nigeria pageant

Miss Winfrey Okolo, a student of the University of Benin, has won the 2012 Miss University Nigeria (MUN) beauty pageant,…

15 million Nigerians suffer from asthma, TB

Professor Greg Erhosa, the National President of Nigerian Thoracic Society, revealed today that no fewer than 15 million Nigerians are…

Low turn out mars Kaduna council poll

Delay in the distribution of materials and low turn-out of voters marked the commencement of Saturday’s local government elections in…

In South Africa, Blacks killing Blacks for political posts

OSHABENI, South Africa — It was, by all accounts, an ordinary small-town political meeting. The leaders of the local branch…

EFCC: No court order to stop Babalakin’s trial

Contrary to reports by a section of the media, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has not…

Ojukwu and Bianca: The secret not shared

Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the former Biafran leader who died early this year, showed great love to his wife, Bianca, now…

Jonathan condoles Buhari on his late daughter

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with former Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) on the death of his…

Ex-IMF chief settles with rape victim in New York

Dominique Strauss Khan, the disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief, has reached a settlement with New York hotel maid…

Israel kills Palestinian joy by new home plans

Israel revealed plans on Friday to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to…

Plateau workers unions give Jang ultimatum

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have issued a 10-day ultimatum to Plateau state Government…