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Ex-council boss arrested for illegal enrichment

Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Kasimu Lawal Abubakar (a.k.a Abasco), the former Chairman…

Obasanjo, Dangote attend prayers for Saraki

Stephen Oni/Ilorin Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Namadi Sambo, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, and Central Bank Governor, Sanusi…

Curfew in Nigeria’s strife torn town

Officials in Nigeria’s northeast Taraba state on Sunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Ibbi following reported clashes between Christian and…

Jonathan sidesteps questions on 2015

Jamiu Yisa President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is too early for Nigerians to be asking if he will…

Jonathan: No dialogue with Boko Haram

Lanre babalola/New editor President Goodluck Jonathan this evening dispelled reports that his government has started dialogue with the Islamic fundamentalist…

Nigerian lawmaker killed by assassins on auto bike

Gunmen riding on motorcycles have killed a prominent politician in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, officials said Sunday amid a…

Nigeria’s Soyinka pays tribute to Justice Eso

Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Literature laureate, has paid tribute to Justice Kayode Eso, the Nigerian judge who presided over…

Ask Goodluck Jonathan a question via Twitter or SMS

Do you think Nigeria is not working? Do you have a question for President Goodluck Jonathan? This is your chance…

Saudi King undergoes back surgery

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 89, has “successfully” undergone a new operation on his back, the royal cabinet announced Sunday.…

Early results favour Koroma as Sierra Leone tallies the votes

Voting has ended in Sierra Leone and the electoral officials have begun the tallying of votes after a general elections…

Revealed: Soldiers watched as Gen. Shuwa was killed

A relation of General Muhammed Shuwa, who was killed 2 November by gunmen believed to be members of the Boko…

Shocking: Nigerians are turning robbers in UAE !

A gang of eight members, seven of them Nigerians has been arrested by the Sharjah Police in the United Arab…

UCH names geriatric centre after Tony Anenih

Nigeria’s University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has opened a modern Geriatric Diagnostic Centre for the elderly. It was named after…

News Analysis: Nigeria’s Industry of Condolences

By Bayo Onanuga All it takes to switch on Nigeria’s burgeoning industry of paying condolences is for yet another big…

Ahly win record 7th CAF Champions league title

Al Ahly of Egypt won their seventh CAF Champions League title after they defeated Esperance 3-2 on aggregate on Saturday…

Jonathan votes N3b for research in Nigerian varsities

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN In a bid to improve the quality of staffing in the higher institutions and encourage staff development for…

Homosexual lobby mounts pressure on Jonathan

A gay lobby in the United States, All Out, has started a global campaign to collect 100,000 signatures of sympathisers…

Abducted Nigerian businessman freed

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, the Nigerian businessman, popularly known as Aranse-Oluwa, who was kidnapped Sunday by some unidentified…

Jonathan congratulates China’s new leader

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Xi Jinping on his emergence as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China,…

Pathetic story of migrants rushing to South Africa

Fewer than 5% of African migrants now want to reach Europe or America. They’re looking instead to neighbouring countries, or…

Shame: Malaysia arrests 13 Nigerians for fraud

.UK jails one for money laundering Malaysian police authorities have arrested a group of five Nigerians using the country as…

Sierra-Leoneans troop to the polls

Sierra Leoneans cast their votes Saturday in the country’s third poll since the end of a brutal civil war, a…

Minister resigns as 47 kids die in bus-train collision

Forty-seven nursery school children were killed on Saturday when a train ploughed into their bus in the central Egyptian province…

Israel hits Hamas headquarters in Gaza

GAZA CITY (AFP) – Israeli air strikes have hit the cabinet headquarters of Gaza’s Hamas government, the group said early…

Cars… Cars Too Many In EFCC custody

About 400 cars of assorted models are at present in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).…

Justice Eso: Aregbesola declares 3-day mourning

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Nigeria’s State of Osun has in Osogbo declared three days of mourning following the death of…

Patience Jonathan steps out to douse illness rumour

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Patience Faka Jonathan has held court in Abuja, apparently to douse renewed speculations about her health.…

Governor Fashola visits Fela Museum

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday visited the Kalakuta Republic Museum dedicated in memory of late Afrobeat…

Nuclear weapon: Iran ready, says IAEA

VIENNA, (AFP) Iran is ready to boost significantly output at its most controversial nuclear plant, a new UN nuclear agency…

Popular Nigerian lawyer remanded in prison

A Federal High Court sitting in Enugu, eastern Nigeria, has ordered that prominent Enugu Lawyer, Christian Chukwudozie Ebuzoeme be remanded…