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2 persons die as ancient wall collapses in Bauchi

A two century old high mud wall has collapsed after a heavy downpour in Bauchi, North western Nigeria, killing two…

5 Boko Haram suspects killed in attack on troops

The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) said on Saturday that it killed five suspected terrorists after…

Go to court, Governor Amaechi tells ASUU

Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Nigeria’s oil-rich Rivers State in Berlin on Saturday called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities…

2 Children Drown In Minna

Musa Aliyu/Minna Two children, Basiru and Mustafa Muhammed Kudu of same parents drowned Saturday in Minna, Niger state capital, northcentral…

Cocaine hidden in roasted chicken

Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend arrested a man in connection with…

Angolans wait for poll results

Electoral officials Saturday were tallying the ballots in Angola’s third polls since independence in 1975, with the first results expected…

Jonathan to attend Ethiopia’s Zenawi burial

President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja Saturday for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to attend the burial of the country’s late…

Bayelsa injects taxis to replace motor cycles

Nigeria’s Bayelsa state government has injected 300 ‘ restoration city cabs’ to replace motor cycles as a means of transportation…

29 die as 2 speeding buses collide

Two speeding buses on Friday collided head-on and burst into flames killing at least 29 people and injuring 16 others…

Fire: LUTH relocates patients

The management of Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Friday said alternative arrangements have been made for patients seeking care…

Despite churches and mosques, beer sales rising

Beer sales in Africa are surging because of economic and population growth, a trend rubbing against the grain of another…

Police rescue abducted baby

The Imo State Police Command on Friday said that it had rescued a nine-month-old baby boy from suspected traffickers in…

NBA slams CBN over N5,000 currency

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Friday slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, over the…

Oyerinde’s murder: Benin court remands Ugolor in prison

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Environmental rights activist, Rev. David Ugolor and nine others were on Friday arraigned at an Oredo Magistrate court…

Taliban releases video of severed heads of Pakistani soldiers

Pakistani Taliban released a video showing what appeared to be the severed heads of a dozen soldiers on Friday as…

Ivory Coast jails ex-leader Gbagbo’s deputy

A top leader of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo’s party was sentenced to six months in jail on Friday…

Traffic Law: We’re Ready, Say Police

The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, say they are battle-ready to enforce the new road traffic law, which has…

Student Arrested With Pistol, 82 Bullets

Men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested a self-acclaimed undergraduate of a university in the…

125 Harvard Students Face Probe For Cheating

Some 125 Harvard University students are being investigated for cheating after school officials discovered they may have shared answers or…

Contracts: Oyinlola Faces Probe

Former Osun State governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola and 69 others are to appear on Monday before a panel of inquiry set…

Funeral Boss Docked For Battering Journalist

The Funeral Director, POS Funeral Services, Bayo Ogunsola, was today arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s court for allegedly assaulting a …

Joy Petroleum: Directors Dismiss Petition Against Saraki

Mrs. Preye Obahor, wife of Matthew Obahor, deceased aide of Senator Bukola Saraki, has dissociated herself and other directors of…

Ebute Metta Gang War Claims 2

At least two persons were feared dead and several others injured as hoodlums invaded some streets in Ebute-Meta, Lagos State,…

36 Jailed For Flouting Edo Traffic Law

At least 36 persons have been convicted by the Ikpoba-Okha and Oredo Mobile Magistrate’s courts in Edo State, southsouth Nigeria,…

‘New N5000 Note’ll Fuel Inflation’

A member of the House of Representatives, Kehinde Odeneye, representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency, has disclosed that the plan by…

PDP’s Riot Act And Fear Of 2015

As 2015 draws near, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be fighting the battle of a lifetime as fear…

Corruption: Buhari, IBB Wash Dirty Linen In Public

A war of words is brewing between former Heads of State, Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida, over who ran the…

PDP BOT: My Resignation In Africa’s Interest —OBJ

Ex-President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that his resignation as the Chairman Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party,…

Nigeria Sitting On Keg Of Gun Powder

Coordinator, Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, United States of America, USA chapter, Taiwo Oladotun Ogunleye, in this interview with Political Platform,…

Lekki LCDA Gives Security Priority

The Lekki Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has pledged to give security of lives and property…