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Former Miss Nigeria, Helen Is Dead

Former Miss Nigeria Helen Anyamelune is dead. Aged 75, Anyamelune who reigned as Miss Nigeria in 1958, died in her…

Man Recovers From Mental Illness

Okorie Nwankwo, a native of Bende in Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, has been miraculously healed of a 17-year old insanity.…

Police Deny Arrest Of Female Kidnapper

The DPO of Oke-Odo Police Station, Akin Omoolaoye has denied that his men arrested a female kidnapper as claimed by…

Ethiopia gives burial date for Meles Zenawi

Ethiopia will hold the funeral of late prime minister Meles Zenawi on September 2, officials said Thursday, without giving further…

Nigeria: Clergy urges probe of lady’s brutal killing

The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a…

Businessman, Company Docked For Evading Customs Duty

A federal high court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 26 October this year, the criminal charges of evading…

Boko Haram threatens media, denies peace talks

Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has debunked stories that its representatives are holding peace talks with the government and threatened to…

Man bites snake to death in revenge

Newsmen like defining news by the absurdity of a man biting a dog, instead of the more commonplace, dog biting…

Seif al-Islam Gaddafi for trial next month

Slain Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi’s son, Seif al-Islam will go on trial in September in the town of Zintan where…

Atiku sets record, gives $750k to US peace corps

The United States National Peace Corps Association, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization supporting Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and the Peace…

Egypt court remands editor in jail

An Egyptian court remanded editor Islam Afifi in custody on Thursday as he went on trial on charges of spreading…

Tinubu: The Opposition and Nigeria’s Challenges

Text of the speech by Nigeria’s opposition leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, delivered Wednesday at the Woodrow Wilson Centre, WASHINGTON,…

402 radio, TV stations licensed in Nigeria

The Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Yomi Bolarinwa, on Wednesday in Sokoto said the commission had in…

Many Nigerian governors absent at forum

Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) on Wednesday in Abuja ended without the usual media briefing by its Chairman, Gov. Rotimi Amaechi…

Magistrates begin strike in Nasarawa

Magistrate courts in Lafia and other towns in Nasarawa State were shut down on Wednesday as the state’s chapter of…

Tribunal nullifies Offa council poll

The Local Government Elections Petitions Tribunal sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday nullified the re-run chairmanship election conducted in Offa Local…

Oil Money: Jonathan warns governors over sharing formula

The Presidency on Wednesday said it viewed with great grave concern what it described as “the current attempt by some…

Nigeria exposes 25 oil companies and their loots

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Bureau Chief The Nigerian government under blackmail and pressure by oil importers and unions went for broke Wednesday,…

Sacked Imo Council Chairmen Get Court’s Nod

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled chairmen of 27 local government councils in Imo state, South Eastern Nigeria, who were recently…

Adamawa least developed Nigerian state

Nigeria’s Adamawa State, home of Nigeria’s former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, ranks lowest on the country’s human development index in education,…

Killer of S/Africa’s racist leader jailed for life

A South African farmworker was jailed for life Wednesday for killing the country’s white supremacist Eugene Terre’Blanche, two years after…

Good Samaritan jailed for catching a ‘thief’

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, Nigeria on Wednesday sentenced an employee of Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Fasasi,…

Facebook Tragedy: How We Killed The General’s Daughter —Suspects

Two murder suspects who were paraded today by the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu…

Illegal Road Blocks: 8 Mobile Cops Arrested

Eight mobile policemen were on Tuesday arrested at various points between Akwa Ibom and Cross River states by a team…

Dead Baby Found

Residents of Benson Estate, Owutu, along Lagos-Ikorodu Expressway woke up Tuesday  to see the corpse of a newly born baby…

‘How Nigeria Can Tackle Sickle Cell Disorder’

Nigeria can greatly reduce its Sickle Cell prevalence with increased public enlightenment, a minister’s aide, Dr. Olukayode Oyeleye said at…

16 Robbery Suspects Held

At least 16 suspected members of two armed robbery gangs identified as ‘O Strong’ and Get Ready that have been…

Kumuyi: ‘Fear Not Boko Haram’

In the wake of attacks on churches in the country by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, the General Superintendent of…

Burglars Return Stolen Items 2 Days After

Like they say, wonders shall never end. Such was the case on 19 August, 2012, a day set aside by…

Fake US Embassy Worker Held

An unrepentant suspect, who operates in Enugu and Lagos, defrauding persons intending to travel to United States of America has…