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France: Sarkozy beaten by Socialist Challenger

Socialist challenger Francois Hollande stamped his authority on the French presidential race Sunday, beating Nicolas Sarkozy in the first round…

Pope honours Oyo, boss of Nigeria’s news agency

Mrs Oluremi Oyo, the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), is now a ‘Dame’ of the Catholic…

Nigeria’s rising debt worries opposition party

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has decried the country’s rising external debt, saying it negates everything the Federal Government…

Iran clones America’s drone

An Iranian military commander today said the Islamic republic is building a copy of a US spy drone captured in…

Turnout High in French Presidential poll

Millions of French voters turned out Sunday for the first round of a presidential poll that is expected to see…

In Pictures: Tambuwal visits Governor Aregbesola

House of Representatives’s Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal visited Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola at the weekend in Osogbo, amid criticisms by…

Ghastly road accident kills 3 Ekiti Poly students

Three students of the Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti have died and five others critically injured in a ghastly road accident weekend…

Nigeria Police: How we found the Spanish doctor

Nigeria’s Enugu State Police Command has spoken on how the kidnapped Spaniard, Jose Manuel Machimbarrena Corcuera, working with the Niger…

Oil Subsidy Scam: Nigeria sacks 2 Auditing Firms

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja In a surprise, but suspicious move, the Federal Government has announced the termination of its contract with Akintola…

Under fire G/Bissau junta backpedals

The junta in Guinea Bissau on Saturday said its plan for a two-year transition had only been a suggestion, in…

We Depend On Loan, Lagos Agency Cries Out To State Assembly

The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency (MVAA) has won the sympathy of members of the state House of Assembly…

Nigeria: Kidnapped Spanish doctor freed

A Spanish doctor kidnapped in the south-eastern Nigerian city of Enugu on April 4 has been freed and is in…

Bollywood Actress Kidnapped, Beheaded By Co-stars

A young Bollywood actress, Meenakshi Thapar, was allegedly kidnapped and later beheaded by two actors in an attempt to extort…

Stray Airforce Rocket Hits Building In Port Harcourt

Residents of Woji in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital scampered for safety at about 7 a.m. Friday when they…

No survivor as plane crashes in Pakistan

Up to 130 people are feared dead after a Boeing 737 crashed while trying to land in bad weather near…

Thugs On Rampage In Akure

At least 70 hoodlums today invaded the BTO Hall along Ilesha Road in Akure, Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, and disrupted…

Nigerian Pastor Sent To Prison For Preaching To Oba

A Lagos-based clergy, Pastor Aba Peter, who allegedly went to a palace and attempted to preach and pray to a…

Fashola Orders 60 Ferries

Lagos State Government will soon take delivery of 60 ferries, as the state Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Thursday…

Remi Tinubu Floors Labour Party

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, Friday morning dismissed the appeal filed by Labour Party, LP, against the election of…

Group Vows To Cripple Oil Supply To North

A group, Association of Ethnic Nationalities, AEN, in the Niger Delta region, has vowed to cripple supply of petroleum products…

Nigerian Lawyer Shamed In U.S.

A Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Gbenga Anjorin, who had handled hundreds of cases, has been barred from practising law in Michigan,…

Supreme Court Upholds Dickson’s Election

Former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva on Friday lost his bid to unseat the recently elected Governor Seriake…

Army Assault Boats Commissioned

Eight Assault boats and eight Fast Assault Craft imported by the Nigerian Army since 2008 without the necessary combat facilities…

Assembly Receives Motion On Gas Eruption

The recent eruption of gas in Egiland of Rivers State, southsouth Nigeria, has been tabled at the Rivers House of…

Subsidy Fraud: NLC Wants Culprits Prosecuted

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has called for the prosecution of all those indicted in the report of the House…

63-Year Old Grandma, Accomplice, Sent To Prison Over N200m Property Damage

A 63-year old grandmother, Funmilayo Ajayi and Adebola Kehinde, 44, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for…

‘Cashless Policy ‘ll Eliminate Ghost Workers’

Mr. Fatai Salami, a financial expert, on Thursday said that the cashless policy being introduced by the apex bank would…

Landlord Remanded Over Illegal Ejection

A landlord, Morufu Sanmi, 52, has been arraigned by the police on a four-count charge of malicious damage, illegal ejection,…

Health Workers Blame Govt. For Continued Strike

The Lagos State chapter of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria on Thursday blamed the continued strike by…

Ogidigbodigbo’s Road To British jail

Were it for his political foray, James Onanefe Ibori could have remained unheard of and unexposed, for the rest of…