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Bloody Sunday In Jos as Suicide bombers strike

Two suicide bombers drove an explosives packed Volkswagen Bora car into a church in Nigeria’s volatile central city of Jos…

An Encounter with Boko Haram Fighters

In an article headlined’ In Nigeria, A Deadly group’s rage has local roots’, The New York Times, reports on an…

Mandela in hospital for abdominal test

Global anxiety over Nelson Mandela’s admission into hospital has been doused, with assurances from South African government officials and his…

Senegal’s opposition coalition rejects Obasanjo’s proposal

The opposition parties in Senegal have rejected a proposal by Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, urging President Abdoulaye Wade step…

Ndigbo in Kano on parade for Ojukwu

Maduabuchi NMERIBEH/Kano  Igbo people resident in Kano, north-west Nigeria today staged a procession under the aegis of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, to…

Mugabe blasts Cameron on gay rights

President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told British Prime Minister David Cameron “to hell with you” over his calls to respect…

Obasanjo offers peace road map to Senegal

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Dakar to broker peace between President Abdoulaye Wade and the opposition, has proposed a…

Curfew slammed on Gombe after Boko Haram killings

A 24 hour curfew has been imposed on Nigeria’s Gombe town in the wake of an assault by Boko Haram…

3 Nigerian Footballers Arrested In India For Running Brothel

The India Police have revealed that three Nigerian footballers, one of whom had played in the first division of the…

Boko Haram kills 5 in Kano mosque, attacks prison

Suspected Boko Haram militants late Friday shot dead five Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the Nigerian city of Kano,…

Amaechi, Odili Reunite At Ojukwu Lecture

The death of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and the public lecture held in his honour by the Rivers State Government in…

Ipaye Advocates For Justice Without Delay

The Lagos State Attorney –General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ade Ipaye has stated that the law enforcement machinery and…

Lawmaker Faults Amosun Over TASUED

The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Alhaji Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka has faulted the decision of the Ogun State government…

IG Stops Parade Of Dismissed Policemen

The lnspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered the Oyo State Police command not to parade the 16 policemen…

Verification For Year 2011/2012 BECE Takes Off

Principals, Parents and Proprietors of Private Junior Secondary Schools in Lagos State have been urged to speed up the ongoing…

Amos Adamu loses FIFA ban Appeal

Nigeria’s Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from football, according to the BBC, quoting the verdict…

West’s showdown with Iran shoots up oil prices

Western world’s showdown with Iran over its nuclear programme is creating an unintended effect: jacking up world oil prices. According…

Angola’s oil coy pulls out of Iran, Plans Refinery

Angola’s state oil company Sonangol announced Friday it is withdrawing from a natural gas project in Iran because of international…

Fashola Wins African Achievers Award

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) was, Wednesday, at the King’s College, Strand, London, United Kingdom, honoured with…

EFCC appeals case against Abuja lawyer

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has filed an appeal in the case against an Abuja- based lawyer, Amobi…

Boko Haram: Northern Group wants JTF to respect human rights

A coalition of politicians, academics, professionals and businessmen from Northern Nigeria has deplored the insurgency that militants of the Boko…

EFCC Files criminal charge against Nigerian Ex-Governor

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday filed before a Federal High Court in…

Boko Haram: Bombs Detector Vans On Standby At Eagles Camp

With incessant bomb blasts in Nigeria due to the activities of Boko Haram in the northern part of the country,…

Court Sacks Another PDP Gov

The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the election of Kebbi state Governor Usman Saidu Dakingari of the Peoples Democratic Party,…

Woman Dies After Fight With Husband Over Food

A native of Ishan in Edo State, Southwest Nigeria, Peter Odion, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State,…

Masturbation Not A Sin —Oyakhilome

A shocking revelation by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of the Believers Love World, a.k.a. Christ Embassy, that masturbation is not a…

Man Jailed For Stealing General Overseer’s Bible

A magistrate’s court in Ejigbo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered a suspect, Johnson Oloye, to be remanded in prison custody…

Fake Lawyer Jailed

A fake Ghanaian lawyer, Otunba Kehinde Dodoo, 74, who has been practising in Nigeria for 15 years, has been sentenced…

Group Wants Jonathan Impeached

A human rights group and also a non-governmental organisation, Veteran Groups for Operation Clean Crusade, VGOCC has claimed that President…

Edo PDP Gov Aspirants Decry Imposition

There is palpable tension in the air as the five aspirants vying for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket…