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10 Africans Win Innovation Prize

Eromosele Ebhomele The African Innovation Foundation, AIF, has announced 10 finalists of the prestigious Innovation Prize for Africa (IPA) 2014.…

London court considers confiscation of Ibori assets

Jailed James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Nigeria’s Delta state has been facing a confiscation hearing at Southwark Crown Court.…

Oscar Pistorius Tells How He Killed Steenkamp

Oscar Pistorius, on Tuesday, broke down as he told South African court how he accidentally killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp…

North East Governors Appeal To INEC On 2015 Poll

Governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states  facing the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency on Wednesday urged the Independent National…

Lagos Shuts Illegal Orphanage, Removes 5 Kids

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut down an illegal orphanage and rescued five children at Agbado area of…

CBN Suspension: Sanusi gets judgment on May 20

A Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved judgment until May 20 in the case by Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…

Gunmen kill 10, burn 20 houses in Taraba

The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed that gunmen on Tuesday killed 10 people in Jibu village in Wukari Local…

Pension fraud thieves to get 10 years imprisonment

The Senate has passed the Pension Reform Bill which prescribes a minimum of 10 years imprisonment for any person found…

Pistorius breaks down in court, forcing trial adjournment

Oscar Pistorius broke down in tears in the dock today, forcing an adjournment in his murder trial, as he recalled…

Maryam Abacha: I Brought Buhari Into Politics

She hardly speaks to the press. Since her husband died in 1998, she has been living a very quiet life,…

Pistorius: Reeva Steenkamp was scared of me

Oscar Pistorius, South Africa’s Star Paralympian, returned to the witness box at his murder trial on Tuesday, insisting he and…

FG merges aviation agencies, scraps NAPEP, FRC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday released the White Paper on the report of the Presidential Committee on the…

IG orders massive deployment to Zamfara

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered massive deployment of personnel to Zamfara state to tackle the recurring attacks in…

Yes, I support Wike – Patience Jonathan

Patience Jonathan, Wife of Nigeria’s President, has denied reports that she is plotting to install her favourites as governors of…

FG commercialises NTA; rejects merger of EFCC and ICPC

The Federal Government has rejected the recommendation for the merger of EFCC, ICPC and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).…

Federal Government to pay families of Apo killing N10m each

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded N10 million against Federal Government as compensation to each family of the…

Rwanda president hits out at France during genocide commemorations

Rwandan President Paul Kagame took a thinly-veiled swipe at France today, saying it was impossible to “change the facts” about…

Africa’s Biggest Economy Tag: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala

Angry reactions have continued to trail the announcement that Nigeria’s economy is now bigger than that of South Africa following…

Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…

Nigerian military commanders linked With Boko Haram

A Nigerian soldier says he has witnessed incidents that suggest some Nigerian military commanders are working with Boko Haram, an…

Okuneye, bizman shot dead inside a church

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck this morning in the western Nigerian city of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North local government area of…

Nigeria overtakes South Africa as the continent’s largest economy

Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent’s largest economy with a GDP of $453 billion in 2012, officials said…

Boko Haram attack kills 17 in Yobe

Boko Haram militants have attacked a village in Yobe state, killing 17 people and setting houses and cars ablaze, the…

Moro apologises for failed NIS recruitment

Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has apologised to Nigerians over the recent botched Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment. Moro made…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen kill 30 in Zamfara

Gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen stormed a meeting in Galadima, Zamfara state and killed 30 people, the police said.…

US ship captain reveals oil theft business in Nigeria

Surrounded by rolling cornfields, Sidney, Illinois is a sleepy midwestern town with a population hovering just above 1,000. Captain Wren…

80 year-old nun, Italian priests abducted by terrorists in Cameroon

Who were the gunmen that kidnapped Italian priests, Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri and this 80 year-old Canadian nun in…

Mali’s prime minister resigns with cabinet

Mali’s first post-war prime minister has been replaced just six months into office after announcing the resignation of his entire…

I will be a grandfather soon – President Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would soon be  a grandfather. “People that saw me today didn’t recognise me. I…

Omisore emerges Osun PDP governorship candidate

Senator Iyiola Omisore on Saturday emerged the torch bearer of the PDP for the 9 August governorship election in the…