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Comedian, Saka Loses Father

Bereaved Nollywood actor and comedian, Hafiz Oyetoro, popularly known as Saka, has expressed sadness that his father, Pa Dauda Oyetoro, …

Lagos gridlock: Mega city, Mega Commute, Mega agony

Ochuko Oghuvwu is surprisingly chirpy for a man who spends upwards of 30 hours a week in his car, commuting…

Tennis: Azarenka, defending champ ousted

Two-time defending champion Victoria Azarenka was bundled out of the Australian Open in the quarter-finals on Wednesday by fifth seed…

Rowdy session in House of Reps over leadership change

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The expected change of some presiding officers of the House of Representatives did not happen on Tuesday, but…

Otudeko Fights Dangote Over Land

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria has adjourned till 6 February for hearing in the suit instituted…
About 146,000 Tobacco Smokers die in Africa

Lagos Assembly Bans Public Smoking

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Monday evening passed a bill that now places fine…
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Amosun Calls Ogun NASS members Agents Provocateur in a letter

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta The Crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Ogun State is far from over as…

EXCLUSIVE: The US Court Files On Kashamu’s Drug Case

Despite his denials, documents from a Chicago court in the US reveal that Buruji Kashamu is a wanted man for…

Muazu emerges PDP chairman by consensus

Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, former governor of Bauchi State has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party…

CHAN: Nigeria break South Africa’s heart for quarter finals

A brace from Ejike Uzoenyi and a penalty goal from Ede Ifeanyi ensured that Nigeria’s Super Eagles proved critics wrong…

Robbery kingpin, Tijani dies in Kirikiri Prison

Alleged cross-border robbery kingpin Hamani Tijani, has died. He died on Sunday after a partial stroke at the Kirikiri Maximum…

Serena Williams dumped out of Aussie Open, Li Na wins

Ana Ivanovic has dumped out World number one, Serena Williams from the Australian Open. The Serb, seeded 14th in the…

News Analysis: In Nigeria, pastors make us eat grass too!

ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE   Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries, in Garankuwa, north of Pretoria, South Africa, early this month,…

Cardinal Onaiyekan backs anti-gay law

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, has commended Nigeria’s Federal Government for its uncompromising stand on the anti-gay…

4 Arrested With Stolen Cables

The police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos State, western Nigeria, have arrested four men for allegedly stealing NITEL cables…

Wicked Nigerian scammer fleeces divorcee of $300,000

A 66-year-old American woman looking for love online ended up with a broken heart and a depleted bank account when…

Obasanjo: The Fallen Idol

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s stocks fall to an all-time low Even in spite of his malicious politics and less than…

Supreme Court orders Mohammed Abacha’s trial for theft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme court in a unanimous decision Friday morning ordered Mohammed Abacha, son of late former…

Jonathan announces Tukur’s resignation

President Goodluck Jonathan has dramatically announced the resignation of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National Executive…

Okonjo-Iweala lectures Reps panel on Nigeria’s economy

They asked for comprehensive answers to fifty ‘knotty’ questions on the Nigerian economy. But the members of Nigeria’s House of…

Tight Security, Tension As PDP NEC Decides Tukur’s Fate

Hundreds of well armed police officers, soldiers and officers of Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, have been deployed in and around…

Jonathan sacks Nigeria’s military chiefs

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sacked almost all his military chiefs and appointed new officers to replace them.…

Tukur: I am still the PDP Chairman

Embattled National Chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday said he had not resigned his position as reported in…

Court Sacks Victor Umeh APGA Executive

A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday dissolved the executive committee of the Chief Victor Umeh-led faction…

In pictures: Nigeria remembers the fallen heroes

Nigeria’s political leaders, from President Goodluck Jonathan to all the 36 state governors marked the Armed Forces Remembrance Day today.…

Born deformed, Nigeria died long ago, says Bakare

Jamiu Yisa The General Overseer of Nigeria’s Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that the country called Nigeria…

Army blames Boko Haram for bombing Maiduguri market

Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a…

Breaking news: 17 dead in Nigeria market bomb attack

No fewer than 17 people were killed when a bomb ripped through a busy market in Maiduguri, capital of the…

Gays to picket Nigeria’s embassies over anti-gay law

Gays all over the world are mobilising for actions against Nigeria over the Same sex Prohibition law signed by President…

Mutallab, underwear bomber’s life sentence confirmed

(Reuters) – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian who tried to set off an explosive hidden in his underwear while aboard…