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Ladipo Market Traders At War Over Baba Oloja

Ladipo Market traders in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, are at war over the appointment of a market leader (Baba Oloja) to…

Man Impregnates Daughter 4 Times

An award-winning music director who impregnated one of his daughters four times has been found guilty and will spend the…

Minor surgery for Mandela, condition still critical

South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, still bedridden in a Pretoria hospital has undergone a minor operation. The former statesman…

Okagbare smashes African record in 100 metres

Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare upset the odds to win the 100m in the women’s sprints,in a new African record of 10.79sec,…

Egypt: Dozens of Morsi supporters shot dead

CAIRO, (AFP) – Dozens of Mohamed Morsi’s supporters were shot dead in the Egyptian capital on Saturday as violence erupted…

28 Soldiers Arrested In Lagos

The Military Police on Thursday said it arrested 28 wandering soldiers in the streets of Lagos. Maj. Oyegoke Badamosi, spokesman…

Man Stabbed Over N10

The police at Idimu Police Division have arrested and charged a 24-year old man, Kunle Oyebanji, before Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court,…

In Pictures: Nigeria Buries Fallen Soldiers

The remains of fifteen soldiers who died during military operation against Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and Mali between May…

Fake Fashola’s Wife Charged

A 53-year old teacher on grade level 10, Mrs Asogbon Victoria Abosede has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court…

Insider Abuse In Nigerian Banks

The country’s banking industry is crawling with criminally-minded people who, through a variety of tricks, continue to milk depositors. Now…

Akpabio’s Governors Forum snubbed by PDP states

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Chairman PDP Governors Forum, has called on Rivers state warring factions to sheath…

Death toll hits 69 in Spain’s train accident

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, July 25, 2013 (AFP)A train hurtled off the tracks in northwest Spain Wednesday killing at least 69…

Rivers State Calm, Peaceful, says Presidency

The Nigerian presidency has declared that contrary to popular impression and reports in the media, there is no cause for…

Nigeria: Minister of state for health quits

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja accepted the voluntary resignation of Dr Ali Pate as Minister of State…

Jonathan Meets Sydney Olympics Golden Quartet 13 Years After

Thirteen years after the Sydney Olympics, Nigeria’s 4×400 relay team finally got their chance to get a golden handshake from…

Amosun Set For Breaking Of Fast With Ogun Muslims

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun will on Saturday hosts Muslims in the state at a…

Nigerian Graduate Gets Nottingham Trent Varsity VC’s Award

A Nigerian Nottingham Trent University student who provided Christmas dinners for dozens of fellow international students unable to return home…

William and Kate present baby

Prince William and his wife Kate emerged from her London hospital on Tuesday and presented their newborn son, a future…

Ekweremadu: Senate did not approve early marriage

The chairman, of the Nigerian Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has insisted that…

PDP suspends Fayose, others

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the western Nigerian state of Ekiti worsened on Tuesday as the party…

School Guard Rapes Student Inside Classroom

A civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, who lost his job and was newly…

NLC Threatens To Join ASUU Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to join the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in solidarity strike if…

Robbery Accused Gives Birth In Prison

A pregnant robbery accused, Alhaja Sherifat Ashabi Adeleke, has given birth to a baby boy in prison in Lagos, southwest…

Reports: Patience Jonathan loses mother in auto-crash

News reports from Port Harcourt said Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, may…

Oshiomhole: Nigeria treading dangerous grounds

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Going by recent developments in the nation’s political terrains, Nigeria is treading on dangerous grounds that could threaten…

PDP can resolve its internal problems, says Tukur

The National Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday said the party…

PDP Convention: More Northern Govs To Meet With OBJ

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Nigeria, is far from over as more northern governors have scheduled…

Obasanjo hosts Jonathan, 4 Northern Governors

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo hosted, separately President Goodluck Jonathan and four northern governors at his hilltop…

Dame Patience, Our President’s Darling Wife

By Reuben Abati DEMOCRACY is readily associated with freedom: the freedom to be free in many respects and increasingly in…

Funke Akindele Finally Confirms Marriage Collapse

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE After five days of holding her fans and other Nigerians in suspense, star actress Funke Akindele has finally…