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Nigerian Company Pays Clinton N100m To Speak

Just to speak at an event in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a Nigerian company paid the former American President, Bill Clinton,…

Jonathan: ‘Don’t blame me for Rivers political crisis’

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, now on a state visit to China, tried to distance himself from the political charade in…

Nigeria Rated 8th Most Corrupt Nation

Anti-corruption nonprofit Transparency International, TI, has released its 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, which surveyed residents in 107 countries, ranking Nigeria,…

Nigeria Moving Away From Oil Dependence, Says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said Thursday in Beijing that the increasing exploitation and utilisation of shale gas and other alternative sources…

Pastor Arrested With 317 Kegs Of Stolen Petrol

Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested a pastor and three others…

Rivers Assembly Fracas: Soyinka, Falana Slam Jonathan

As the crisis rocking the Rivers State House of Assembly degenerated with the removal of soldiers guarding Governor Rotimi Amaechi,…

7 Killed As 3-Storey Building Collapses

Six bodies have so far been removed from the rubble of a three-storey building which collapsed at Ebute Meta, Lagos,…

I Can’t Stop Stealing, Man Tells Court

An accused, Rasheed Ademola, 26, who was arrested and charged to court for burglary and stealing has confessed that he…

Doubts Over Boko Haram Talks

Doubts still persist over a peace deal with the dreaded Boko Haram despite claims by the Chairman of the presidential…

David-West: Jonathan A Serial Liar

Professor Tam David-West, a former Petroleum Minister, in this interview with GBENRO ADESINA, speaks on the state of the nation …

Jonathan Talks Business With Jinping On Day 2 Of Visit

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday on a visit focused on boosting…

Soldiers Take Over Rivers Assembly

A detachment of soldiers has taken over the Rivers House of Assembly following the fracas that erupted there on Tuesday…

Fracas In Rivers House: A blow by blow account

.Majority leader, speaker beaten .Bipi made himself speaker for a few minutes .Bipi asked his cops, thugs to shoot Governor…

Jonathan Arrives Beijing On A Four-Day Visit

President Goodluck Jonathan arrived in Beijing at about 17.30hours (local time) today to begin a four-day state visit to China…

Appeal Court Sacks Olofa Of Offa

The Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin, in the central Nigerian state of Kwara on Tuesday 9 July nullified the appointment…

Man Jumps Into Canal To Avoid Trial

A suspected fraudster who resides in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Olayinka Salau, tried to avoid trial by fleeing from an…

Another Nigerian Wins 2013 Caine Prize

A Nigerian, Tope Folarin, has won this year”s Caine Prize for African Writing. He won it with his short story,…

Nigeria: Fracas in Rivers House of Assembly

The sitting of Nigeria’s Rivers State House of Assembly was disrupted this morning when hoodlums and some members attacked the…

Circumcision: 30 People Die In South Africa

Death related to the traditional circumcision in South Africa keeps increasing with another thirty people losing their lives at the…

Bus Driver Rapes 2 Daughters For 2 Years

A 35-year old bus driver, Adewale Adeleke has been arrested by the police for defiling his two daughters. The little…

Man Jailed For The 6th Time

A 25-year old man, Hope Ariyo, has been sent to prison for the sixth time for committing various crimes in…

Schools shut after Boko Haram massacre

Nigeria’s northeastern Yobe state on Sunday ordered the closure of all secondary schools after a massacre that saw suspected Islamist…

History maker Andy Murray wins Wimbledon title

Andy Murray ended Britain’s agonising 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men’s champion on Sunday when he destroyed world number one…

Wimbledon: Marion Bartoli final winner, Lisicki weeps

Sabine Lisicki broke down in floods of tears after crippling stagefright condemned her to a 6-1, 6-4 defeat to Marion…

Death toll in Boko Haram school killings hits 42

The death toll of students and teachers killed by Boko Haram gunmen in a Yobe state boarding school has reached…

Wimbledon: Dream final as Murray meets Djokovic

It’s a dream tie in the Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday as Andy Murray, world number two, locks horns with…

Djokovic scales Del Potro’s test for Wimbledon final

LONDON(AFP) – Novak Djokovic defeated heroic Juan Martin del Potro 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 on Friday in…

Vatican Approves Sainthood For John Paul II, John XXIII

Pope Francis gave the go-ahead on Friday for John Paul II to be made saint and granted a rare exception…

Jonathan: Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Ready In 4 Years

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today disclosed that the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway was withdrawn from the Bi Courtney company…