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In picture: Obasanjo In Aso Rock to pray with Jonathan

May be the criticisms will end now: the big man of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo was in Abuja today to worship…

Nigeria’s Eagles send Ivory Coast home

Nigeria, rated the underdog, shocked title favourites Ivory Coast 2-1 Sunday in an Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final at Royal…

Oil exploration to start in Borno, says VP Sambo

Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo said Saturday that prospects for the improvement of the welfare of Nigerians living in Borno…

Man buries five kids after tragic fire incident

BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA A Nigerian father of five children has done the unpleasant task of burying them all, after a…

Okah Knows Fate 4 March

A South African court Friday postponed by a month sentencing of the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of…

Reps Lawan, Emenalo remanded in prison

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Lawan Farouk and Boniface Emenalo, both Chairman and Secretary of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee…

Nigeria’s ‘yahoo yahoo’ boys arrested

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twenty suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise called yahoo-yahoo boys. The arrest which…

$620,000 Bribe: Farouk, Emenalo For Arraignment Friday

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke has bowed to pressure to file charges…

David Beckham set for PSG move

PARIS, Jan 31, 2013 (AFP) – Former England captain David Beckham was on Thursday set to join Paris Saint-Germain, according…

Nigeria starves troops fighting terror, claims governor

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Governor of the northern state of Kano, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has lamented that for two years running,…

Pension Thief remanded in Prison

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former deputy director at Nigerian Police Pension Office, Mr. John Yakubu Yusuf, who was recently convicted…

Nigeria, Burkina Faso qualify for q/finals, Zambia out

Bamidele Olowosagba Nigeria finally took its place in the elite league of African soccer, by qualifying for the quarter finals…

News Analysis: Yusuf’s loot could build 14 hospitals in Nigeria

The Chinese government on Monday handed over to Nigeria a 150-bed hospital, fully furnished with state-of-the-art equipment. The entire structure…

Nigeria: Pension thief re-arrested amidst outrage

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has re-arrested John Yakubu Yusuf, a former director in the Police Pension Office who…

Boko Haram declares ceasefire

A self-proclaimed commander of the Boko Haram sect in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s north-eastern state of Borno has announced a…

Nigerian stars Yobo, Moses face fitness tests

Nigeria could miss defender Joseph Yobo and midfielder Victor Moses for a crucial Africa Cup of Nations Group C clash…

Repentant pension thief gets light punishment

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The trial of former officials of the Nigerian Police Pension Fund before an Abuja High Court…

Secret Killings In Nigeria’s North

By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh Terrorists, widely believed to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect, resort to clandestine killing…

Obasanjo launders Image

BY ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has lately been keeping himself in the limelight through public functions and critical…

Home Rebellion For Jonathan

BY OLUOKUN AYORINDE/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan comes under criticism of individuals and stakeholders in the Niger-Delta region over allegations of…

Big Men Trading Tackles

BY OKAFOR OFIEBOR/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godsday Orubebe trade…

Soccer: Drogba heading for Galatasaray

Turkish top flight club Galatasaray have reached agreement on an 18-month contract for Ivory Coast veteran striker Didier Drogba, TRT…

Uduaghan: Nigerian politicians liars, not Christians

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has said Nigerian politicians cannot lay claim to be true Christians,…

Night club fire: Death toll hits record 245

At least 245 people died early Sunday when a fire tore through a nightclub packed with university students in the…

Djokovic downs Murray for Aussie title

Novak Djokovic further consolidated his world number one status by winning the Australian Open Sunday. It was his third straight…

Henry Okah: Should Nigeria take MEND’s threat seriously?

On 23 January, a spokesman of the Movement of the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND, issued a threat letter, not…

Africa Union: Ethiopia’s Desalegn takes over from Yayi

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn was elected the African Union chairman on Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Benin’s…

3rd generation of Al Qaeda causing havoc in Nigeria

Retired CIA veteran Bruce Riedel, a counterterrorism expert at the Brookings Institution think tank who has advised four US presidents,…

Tennis: Azarenka triumphs Down Under

Victoria Azarenka won an incident-packed final against an injury-hit Li Na to successfully defend her Australian Open title and retain…

Keshi: Nigeria has destiny in its hands

NELSPRUIT, South Africa(AFP) – Two-time winners Nigeria say they hope to beat Ethiopia on Tuesday and clinch a quarter-finals ticket…