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Childless marriage dissolved 32 years after
An Orile-Agege Customary Court in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, on Thursday dissolved a 32-year-old marriage which had been childless. The…
Dana Air insurers begin final settlement of $100,000
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Insurers of Dana Air on Thursday commenced final payment of $70,000 compensation to each of the families…
Police vow to free retired army general’s wife
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN As the search for Titilayo, the wife of the Military Governor of the old Western Region , Brig-Gen…
50 vehicles smashed as granite truck kills 7 students
No fewer than seven students of Itori Comprehensive High School, Itori, were killed on Wednesday in a motor accident that…
Court: Ex-Nigerian governor has a case to answer
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN JUSTICE Akintunde Boade of the Ibadan High Court has declared that former Oyo state governor, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala,…
Nigerian Court lifts order on Capital Oil
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nearly a month after a Federal High Court made an order freezing his accounts and granting…
Senator Ndume spoke with Boko Haram man 73 times
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Nigerian High Court siting in Abuja was on Wednesday told that Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume,…
Mandela responding to treatment, say doctors
Doctors caring for former South African President, Nelson Mandela, said he was responding to treatment for a lung infection, the…
ASUU ready for dialogue with Amaechi
The Rivers State University of Science and Technology ASUU chapter said on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that it was ready…
INEC Chief calls for 5 parties in Nigeria
The state commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers said on Wednesday that a five-party system would…
Nigeria: Bees stop students exam
A swarm of bees has disrupted the on-going second semester examination at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, in Nigeria’s north east.…
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Nigeria: Babalakin’s Counsel Withdraws
The trial of the embattled Managing Director of Bi Courtney Ltd, Dr. Wale Babalakin by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Nigeria: Wife of retired army general abducted
Titilayo, the wife of retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state…
Why Kidnapping thrives in Nigeria
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Lagos and Ogun, Mr Mamman Tsafe, has attributed the high rate of kidnapping…
Lagos Chief Judge Frees 46 Prisoners
Henry Ojelu The Chief Judge Of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, Justice Ayotunde Phillips today granted freedom to forty six awaiting…
Varsity Don: ‘Oshiomhole was my classmate’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A University lecturer, Professor Philip Agbebaku has told the Edo Election Petitions Tribunal that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was…
Delta state returns seized money to James Ibori
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a bid to sway the court not to allow…
Boko Haram: Jonathan pleads for US assistance
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has outlined the various security challenges facing his country, especially Boko Haram and asked for the…
Okada : Lagos Police Boss Seeks Total Ban
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Abubakar Umar Manko has advised commercial motorcyclists commonly called okada riders to be grateful to…
Nigerian born film-maker makes waves in Alaska
For Chinonye Chukwu, growing up Nigerian in Fairbanks was a never-ending commute between two different worlds. Born in Rivers State,…
Assembly withdraws impeachment threat against governor
The House of Assembly of Nigeria’s central state of Nasarawa on Tuesday withdrew its earlier threat to impeach Governor Tanko…
Nigeria’s league suspends chairman Baribote
The Nigeria Premier League (NPL) Board on Monday suspended its Chairman, Victor Baribote, to enable the three-man committee investigating the…
Jonathan hails Ghanaian President-Elect
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated President John Mahama of Ghana on his victory in last weekend’s presidential elections. In…
Clash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state Monday afternoon,…
Bayelsa PDP adopts Jonathan as leader
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Bayelsa State have taken a resolution that President Goodluck…
Amosun suspends Ijebu East council officials
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, in Western Nigeria, has suspended the chairman and members of the…
Ghana: Mahama declared winner
President John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of last weekend’s election in Ghana, scoring 50.7 per cent and…
Delta carry the crown as Eko 2012 sports fiesta ends
Tunde Oyedele/Abimbola Ajayi Team Delta were Sunday evening declared overall winners of the 18th National Sports Festival, as a grand…
Boko Haram: JTF seizes 11 rifles
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe, north eastern Nigeria on Sunday recovered 11 rifles in Kandahar Area of Damaturu,…
Ghana’s election: Opposition alleges fraud, protests
Ghana’s main opposition party on Sunday alleged a “pattern of fraud” in the country’s tight presidential election, saying it had…