Gunmen Attack Ado-Ekiti Prison, Killed Warder, Free 122 Inmates, Explosion Rocks Maiduguri Market Again
Unknown gunmen in the wee hours of Monday invaded Ado-Ekiti prisons along Afao road and freed some 122 the inmates in the prison after killing one official. This is not…
Nigerian Navy seizes vessel laden with over N1bn stolen oil
Naval operatives from the Central Naval Command, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, have arrested nine suspected illegal oil criminals and a vessel laden with 66,000 barrels of oil estimated to worth over…
Uduaghan, Ibori Loyalists Win Delta Assembly Primary
Former political appointees as well as loyalists of Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan and the daughter of former Governor, Chief James Ibori, Saturday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Ambassador Ashiru Dies at 66
Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, former minister of foreign affairs, has died in a South African hospital after a long battle with illness. The career diplomat, credited with re-energising Nigeria’s presence in…
Egyptian Court Drops All Charges Against Mubarak
An Egyptian court dropped all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak on Saturday in a sweeping repudiation of the Arab Spring uprising that forced him from power. The…
More Worries for Electricity Consumers as NERC Hikes Tariff
From December 1, this year, electricity consumers in Nigeria would pay more for what they consume in spite of the worsening electricity situation in the country. Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission,…
120 Killed in Ruthless Kano Mosque Blasts
No fewer than 120 died and 270 were injured on Friday as the violent Boko Haram sect bombed the 10,000 capacity Kano Central Mosque where the Emir, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido…
I Owe Tambuwal, NASS No Apology for Not Addressing Him “Speaker”—IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba, has said that he could not address Aminu Tambuwal, as the speaker of the House of Representatives, “because as far as I…
Police Contradict Court, DSS Over Ogwuche Trial
The last may not have been heard about the controversial freedom recently granted to the suspected terrorist, Aminu Ogwuche, by an Abuja High Court, after the leadership of the Nigeria…
35 Killed, Scores Injured in Road-side Blast in Adamawa
No fewer than 35 people including five military personnel, three policemen and a local hunter were reportedly killed, while some other 23 sustained injuries, after a bomb exploded on Thursday…