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23 killed as vehicles crash into collapsed bridge in Katsina
NO fewer than 23 persons were feared killed in multiple crashes, when their vehicles plunged into a collapsed bridge at Yar’randa village in Charanchi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The News...
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Olu of Warri bows, rescinds decision to renounce title
After four days of protest over his decision to renounce the title `Ogiame’, The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase II, has bowed to the wishes of his subjects. The Itsekiri monarch on Tuesday succumbed to...
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Obasanjo attacks Atiku
AFTER a long break, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, seem set to renew their hostilities. Obasanjo is insinuating that ex-Vice President Atiku is corrupt, saying he...
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PDP Crisis: Jonathan, IBB in crucial meeting
President Jonathan on Tuesday evening held a meeting with former military President, Ibrahim Babangida and a former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmadu Ali, reportedly as...
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[PHOTO & VIDEO] $30,000 Coffin With Built-in Stereo Sound System Unveiled
Fredrik Hjelmquist’s CataCombo Sound System is now offered for integration into luxury coffins. The stereo system shall pipe the music into it “for audiophiles on the other side.” At $30,000 (N4.91M),...
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Mother, son clash over sale of family house
A 44-year-old man, Ikechukwu Ozichukwu, and his mother, Mrs. Comfort Ebubechukwu, are locked in battle over the sale of one of the family’s houses. The building, a semi-detached duplex located on 21...
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Farida Waziri was a disaster to Nigeria’s anti-corruption fight, says Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the appointment of Farida Waziri, the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, as a wrong step in Nigeria’s fight against...
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Apple unveils two new iPhones — the 5S and 5C
Apple has unveiled two new handsets: the top-end iPhone 5S and a cheaper iPhone 5C at an event in California. The 5S introduces a fingerprint sensor built into the phone’s main button to identify the...
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President Jonathan hosts Medal Winning Okagbare today
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, will host the new queen of track and field, Blessing Okagbare today at the Aso Rock Villa. A statement signed by Olukayode Thomas, Head of Communication Media...
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35m Nigerian adults are illiterates — Minister
Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said Nigeria’s adult illiterates have increased from 25 million in 1997 to 35 million in 2013. Wike stated this at a ministerial briefing...
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Brazilian Man to Marry Pet Goat in Devil’s Church
Aparecido Castaldo, a retired stone cutter from Jundiai, Brazil has decided to marry his beloved Carmella, a goat. Because no Christian minister would agree to perform the marriage ceremony, the two...
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UK Newspaper Reports Nigerian Govt Ordered 53 iPhones Worth 12M Each For...
A Bristol-born businessman based in Dubai is bracing himself for a flood of orders for iPhones clad not in the gold-effect finish of the new iPhone 5S, but the real stuff. Amjad Ali supplies royal...
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Waziri to Obasanjo: Respect your age or I’ll expose you
A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Wednesday described as “blatant falsehood,” the claim by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo that she was...
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[PHOTO] Ministers shed tears as Jonathan sacks nine
President Goodluck Jonathan, in his first major cabinet shake-up since his inauguration on May 29, 2011, sacked nine ministers on Wednesday. The sacking , announced by the Minister of Information,...
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Nigerian jailed for 3 years in US for $11m fraud
A Nigerian, Emmanuel Ehkator, has been sentenced by a District Court Judge, Middle District of Pennsylvania in the United States to three years in prison for $11m fraud. Ehkator, who was also...
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Family of 3 dies on first night in new house in Minna
Their joy knew no bounds when they parked to their new house last Saturday. It was a day they had looked forward to and they took the final decision to move into the new apartment in Gbeganu area in...
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Kidnappers Release Activist Mike Ozekhome
Almost three weeks after he was kidnapped, human rights lawyer & activist Mike Ozekhome has reportedly been freed by his abductors. He was freed at about 8am this morning by his kidnappers in...
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Jonathan Splashes N3m On Okagbare
President Goodluck Jonathan has rewarded African Queen of the track, Blessing Okagbare with the sum of N3 million for her heroic performance at the recently concluded 2013 IAAF World Athletics...
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Edo Government Secures Admission For Stowaway Boy In Boarding School
The Edo State Government has secured admission in one of the state’s top secondary schools for 13-year-old Daniel Oikhena, who stowed away in the wheel of an Arik Aircraft from Benin to Lagos on...
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Police dismiss women filmed receiving N100 bribe
Two traffic police women, Corporals Elizabeth Itolor and Jennifer Azingbe, who were videotaped receiving N100 bribe from a bus driver in Lagos, have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force....
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