I had sex with 10 men daily, teenager tells court
A 19-year-old girl (names withheld) Thursday narrated before a Federal High Court in Lagos how she was lured into prostitution in Burkina Faso. She was working as a sales girl in Victoria Island before...
View ArticleI will not take salary if elected governor – Bamidele
Mr Opeyemi Bamidele Labour party governorship candidate in the June 21 election in Ekiti, on Thursday vowed not to collect salaries and emoluments throughout his four year tenure if elected. He made...
View ArticleDonkeys carry ballot boxes to villages for Afghan vote
(AFP)— Donkeys laden with ballot boxes trudged up rough tracks and mountain trails in remote parts of Afghanistan Friday, on the eve of presidential elections in a country that still has few proper...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan’s Frontman, Jide Omokore, Suffers Heart Attack
Jide Omokore, a shady businessman linked to Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, early in the week suffered a heart attack shortly after a meeting with Mr. Jonathan. Family sources said this evening...
View ArticleCourt order: Rep accuses APC of lying over appeal
BY MARIE-THERESE NANLONG Jos — A member of the House of Representatives representing Jos South/Jos East federal constituency, Bitrus Kaze had accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of lying to...
View ArticleGroup accuses Ebonyi politicians of sponsoring kidnappers, hoodlums
BY PETER OKUTU ABAKALIKI — A group, Greater Okposi Initiative, GOI, yesterday, accused some notable politicians (names withheld) at Okposi, Uburu and Onicha local government areas of the state of...
View ArticleSuspected killer of retired judge remanded in Prison
The Police, Friday, arraigned 21 years old house help, David Uche Ndah, over the gruesome killing of a retired Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olufunmilayo Timehin, at her residence on Ikereku road, Laderin...
View ArticleSSS appeals court’s judgment on seizure of Sanusi’s passport
The State Security Service (SSS) has appealed the ruling by a Lagos State High Court ordering it to pay N50 million damages to the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi...
View ArticleCONFAB: APC ‘s absence, unnecessary grandstanding – PDP
By Henry Umoru ABUJA- AS the on- going National Conference entered its third week, the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP yesterday described the absence of the All Progressives...
View ArticleGroup condemns confab delegates over feeding debate
Delegates at the on-going National Conference have been condemned for complaining about the feeding arrangement provided by the leadership of the conference. A group, the Coalition Against Corrupt...
View ArticleNEWS IN PICTURE: PRESIDENT JONATHAN ARRIVED YENAGOA FOR HIS DAUGHTERS WEDDING
Gov Dickson welcomed President Goodluck Jonathan at the Bayelsa State Government House helipad, when Mr President Arrived Yenagoa, Bayelsa for the Wedding Ceremony of his Daughter.
View ArticleAssociated Press Photographer Anja Niedringhaus Killed in Afghanistan
(KABUL) An Afghan policeman opened fire on two Western journalists in eastern Afghanistan, killing one and injuring another, in the latest of a string of attacks targeting foreigners ahead of the...
View ArticleI will be a grandfather soon – President Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said he would soon be a grandfather. “People that saw me today didn’t recognise me. I am preparing to be a grandfather,” he said jocoseriously. Jonathan was speaking at...
View Article2015 polls: Who succeeds Fashola?
By Olasunkanmi Akoni Expectedly, the forthcoming general election has been generating heat with groups and individuals angling for ascendancy in the build-up to the polls. Indigenes of Ikorodu...
View ArticlePDP Leader, Fmr Governor Orji Uzor Kalu Endorsed Aregbesola for 2nd Term...
PDP Leader, Fmr Governor Orji Uzor Kalu Endorsed Aregbesola for 2nd Term saying: “You Don’t change a winning team” On Saturday, April 5, 2014 at the 15th edition of the Walk to Live in Ipetumodu, State...
View Article‘You have lost it, you can’t recapture Kwara’- APC tells PDP
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Kawu Baraje on Saturday said it is impossible for the Peoples Democratic Party to recapture Kwara State in the 2015 elections. President Goodluck...
View ArticleMalaysia missing plane search China ship ‘picks up signal’
A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media say. They say the signal has a frequency of 37.5kHz – the same...
View ArticleJonathan urges Nigerian couples to love, endure other
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerian couples to love and endure each other to guarantee a successful marriage. Jonathan spoke on Saturday in Otuoke, Bayelsa, during the traditional marriage...
View ArticleOndo Election: PDP Leads In Results Released By INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has started releasing results from several polling units in today’s House of Representatives bye election in Ondo State. Today’s election was held...
View ArticleMissing Malaysia Plane: Chinese ship detects black box ‘pulse signal’ in...
The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane took an extraordinary twist last night when China said it may have detected a signal from its black box recorder on the floor of the Indian Ocean. The...
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