Court Sentences Man To Death For Murder, Rape
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced one Emmanuel Tometin to death by hanging for killing a woman after raping her at a farm in 2006.
View ArticleSokoto State Is Not The Poorest - Bako
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) rating of Sokoto State as the poorest in the nation is faulty. So declares Sokoto State Commissioner of Information, Mallam Nasiru Danladi Bako. In this interview,...
View ArticlePakistan's Supreme Court Orders Arrest Of Prime Minister
Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of PM Raja Pervez Ashraf and 15 others over corruption allegations, raising fears of a political crisis just months ahead of an election.
View ArticlePresidency Confused Over First Lady's Health
Is the Presidency confused as to the exact state of health of the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan or is this part of plans to continue the game of hide and seek that has since come to be associated...
View ArticleUNIMAID Student Who Was Shot, Feared Brain Damaged
Abdulmumini Abubakar who was shot in the head during an exchange of gunfire between insurgents and members of JTF on the 4th of Jan., is reportedly suffering from serious brain complication.
View ArticleMan To Pay N100,000 For Burning Yams
An Abuja Magistrates' Court on Tuesday ordered Abraham Kegnon, of Mpape, Abuja, to pay N100,000 as compensation to a farmer for burning his yams.
View ArticleHappy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr.!
Today would have been the 84th birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the clergyman, activist, and civil rights leader. He became an iconic figure in the 1960s for embracing nonviolent methods to bring...
View ArticleVillas-Boas Admits Making Mistakes
Andre Villas-Boas admits he is using his Tottenham reign as an opportunity to right the wrongs of his now infamous stint at Chelsea.
View ArticleGunmen Kill Four Police Officers In Kano
Reports from Kano State indicate that gunmen opened fire and killed four police officers on Tuesday morning in Kano City.
View Article10 Indians, 2 Ghanaians Nabbed For Oil Theft In Bayelsa
The Headquarters of the Central Naval Command in Yenagoa today handed over 23 suspects to the members of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) for offences ranging from stealing of 157,822...
View ArticleIkeja City Mall On Fire
Ikeja City Mall, Lagos, which many refer to by the name of popular supermarket, Shoprite, is on fire. One of the stores in the Mall, Mr. Price, is ablaze. Shoppers at the mall, which was recently...
View Article2015: Gov. Aliyu Begins Presidential Campaign
The Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has quietly commenced preparations to run for the presidency in 2015
View ArticleNasarawa Boils
No fewer than 10 people were reported killed in Agbashi, Ekya Development Area of Nasarawa State in a renewed clash between the people of the area and Fulani herdsmen. The people of Agbashi deserted...
View ArticleExplosion at Syria's Aleppo University Kills 15
At least 15 people were killed and dozens wounded in two explosions that rocked the University of Aleppo in Syria's second largest city on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
View ArticlePHOTOS: Cleaner Steals Train in Sweden, Crashes Into House
A Swedish train was reportedly stolen by a cleaner before it derailed and crashed into a residential building outside Stockholm on Tuesday.
View ArticleOsun 2014: PDP May Dump Omisore, Akinbade
The leadership of the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decided to dump its two major contenders for the governorship ticket to enable lasting peace in the party preparatory...
View ArticleRobber Kills Woman Because She Recognized Him
The death toll of the Lagos robberies which occurred in various parts of the state on Saturday and Sunday, has risen to nine after it was reported at Ajah Police Division that a mother of two, Badejoko...
View ArticleJonathan Launches S'West Attack Against OBJ
There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, have begun fresh moves to seize the control of the party in...
View ArticleHypertension, Now Killing Young Nigerians - Experts
Medical personnel have raised the alarm that young people in their 30s now die daily of hypertension, a disease often described as a silent killer.
View ArticleJonathan, Tukur Divide PDP
The internal conflict within the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, showed no sign of abating, yesterday, as it emerged that the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, may...
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