August 02

• Nigeria: Singer, Omawumi Beats Journalist to Pulp

  While carrying out his lawful duty, the photo-journalist, Adekola Bamigbala, attempted to take pictures of Omawumi, but little did he know that danger was lurking around for him,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Federation Cup - Enyimba, Others, Battle for Finals

  Following fixtures and venues released yesterday by the Nigeria Football Federation for the semi final matches of the 2013 Men's Federation Cup competition after Wednesday's... Read more »

• Nigeria: Security Challenge - CP Directs 24 Hours Surveillance On Schools in Jigawa

  The Commissioner of Police Jigawa state Mr Kayode Theophilos has directed his area commandant and Divisional office to provide 24 hours surveillance and patrol on all secondary... Read more »

• Nigeria: Witchcraft Palaver Rocks Asaba

  Asaba, the capital of Delta State, is currently alleged to be awash with the activities of witches. In the last three weeks, screams and sobs over the strange deaths of young... Read more »

• Nigeria: Prison De-Congestion - 67 Inmates Released in Adamawa

  The Adamawa Acting Chief Judge, Justice Nathan Musa, on Friday released 67 inmates as part of the state government's efforts to de-congest inmates in some prisons across the state. Read more »

• Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Four Drug Traffickers With Drugs Valued N137 Million

  The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four suspected drug traffickers recovering 12.455kg of cocaine value at about N137 million at the Murtala Mohammed... Read more »

• Nigeria: Telecoms Games - Airtel, Alcatel for Weekend Battle

  The 2013 Nigeria Telecom Games (NTG) medals race in Chess and Scrabble begins this weekend as high flying debutants, Airtel Nigeria files out on Sunday for their second fixture... Read more »

August 01

• Nigeria: Corpses of Five Students Found in Jigawa

  There was confusion and fear in Gwaram local government, Jigawa State, following the discovery of corpses for five students of a Quranic school along a street in Gwaram town. Read more »

• Nigeria: NOA Urges Youths to Contribute to Nation's Growth

  Mr Mike Omeri, Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), has called on youths to unleash their full potential to help to boost the nation's economic growth. Read more »

• Nigeria: Enugu Govt Approves N171 Million for Special Centre for the Deaf

  The Enugu State Executive Council has approved more than N171 million for the construction of a special education centre for the deaf and dumb in Oji River Local Government Area. Read more »

• Nigeria: FG Insensitive to Varsity Education - ASUU

  As the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters the sixth week, the union has accused the federal government of being insensitive to the needs of... Read more »

• Nigeria: National Assembly Ready to Work With Armed Forces - Tambuwal

  The National Assembly is ready to work with the Armed Forces to ensure the security of the nation, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has said. Read more »

• Nigeria: I Raped Only Six Children, Bank Driver Confesses

  A 50-year-old driver in one of the new generation banks, arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl, Zainab, who feigned ignorance of the implication of his offence, has told... Read more »

• Nigeria: Police Arraign Rivers House Leader in Port Harcourt

  The Nigeria Police, yesterday, arraigned the leader of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon Chidi Julius Lloyd before a Port Harcourt High Court. Read more »

• Nigeria: 'Safer Mining Will Check Re-Occurrence of Lead Poisoning'

  With the announcement that 100 per cent remediation exercise had been completed in Bagega, Anka local government area, Zamfara State, following the 2010 Zamfara lead poisoning,... Read more »

• Nigeria: Police Bust Child - Trafficking Gang, Rescue Four-Month-Old Baby

  The Imo state Police Command, yesterday rescued a four-month old baby from suspected child traffickers. Read more »

• Nigeria: Diasporan Africans Should Attract Foreign Investment - - Amb Audu-Emeje [interview]

  Former First Lady of Kogi State, Ambassador Aisha Audu-Emeje, is a UN Ambassador for the Promotion of Peace, Education and Poverty Reduction. In this interview with ABIODUN... Read more »

• Nigeria: Court Remands Man for Having Sex With Mad Woman

  A Special Offences Court, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, has remanded a 21-year-old man, Lateef Sulaiman, for having sex with a mad woman. Read more »

• Nigeria: 23 UN Agencies to Support Nigeria With U.S.$920 Million

  Twenty-three (23) United Nations Agencies are to commit nine hundred and twenty million United States dollars (USD 920 million) in the provision of technical and financial... Read more »

• Nigeria: CAN Exonerates Etsu Nupe Over Conversion of Charity to Aisha

  The General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, Rev. Dr. Musa Asake has stated that the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar's role in the conversion of the... Read more »

• Nigeria: Solid Minerals, Agriculture Can Salvage Nigeria - Kuta

  The former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD), Idris Kuta, has advised the federal government to pay more attention to the development of the solid... Read more »

• Nigeria: CBN Recovers N9 Billion Excess Charges From Commercial Banks

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said it has recovered over N9billion excess charges deducted from customers' accounts by commercial banks across the country in the last... Read more »

• Nigeria: APC - Tortuous Journey, but Victory At Last

  There was palpable apprehension in the political atmosphere last week occasioned by negative body language and rumours that oozed out of the Independent National Electoral... Read more »

• Nigeria: Fifa Queries NFF On LMC Registration

  The relative peace being experienced in Nigeria football will soon be a thing of the past as soccer governing body, FIFA has written to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to... Read more »

• Nigeria: Remembering the Second Republic

  I am not a historian but I like history. A good understanding of history is very important for any society and its leadership. History is a very good guide to avoiding the mistakes... Read more »