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Pandemonium in Lagos following bomb scare
Pandemonium broke out in Lagos yesterday over a bomb scare even as Maiduguri, witnessed another explosions, late Tuesday. Both incidents came on ... Full story
Busy East-West road, blocked by protesting Ex-militants
Vehicular movement on the ever busy East-West road was halted for about three hours on Tuesday as ex-militants protesting their non-inclusion in the ... Full story
Former President Umaru Yar’Adua Died Of Lung Cancer And Churg Strauss Syndrome
A deadly combination of lung cancer and the auto-immune disease, Churg Strauss Syndrome, accounted for the death of Umaru Yar’Adua in May 2010, according to ... Full story
Mamman Nur, mastermind behind UN house blast declared wanted
The Department of State Service, DSS, yesterday paraded two alleged accomplices who worked in concert with one Mamman Nur, who has been declared wanted by ... Full story
Nigerian Men In Libya, Plead For Their Lives
This is a very interesting video on CNN. A few Nigerians captured by Anti-Gadhafi forces pleading for their lives, and also some discussion ... Full story
20 killed, 50 vehicles burnt in renewed hostility in Jos, capital of Plateau State
NO fewer than 20 people were killed and over 50 vehicles burnt in Jos, capital of Plateau State, on Monday, following a clash between ... Full story
Suspected assassins kill Yomi Bamgbose, ACN Party leader in Ogun state
Suspected assassins at the weekend in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital shot dead a leader of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria {ACN}, Yomi ... Full story
President Goodluck Jonathan promises 'vigorous' response to U.N bomb blast in Abuja
The bomb attack on the United Nations building Friday morning in Abuja, is an assault on global peace and security, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. The ... Full story
Two soldiers involved in kidnapping Mikel Obi’s father, to face Court Martial
ARMY authorities in Abuja, yesterday, confirmed the arrest of two of their personnel attached to the Special Task Force known as Operation Safe Haven maintaining ... Full story
Groups Protest Removal Of Justice Ayo Salami, President Of The Court Of Appeal In Lagos
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), yesterday threatened showdown with the Federal Government over the removal of the President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice ... Full story
Muoamer Gaddafi in hiding as power base caves in
Libya’s veteran leader Muoamer Gaddafi, a former revolutionary whose capital has been overrun by rebels and who has had two sons captured, has gone underground ... Full story
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military President Ibrahim Babangida at war
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo and former military President Ibrahim Babangida yesterday descended from the platform of statesmen into an acrimonious mutual war of words, accusing ... Full story
General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida finds a new wife
Nearly two years since the death of the former First Lady Mrs. Maryam Babangida, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida is set to marry another ... Full story
Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, Appoints Accused Murderer Mofe Pirah, As Commissioner!
The governor of Delta state, Emmanuel Uduaghan last week appointed to his cabinet, Mofe Pirah, whom it is also prosecuting for murder.According to court documents ... Full story
John Mikel Mikel appeals for release of his abducted father
Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi has appealled for the return of his father, who has been abducted in Nigeria.Michael Obi has not been seen or ... Full story
Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim bought NICON with fake MOU
Business mogul Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim forged documents and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which he used to acquire 70 percent majority shares in ... Full story
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, recants on bribery allegation against Yoruba leaders
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, yesterday, at a Lagos High Court recanted his ... Full story
Nigerian Ace Actor, Sam Loco Efe, Dies At 66
Ace multitalented actor Sam Loco Efe died yesterday in an hotel room in at Rapour Hotel, Amakaohai along Orlu road in Owerri, Imo state shortly ... Full story
Al-Mustapha is a joke, says Nuhu Ribadu
The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has refuted the claims of his involvement in a plan to assassinate Hamza Al-Mustapha, the ... Full story
Hamza Al-Mustapha names late Bola Ige in the murder of M.K.O. Abiola
Hamza Al-Mustapha who is standing trial for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, has named the late Bola Ige as having been 'unconsciously complicit' ... Full story
Line Nersnaes, Norway massacre victim with foot-long spike in head after bombing, back at work already
A nervy Norwegian civil servant was back at work Friday - just a week after the terror bombing in Oslo lodged a foot-long wooden spike ... Full story
How Erastus Akingbola Stole £8.5m From Intercontinental Bank Plc
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos has heard how former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, allegedly transferred the bank’s 8.5 million pounds ... Full story
Senators disagree on 6-yr term for president
The move to elongate the tenure of the president and governors from the current four years to six but limited to one term as ... Full story
Another bomb rocks Maiduguri, kills 1
ANOTHER bomb suspected to have been planted and targeted at the patrol vehicle of the Joint Task Force by members of the deadly sect, Boko ... Full story
Boko Haram, Islamic sect killings unjustifiable
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State on Sunday described the killings by the Boko Haram sect in the name of Islam as "unjustifiable." "How can a ... Full story
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: One of most important roads in Nigeria, where robbers reign unchallenged
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is one of the most important roads in Nigeria. It links Lagos with many parts of the country. Because of its importance, ... Full story
President Goodluck Jonathan probes ex-ministers
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, ordered a comprehensive audit of the financial transactions of all Federal Government ministries and agencies since 2007 as he formally re-launched ... Full story
Olori Bolanle Adepoju Adesina, Brutalized Wife Of The Deposed Deji Of Akure, Dies
Olori Bolanle Adepoju Adesina, the brutalized second wife of the deposed Deji of Akure, Oluwadare Adesina Adepoju, has died. Mrs. Adesina was the victim in ... Full story
Biafran warlord Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, in critical condition after second stroke
The Biafran warlord Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu has just suffered his second stroke and his condition is recorded as grave as you read this.His ... Full story
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s second coming!
The charming African Queen at the World Bank is set to take another bite at the pie with her successful screening at the Senate ... Full story
Ikenna Njoku, Nigerian Based In Washington, Wrongfully Arrested for Check Fraud at Chase Bank Branch
On June 24, 2010, Ikenna Njoku walked into an Auburn, Wash., branch of Chase Bank intending to cash a $8,463 Chase cashier's check he'd brought ... Full story
Nigerian Singer Christy Essien-Igbokwe, Dead At Age 50
Nigeria’s lady of songs Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe is dead details of how she died are yet unknownThe singer and actress released who would have been ... Full story
Tokyo calls for Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala’s arrest
ONE of the two factions of the notorious National Union of Road Transport Workers in Oyo, Tuesday, appeared before the Commission of Enquiry ... Full story
Boko Haram massacre: 30 dead in sporadic shooting at beer parlour in Borno
It was another day of tragedy yesterday as members of the Boko Haram sect stormed a drinking joint in the Maiduguri metropolis killing no ... Full story
N18,000 minimum wage to cause mass sack of civil servants in Kano, Bauchi, Yobe, Nasarawa, Gombe
The controversy over the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage may lead to mass sack of civil servants in states like Kano, Gombe, ... Full story
Governor Ajimobi accused of stealing N15 million from Access Bank
Governor Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State allegedly pocketed over N15 Million erroneously credited to his Access Bank account in 2007 and has ... Full story
Onyeabor Ihejirika discloses there is more military presence in FCT
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Onyeabor Ihejirika disclosed yesterday that the huge number of the deployment of heavily armed troops in and ... Full story
NigeriansTrapped in a Strange U.S Church led by Anthony Akinyemi
Some Nigerian girls resident in the US have come under the influence of a strange church which bars them from seeing or talking to their ... Full story
Central Bank of Nigeria issues new guidelines for Islamic banking
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday issued new guidelines for the regulation and supervision of non-interest banking, which Islamic banking is a ... Full story
Gunmen kill 5 cops in Katsina - IG summons police chiefs
Gunmen went on rampage in Kankara town of Katsina State yesterday, detonating an explosive at a local police station and shooting dead five ... Full story
Male Infertility: Sperm killers and boosters
Deficient sperm production is one of the major concerns of male infertility today to the extent that 90 per cent of male infertility is ... Full story
Human rights group faults Okorocha on sacking of monarchs
A human rights group, Campaign for Constitutional Justice, has described as unconstitutional, the sacking of 27 council chairmen and dissolution of the council ... Full story
Dimeji Bankole and Nafada get tough bail conditions
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Thursday granted bail to the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole, and ... Full story
Dimeji Bankole tells court criminal charges are baseless and dubious
EMBATTLED former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, yesterday, challenged the entire 16-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial ... Full story
Dimeji Bankole's security aide gave him away
DETAILS emerged, yesterday, that it was a mobile policeman who was hitherto loyal to the embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, ... Full story
T.B. Joshua: "I Would Have Halted President Mills' Death If..."
Founder and General Overseer of the Synagogue Church, Prophet T.B. Joshua says in an unusual manner, God did not reveal the death of Ghana’s President, ... Full story
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Nigerian Troops Rescue Women and Children Kidnapped By Boko Haram
By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army today said it ...
Lagos PDP crisis: Bode George, Ogunlewe reconcile
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State Chapter, on Friday announced that the lingering disagreement between two of its leaders – Chief Olabode George and ...
Again, gunmen kill 3 in Borno
By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Despite the emergency rule and the deployment of over 3000 soldiers in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, some gunmen suspected to be ...
The Gait Of An Iroko: A Sonnet For Achebe By Kennedy Emetulu
Ogene, the gong pierces the hollow night in feverish echoes of the solemn news!Ala, the earth wearily opens to swallow this huge feast of a ...
Achebe: A Personal Testimony By C. Don Adinuba
Up to the moment he breathed his last on Thursday, March 21, 2013, Chinua Achebe, Africa’s most quoted raconteur, novelist , essayist and social critic, ...
23 Year Old Lebanese Man Arrested for kidnapping 61 year old Aunt in Lagos
A 23 year old Lebanese man has been arrested by police in Lagos for kidnapping his 61 year old aunt, Alhaja Essa Dannawi. Mohammed Dannawi ...
Woman Burns Son’s Face With An Iron As Punishment For Stealing Co-Tenant's Soup
A woman, Sakirat Attah, 25, has been arrested by the police at Elemoro Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for severely scalding her son’s face. The petty ...
Charly Boy - I Am Obsessed With My Body
In a recent interview, popular entertainer, Charly Boy reveals more titbits about his life; As an advocate of the masses, accompanied with your passion for bikes.,What ...
Photos Of 10 Famous Actress Who Went Publicly Nude For Attention
French actress Frederique Bel pulled out all the stops at the Cannes Film Festival this week - baring her nipples in a completely see-through dress. Her ...
Sufuyan Ojeifo's Shroud Defence of David Mark By Kikiowo Ileowo
I read with pity, a poorly written piece by one Sufuyan Ojeifo on NewsDairyOnline (newsdiaryonline.com/marks-house-of-indolence-a-thesis-redolent-of-dishonesty-by-sufuyan-ojeifo/) and an edited version in the Nigerian Compass newspaper of ...