Two Bomb Blasts, 82 Dead and Kaduna Mourns Amid 24-hour Curfew
No fewer than 80 people have been confirmed killed in the daylight double bomb explosions that rocked Kaduna, North-west Nigeria Wednesday. The symbolism of the explosions was that they happened…
Emotion as Jonathan Meets Chibok Girls, Vows to Rescue Others
President Goodluck Jonathan  Tuesday met with parents of the girls abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14 by Boko Haram insurgents. The meeting however turned…
UK Prosecutor Reviews Alleged Link Between UK Aid and Jailed Ibori
Britain’s leading fraud prosecutor is evaluating material alleging UK aid might have been channeled to companies linked to James Ibori, a jailed Nigerian former oil state governor, a top government…
Nyako’s German Business Associate Kidnapped
Barely 48 hour after the impeachment of Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, gunmen riding on motorcycles, Wednesday morning, abducted a German in Gombi town of Adamawa State, a senior Police…
Nadine Godimer, South Africa Laureate, Activist Dies at 90
Nadine Gordimer was first a writer of fiction and a defender of creativity and expression. But as a white South African who hated apartheid’s dehumanization of blacks, she was also…
Bio-metric Payroll System uncovers 17 fraudulent Staff in Delta
The Automatic Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) of the Delta State Biometric Payroll System has uncovered 17 staff from the Women Development Committee (WDC) and Youth Development Committee scheme (YDC) who…
Boko Haram: Abuja Residents Shun Golf Cars
For residents of Abuja, the mere sight of a moving or parked Volkswagen Golf car pumps up the adrenaline and sends the heart imploding. This is because Golf cars have…
Jonathan, others to bag ICT Centenary Awards
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has been listed among other eminent Nigerians to be honoured during the Nigeria Broadband Business Forum and ICT Centenary awards to be held on Wednesday, October…
Jitters in Nigeria as Italy Prosecutors Open Probe into Malabu Oil Deal
As 2015 general election approaches, it is more worries for some Nigerian big men as Italian prosecutors have opened a probe into alleged corruption relating to the 2011 acquisition of…
Bloody Weekend as Troops Clear Terrorists’ Bases, Capture Foreign Mercenaries
Troops have cleared and taken over Balmo forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend. Prior to the operation, Balmo forest stretching from Bauchi through Jigawa states with…