Northern elders responsible for North’s problems – Arewa youths

Northern youths on Thursday criticised their elders over what they described as calls for the nation’s Presidency to return to the region in 2015.

FG Inaugurates New Power Stations to Boost Electricity Supply

The Federal Government on Wednesday reiterated its continued plans to improve electricity generation and supply in the country. The Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company, Mr. Abiodun

Bomb Abandoned Since civil War Recovered

An explosive device believed to have been abandoned since the civil war has been recovered in enugu. The civil war device was seen by a man while he was working at the compound of Premier Secondary School,
Ukehe in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, who on sighting the suspected object, informed the police.

2015 Election: Al Mustapha for President - Kaduna Youths

On the arrival of the ex-convict Major Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer to late military ruler, General Sani Abacha, hundreds of youth were on ground to receive him during his visit to Kaduna

The youth, while receiving and welcoming Al-Mustapha chanted political slogans, including “Al-Mustapha for 2015″

Akpabio’s Governors Forum Snubbed By PDP States

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Chairman PDP Governors Forum, has called on Rivers state warring factions to sheath their swords for peace to reign in the state.

70 Persons ‘Deported’ To Onitsha From Lagos

NO fewer than 70 persons allegedly deported by the Lagos State government were sighted in the commercial city of Onitsha yesterday, some non-Igbo speaking.
It was the second time such human cargo was dropped in the town this year.

Google has new tablet, new connection to TV

Google on Wednesday unveiled a slimmer, more powerful tablet computer on its Nexus brand and a thumb-sized device that lets popular mobile gadgets feed online content wirelessly to television sets.

REVEALED: Lagos house of crime where kidnappers keep their victims

Ago Okota area of Lagos was in the news weekend, following the discovery of a kidnapper’s den, on Oyegbusi street, where a Briton who was kidnapped shortly after arriving the country from Amsterdam, was kept for five days before he was rescued.

REVEALED: How First Lady’s mum died in car crash

Details of the accident in which the mother of First Lady Patience Jonathan died emerged yesterday. The car on somersaulted several times before it crashed, NE learnt.

Royal baby named George Alexander Louis

Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate on Wednesday named their baby boy George Alexander Louis, sticking firmly to royal tradition with a first name used by six previous monarchs.

George was the bookmakers’ clear favourite for the third-in-line to the throne as it pays apparent tribute to Queen Elizabeth II’s father King George VI, the infant’s great-great-grandfather, who died in 1952.

I’ll take a break from school - MBGN 2013

Before emerging the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN), Miss Anna Banner was an unknown teenager. Today, the world craves her attention. She speaks with Entertainment Editor VICTOR AKANDE.

Four family members burnt to death in Osun

Residents of Kajola-Ijesha in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of Osun State were thrown into  mourning following the death of four members of a family who were burnt to death in a mid night inferno that razed their house, Monday night.

Father, 45, rapes daughter, 16

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year old man, Toyin Sodimu, for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter in Temidire community of Oke Apo, Akomoje, Abeokuta.

Snowden 'allowed to leave airport'

Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has been given an official pass to leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, Russian airport officials say.

Russian media say the migration service issued the document, but the service has not yet commented.

School Guard Rapes Student Inside Classroom

A civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, southsouth Nigeria, who lost his job and was newly employed as a security guard in a private school at Ijegun area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly raping a student of the school inside the school premises.

Breaking News: Health Minister, Pate, resigns

The minister will join an American university as a professor.


The Minister of State for Health, Muhammed Pate, has voluntarily resigned from the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan.


The resignation which has since been accepted by the President takes effect from today, Wednesday.

REVEALED: The Real Reasons Why Funke Akindele's Marriage Crashed So Early

It was indeed a shocker when in the early hours of Monday, July 15, 2013 it was widely reported that actress Funke Akindele and her husband Kehinde Almaroof Oloyede are no longer together.


What started on blogs and social media soon spread to national newspapers. Akindele remained silent for days, and many fans hoped this was yet another wicked rumour.

The Shocking Salaries Of Nigerian Lawmakers!

The jumbo salary being paid the country’s legislators, which ranked the highest in the world, according to a new study, has attracted sharp criticisms from Nigerians across the country, including economists and lawyers.

Lagos Warns Residents Against New Disease

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has warned residents to take precautionary measures against being infected with a new virus, known as Coronavirus.

Policemen tackle IG over new housing estate

The men and officers of the Nigeria Police have disagreed with the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Abubakar, over the cost of acquiring a single unit of the newly inaugurated Goodluck Jonathan Police Housing Estate in Lagos.