Category Archives: Others

Ousted Egyptian President Morsi Sentenced To Death

May 16 Africa, Others, Politics 10 comments

An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011. Morsi is already serving a 20-year prison term for ordering the arrest ...

Six Students Injured As Militants Attack Yobe College

May 8 Others 4 comments

.One of the injured victims of the attack on college. – Two militants have attacked a business college in Potiskum in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Yobe on Friday. According to reports, at least six students ...

Kashamu Drags NDLEA, Others To Court Over Extradition

May 6 Others 3 comments

In anticipation of a possible extradition to the United States for trials over drug-related offences, controversial senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Buru...

Nigerian Army Rescues 200 Girls, 93 Women In Sambisa Forest

April 29 Others 28 comments

Nigerian troops, yesterday, stormed the Sambisa forest hideout of the Boko Haram terrorists, and rescued 200 girls and 93 women in a daring operation. The Defence Headquarters in a statement, yesterday, confirmed the res...

Abuja Court Stops Fayose’s Impeachment

April 24 Others 27 comments

Temporary relief came for Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti state governor, against his planned impeachment Thursday, as a Federal High Court in Abuja set aside all actions and activities of factional speaker Adewale Omirin and lawm...

Jonathan Sacks Abba, Appoints Arase As Acting IG

April 21 Others 7 comments

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has relieved the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba of his appointment and duties with immediate effect. President Jonathan has also appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Pol...

Reps Want Nigerians Evacuated From South Africa

April 17 Others 1 comment

Following the news of rising xenophobia, resulting in attacks and brutal killings of non-South African Nationals in the country recently, Chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnenna Elendu-...

Infectious Disease Kills 25 In Ondo State

April 16 Others 35 comments

Reports say an outbreak of a strange ailment has claimed more than twenty five lives in Ode Irele in Irele local government area of Ondo State. According to SaharaReporters, a community leader Ayodele Omole stated in a t...

Kidnapped Orekoya Kids Found

April 15 Others 1 comment

Reports say the three Orekoya kids kidnapped by their nanny, Mary Akinloye in Lagos about two weeks ago, have been found. Father of the kids, Lere Orekoya, who confirmed the development in a text message to some journali...

Danagogo Replies Rivers Information Commissioner

April 14 Others 29 comments

Re: Unleashing Terror On Kalabari Voters – Amaechi’s Failed Bid To Do So In Abonnema – My attention has been drawn to the fact that Governor Amaechi, in his usual style of brazenly subverting truth and ...

Ambode, Others Win Governorship Elections

April 13 Others 1 comment

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Saturday cleared most of the 29 governorship seats contested at the weekend. The huge victory has catapulted the party to the enviable position of the dominant party in Nigeria. Wi...

Imo Governorship Election Inconclusive, Says INEC

April 13 Others 27 comments

The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the Imo State Governorship election between APC candidate, incumbent governor Rochas Okorocha and PDP candidate, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, the Deputy Speaker of the Hous...

Ambode Wins Agbaje’s Polling Unit

April 12 Others 39 comments

The Lagos governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode floors his counterpart, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP at the latter’s polling unit. Ambode of APC polled a total of ...

Fashola Addresses Lagosians Ahead Gubernatorial Elections

April 9 Others 5 comments

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola has addressed Lagosians on why they should be loyal to the APC during the Gubernatorial elections on Saturday. Below is a special message he sent to residents of the Lagos Sta...

White Carolina Cop Charged For Murder Of Black Man

April 8 Others 1 comment

A white South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager was arrested and charged with murder on Tuesday after a video showed him shooting eight times at the back of a 50-year-old black man Walter Scott, who was running away...

Knocks For Oba Akiolu Over Igbo Outburst

April 8 Others 1 comment

Individuals and groups both within and outside Nigeria spent a major part of Monday condemning the chairman of the Lagos State Traditional Council and Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, for saying “any Igbo person in Lag...

Naira Appreciates After Presidential Election

April 6 Others 24 comments

Nigeria’s economy may experience investments inflow from April, 2015 as the local currency appreciates by over seven percent. The battered Naira, which sold for between 228 and 230 to a dollar at Bureau de Change, BDC, w...

10 Governorship Aspirants In Lagos Withdraw, Rally Support For APC

April 4 Others 33 comments

Reports say 10 governorship candidates in Lagos state have declared they were stepping down from the race and supporting the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Akinwunmi Ambode, ahead of the governorship electi...

Jonathan Congratulates President Elect Buhari

March 31 Others 12 comments

President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on his victory in the Saturday’s presidential election. Buhari said that Jonathan ha...

Buhari, Jonathan Go Head-To-Head As Election Results Are Announced

March 31 Others 27 comments

.Photo: INEC officer Prof Michael Faborode (r) hands over the result sheet for the Federal Capital Territory to INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega at the National Collation Centre in Abuja on Monday. – Muhammadu Buh...

Nigeria President Set To Emerge

March 30 Others 1 comment

.As INEC Releases Results From 8 States And FCT – Nigeria’s president for the next four years will emerge in few hours as final results from the 36 States and FCT are being announced at the INEC Headquarters ...

Nigeria Elections: INEC Gives Extra Time

March 28 Others 1 comment

Voting in ongoing Nigeria General Election has been extended to Sunday, 29 March in 300 out of 150,000 polling stations, INEC said, after technical hitches marred polling nationwide. “Just about 300 polling units out of ...

Nigeria General Election Now In Progress

March 28 Others 5 comments

The General Election got underway in Nigeria Saturday afternoon, despite some hitches experienced during the accreditation exercise due to the imperfection of the Card Reader used by INEC. From 2:33pm, voting started in ...