More than a dozen people are feared dead after a dam holding back waste water from an iron ore mine in Brazil burst, flooding nearby homes....
As peace returns, Somalia deports Kenyan migrants For the first time in many years foreign nationals living in Somalia have been shown the exit door after...
The Ogun state government has warned residents of the state to be wary of consuming cattle hide and skin popularly known as ponmo which is purported...
George H.W. Bush’s biography titled “Destiny and Power” sees the 41st president hitting out at two aides who served while his son was president of the...
In from Timothy Enietan-Matthews (Nation’s capital) . . . The Department of State Services (DSS) has attempted to justify its recent action by explaining, that though...
The former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, Thursday, accused the Department of State Services, DSS, of violating the law and harassing him even when the...
An Abuja bound aircraft belonging to Medview Airline on Thursday made an air return some minutes after take-off from the Murtala Mohammed Airport II, Lagos. An...
More troubles seem to be brewing for the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, who was Wednesday night and Thursday morning prevented from traveling abroad...
The peaceful town of Kabba in Kogi State was thrown into disarray when two secondary school students (names withheld) were found dead due to mysterious circumstances....
The trailer park at Ebubu in Eleme Local Government area of Rivers State became a smash and grab scene when scores of youths, women and children...
A 44-year-old man, Oluokun Olarewaju, is now cooling his heels in police custody for allegedly slapping his wife’s friend, after an Ejigbo Magistrate’s court in Lagos...
Conflicting theories continue to emerge as to the actual cause of the Russian airliner which crashed in Sinai, Egypt, as U.S. officials say intelligence suggests a...
Emergency response teams are intensifying efforts in a bid to find survivors at the collapsed building site using heavy machinery to remove the bodies and look...
Businessman and Republican Presidential candidate, Donald Trump may have fallen out with the American public, as pressure continued to mount on NBC to cancel his guest-host...
Nigerian Soldiers have intensified their onslaught against the Boko Haram insurgents, destroying five more of their camps. This was disclosed in a statement issued Wednesday night...
A day after thousands of people marched on the streets of Bucharest demanding the resignations of government ministers following a horrific nightclub fire which killed more...
A Russian-built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from South Sudan airport, killing at least 41 people on the flight...
It was yet another bloody day on Wednesday, as armed robbers stormed a bank in Igarra, the headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State,...
Presidents of Taiwan and China are set to meet for the first time since the Chinese civil war divided the two sides in 1949. Taiwan’s President...
As authorities continue to search for clues in a bid to unravel the actual cause of the recent downed Russian airliner in Egypt that killed 224...
There seems to be fresh worry for double amputee, Oscar Pistorius following the hearing of an appeal by South African judges on whether the athlete should...
The American Presidential debates has degenerated into slinging verbal jabs with President Obama the latest to take a swipe at Republican presidential candidates for complaining about...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Tuesday, came under heavy criticism in its handling of the case the agency brought against a former Head of...
The Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, Tuesday, frowned at a statement credited to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . The House of Representatives has commenced investigation into activities of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger-Delta region...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to release the international passport of the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki so that he...
The family of Mrs. Thatcher is ready to sell her personal collection, including her clothes and jewels. Baroness Thatcher’s personal collection of clothes, jewelry and political...
Four South African police officers are now cooling their heels in detention and will tell authorities all they know about the shooting of a suspected thief....
Donald Trump is at it again; the businessman turned politician used a radio interview Monday to complain about the head of the opposing party, DNC Chairwoman...
Luck has run out of a Saudi prince and nine other people who have been charged over seizure of two tonnes of amphetamines and cocaine at...
Following gaps created by the recent retirement of 34 of its senior officers, the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), has approved the appointment of...
In from Ali Smart . . . The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday reopened its case against the former Chairman of the Pension...
Several Arizona cities were struck by quakes ranged in magnitude from 3.2 to 4.1. No injuries were immediately reported but the earthquakes jolted the Phoenix area...
It is estimated that about 90 million couples will be eligible for the new two-child policy in China next year. China’s top family planning body has...
Following the tension brought about by the frosty relationship between Fulani herdsmen, and farmers in the south west part of the country, security agencies seem to...
Gun violence in the United States results in thousands of deaths and thousands more injuries annually and from all indications, it seems the trend will not...
In what is seen as a move to improve relationship between both countries, the first bilateral meet between Park Geun-hye and Shinzo Abe is expected to...
In recent times, anarchy seems to be the order of the day in the Central African Republic with fighting spreading like an infection. The interim leader...
Many Nigerians who have been worried by the low level of conviction secured by the anti-graft agencies in spite of the numerous cases of corruption they...
The National Youth Council of Ogoni People has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deceiving them about his readiness to implement the United Nations Environmental Programme report...
Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, has cautioned against proposed merger of the commission and its sister agency, the...
Meteorologist’s claim a major storm system tracks towards Arabian coast, with Yemen’s port city of Mukalla potentially lying in its path. Cyclone Chapala has tracked west...
Terrorist group, Al-Shabab- an affiliate of al Qaeda in Somalia which operates primarily out of the country’s southern and central regions has claimed responsibility for attacks...
In from Ali Smart . . . Respite may have come the way of a suspected drug baron, Mr. Chukwunwendu Sylvester Ikejiakwu as Justice Mohammed Yunusa...
Coming from her long sojourn of silence, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri on Saturday, stated that if the...
Rescue efforts are currently ongoing following a plane crash in Egypt today which had 224 people on board. The Russian passenger airliner crashed Saturday in the...
A senior official at the University of Zimbabwe is fighting for her job after giving Robert Mugabe the wrong size graduate cap. Assistant registrar Ngaatendwe Takawira...
A pre-dawn fire in the southern Philippines raced through public market stalls, killing 15 vendors, including six children, who were sleeping there to be up early...
Top Buddhist figures, including the Dalai Lama, have called on world leaders to axe fossil fuels and tackle global warming at climate talks in Paris starting...
In from Olumide Olaoluwa . . . Seven men were on Friday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Lagos for stealing...
