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The lawmaker representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, has urged the wife of the President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, not to be intimidated by her criticisms of the current administration. According to Murray-Bruce, Aisha does not belong to “the other room,” as the President once dismissed the First Lady over her allegation that a […]

A US court in Fort Bend County, Houston, Texas, has convicted a Nigerian, Osa Alohaneke, for the 2015 stabbing to death of his fiancée. A jury found him guilty on Friday of the slaying of Evelyne Ebane Epiepang. The jury is yet to determine his sentence. Alohaneke, 59, looked down and showed no emotion when […]

The Nigerian Community in South Africa said on Saturday that a mob destroyed four shops and several houses belonging to their members at Krugersdorp, near Johannesburg. Mr Cyril James, the Ward Chairman of the Nigerian Union in the area, told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone from Johannesburg, South Africa that the attacks began on […]

Femi Falana, lawyer and rights activist, says the federal government is “chasing shadows” by setting up a committee on the herdsmen killings in the country. On Thursday, the national economic council (NEC) headed by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo constituted a 10-man working committee, including nine governors, to address the killings. But Falana disagreed with the council on […]

President Muhammadu Buhari says he went “temporarily into a comma” when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan called him on phone to say he had conceded the 2015 election. Buhari said his predecessor had stayed long enough in office to have caused problems at the round off of the election. Buhari said however, Jonathan’s decision to concede defeat was […]

A couple have been accused of raping their 12-year-old daughter, with the child’s mother allegedly told police: “Better us than some maniac.” The mother and father – both aged 34 and who cannot be named for legal reasons- are accused of paedophelia by turning their child into a “sex slave”, say law enforcement sources in […]

VACANIES:  ELIZADE UNIVERSITY hereby invites suitably qualified candidates to fill teaching and non-teaching staff positions. Lecturers are needed in the following faculties: Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Electronics, Communication and ITC, Biochemistry and Applied Geophysics, Law and Mass communication. Non-teaching positions are: Principal Assistant Registrar, Senior Assistant Registrar, Assistant Registrar and Confidential Secretary. Candidates should […]

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has taunted distraught parents of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, telling them to accept the insurgents as their sons-in-law. At least 100 of over 200 Chibok girls kidnapped by the terror group in 2014 remain in captivity. A new video released on Monday by the group showed more than a dozen […]

The United States charge d’affaires, David Young, met with the Nigerian Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja on Monday, amidst a row over disparaging comments allegedly made by U.S. President Donald Trump against Africa. Russell Brooks, a spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, said Mr. Young and Mr. Onyeama met on Monday afternoon. Mr. […]

The world is on the “brink” of nuclear war, Pope Francis warned on Monday, as he set off on a trip to Chile and Peru that threatens to become overshadowed by sexual abuse scandals. “Yes, I am really afraid. We are on the brink. We only need an accident to trigger war,” Francis said in […]

The federal government has summoned Stuart Symington, United States ambassador to Nigeria, over Donald Trump’s usage of a demeaning term to describe African nations. The US president is reported to have questioned why the US would want to have immigrants from “shithole countries” such as Haiti and African nations. The comment was reportedly made in […]

… just as California pays neighbouring states to use excess power generated, on Christmas Eve and early into the next day, Germany’s power trading exchange, EPEX Spot, had to pay companies and other large energy consumers up to $60 per megawatt-hour to use energy. The company bills consumers negative rates when too much power is […]

A former president, Ibrahim Babangida, on Sunday urged Nigerians and governments at all levels to serve as national vanguards in resolving some recent disturbing incidents affecting national security. Mr. Babangida, a retired army general, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna. According to the statement, […]