Rival militias whose clashes in western Libya have killed at least 18 people stopped fighting on Thursday, after government sent in troops to impose a ceasefire, an army official said. Reuters reporters in the town of Zuwara said there was no sig...
A group of former World Bank officials on Wednesday endorsed Africa’s candidate to lead the Bank, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. In an open letter, 39 former managers and economists called on the Bank’s executive board to ma...
Suspected Islamists have killed seven people in a market in northern restive city of Maiduguri in the latest deadly attacks in the region, police said Thursday. “There was an attack yesterday afternoon at Monday market. Some gunmen suspected to b...
President Hugo Chavez returned home to Venezuela on Wednesday after his latest session of cancer treatment in Cuba, as he aims to fight off the illness and win a new six-year term in an October election. The 57-year-old socialist leader, walking unaide...
The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday arrested one Lanre Baiyewu, 38, for allegedly adulterating gins for sale in the Totoro area of Abeokuta, Ogun. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who witnessed the opera...
A 29-year-old businessman was on Thursday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrates' Court, charged with allegedly setting a woman on fire. The prosecutor, Insp. Paul Onime, told the court that the defendant, Ikechukwu Godwin, on Jan. 22 poured pe...
The Nigeria Police Force will henceforth monitor its personnel serving as orderlies to important personalities to ensure that they are not converted ``to house helps or personal staff''. Mr Mohammed Abubakar, acting Inspector General ...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) will deploy more than 400 men to monitor vehicular movements in Delta during the Easter celebration. Mrs Susan Ajenge, the FRSC Commander in Delta, gave the figure on Thursday in Asaba in an interview...
The Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) has criticised the continued deduction of oil subsidy from the Federation Account, describing it as unconstitutional. This was contained in a communiqué issued and read by forum's Chairman, Gov. Rotimi Amaec...
A disaster management expert, has put the annual fire outbreaks in Nigeria at about 7,000 with resultant deaths of over 1,000 persons. The expert, Prof. Edwin Iguisi, made the disclosure at a public awareness lecture on Fire Disasters for Ahmadu ...
A Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) in charge of the Anti-Kidnap Squad in Delta and his team have been arrested for allegedly aiding kidnapping in the state. Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan disclosed this in Warri, Delta on Wednesday, while brief...
The Federal Operations Unit, Zone `A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) seized goods valued N129 million, between Feb. 27 and March 31, 2012. The Controller of the unit, Mr Dan Ugo, announced this in Lagos on Wednesday, while briefing journali...
The Sokoto State Government has earmarked N1 billion for the construction of three boarding primary schools in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, made this known in Sokoto on Wednesday, while briefing journalists after the Stat...
Frank Lampard last night roared ‘Bring on Barcelona’ — just as Jose Mourinho wrote off Chelsea’s hopes. The Catalans await Roberto Di Matteo’s Blues in the last four of the Champions League. The two sides m...
A DRUG-covered spoon was last night revealed to have been in cocaine addict Whitney Houston’s hotel suite when she was found dead in the bath. The superstar was discovered by her personal assistant face down and lifeless in the water with ...