A police inspector, Ahamba Njoku, has been shot dead by robbers in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia, the police said. Police Public Relations Officer in Abia, Mr Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba yesterd...
The wife of one of the guards who held a Briton and an Italian hostage in northern Nigeria said yesterday that the two men were taken into a toilet and shot dead during a failed attempt to rescue them by British and Nigerian forces. The wife, who gave ...
Mr Anyatang Livinus, like every young person in his childhood, was full of hopes and aspirations of making success out of life. His ideal dream was to become a medical doctor. The young intelligent Livinus nursed&nbs...
South Africa on Thursday apologised for barring 125 Nigerians from the country and unveiled new immigration procedures aimed at ending a diplomatic row between the continent’s two powerhouses. The dispute blew up after immigration officials at Jo...
A policeman went berserk and shot two of his colleagues before shooting himself at Lala Village of Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa. In a related development, another police corporal at the Trans-Amadi area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capi...
Nigeria is God’s special creation for the service of its citizens and those of other nations, especially in Africa, former President Olusegun Obasanjo said in Lagos on Monday. “What we are is not for ourselves alone,’’ Obasanjo ...
A Nigerian spokesman for the Islamic militant group Boko Haram told Bikyamasr.com on Sunday that they are planning a “war” on Christians in the next few weeks. According to the spokesman, speaking via telephone from northern Nigeria, the gr...
The remains of the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, were yesterday interred in his family compound in Umudim Nnewi, Anambra State at about 2pm, amidst pomp and ceremony, marking the end of his jo...
Three Boko Haram members yesterday lost their lives when a bomb exploded at a compound suspected to be used as a bomb-making factory in Kaleri Ward, London Chiki Area of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council of Borno State. Residents of the area, which is adj...
A day after militants attacked a Marine Police checkpoint in Bayelsa and killed four soldiers and four policemen; the Joint Task Force has engaged local divers to search for the corpses of the missing officers and men. This is coming on the heels of th...
Oge Okoye, the pretty, curvy and talented A-list Nollywood actress is known to be down to earth in everything. The mother of two spoke with AJIBADE ALABI in this exclusive interview on her career, marriage and the things that make her unique among her ...
The death of Sule Kwaran, a vigilante group commander shot dead by suspected members of Boko Haram sect did not come to his three widows as a surprise as events leading to his demise hinted that he was putting his life at risk, but only for the s...
Pastor Ishaya Izang of COCIN Church, Tilde-Fulani, Toro Local Government, Bauchi State, has described as “very shameful and embarrassing’’, an alleged attempt by some members to bomb the Church. The members, who allegedly attempted to...
Three men, said to be bricklayers lost their lives yesterday in Awka, Anambra State capital when a two-storey building still undergoing construction collapsed at about 11am, trapping 12 of its workers including the site engineer. Nine of the trapped wo...
Unknown gunmen on Thursday morning attacked the Brass and Nembe waterways and creeks of Bayelsa State, killing four policemen and four soldiers. A commanding officer of Brass JTF unit of L.T rank was also killed in the attack. The Police Commissioner o...