Opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have threatened to override President Jonathan’s veto power on his delay in signing...
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Delta State Has Invested Over N15b on FG’s Power Projects –Gov. Uduaghan
February 07, 2013
Gov. Uduaghan delivering a paper at the the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) John Hopkins, Washington, DC In Washin...
At Last! Enugu Gov, Sullivan Chime, Returns
February 07, 2013
The governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime, is reportedly back in the country. The governor, as sources told Aproko247, returned to Nig...
ACN, ANPP, APGA, CPC Officially Merge …Now Called APC
February 07, 2013
Nigeria's four main opposition parties have announced a merger, forming a coalition which could pose the biggest threat to P...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Obama to make first trip to Israel as president
February 06, 2013
President Barack Obama will go to Israel in March, the White House said on Tuesday, marking his first visit to the staunch US ally sin...
Saudi Prince Jailed In UK ...To Be Sent Home
February 06, 2013
A gay Saudi prince jailed for life in Britain for murdering his servant is to serve the rest of his sentence in his home country, a Br...
Indian woman attacked with metal rod
February 06, 2013
Indian police have arrested a man for allegedly shoving a metal rod down the throat of a 22-year-old woman during an attempted rape at h...
Komodo dragon attacks 2 rangers
February 06, 2013
A Komodo dragon in Indonesia has attacked two employees in one of the giant lizards' protected island habitats, leaving its victim...
Nigerian Islamists kill 6 rangers
February 06, 2013
Boko Haram insurgents killed at least six park rangers on Tuesday in a reprisal attack after troops backed by helicopter gunships dest...
Tanks, Mines, Poverty Strangle Mali Town
February 06, 2013
Douentza's Islamist occupiers have fled, but the central Malian town is still effectively under siege, its residents cut off from ...
$600 000 for Mugabe's 89th birthday bash
February 06, 2013
Cape Town - Preparations for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 89th birthday celebrations have begun, with the fundraising comm...
Tiwa Savage Officially Engaged To Her Manager, Tee Billz
February 06, 2013
For the sexiest singer, Tiwa Savage, it's no longer Kelekele love as she just said yes to the 'will you ...
Army Officer Shot Dead Policeman In Plateau
February 06, 2013
On Tuesday, an army corporal identified as Doe, at close range, shot dead a Police Inspector following a heated argument with the dece...
Judge Tricked EFCC To Free $203m Pension Fund Thief
February 06, 2013
Justice Abubakar Talba, the Federal High Court, Abuja, judge who sentenced John Yusufu, former director in the Police Pension Office, ...
9 Suspected Internet Fraudsters Arraigned, Get N1m Bail Each
February 06, 2013
Nine of the 20 arrested internet fraud suspects have been arraigned before Justice A M Liman of the Federal High Court 1, Benin City, ...
Gov. Imoke may return to Nigeria this week
February 06, 2013
If everything goes as planned, Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River state, one of the Nigeria's absentee governors is expected to retur...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
AI: Nigeria fails to probe scores of killings
February 05, 2013
Nigeria has largely failed to investigate hundreds of killings by police and relatives of the victims are often left without explanation...
11 killed in local fighting in Yola
February 05, 2013
A witness in north-eastern Nigeria, Yola says 11 people have been killed in fighting between nomadic cattle herders and farmers. The f...
4 Held In France In Jihadist Network Probe
February 05, 2013
Three French-Congolese and a Malian were arrested on Tuesday in the Paris region as part of a probe into a network set up to send jihadi...
FG Unveils Emblem For Centenary Celebrations
February 05, 2013
A colourful ceremony was held to herald the events marking Nigeria’s centenary celebration today (Monday) at the Presidential Villa in A...
Islamic Radicals In Africa: 10 Facts
February 05, 2013
History might be repeating itself as French forces move into North Africa to fight Islamist radicals. Who are the main players in this ...
Friday, February 1, 2013
Nigerian lawmaker in $3m bribe scam
February 01, 2013
Femi Otedola Abuja - A lawmaker who led a corruption probe into Nigeria's fuel subsidy last year was charged on Friday with accept...
Nigeria frees funds to address lead poison
February 01, 2013
Lagos - Nigeria has provided nearly $3m in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds o...
Court Affirms Reverend King’s Death Sentence
February 01, 2013
A Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has affirmed the conviction and death sentence of Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, a.k.a Rev. King on charges of a...
Farouk Lawan Remanded In Kuje Prison
February 01, 2013
An Abuja High Court has remanded the Chairman of House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the probe of the oil subsidy, Hon Farouk L...
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