News From Nigeria

A small vessel heading for European shores capsized off the northern coast of Libya overnight, with scores of bodies reportedly washing ashore later and 49 out of as many as 700 on board rescued.   Nigel Farage, the UK Independence ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Western leaders are wrong in refusing to participate in the Victory Day Parade to be held on May 9 in Moscow. “I do not support those politicians who refuse to come to the celebration ...

Almost three weeks of ongoing anti-migrant violence in South Africa have killed at least six people. The most recent attack took place on Saturday in the city of Johannesburg, with small armed groups attacking several local shops owned by foreigners. ...

Nigerian Consul-General in South Africa, Amb. Uche Ajulu-Okeke, said on Sunday that Nigerians lost more than N21m Rand (1.2m) in the on-going xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Ajulu-Okeke told the News Agency of Nigeria by phone from Johannesburg, South Africa, ...

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has said his asking for forgiveness should not be taken for cowardice by his opponents, saying his tenure in office will be determined by God. He said he took the step to seek a ...

As indicated by NTA, the Nigerian Army landed Sambisa Forest yesterday April 18th in hunt and conceivable salvage of the missing Chibok young ladies.

Yusuf Monsurat (23), an understudy of D.S. Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State in the picture above has been captured by the Ogun state Police command for stabbing her partner, Eric Moses, to death in their school hostel taking after a ...

Find his response below… The front-page story of the Sunday Punch of April 19 alleging that the Presidency spent a whopping N2 trillion on the 2015 General elections, and that a Committee of Five has been set up by President ...

Nigeria’s ex-Information Minister, and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District Sen. Uche Chukwumerije passed on today Sunday April 19th after a fight with lung cancer. He was encompassed by his family as per an announcement released by his child, Chidi ...

Vanguard columnist Dr. Femi Aribisala, in an interaction with Vanguard editors, explains why he is not proud to call president-elect, Gen. Buhari his president. Read below… How did you come about your claim that INEC rigged the election for Buhari? ...