An investigative report has found that the son of a retired Supreme Court Judge in Nigeria has allegedly fled the country along with his wives and children to join the Islamic State militants in Syria. According to a US-based news … read more
The London Home Office has once again threw the spanner into the works of Nigerian renowned lesbian and gay-rights activist, Aderonke Apata, to get a permanent stay in the UK because she has not always been a lesbian. The Home … read more
A newlywed woman filed for separation only a week after marriage after she found her husband’s penis to be “too large” to bear. Aisha Dannupawa, a mother-of-three, has asked a court for an annulment from her new husband Ali Maizinari, … read more
President Goodluck Jonathan has claimed the schoolgirls Boko Haram sect members kidnapped were still alive. He disclosed this during an appearance on morning television on Thursday. “The girls are still alive. They have not been killed because the terrorists always … read more
Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, whose fortunes grew exponentially in the past decade, have lost billions of dollars in paper value as a result of plunging stock prices and the rapid depreciation of the naira. Such volatility is a perennial hazard for … read more
Nigeria’s Islamist militant group Boko Haram released a video purporting to show it beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and editing techniques reminiscent of footage from the Islamic State group. Released on Monday, the film shows … read more
A crowd has beaten to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body on fire, according to police and witnesses. A second suspect, also a teenage girl, was arrested at Muda … read more
Despite the intervention of the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to avert fuel supply crisis in the run up to the forth-coming elections, long queues of anxious motorists resurfaced on Friday in filling stations in major cities across the country. … read more
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the March 28 election, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has alleged that Nigeria loses an average of N3.1trillion worth of crude oil to corruption on an annual basis. He stressed … read more
A twin suicide attack this week at a bus station in Nigeria’s Kano city killed 34 people, a union official said Thursday, giving an updated toll after police said 10 people died. Boko Haram Islamist militants have not claimed the … read more