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(Nigeria) President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS, Dr. Femi Thomas of his appointment with immediate effect.

(Nigeria) A former Commissioner representing Akwa Ibom State on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Pastor Godwin Eyo, was, on Monday, convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by an Akwa Ibom State High Court for stealing 56 transformers meant for oil producing communities in the state.

Boko Haram gunmen have about 50 soldiers and massacred civilians in a weekend attack on an island on Lake Chad, after 21 people were shot dead in Yobe State.

(Nigeria) The Police have confirmed the killing of no fewer than 10 farmers in a reprisal attack on the people of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State by gunmen.

(Nigeria) Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused  Governor Rotimi Amaechi and the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to secure a court injunction in Awka, Anambra State to stop the swearing-in of the state governor- elect, Chief Nyesom Wike on May 29, 2015.

(Nigeria) Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead 21 people in Yobe State, who were trying to return home to recover abandoned food supplies, a local official and a victim's relative said Monday.

(Nigeria) Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi has been impeached. He was impeached on Monday by the state House of Assembly. 

Al-Qaeda fighters and allied Syrian rebels on Monday claimed another success in their offensive in the north-west of the country, capturing a major military base.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Francois Hollande have agreed that France will either deliver Mistral helicopter carriers to Russia or refund payment made for them, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Tropical getaway: Rihanna was seen soaking up sun on the coastline of Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday She's enjoying some time in Hawaii after serving as bridesmaid in her assistant's wedding.

The death toll from Saturday's devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Nepal has exceeded 3,600, the Nepalese police headquarters said on Monday.

Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said a number of miners, protesting in the country’s capital of Kiev since last week, has been arrested, but did not specify the number.

The Israeli military announced Sunday it indicted three soldiers for allegedly taking money from a building in Gaza during last year's war against Hamas militants.

In a new documentary, Russian President Vladimir Putin says intercepted calls showed that the United States  helped separatists in Russia's North Caucasus in the 2000s, underscoring his suspicions of the West.

The South African government reacted angrily Sunday to Nigeria's decision to recall its ambassador from Pretoria over a wave of mob attacks on African migrants that killed at least seven people.

Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said on Sunday.

A group of convicted drug-traffickers in Indonesia, nine of whom are foreigners, has been informed that they will be executed in the next few days, an official said Sunday.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, has decried the reported allegations of last-minute looting of the nation's resources, hurried recruitment into the public service and rushed privatization of key financial institutions by the Goodluck Jonathan administration, warning that such egregious actions will have serious repercussions.

The Rivers State  chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, expressed regrets over alleged looting spree in the state’s ministries and parastatals ahead of Governor Rotimi Amaechi's exit, on May 29, 2015.

(Nigeria) Mr Ighoyota Amori of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the Delta Central senatorial election.

A man has been jailed for life after fathering a child with his own daughter who he raped repeatedly from when she was just 10. 

(Nigeria) Mr Daruis Ishaku of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has won the Taraba State supplementary governorship election held on Saturday.

Bitter split: John Fashanu, 52, and his wife Abigail, 48 have accused each other of cheating and he claims she has violently attacked him on a number of occasions. Former footballer John Fashanu is embroiled in a bitter split with his wife Abigail amid claims that she threatened him with knives after he slept with their maid.

Russia's Defense Ministry on Tuesday published the first official photo of the country's much awaited new T-14 Armata battle tank.

A minimum of 1,500 people have been killed by an earthquake of 7.8 points on the Richter scale that rocked Nepal on Saturday, the Nepalese police said.

Rivers State All Progressives Congress, APC, has berated the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mrs. Gesila Khan, for allegedly blocking the party from having access to evidence of rigging of the March 28 and April 11 elections in the state with a view to seeking redress at the election petition tribunal.

(Nigeria) A 28 year old man, Mr Yusuf Salihu has been killed by another man over an alleged  misunderstanding over a girlfriend in Nasarawa State. Meanwhile, the police in Nasarawa State on Saturday confirmed the killing of  Salihu, 28, by another man in an apparent tussle over  a girl friend in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state. Ismaila Umar-Noman, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident when he spoke in Lafia. ``We received information on April 22, that some youths in Akwanga mobilised themselves with cutlasses, knives, among others, to revenge the death of Mr Yusuf Salihu who was allegedly stabbed to death by Mr Alias Sadam on misunderstanding over a girlfriend. ``We quickly sent our officers to the area to investigate what was happening and on reaching there, our men discovered that one Mr Yusuf Salihu was stabbed at his back with a knife by one Mr Alias Sadam and he died on the spot. ``The police have already commenced investigation in to th

(Nigeria) Five ad hoc officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Imo State were on Saturday arrested for thumb-printing ballot papers in the governorship re-run election in the state. The officials were arrested at Omuma Primary School in Oru East local government following an order by Mr Mike Igini, one of the resident electoral commissioners deployed to Imo for the election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Imo, Dr Gabriel Ada, who confirmed the arrest, said that the officials were already in police custody. Ada said the ad hoc workers connived with agents of a political party to thumb-print ballot papers leading to their arrest. In the same vein, the election has been cancelled in Ozuh Primary School, Omuma following the arrest of 25 persons claiming to be INEC officials by military men. The arrested persons and the election materials in their possession were taken to the Oru East local government headquarters.

(Nigeria) The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,  has described the crash of the outgoing majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Chidi Lloyd in the April 11 Poll as a good omen to Rivers people, particularly the Rivers State Legislative Assembly, as the beastly desires and actions perpetrated in the supposedly hallowed champers of the 7th Assembly had been brought to an end. Rivers PDP in a statement by its state chairman on Saturday, said "The PDP gladly celebrates the exit of a brute from the Rivers State Assembly, which for 12 years was under siege and has now been liberated by the popular wish and commendable decision of Rivers electorate, who at the poll demonstrated their abhorrence of culture of violence, rascality and landlorship trait in the Assembly by Chidi Lloyd and his colleagues. "The people of the state have broken the jinx of the Assembly and can now heave a sigh of relief with the coming on board of a team of sound

(Nigeria) Unservicable ammunition on Saturday exploded in Jos, the Plateau State capital, causing apprehension among residents. Meanwhile,  the Nigerian Army has allayed fears of any attack in Jos. Spokesperson of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, in a statement said "the explosion heard in Jos, Plateau State this morning (Saturda) was from an accident that occurred while troops authorized to destroy unservicable ammunitions were transporting the bad ammunition. "Some of the unserviceable ammunition  exploded in the process of moving them to demolition site in the bush." Col. Usman added that the explosion did not affect the barracks or neighbouring communities. He nevertheless disclosed that "Unfortunately, two soldiers lost their lives and one sustained injuries. Normalcy has returned to the area."

Sanctions imposed on Russia over the Ukrainian crisis will remain in force until Russia fully adheres to the Minsk agreements, United States Secretary of State, MrJohn Kerry said after a ministerial meeting of the Arctic Council in Canada’s Iqaluit answering questions from journalists. Kerry said Russia’s alleged desire to have sanctions lifted remains unachievable because the Minsk agreements have not been implemented in full, reports Tass.  He added that he had discussed the Ukrainian issue with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week. The talk was in particular about Russian humanitarian convoys, the work of monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and pullout of heavy armaments from the disengagement line by the conflicting sides. Russia has repeatedly denied any involvement in hostilities in the southeast of Ukraine. Lavrov recently called absurd US threats of toughening anti-Russian sanctions for alleged non-implementation of the M

The fact that Kiev attracts foreign mercenaries to take part in the military operation in the Donbas region testifies to the inability of the Ukrainian authorities to wage war on their own, spokesman for the Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, DPR, Eduard Basurin said on Friday. "A large number of mercenaries on the territory of Ukraine attests to the invalidity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Ukrainian people’s unwillingness to take part in the fratricidal war," the Donetsk news agency quotes him as saying, reports Tass . "On Thursday, the media reported that a draft law on legalizing foreign nationals taking part in the military operation had been submitted to the Verhovna Rada. I’d like to note that there are quite a few foreigners fighting on the Ukrainian side," Basurin said. On Tuesday, Basurin announced the transfer by Kiev of 70 mercenaries of a United States private company Academi to the Volnovakha settlement area. &

(Nigeria) The Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, on Friday threatened to stop the importation of petroleum products over yet-to-be-paid N256 billion subsidy claim by the Federal Government. It will be recalled that the Federal Government had repeatedly accused the oil marketers of blackmail . The Executive Secretary of MOMAN, Mr Obafemi Olawore made the disclosure at a news conference in Lagos. Olawore said that the last time the government paid marketers N100 billion subsidy claim was in February and it was paid in Sovereign Debt Note, SDN. He said that the post-dated note would mature at the end of April. The secretary-general said that before the N100 billion SDN was issued, the government was indebted to the tune of N315.8 billion. ``But if you deduct the N100 billion from the N315.8 billion, you will have 215.8 billion. ``Besides, the Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, had earlier approved Batches T and U for last quarter of 2014 for payment

(Nigeria) For allegedly killing her husband, an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a woman, Oyinyechi Akunne, in prison over the death of her husband. The accused, 29, who resides at No. 58, Idimu Road, Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb, is being tried for murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Cousin Adams, told the court that the offence was committed on March 28 at 11.00 p.m., at her apartment. The couple had a heated argument and Onyinyechi picked a kitchen knife and stabbed her husband to death’’. Adams said the offence contravened Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. The Magistrate, Mr Nurudeen Layeni, said the accused should be kept behind bars at Ikoyi Prisons pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP. The case has been adjourned till May 25.

(Nigeria) Delta State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has two factional chairmen  arising from its delegates conference held on Thursday night  in Asaba. Mr David Ofoeyeno, the Delta State President of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employee, NULGE, defeated his opponent, Mr Goodluck Ofobruku, state Chairman of the Medical and Health Workers Union. But the incumbent NLC chairman, Mr Williams Akporeha has also laid claim to being returned at a parallel election held at a separate venue. Ofoeyeno belongs to the Ayuba Wabbara’s faction of the NLC. The election that produced Ofoeyeno was supervised by the officials loyal to Wabba. In his reaction, one of the newly elected Vice Chairmen, Mr Jonathan Jemirieyigbe confirmed that there was a parallel election involving Akporeha held at an undisclosed venue in the state. According to him, the delegates conference which produced Ofoeyeno, himself and other executives in Asaba was the ``authentic election”. Jemirieyigbe sa

(Nigeria ) President Goodluck Jonathan, said on Friday that his meeting with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa on Friday was to further their conversation on the wellbeing Nigeria. It was Buhari’s second visit to Jonathan since the declaration of the presidential election results on March 31 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.  Jonathan, who had paid a private visit to the President-elect after he was declared the winner of the election, told State House correspondents that a date would be picked on which to show Buhari ``round the State House``. ``(We will) pick a date when the President-(elect, Buhari) will come and I will show him round the State House. ``But today is not for that; today we are continuing with our conversation.  ``So you don’t need to worry the President-(elect), you don’t need to also worry the President. But you see that we are smiling. So it was a fruitful one (conversation) in the interest of the country.`` He

(Nigeria)  The Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IG, Mr Solomon Arase, has  warned all officers involved in the re-run elections in Abia, Imo, Kogi, Delta and Taraba States to conduct themselves in line with established Standard Operational Guidelines. Force Spokesperson, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said "While reminding officers to be above board and maintain the highest level of professionalism for which the Force has been widely commended both locally and internationally, the IG warn that severe disciplinary sanctions would be meted out to any deviant officer who breaches the code of conduct."  

(Nigeria) The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State has accused the Rivers State Government and the state All Progressives Congress, APC, of setting aside a whooping  N2billion for the purpose of bribing the respected members of the 2015 Rivers State Election Petition Tribunal so that they can give judgment against the PDP. It also alleged that the Rivers State Government has also approved the sum of N2.5Billion for the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RISIEC, to conduct the ill fated local government elections being planned by the APC government of Governor  Rotimi Amaechi. MAR Emma Okah, Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the PDP Campaign Organisation, Rivers State in Port Harcourt on Friday, alleged that  Amaechi had directed his financial officers to effect this deal at a meeting he held with them a few nights ago in the Rivers State Governor's Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. "According to the plan, the entire N4.5BN will be paid to the account of

(Nigeria) The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday, said it was happy that the grand plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to rig the PDP out in the just concluded governorship election which failed has been confirmed by no other than the APC governorship candidate, Mr Dakuku Peterside himself.

(Nigeria) Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast killed one soldier and three vigilantes, security sources said Thursday.

Former Central Intelligence Agency, CIA Director,  David Petraeus, whose career was destroyed by an extramarital affair with his biographer, was sentenced Thursday to two years' probation and fined $100,000 for giving her classified material while she was working on the book.

Did you know that just by walking down the street, or across the office, people may be able to figure out that you’ve gotten laid?

Two Western hostages and one American citizen-turned-terrorist were killed in a United States anti-terrorist operation on the Afghan-Pakistani border in January, the White House said Thursday.

(Nigeria) With peace and quiet from the usually vociferous Abubakar Shekau, supreme head of the Boko Haram in recent times, there are speculations within the security circles that the group may have been so disarrayed that it no longer has the luxury of issuing threats.

Dutch investigators have recovered "many" more body parts and pieces of wreckage after resuming their search at the MH17 plane crash site in Ukraine, the Netherlands said.

(Nigeria) President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered the removal of his campaign posters and bill boards, with the general elections just ended.

(Nigeria) The Building Collapse Prevention Guild, has said that  it could have carried out better investigation on the collapse of the guest house within the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, if its members had visited the scene earlier.

The Ademola Daramola seen here being manhandled by Policemen led by DPO Segun Fabunmi (Nigeria) A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere  on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the  hearing in the case involving  a dismissed  Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Segun Fabunmi, alleged to have murdered one Mr Ademola Daramola.

Legion of death: Taken somewhere in the forests of north eastern Nigeria, the images show the Boko Haram jihadis casually posing with assault rifles. Militants fighting for Boko Haram in West Africa have released the first images of their terror activities since pledging allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

Court date: Premier League winger Johnson (centre) will appear at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court on May 20 Footballer Adam Johnson was today charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under 16 and one of grooming.