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 It was tragedy at dawn when a boat mishap occurred at the weekend, claiming no fewer than 33 persons. The...

A four-day nationwide lockdown announced by the Sierra Leone government in a bid to contain the biggest ever outbreak of...

A man and woman set to be joined in holy matrimony in Enugu were, yesterday, shot dead by gunmen suspected...

The Nigerian media was Saturday thrown into a mourning mood over the death of veteran journalist and Vice Chairman of...

President Jonathan on Saturday urged intending pilgrims embarking on this year’s hajj operation to commit themselves to spiritual rejuvenation and...

Men of the Oyo/Osun Area Com­mand of the Nigeria Customs Service made a major seizure of 234 perfect­ly wrapped and...

Sixteen people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of cholera in Sokoto State, while 40 others are on admission...

The  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Saturday, cleared the local government election in Katsina State, as the main opposition party,...

First and only Prime Minister of Nigeria, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, was killed in a coup in 1966, six years...

Somalia's Islamist group al-Shabab has named Ahmad Umar as successor to former leader Ahmed Abdi Godane, who was killed in...

Saudi Arabia has unveiled a 900km multi-layered fence along its border with Iraq, as part of efforts to secure the...

The Department of State Services, DSS, has denied being the source of the information credited to Australian Boko Haram hostage...

Soldiers have begun to move their families out of the two major barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Soldiers,...

The blood of patients who recover from Ebola should be used to treat others, the World Health Organization has announced....