Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels. Such calls represented a “coup against the constitution…

21-year-old love letter brings back memories of the days when letters were the vehicles of love. Read the letter:                                                     22 Jan 1993                                                         Dittomatic Dearest, With love in my…

Meet all the winners from the City People Entertainment Awards. The 5th edition of the City People Entertainment Awards took place on the 22nd of June at the  10 Degrees…

Nsukka—Less than fifty per cent of Nigerians currently have access to electricity, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has said.Prof. Nebo, who disclosed this at the 15th Herbert Macaulay bi-ennial…

ONE Salim Wahab of Okelele area, Ilorin, yesterday, asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his marriage due to his wife’s obsession with parties.Salim, 33, said his wife, Mariam, had…

EmotionS ran high, yesterday, at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, following the startling confession of a 64-year‑old herbalist, on how he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her…

Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara has told his country’s footballers he will double their World Cup win bonuses if they beat Greece, the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) said Monday.The Elephants…

Maiduguri—Over 70 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, who participated in separate attacks on Chuha I, Chuha II and Korogilim villages of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State last weekend, have…

Two statues from among thousands of works of art looted by British soldiers in the 19th century have been returned to Nigeria, prompting calls for other “stolen” treasures to be…

Three al-Jazeera journalists accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood have been jailed for seven years in Egypt. A court in Cairo convicted Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of…