KISUMU – Voters across Kenya on Monday formed giant queues and waited for hours in the sweltering heat to cast their ballots in key elections that many fear could turn violent. In the western lakeside town of Kisumu, a flashpoint in bloody post-poll violence five years ago, lines of voters snaked through rundown slum streets […]

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II smiled as she left hospital on Monday following a one-night stay, having been admitted for the first time in 10 years after suffering from the symptoms of gastroenteritis.

AS the country prepares to celebrate its existence of 100 years in 2014, after amalgamation in 1914, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, said former head of State and presidential candidate of the party, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) scarified his life for the unity of the country.

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has expressed shock and sadness over the killing of the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu, by yet unknown gunmen, saying the death reinforces the belief in certain circles that Nigeria is fast becoming a failed state.

A fresh landslide weekend hit the riverside community of Okoloba, Sabagreia in Kolokuma-Opokuma local government area of Bayelsa State, destroying several houses.

Ryan Giggs is poised to reach yet another milestone in his extraordinary career on Tuesday when he is expected to make his 1,000th appearance in senior football.

Al-Qaeda’s branch in northern Africa on Monday confirmed that one of its senior leaders, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, had been killed in northern Mali, a report said.

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WARRI Refining and Petrochemical Company, WRPC, Warri, Delta State, has complained about alleged encroachment on its property by Ifiekporo and Ijalla communities to the Delta State Government.

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has promised to be part of a three-day Nigeria Maritime Expo (NIMAREX 2013) opening on March 12 in Lagos.

Barely one week after burying bosom friend Goldie Harvey, Eccentric Channel 0 presenter, Denrele Edun himself escaped death by whiskers when gun totting robbers invaded his family’s Yaba, Lagos home.

EBONYI State Police command, weekend, said it had arrested a middle-aged farmer, Okechukwu Ogbonna, who allegedly severed the head of his 60-year-old father, Ogbonnaya Okereke over alleged mystic issues.

Long lines of Kenyans queued from way before dawn to vote Monday in the first election since the violence-wracked polls five years ago, with a deadly police ambush hours before polling started marring the key ballot.

It’s still three weeks but the buzz is on; on March 30th D’banj will release his long overdue album D’Kings Men; his first album since his fall out with former label mate and friend Don Jazzy one year ago.

The families of four hostages being held by Al-Qaeda’s north African branch on Monday urged the French government to show a “willingness to negotiate” with the militant group.

President Goodluck Jonathan at a presidential dinner to celebrate the industry at 20, held at State House, Marina, Lagos unveiled a N3 billion  package to help turnaround Nigeria’s movie industry, Nollywood, which has seen growth in production and sales within past years, but remains heavily criticized for low content quality. The president said the package, […]