A farmer in Isheyin Local Government Area of Oyo State has shot dead a herdsman for allegedly raping his (farmer) wife on his farm at Sawo Village, near Oyo.

SAINT-PETERSBURG – US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin were Thursday set to argue out their differences on the Syria crisis over dinner at the G20 in Russia as world leaders sought to overcome a deep chasm over a US-led push for military action. Obama prepared to argue his case for punitive strikes against Syria […]

Nollywood actress Stella Damascus and Senator Yerima were both guests on ‘The Stream’ a programme aired on International News Network Al Jazeera; going head-to-head on the controversial issue of Child marriage.

Mixed reactions on Thursday trailed the decision of the Federal Government to punish culprits of examination malpractice with a five-year jail term or N200, 000 fine or both.

The Supervising Minister of Youths Development, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Thursday said that President Goodluck Jonathan had no interest in the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN).

No fewer than 20 people were feared dead, several others sustained injuries with the setting ablaze of Nganzai Local Government Area Secretariat, two primary schools, a clinic and some residential houses when some suspected Boko Haram members in a separate attacks laid ambush to Gajiram, the council headquarters of Nganzai and Bulabulin Ngawra Village of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state

The 19th Nigeria Economic Summit ended Thursday with the federal government accepting recommendations for cheap loans to farmers, by announcing a N15 billion loan at one per cent interest rate to farmers for the planting season through the Bank of Agriculture (BOA).

The Police Command in Yobe on Thursday paraded a five-man syndicate in possession of counterfeit foreign and Nigerian currencies allegedly being sold to the public.

Syria’s foreign minister will on Monday travel to Moscow to discuss the crisis in his country with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, Moscow said.

Suspected Taliban militants shot dead the Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, writer of a popular book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban in the 90s, in eastern Afghan province of Paktika on Wednesday night, police said.

The African Union  Commission and the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will make the continent more food secured.

New Iranian President Hassan Rowhani wished Jews a happy Jewish new year, or Rosh Hashanah, in a message on his Twitter feed.“As the sun is about to set here in Tehran I wish all Jews, especially Iranian Jews, a blessed Rosh Hashanah,” the English-language tweet said.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Mr Akin Oyateru, said in Nairobi on Thursday that Nigeria would assist Kenya in the management of its oil industry.

A new single ‘She can get it’ from the Kukere master Iyanya has appeared online amidst wild speculations it may have been leaked.

“Diana”, a biopic of the late princess of Wales who died in a Paris car crash, was set for its world premiere on Thursday with its star Naomi Watts already defending her involvement in the controversial film.