A military aircraft carrying Nelson Mandela’s remains arrived Saturday in Mthatha in his native Eastern Cape province ahead of his burial Sunday.

Drenched in sweat from an energy-sapping rehearsal at a Lagos dance studio, Rita Adoh hopes to make a fortune from dancing and catapult herself into the growing ranks of Nigeria’s millionaires

From the confines of apartheid prison and during the ill health that stalked his last years, Nelson Mandela yearned for the rolling hills and open spaces of his boyhood village of Qunu.

The United States has warned North Korea against any “provocative acts” following the shock execution of leader Kim Jong-Un’s uncle, as the reclusive state campaigned to rally support behind the young supremo.

South African peace icon Desmond Tutu is to miss the burial of his friend Nelson Mandela, the archbishop’s office said Saturday, amid allegations he was not invited for political reasons.

First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan on Friday inaugurated the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme Maternal and Child Health otherwise known as MAMA Project with a declaration that henceforth she should no longer be called Patience but “Mama Peace.”

AN Akure Chief Magistrate Court has remanded a 71-year-old man, Alhaji Ganiyu Kolawole and two others in prison custody for alleged rape

REACTIONS have continued to trail the purported letter written by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to President Jonathan that was leaked to the media, as a coalition of Civil Society Organizations has said that the letter was borne out of malice and was capable of causing political tension in the country.

The allegation of non-remittance of $49.8 billion oil revenue made the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, by the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, took a new dimension on Friday as the Corporation accused the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, of turning the issue into a political instrument.

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ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities [ASUU] has said that it is not been used and cannot be used by any political party to achieve its goal

Popular for the role which he played in the movie, “Games Men Play Reloaded”, and the yet to be released controversial “Black November” movie which he co-produced with Jeta Amata, Enyinna Nwigwe originally did not set out to become an actor.

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Former Civilian Governor of OldPlateauState and pioneer Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Solomon Lar was yesterday buried at his Langtang country home in Plateau State amidst eulogies.

As a child growing up, I had in my possession, one of the most auspicious letters of all times. It was a letter that for years, I pasted on the wall of my room and committed it’s contents to memory so well that even if I was suddenly woken up from sleep, I could recite it. Beyond committing the letter to memory, I also had a mental picture of the writer of the letter.