South African police said Tuesday they had launched an investigation following the seizure of millions of dollars of cash found stashed in the luggage of two Nigerians and an Israeli.

Senators said Tuesday they will meet with President Goodluck Jonathan to press him to declare “total war” on Boko Haram, in a sign of frustration and concern over worsening security.

I refused to tell Mba about the birth of Oghenemega and instead requested for the envelope I gave him to keep for me. He thought it contained some important documents and had diligently hidden it far away.

THE bickering between carriers and defence forces on Benin Republic roads, seems to be going in favour of the carriers. The head of state, Boni Yayi, last Saturday held a work session with the factions.

THE power supply around Lagos is particularly worrisome. From time to time, there have been pockets of protests over epileptic supply or outright outages within the Lagos area. Often, protesters moved in droves from one street to the other in the areas affected, carrying placards expressing the problems and the challenges to their businesses. Lagos is not the only state where power outage or poor supply is enshrined.

Mr Muyiwa Owolabi, 43, on Tuesday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court, seeking dissolution of his 11-year-old marriage to his wife, Tinuola, on the ground of adultery.

Nearly $1.0 billion dollars is needed to fight the Ebola outbreak raging in west Africa, the United Nations said Tuesday, warning that 20,000 could be infected by year end.

Italy on Tuesday admitted paying ransoms to obtain the freedom of some hostages, saying it approached negotiations on a case-by-case basis

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of engaging in a systematic harassment of members of the opposition party, while at the same time shielding accused Boko Haram sponsor Ali Modu Sheriff from the law.

SENATE President, Senator David Mark Tuesday told the Federal Government to demonstrate strength by confronting and defeating terrorists and insurgents especially the Boko Haram sect that had unleashed terror on the three states of North East, saying that Nigerians were frustrated and helpless.