A 20-year-old woman, Abiola Olayinka, who allegedly stabbed a man with a broken bottle, was on Tuesday brought before an Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

U.S Vice-President Joe Biden on Tuesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of the elections results and show of statesmanship by congratulating the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

Stephen Keshi on Tuesday agreed to a new two-year contract to coach Nigeria’s national men’s football team, ending months of uncertainty and speculation over his future. Some opposed extending Keshi’s tenure as the Super Eagles coach after they failed to qualify for the recent Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.

Two soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram rocket attack on a military vehicle in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga, residents told pressmen on Tuesday. Six other soldiers and a civilian vigilante were critically injured when their vehicle hit a mine planted by the Islamists just outside the town in Borno state on Sunday, they added.

The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has warned the Federal Government against building a nuclear plant because of the adverse consequences of the facility. The union gave the warning in a statement signed by its General Secretary, Mr Joe Ajaero, and made available tonewsmen on Tuesday in Lagos