Nigeria: Bayelsa poll: Dickson, Sylva in race of their lives

Sylva and Dickson

The December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State is mainly between former Governor Timipre Sylva, popularly known as the Opuabadi (the sea or the ocean) and the incumbent governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, known as the Ofurumapepee (the great white shark).

AUDU in the eyes of his kinsmen....‘We’ve lost a breadwinner’

Late Abubakar Audu

The sudden death of Prince Abubakar Audu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in last Saturday’s Kogi State governorship election, has left behind a lot of grief, particularly for the people of his ancestral homeland, of Ogbonicha in Ofu Local Government Area. JAMES AZANIA reports

Nigeria: Buhari yet to give Finance Ministry details of recovered loot —Adeosun

Kdemi Adeosun

Despite claims that his administration has recovered stolen money from previous government officials, President Muhammadu Buhari, it was disclosed, is yet to give details of the recovery to the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Fayose Blasts President Buhari : Stay at Home and Stop Embarrassing Nigeria Abroad

Gov Fayose of Ekiti state

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has carpeted President Muhammadu Buhari’s claim that many of those who looted the public treasuries in the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan had started returning the stolen funds to the government, saying the President should rather stay at home to govern the country instead of junketing around the globe and acting like a saint before the international community.

Nigeria: FRSC Implores Lagos Residents to Ride Bicycle

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has advocated the use of bicycles on some roads in Lagos as a way of reducing the traffic gridlocks, Daily Trust reports.

Nigeria: Buhari approves appointment of 30 new Judges for Federal High Court...See The full list

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria

​President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new Judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

Photos: This woman had six ribs removed to look like a cartoon

(picture: Barcroft India)

Some people dream of fast cars, a pair of manolo blahniks or a new designer handbag.

Not this 25-year-old woman.

Nigeria: Ministers Displeased With Buhari Over Poor Salaries

Buhari

Newly appointed ministers in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet are grumbling over poor salaries and allowance packages accruable to them in office.

Tinubu to attend launch of CAEL in Wolverhampton

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu

Former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is expected to attend a University of Wolverhampton centre which supports entrepreneurship and democratic governance in Africa is to be formally launched next week.

Nigeria: Kano Blast: Police yet to ascertain casualty figure

FILE PHOTO: Scene of a twin blast in Kano phone market on November 18, 2015

The Kano State Police command said on Friday it was yet to ascertain the casualty figures in the bomb attack at Dakasoye village in Garun Malam Local Government Area of the state.

Nigeria: FG, States, LGs share N473.8bn for Oct

President Buhari and the governors

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, on Friday said N473.8 billion was shared among the federal, states and local governments as revenue for October, 2015.

Nigeria: Kogi governorship race gets messier by the day

James Faleke and late Abubakar Audu

The governorship election in Kogi state, central Nigeria that appeared to have been conducted almost seamlessly on 21 November is getting messier each day, following the umpire’s surprising decision to declare the election inconclusive on 22 November and the sudden death of the leading candidate, Prince Abubakar Audu.

[PHOTOS] Fighting Crime: Governor Ambode Equips Lagos Police....Patrol vehicles, Gunboats , Bikes, Helicopter and many other equipments were handed over to the Command

PHOTOS of President Buhari and other commonwealth heads of governments meeting in Malta. President Buhari will fly to France on Sunday

Commonwealth Head of States and the Queen

A man kept his dead father's body in their house for 4 months, a neighbour spotted the skeleton and called the police

Reclusive Timothy Brown lived alongside his dead father Kenneth in their home in Stafford (pictured) for up to four months and was only discovered when a neighbour spotted a skeleton in an armchair, an inquest heard

A reclusive son lived alongside his dead father for up to four months and was only discovered when a neighbour spotted a skeleton in an armchair, an inquest heard.

Photo of the day: Reality Check In Nigeria

The 'world's sexiest robot' revealed: Cost $108,600 (£72,000) to own and £55,000 to fix if broke.

The five-foot six-inch android is capable of eye movements, response to eye-to-eye contact and can recognise body language. She is designed act like a human with rubber 'skin' and a woman's face - but it is unable to walk and has to be wheeled around

Zimbabwe’s first all-female deck crew takes flight

CAPTAIN CHIPO M. MATIMBA AND CAPTAIN ELIZABETH SIMBI PETROS OF AIR ZIMBABWE. (FACEBOOK)

Zimbabwe history was made high in the skies over Harare to Victoria Falls this week when, for the first time, an all-female flight deck crew took command of an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 737.

BREAKING NEWS: Suicide Bomber Hits Muslim Procession In Kano.....10 dead

A suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up among crowds in a Shia Muslim procession in the village of Dakasoye, Garun Mallam local government area of Kano on Friday, November 27.

Nigeria: Baba Sala Now a Hall of Famer

Moses Olaoluwa Adejumo aka Baba Sala

By Anthony Ada Abraham

Veteran comic actor, Moses Olaoluwa Adejumo aka Baba Sala, was honoured recently in Lagos for his treads in the comic industry in Nigeria.