UPDATE: Police confirm 15 persons dead, 57 injured in Kano explosions

The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Katsina, has confirmed the death of 15 persons in the bomb blasts that rocked the GSM Market in the city on Wednesday.

Highway sweeper knocked to death in Lagos

A highway sweeper working with the Lagos State Waste Management Authority on Wednesday died when a vehicle knocked her off the Third Mainland Bridge to the ground.

APC plotting to kill Ekweremadu, Akpabio, Secondus, others — PDP

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the governing All Progressives Congress of trying to assassinate the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.

Cleric condemns pro Biafra protests

A Catholic Priest in Enugu, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has condemned the recent agitation and protests for Biafra nation describing the action as `evil.’

REVEALED: How Sanusi betrayed, set me up – Diezani speaks out

Former Minister for Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has revealed she was betrayed by the former Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi despite throwing her weight behind him in support of his interest to contest for the presidency of the African Development Bank, AfDB.

I Will Not Seek For Political Office Again – IBB

Former military president Ibrahim Babangida has said that he would not seek any political post again in Nigeria.

PDP is in coma with no doctor, only ‘Nurse Metuh’ is treating it – Senate Leader, Ndume

The Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume has predicted that many Senators elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will soon be cross-carpeting to the All Progressives Congress, APC.