Nigeria rubish Ivory Coast's Nation Cup dream, eyes title after sending the Elephants home

Referee Djamel Haimoudi, center, from Algeria, stops an argument between Ivory Coast's Didier Drogba, left, and John Obi Mikel during their African Cup of Nations quarterfinals match Sunday, Feb. 3 2013 at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg, South Africa. Nigeria defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 to advance to the semifinals. Photo: Armando Franca

RUSTENBURG, South Africa (AP) — Nigeria has become the team to beat at the African Cup of Nations after reaching the semifinals by stunning Didier Drogba's Ivory Coast on Sunday.

Just like Drogba, Emmanuel Adebayor also won't have a chance to win the tournament for the first time as

$620,000 bribe, FG finally file charges aginst Farouk Lawan

Five months after, the federal government has finally agreed to press charges and begin the trial of the House of Representatives member, Mr. Farouk Lawan for allegedly demanding and receiving $620,000 bribe.

Malam Farouk Lawan as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Probe is alleged to have negotiated the

Governor Orji promises hell for Kidnappers, to rid Abia of criminals

Governor Theodore Orji while receiving five Toyota Hilux vans donated to the state by Diamond Bank Plc to assist the government in the fight against crime in Umuahia Thursday pledged to rid the state of

Pastor held over gun possession

THE police in Benue State under the aegis of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have arrested the Katsina-Ala resident pastor of a Church (names withheld) in Katsina-Ala Council of Benue State for illegal possession of fire-arms.

we gathered that the arrest, which took place in the church yard last Tuesday by men of the SARS, followed a tip-off that the pastor had vowed to kill the accountant of the church (names withheld) during a disagreement over money.

Investigation also revealed that the pastor had allegedly ordered the accountant to handover all the church monies to him for execution of a project but the accountant refused to comply on the ground that the pastor

$3 Million Bribe: Otedola defeats lawmakers in court

Farouk-Femi

Reports obtained from Channels Tv online today, Thursday indicates that oil magnate Femi Otedola has deafeted the duo of Farouk Lawan and Aminu Tambuwal in the Preliminary Case.

A Lagos based oil magnate and the Chairman of Zenon oil and gas, Femi Otedola has floored the Speaker

Protests in Abuja over light sentence given to director of police pension who stole N32 billion

PROTESTERS hit the streets in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Wednesday, demanding a retrial of the case involving fraud in the administration of police pension fund. This is according to reports from the Tribune website.

In the case, former director of the Police Pension Office, Mr John Yakubu Yusuf had been jailed for two

Vehicle fell off 3rd Mainland Bridge into the lagoon

the vehicle being removed from the lagoon

There was pandemonium on Third Mainland Bridge after a vehicle veered off the bridge plunging into the lagoon on Saturday.