THE Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has described as untrue, reports that a United States (US) Air Marshal was injected at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday and suffered attack outside departure hall of the airport.

Since the news landed about Peter Sawyer a Liberian diplomat who flew into the country with the Ebola virus and died in an Obalende hospital in Lagos, many have expressed fears over a possible outbreak. VERA ONANA and SHALOM OGUNYEMI provide ...

bokoharam-new1 BOKO Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for two blasts on June 25 at a fuel depot in the commercial hub of Lagos, AFP reported on Sunday. In the 16-minute video given to AFP on Sunday, Shekau said his group ...

bokoharam-new1 BOKO Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for two blasts on June 25 at a fuel depot in the commercial hub of Lagos, AFP reported on Sunday. In the 16-minute video given to AFP on Sunday, Shekau said his group ...

The British Minister for Africa, Mr. Mark Simmonds, on Friday, expressed his government's condemnation of the bombing of a shopping mall in Abuja. This was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the British High ...

A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity has given birth to a girl in prison, her lawyers said on Tuesday. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby on Monday at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was ...

A Sudanese woman sentenced to die for refusing to renounce her Christianity has given birth to a girl in prison, her lawyers said on Tuesday. Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, delivered her baby on Monday at a women's prison in Khartoum, but her husband was ...

THESE are uncomfortable times for President Goodluck Jonathan. Recently the terrorist group, Boko Haram, resurfaced in the vicinity of Abuja, detonating two deadly bombs in Nyanya while also abducting an unclear number of girls from Chibok in Borno ...

Two weeks after the Nyanya, Abuja bomb blast that left over 70 dead, another bomb blast occurred today opposite Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja. Nigerian Tribune learnt that four persons were left dead with six injured. It was gathered that the bomb was ...

As Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) join their comrades worldwide in commemorating this year's International Workers' Day, they should seize the opportunity to meditate on the fate of the Nigerian worker in a rapidly ...

As Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) join their comrades worldwide in commemorating this year's International Workers' Day, they should seize the opportunity to meditate on the fate of the Nigerian worker in a rapidly ...

As Nigerian workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) join their comrades worldwide in commemorating this year's International Workers' Day, they should seize the opportunity to meditate on the fate of the Nigerian worker in a rapidly ...

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won offered his resignation earlier on Sunday, following a public uproar over his government's response to the April 16 ferry disaster that left more than 300 people dead or missing. A somber-looking Chung ...

Pope Francis has declared Popes John Paul II and John XXIII saints, in front of a crowd of one million Catholics, on Sunday. He praised his two predecessors as “men of courage” at the Vatican service, the first time in history that two popes have been ...

When residents of the nation's capital, Abuja, woke up to resume normal activities yesterday, not many imagined the horror and tension that would seize the day. Some minutes before 7 a.m, residents around Nyanya and Karu were shocked by a loud ...

A devastating defeat at French local elections has intensified pressure on President François Hollande to reshuffle his government. Consequently, Hollande named his Interior Minister Manuel Valls as prime minister on Monday, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault, ...

The United States and European Union are discussing deeper sanctions against Russia if there are “further incursions into Ukraine.” US President Barack Obama said: “energy is obviously a central focus of our efforts”, acknowledging it “will have some impact ...

Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, has come under attack from insurgents believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect. Residents said two thunderous explosions, suspected to be from detonated bombs, were heard in the city at about 6:15 p.m..

GUNMEN suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect, on Tuesday, opened fire on students of Federal Government College in Buni Yadi, Yobe State, in their sleep at their hostel, with over 40 students said to have been killed in the attack. Casualty figures ...

The mood around Independence Square in Ukraine's capital was very somber on Sunday as thousands gathered, mourning the dozens of people killed in demonstrations during the past week and wondering who will take charge of the politically divided ...