Year: 2013
Nigerian state to build hospital to treat snake bites
The central Nigerian state of Gombe said it had awarded a N500 million(about $3.5million) contract for the building of a…
Political drama in Kano House as Kwankwaso presents budget
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has received the 2014 budget from Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ceremony was…
Pope Francis marks first Christmas eve mass
VATICAN CITY, (AFP) – Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican on Tuesday by highlighting the…
Police: Primate Akinola rescued
Most Rev. Peter Akinola, retired primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, kidnapped Tuesday by an armed gang, has been…
South Sudan slides into civil war, ethnic cleansing on the rise
JUBA (AFP) – Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence with reports of bodies…
Church roof crumbles on priest during mass
Christmas Eve mass in a church nestled in the French Alps came to an abrupt end Tuesday when part of…
Army re-enacts Odi massacre in Borno, burns down villages
A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses…
Jonathan, Amaechi, lead love choral to Nigerians at Xmas
Love is the thrust of the celebratory messages sent out by Nigeria’s politicians to compatriots in marking Christmas. From President…
3 PDP members in Zamfara Assembly defect to APC
.say they quit PDP because it was heading to self-destruction Three members of northern Nigeria state of Zamfara House of…
Airforce corporal, 6 others arrested for kidnap, death of bizman
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Lance Corporal Suleiman Mohammed of the Nigerian Air Force and six others…
Fashola visits the Ogunros, Tinubu sends condolence
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday described as shocking the death of the Managing Director of Eminent…
Defiant Oduah says she will not quit
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s embattled aviation minister, Stella Oduah, will not resign and those who claim the House of Representatives…
Nigeria: Primate Akinola kidnapped
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokutaand Seun Bisuga The retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, along with his driver, was…
$2billion spent to pay workers of defunct PHCN
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Tuesday said it had spent more than N360 billion on the payment of severance benefits to…
Keshi Looks Beyond Round of 16
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has revealed his 2014 World Cup target is to surpass the country’s best performance of…