Year: 2015
Doubt, fear persist ahead of presidential election
Campaigning in Nigeria’s knife-edge presidential election entered its final week on Saturday, with mounting questions about whether the vote will…
Again, Jonathan storms Redemption Camp, kneels for prayers
President Goodluck Jonathan graced the Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost service on Friday 6 February. Again, he gets…
2015: INEC calls for synergy with media
Alhaji Hussein Pai, the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, on Friday, called for positive synergy between the media and…
Catholic women declare support for Gov. Yero
The Catholic Women Society, Kafanchan Diocese, have declared support for Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State, ahead of the February…
The Challenge Of Change – A Burden of Choice
By Wole Soyinka First, let us not simplify the challenge. There are no blacks and whites. It is not a…
Kano agog as Sanusi coronation holds today
Kano State government said it had concluded arrangements for the coronation and presentation of staff of office to the Emir…
Cameroon, Chad, Niger real test for Boko Haram, says US
Boko Haram is flush with cash and weapons after a string of battlefield advances, but the militants could face a…
US wants no delay in Nigeria elections
The United States called Friday for Nigeria’s presidential elections to be held on time, as the nation’s electoral commission weighs…
Fayose, Obanikoro, Omisore cannot deny recording, says US firm
The New York-based security firm that helped analyse the voices of the characters in the leaked recording on plans to…
‘The Economist’ assessment of Jonathan baseless, jaundiced – Presidency
The Presidency on Friday expressed displeasure over The Economist magazine’s assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in an opinion piece,…
Why I leaked Ekiti election rigging tape – Nigerian Army Captian
Captain Sagir Koli who leaked the #EkitiGate audio and documentary which had Governor Ayo Fayose, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Iyiola Omisore,…
109 Boko Haram fighters killed in Niger attack
*United States intelligence estimates Boko Haram fighters to between 4000 and 6,000 An army general in Niger was among the…
I’ll win presidential election by landslide, says Buhari
Nigeria’s main opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told AFP he was expecting to win next week’s presidential election by…
Jonathan’s N1.2bn campaign money divides Edo PDP, youths seal secretariat
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is currently embroiled in fresh crisis over alleged non-disbursement…
Morocco banned from 2017, 2019 AFCON, fined $1million
Morocco were kicked out of the 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations and fined $1 million (€8.8m) for refusing…
US female hostage killed, says IS
The Islamic State group claimed on Friday that a female American hostage had been killed in an air strike in…
INEC meets with political parties to decide on election postponement
Nigeria’s election commission will on Saturday announce whether or not it will postpone national polls set for February 14, a…
First Boko Haram attack in Niger beaten back by troops
Islamist group Boko Haram for the first time launched an attack in Niger on Friday, striking at the town of…
Conflict In Relationships
By Aidy Thomas Conflict is inevitable. Putting people and even animals or other living things in the same environment will…
Timipre Sylva invited, questioned by DSS
Former Bayelsa state governor and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timipre Sylva appeared before the Department of…
Sexually Abused Celebrities Open Up
Eromosele Ebhomele Many Nigerians may not have known that beyond the smile and happy mien of some celebrities in the…
Southerners Flee Northern Nigeria
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Ahead of Nigeria’s 14 February presidential poll, southerners resident in the North are fleeing the region in droves,…
Election Splits Nollywood
Funsho Arogundade As the forthcoming 2015 general elections in Nigeria inch closer, a deep wedge has been driven into the…
Poly Student Jailed For Stealing Laptop
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 30-year-old student of Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo campus, western Nigeria, who regained freedom after spending two years…
Reasons Polls May Go Violent
Nigerian elections are just ten days away, and things are getting tense, reports Reuters. The country has a couple of…
#EkitiGate: Obanikoro denies rigging in leaked audio, sues SaharaReporters
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has cleared the air on the audio released by online news medium SaharaReporters in the early hours…
We Must Win AFCON, Grant Charges Ghana
It has taken Ghana five years to smash their Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, semi-final jinx, and now they want…
Arsenal Face Spurs Test In Premier League
The Premier League weekend kicks off in style as Tottenham Hotspur host Arsenal in a huge North London derby on…
Femi Adebayo, Mide Martins Dazzle In ‘Aye Pemeji’
Femi Adebayo, one of the most sought-after Yoruba actors, has dazzled alongside Mide Funmi-Martins in a new movie, Aye Pemeji.…
Rapper Eedris Abdulkareem Tells Nigerians To ‘Shine Ur Eyes’
Controversial rapper and member of defunct Remedies, Eedris Abdulkareem, has dropped a new song and video titled ‘Shine Ur Eyes’…