Year: 2015
Jonathan’s visit to Borno, morale booster to military, says PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Thursday’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Maidiguri, Borno, was a morale…
Police nab 2 with fake Presidency number plate, ID cards
The Police in FCT have arrested two suspected fraudsters and recovered a fake number plate and two identity cards purportedly…
Jonathan’s campaign train heads to Owerri
President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train will arrive Owerri on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said. This is contained…
Charlie Hebdo sells 1.9 million copies
French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sold 1.9 million copies of its latest issue, which has provoked protests by Muslims…
Angry mob kill Boko Haram suspect in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Friday confirmed the killing of a man suspected to be a member of the…
US diocese files for bankruptcy to pay sexual abuse victims
A US archdiocese said Friday it is filing for bankruptcy to compensate victims of sexual abuse, the 12th Roman Catholic…
Libya’s militia alliance announces ceasefire
An Islamist-backed militia alliance on Friday announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following an agreement at UN-brokered peace talks between…
World muslims protest Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Prophet Muhammed
Thousands demonstrated across the world Friday and violent clashes erupted in Niger and Pakistan as Muslims vented fury over a…
Chad joins war against Boko Haram, deploys troops to Cameroon
Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria’s dreaded Boko Haram…
Suicide bomber strikes again in Gombe, kills 6
A suicide bomber killed five people and wounded 11 Friday in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency services official told AFP. “It…
US condemns Charlie Hebdo protests by Muslims
The United States condemned Friday sometimes violent protests by thousands of people in Muslim majority countries against a new cartoon…
FG urges states to impose more taxes, trim spending
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday urged Nigerian state governments to adopt the austerity measures…
Nigeria earns less in December, but Federal, states take more money home
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday announced that Federal, States and Local governments shared N580.4billion…
Boko Haram bomber abandons bomb-laden vehicle
A suspected bomber on Friday abandoned a bomb-laden pick-up vehicle at a police check point on the Gombe-Biu road. The…
Campaign office of PDP candidate set ablaze
Some unidentified persons have set ablaze the campaign office of the Zamfara Central Senatorial candidate of PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu,…
ECOBank to pay ex-CEO $15million in damages
An Ivory Coast commercial court has ordered Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI) to pay $15 million in damages to former chief…
ECOWAS mulls regional force for Boko Haram: Mahama
West African leaders are considering creating a military force to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants and will hold a…
University Student Wins N2.4m Golden Bet Lotto
A final year student of Economics at the Ekiti State University, Adeboye Ogunsanya, became an overnight millionaire after winning N2.4m…
Jonathan hopeful Nigeria will produce a female president
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday expressed the hope of a woman becoming Nigeria’s president in his life time. Jonathan, who…
Ginola paid to run for FIFA presidency
Former France international David Ginola’s unlikely bid to “refresh football” by challenging Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency took an…
Aregbesola to run his office with N18.6 billion
Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, on Friday disclosed that the budget for…
Buhari is fit as a fiddle, APC kicks back
The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to ignore the “utterly silly and reckless statement” credited to the over-exuberant…
Wike caught in cross fire, escapes death at campaign rally
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Wike, the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) narrowly escaped death on Thursday afternoon…
Hundreds queue in London to purchase latest Charlie Hebdo
Londoners lined up by the hundreds on Friday to buy copies of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, as religious leaders met…
Fashola set to move tank farms from Apapa to Lekki
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said that his administration had concluded plans to relocate all tank farms…
Police boss warns against tearing rival parties’ posters
The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Abubakar Marafa, on Friday warned that anyone caught tearing posters of rival political parties…
Agbaje promises to return all illegally acquired lands in Lagos
The Lagos state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally…
Turkey’s Erdogan blasts ‘provocative’ Charlie Hebdo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at Charlie Hebdo for its “provocative” publications about Islam, saying the…
Man City’s Nasri out for three weeks
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the Premier League champions match at home to former club Arsenal on Sunday,…
Sunderland sign Defoe in swap deal
England striker Jermain Defoe is to return to the Premier League after signing for Sunderland from FC Toronto, with Jozy…