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Update: Curfew slammed on Maiduguri, says Defence headquarters
Nigerian troops appeared to have repelled Sunday morning assault on Maiduguri by Boko Haram fighters as the Defence Headquarters in…
Update: Maiduguri, Monguno under Boko Haram attacks
Nigerian troops are repelling Boko Haram fighters in fierce battles in two towns in Borno state, the capital city of…
Group condemns threats by Niger Delta warlords
A group, the Conference of Minority Tribes in Nigeria,(COMTIN) has come out openly to express displeasure over inflammatory comments and…
Breaking: Boko Haram attacking Maiduguri
Less than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan campaigned in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the city is reportedly under…
US Secretary of state arrives Nigeria today
*To meet Jonathan in Lagos US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Nigeria Sunday, just weeks away from…
Breaking: Boko Haram frees 192 women
Boko Haram has released nearly 200 hostages, most of them women, who were kidnapped from a village in the northeast…
ARISE NEWS launches on DSTV, GOTV
MultiChoice has announced the launch of a new global news and entertainment channel, ARISE NEWS on DStv and GOtv. ARISE…
Fire razes building in Ibadan army barracks
Properties worth millions of naira were lost in a fire incident at the Supply and Transport Corps Barracks of the…
Church leader endorses Agbaje for Lagos governorship
The Archbishop of the Resurrection Praise Ministry, Sampson Benjamin, on Saturday said that Jimi Agbaje had unique virtues that could…
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My role will be traditional, says wife of Muhammadu Buhari
]The wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says her role under her husband’s possible presidency…
Federal Govt cancels outdoor sites approval in Lagos
Nigeria’s Federal Government has terminated existing approvals for outdoor sites previously given to outdoor practitioners in Lagos State. The termination…
Serena, Venus sizzle into the last 16
World number one Serena Williams took time to wake up before sizzling into the Australian Open fourth round on Saturday,…
In video: PDP chiefs pelted with pure water by angry youths
The re-election campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan in Bauchi State was marred by several incidents on Wednesday, with youths first…
Naira in big fall at forex market
The Naira on Friday depreciated against the dollar as it traded at N208 from the N191.50 it sold for on…
INEC receives additional 4.1m PVCs
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Friday said the commission had taken delivery of additional 4.1…
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia buried
Saudi Arabia buried King Abdullah Friday as foreign leaders gathered in the capital for the funeral of the ruler of…
CAF unveils new format for AFCON 2017
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee on Friday released the format for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations…
FIFA loses 3 major sponsors
World governing body FIFA confirmed on Friday that three major sponsors have ended their relationships with the organisation, but said…
Sokoto PDP supporters embarrass VP Sambo’s wife
Abubakar Haladu/Sokoto Sokoto PDP women supporters demonstrated some rebellion today as Amina Sambo, wife of the vice-president spoke at a…
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Attahiru Jega: February elections will go ahead
The scheduled February general elections in Nigeria will go ahead as planned, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor…
Abuja business groups protest high electricity cost
Business groups in Abuja on Friday protested the hike in electricity tariff by the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company. The groups,…
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Emerging Market analysts predict victory for Buhari
*Jonathan is poised to likely receive a cold Valentine’s Day gift of ejection from the presidential palace at Aso Rock…
Jega and our right to vote
By Femi Gbajabiamila Human Suffrage (the right to vote) is so fundamental and inalienable that it has found its way…
Madrid snatch Norway’s midfield talent of the century
A complete unknown only a year ago, Norwegian prodigy Martin Oedegaard’s transfer to Real Madrid has set his fledgling career…
Katsina school releases Buhari’s Cambridge result
The result of the Cambridge West African School certificate examination taken in 1961 by Muhammadu Buhari has been released by…
PDP condemns attack on Jonathan’s convoy in Katsina
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday condemned Tuesday’s attack on its presidential campaign team in Katsina by suspected supporters…
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You deserve compensation, Amosun tells hosts of LNG project
*Reveals that Project is back on course Abiodun Onafuye/Ode Omi Governor Ibikunke Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria has said…
One dies, 5 vehicles burnt in clashes between PDP-APC fans
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Police in Kano, northwest Nigeria have confirmed the death of one person and burning of five vehicles when…
APC condemns attack on Jonathan’s convoy in Katsina
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the reported stoning of the campaign convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in…
Uganda’s LRA commander now detained in The Hague
A Ugandan commander of the notorious Lord’s Resistance Army arrived at the International Criminal Court detention centre in The Hague…