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Shameful: Cameroon frees German abducted in Nigeria by Boko Haram
Cameroon said Wednesday its forces have freed a German hostage kidnapped six months ago in Nigeria by Boko Haram, as…
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In Pictures: President Jonathan’s rally in Kano
A day after Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress held a rally in…
Boko Haram leader taunts Itno, Biya, Issouffou in new video
The head of Boko Haram — the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau — has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the…
Obama says US has turned the page
President Barack Obama on Tuesday declared America has turned the page on years of war and economic hardship, in a…
Cameroon troops, Boko Haram in heavy clashes
Cameroonian troops were caught in “heavy clashes” Tuesday with Boko Haram militants near the border with Nigeria as a security…
Buhari bashers will destroy the army, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that those who are bent on destroying its Presidential Candidate, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,…
CBN keeps lid on interest, naira rates
Nigeria’s central bank kept its policy rate at 13 percent on Tuesday, offering no new measures to deal with a…
Brig-general, 14 colonels, 6 others face court martial in Lagos
Nigeria has ordered a brigadier general and 21 other army officers to face a court martial over alleged sabotage in…
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Certificate controversy: Buhari to address the press Wednesday
Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress will address the press on Wednesday, according to…
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Record crowd receives Buhari in Kano: In pictures
Over a million people came out today to receive Maj. General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate and…
Naira plunges further
Nigerian naira ended Tuesday at a record closing low of 189.20 against the dollar ahead of the first central bank…
Libya’s OPEC representative abducted in Tripoli
A Libyan senior oil official who represents his company in the OPEC cartel is believed to have been abducted in…
Why marketers are not selling petrol at N87
P.M.NEWS has learnt that the decision by the Jonathan administration to slash the pump price of petrol from N97 to…
12th person beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded one of its citizens for murder in its 12th execution this year, warning it would…
Lagos, Port Harcourt hit by bird flu
Thousands of chickens have been culled in southern Nigeria after the discovery of bird flu in some poultry farms, the…
Zambia: Opposition candidate cries poll fraud
One of the frontrunners in Zambia’s presidential elections cried fraud just hours after polling stations opened Tuesday in a tightly…
Oil prices tumble further in Asia
Oil prices tumbled further in Asia Tuesday, with weak global demand and an oversupply dictating the trend for the commodity,…
Wawrinka, Australian Open champion in winning start
Stan Wawrinka got his Australian Open title defence off to a secure start with a straight sets win over Turkey’s…
Zambians vote today to replace ex-president Sata
by Susan NJANJI/AFP Zambia goes to the polls Tuesday in a tightly contested race to elect a president after a…
Topless models in eclipse at UK Sun newspaper
British tabloid The Sun will no longer feature topless women on its page three, ending a controversial tradition that has…
Tennis: Azarenka beats America’s Stephens
Two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka stormed through her grudge match with American Sloane Stephens on Tuesday to reach the…
Pope Francis urges parents to stop breeding like rabbits
Pope Francis appealed Monday for responsible parenting and said that good Catholics should not have to breed “like rabbits”. The…
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Babangida: Retired army generals will back Buhari
Former military president of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, on Monday declared not only his support, but that of other generals…
Jega says politicians commit poll fraud, urges change of heart
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Muhammad Jega on Monday has blamed politicians for…
Chinese firm cancels contract over PDP outdoor advert
Chinese Telecoms services giant Huawei has cancelled its street lamp pole outdoor contract, with Lagos based outdoor advertising agency Touchpoint…
Cameroon frees 24 of the 80 captives of Boko Haram
Cameroon’s army has freed 24 of some 80 hostages kidnapped during a cross-border attack by suspected Boko Haram Islamist fighters…
Reuters: Another Naira devaluation looms
*Nigeria’s Foreign reserves drop 20 per cent, year-on-year *Naira plunges to N191.85 to dollar, worst official level in history Nigeria’s…
Ecobank to appeal $15million court award to ex-CEO
Ecobank Transnational Inc will appeal a ruling by a commercial court in Ivory Coast that the pan-African bank must pay…
I don’t have a PVC yet: Sultan Abubakar
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar of Nigerian city of Sokoto told President Goodluck Jonathan today that he was yet to collect a…
Sokoto youths sweep Jonathan, PDP leaders out-of-state
Hundred of youths took to the street near the palace of the Sultan of the northern Nigerian city of Sokoto,…