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Jonathan writes Washington Post on Chibok schoolgirls
‘Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls’ BY GOODLUCK JONATHAN I have had to remain quiet about…
Trending: Nigerian singer’s sex offer to Shekau for Chibok girls
A Nigerian pop singer and actress has stirred a wave on the social media after she offered her virginity to…
Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay kick off q/final race
Host nation Brazil will kick off qualifications for the FIFA World Cup on Saturday 28 June, as the tournament goes…
FIFA kicks out Suarez from Uruguay team hotel
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez must leave the team’s World Cup hotel following his four month ban from football activities for…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
World Cup: Algeria hold Russia for historic feat
CURITIBA (AFP) – Algeria progressed to the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in their history…
WORLD CUP: Algeria joins Nigeria in Group of 16
A 60th minute header by Islam Slimani gave Algeria the point they needed to reach the second round of the…
Niger arrests 17 for Nigeria-linked baby factories
Authorities in Niger have detained 17 people, including wives of senior politicians, suspected of being involved in a baby-trafficking network,…
Jonathan abandons Malabo summit after bomb blast
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has cut short a trip to the African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, a day…
Ekiti Election badly skewed in favour of PDP, says APC
Full text of the Communique issued at the end of the inaugural meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) of…
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In Pictures: Abuja mall bombing
Here are the photographic images of the bomb blast at Emab Plaza, Abuja on 25 June. Photographs taken by Femi…
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Election tricks: Omisore copies Fayose
According to poll pundits, Ayo Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party won the 21 June Ekiti election because he was…
Fayose’s victory frightening to democracy, says Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has described Ayodele Fayose’s victory at the last weekend governorship election in…
Nigerian Police: 21 die in Abuja blast
At least 21 people were killed and 17 injured when an explosion tore through a crowded shopping district in the…
Jonathan leaves for Malabo to attend AU summit
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja this afternoon for Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to participate in the 23rd Ordinary Session of…
4 ‘Yahoo boys’ remanded for murder
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta today ordered four suspected Internet fraudsters…
Curfew slammed in Kaduna villages after scores died
By Femi Adi/Kaduna A 24 hour curfew has been slammed on Sanga local government area, in the northern state of…
Bomb fails to hit police target
The Police Commissioner in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, Mr John Abakasanga, on Wednesday confirmed that a blast occurred in Mubi…
Breaking news: Scores feared dead in fresh Abuja bombing
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Scores of people were feared dead in a deadly explosion that occurred at a popular shopping mall, Emab…
Jonathan urges PDP snatch Lagos, Osun, others
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Basking in the euphoria of the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s Ekiti State gubernatorial election,…
The gains of APC loss in Ekiti election
Ayo Simpson Ilesanmi I got a call from a childhood friend of mine who is an Ekitiman based in Lagos…
Emir of Gumi installed by Governor Yari
New Emir of Gumi, Justice Lawal Aliyu Gummi was on Sunday, June 22 formally installed and presented with the staff…
In Pictures: Wooing Oyinlola
Ahead of the August governorship election in Osun state, APC bigwigs visited Okuku, to see former governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola. Among…
Anglican Church honours Akande
In the first photograph, Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; Former Governor Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu;Chief Bisi…
Lessons of Fayose’s victory
By Michael Jegede I congratulate the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayo Fayose, on his landslide victory in…
Jonathan to Fayose: ‘This is your second chance from God’
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has urged the governor-elect of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose to see his electoral victory as a…
Boko Haram attacks village near Chibok
Suspected Boko Haram militants stormed a village in northeast Nigeria on Saturday, killing several people and torching houses near where…
Ethnic violence back in Kenya?
NAIROBI(AFP) – Six years after Kenya erupted into ferocious ethnic battles and post-election violence, security guard John Mboya is fearful…
Boxing: Ukraine’s Lomachenko grabs world title
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Vasyl Lomachenko won a world title in just his third pro…
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Fayose elected governor of Ekiti state
GBENRO ADESINA, SIMON ATEBA & NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI/ADO-EKITI Mr. Ayodele Fayose of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, by a wide margin,…
#Ekitidecides: Fayose appears set for a landslide
Mr. Ayo Fayose, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Ekiti governorship election, appears set for a landslide victory,…