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Nigeria, US wants UN to label Boko Haram a terrorist organisation
Nigeria and the United States are working on a UN Security Council resolution to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organisation,…
Sharapova faces Halep in Madrid Open final
Maria Sharapova secured her place in the final of the Madrid Open for the second consecutive year with a comfortable…
In Pictures: 80th Birthday of Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona
Pictures by Emmanuel Osodi
LASRAB DG, Uthman Dies At 56
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Director-General, Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB), Mr. Rafiu Bolaji Uthman is dead. He died on…
I will not sleep until abducted girls are rescued – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said he will “not sleep” or rest on his oars until the over 200 abducted girls in…
Early campaigns: INEC orders politicians to remove billboards
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has given politicians in Taraba seven days to remove all campaign billboards and posters…
Atiku urges Nigerians to unite against Boko Haram
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for unity among all Nigerians in the fight against insurgency in the country.…
Terrorism: Nothing is wrong with seeking foreign assistance – ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Friday said terrorism was an international crime against humanity and it was not wrong…
Dangote moves to crash cement prices
The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote said that nine million tonnes of cement have been released into the…
2015: No late arrival of election materials – INEC
INEC has assured that all election materials would be deployed to all states of the federation in good time for…
My husband is heartless, wicked; wife tells Judge
A housewife, Sherifat Akeem, on Friday told an Ilorin Area Court that her husband, Shuaibu Akeem, was allegedly wicked and…
Gordon Brown lauds Nigeria’s zero tolerance for terrorism
The United Nations’ Special Envoy on Education, Gordon Brown, on Friday in Abuja praised the Nigerian Government’s zero tolerance for…
UN Security Council condemns schoolgirls kidnap
The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls Friday, as the world body’s secretary…
Gunmen kill 2 in Taraba attack
Gunmen on Friday attacked Kano-Kambarawa Village in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba and killed two persons. Police Public Relations…
Amosun Rescinds Decision on TASUED
Abiodun Onafuye,Abeokuta Succour has finally come the way of students of the first University of Education in Nigeria, Tai Solarin…
Court orders Prof. Utomi to pay N66mn debt
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered professor Patrick Utomi and his company U T Roads…
Wife of Lagos speaker to adopt abandoned child
Eromosele Ebhomele Pastor Mayowa, wife of the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Friday commenced…
You are the best Monarch, Tinubu Praises Awujale
Abiodun Onafuye,Abeokuta Former governor of Lagos state and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu described…
PDP decries media attack on Mu’azu
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja, decried the use of a section of the media to attack…
Police debunk rumour of Boko Haram kidnap in Lagos
DSP Ngozi Braide, Lagos State Police Command, Public Relations Officer, has said that the rumour about activities of Boko Haram…
Court fixes May 13 for Ajudua’s bail application ruling
An Ikeja High Court on Friday fixed 13 May for ruling on a bail application by suspected fraudster, Fred Ajudua.…
Mandela widow calls on Nigerian government to find girls
Nelson Mandela’s widow Graca Machel has broken the customary mourning period to call on the Nigerian government and international community…
Woman attacks ex-husband’s genitals with liquid substance
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 35 year-old woman, Fausat Yakub, in prison for allegedly attacking her ex-husband,…
Banana-thrower should get job back – Dani Alves
Barcelona’s Brazilian defender Dani Alves has called for the banana-thrower who sparked a global anti-racist uproar to be given his…
‘I won’t kill number 3’ – Turkish wife killer
A Turkish man who was kicked out of a TV dating show after revealing he had killed his two previous…
Glo/CNN African Voices showcases Bineta Diop
African Voices will this weekend feature human rights activist, Bineta Diop, as its special guest. Diop, who is the only…
Diego Costa suffers hamstring injury
Atletico Madrid’s top scorer Diego Costa looks set to miss his side’s crucial La Liga match against Malaga on Sunday…
US team arrives in Nigeria to help with hostage search
US experts have arrived in Nigeria to help rescue more than 200 schoolgirls being held hostage by Boko Haram Islamists,…
UN congratulates South Africa on peaceful elections
The United Nations on Friday congratulated the people and government of South Africa on the peaceful conduct of parliamentary and…