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No ransom paid for release of Emir – Police
The police in Zamfara have denied any payment to the gunmen that abducted the Emir of Bukkuyum, Alhaji Muhammad Usman,…
Nigeria gets N1.2bn from UN for general elections
The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60…
Lagos State Will Decide Presidential Election – Poll
Lagos state, Nigeria’s most economically important state could determine who emerges winner of the 2015 presidential election. In a poll…
Pipeline security contract will benefit communities – Kuku
The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku, has said that the award of pipeline security…
OPC, ex-militants wearing police uniforms to unleash terror on APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants are now wearing fake police and…
UBA slashes dividend by 80 per cent
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) has slashed the dividend payable to its shareholders for the financial year ended Dec.…
Catholic Church, others deploy 750 observers in Lagos
The Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos and other civil society organisations have deployed…
Displaced persons by Boko Haram hope to vote
A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp…
Amaechi defies assassins, campaigns on last night for Buhari
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, did…
Plateau State Ready For Election
Simon Ateba/Jos Thousands of people in Jos, the capital of the central Nigerian state of Plateau, stormed banks on Friday…
Afenifere warns against electoral violence, fraud
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has called for a violent free election in Nigeria, asking Yoruba people to…
One shot, many injured at Kashamu’s rally in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command on Thursday confirmed that one person was shot by unknown gunmen on Wednesday after…
Amaechi escapes gun attack, party claims attack on leaders
The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged an assassination attempt on Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.…
INEC, law enforcement agencies must work within the law – Buhari
Nigeria’s opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Thursday that he does not expect “tampering” in general elections this weekend but…
Bama: a sight and stench of death after Boko Haram defeat
The devastation is visible from the air in Bama. Corrugated iron roofs lie ripped off among charred debris, the walls…
Chad, Niger troops reclaim Gachagar from Boko Haram
Chad and Niger troops have recaptured the northeastern Nigerian town of Gachagar from Boko Haram, as part of a regional…
US drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on IS in Syria
The US military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction…
Jonathan will win by landslide – Yuguda
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has predicted a landslide victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s Presidential…
I-G redeploys 6 DIGs, other senior officers for election
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has redeployed six DIGs from the Force Headquarters to take charge of Zonal…
NSCDC gets 50 operational vehicles for election
Abba Moro, Minister of Interior, has inaugurated 50 operational vehicles for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to…
List of electoral offfences on election day
The Police have warned voters to beware of certain electoral offences on the election days. The warning was contained a…
3 Injured, 10 vehicles Burnt As Fire Razes Petrol Station In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three people sustained injuries and 10 vehicles were burnt when two tankers loaded with petrol exploded at the…
Police, NIS, NSCDC To Deploy 11, 040 Personnel To Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A total of 11, 040 combined personnel of the Police, Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, and the Nigeria Security…
PDP has exhausted its goodwill – Buhari
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has stated that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has…
Tricycle Operators Endorse Buhari, Ambode
Cyriacus Izuekwe Thousands of tricycle operators in Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, under the umbrella of Tricycle Owners and Drivers Association…
Ondo State Deputy Governor Dumps PDP for APC
Ondo state deputy governor Alhaji Alli Olanusi has decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the ruling Peoples Democratic…
2 Days To Polls: PDP is Nervous, says Osinbajo
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The vice presidential candidate of the main opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC) Prof. Yemi Osinbajo had accused…
Jonathan, Buhari meet in Abuja
The two major presidential candidates in the Nigerian election for Saturday are meeting in a hotel in Abuja. President Goodluck…
Patience Jonathan Controlling Rivers Police Force – Amaechi
Governor Rotimi Amaechi has claimed that wife of the president, Patience Jonathan, is in control of the Rivers Police Force…
Jonathan, PDP breached Abuja Peace Accord, Amaechi tells UN
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the March 28 General elections, Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has accused President Goodluck Jonathan…