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Emulate Mandela, Quit After One Term, Oshiomhole Tells Jonathan
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to emulate the late President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela…
Nigerian troops discover Boko Haram ‘bomb factory’ – DHQ
Nigeria’s military said on Friday that it had uncovered a Boko Haram bomb-making factory in the northeastern town of Buni…
Jonathan orders probe into Morocco phone scam, says Nigeria lied
Contrary to the assertions of officials of his Foreign Affairs Ministry, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday that he has…
Ex-militants on rampage over FG pipeline surveillance contract
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Hundreds of ex-militants from Bayelsa state today staged a violent protest by blocking the Mbiama /Yenagoa road…
Jonathan, PDP terribly afraid of election – Amaechi
Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, governor of Rivers state has said that President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are…
APC forged document ordering their investigation, says Muazu
Adamu Mu’azu, the national chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the supposed leaked document from…
Germany coach Loew extends contract until 2018
Joachim Loew has extended his contract as coach of world champions Germany until the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the…
Jonathan to EFCC: Go after Tinubu, Atiku, Amaechi, others secretly
President Goodluck Jonathan has told the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to secretly investigate the personal and official finances of…
American Ebola patient admitted to US hospital
An American healthcare worker who tested positive for Ebola in Sierra Leone was admitted Friday to specialized hospital near the…
VIDEO: Lekki Phase 1 FCMB Robbery Attack
There was pandemonium at the Lekki area of Lagos Thursday evening as a band of bandits stormed a branch of…
2 dead, 20 shops, 5 vehicles burnt as fire razes Mile 12 Market
Kazeem Ugbodaga Two people, 5 vehicles, 5 motor bikes and 20 shops were burnt this morning as fire razed the…
Sweden offers to question Assange in London over rape allegations
Swedish prosecutors on Friday offered to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London over rape allegations, providing a possible breakthrough…
Suspect in deadly Bamako nightclub attack killed
Special forces troops in Mali on Friday killed a suspect in last week’s deadly attack on a nightclub in the…
S.Africa court dismisses attempt by Pistorius’s lawyer to stop appeal
A South Africa court dismissed Friday an attempt by Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers to stop an appeal that could see the…
Pistorius lawyers challenge prosecution’s right to appeal
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers were in court Friday to make a last-ditch attempt to stop an appeal that could see the…
S. Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide
South Korea has developed smartphone apps to help bring down its high student suicide rate by warning parents when their…
N. Korea fires seven surface-to-air missiles into sea
North Korea fired seven surface-to-air missiles into the sea off its east coast on Thursday in an operation supervised by…
OPC endorses Jonathan for second term
The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otumba Ganiyu Adams, said on Thursday that the group would support…
I’ll secure the future of our youths, says Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said he would explore practical ways…
I’ll Kill Corruption In Nigeria – Buhari
*says FG has expended $60bn on electricity in 16 Years Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt General Muhammadu Buhari,(rtd) presidential candidate of the…
NGO rewards cleaner who found, returned N12m
Mrs Josephine Ugwu, the cleaner who found and returned N12 million at the Lagos International airport was on Monday, 9…
Patience Jonathan: Toeing Simone Gbagbo’s Path? By Kayode Fakuyi
Globally, the nexus between democracy and peace is intertwined and related by direct variation. Many people say, democracy is a…
Islamic State accepts Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance
The Islamic State in Iran and Syria has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian terrorists Boko Haram who killed…
PDP governors erred on card reader machines – APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum for unjustifiably opposing the…
S.African mercenary killed in fight against Boko Haram
A South African mercenary was shot and killed by friendly fire during operations against Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, a…
Boko Haram erased completely from Adamawa – DHQ
Nigerian troops on Thursday succeeded in clearing terrorists out of Madagali, the last place held by Boko Haram terrorists in…
Lagos to power 172 schools with solar
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said the state government had commenced a process to connect 172 public…
NLC Election: 3, 119 delegates cleared to vote
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday accredited 3,119 delegates to participate in its rescheduled election. The Chairman, Electoral Committee,…
Protect displaced persons, UNHCR tells FG
The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), on Thursday appealed to the federal and state governments to enact laws…
Only mortgages can reduce housing deficit – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said home ownership through mortgage was the only way to address the…