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Two arrested in Mali nightclub shooting
Two suspects were arrested on Saturday after three Europeans and two locals were shot dead in a suspected terror attack…
Qatar women ignore social constraints to launch start-ups
Qatari women are increasingly defying social constraints and joining the workforce in the booming energy-rich country, which offers support for…
Fear, violence, kidnapping: life for women under Boko Haram
By Coumba Sylla/AFP When Boko Haram attacks made life at home unbearable, Rebecca Samuel was confronted with a stark choice…
‘Extinct’ Myanmar bird rediscovered after 73 years
A bird that was long thought to have gone extinct has been rediscovered in Myanmar after a team of scientists…
Jonathan mourns Bayo Kuku
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has extended his heartfelt commiserations to the Awujale of Ijebu-Ode, Oba Sikiru Adetona and the Ijebu…
Hollande, Belgium condemn ‘cowardly’ Mali attack
French President Francois Hollande Saturday denounced the “cowardly attack” in Mali, the Elysee palace said in a statement. It said…
Ogun Records 64% in PVC Distribution
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The total collection of the Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs in the 20 local government areas of Ogun state…
IG sets up Investigative Unit for electoral offences
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has set up a Special Investigative Unit for Electoral Offences ahead of the…
SEC extends Access Bank rights issue
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the extension of Access Bank Plc rights issue by 10 working days.…
Two killed, 5 injured in Rivers bullion van attack
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt There was pandemonium in Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) on Friday as daring armed…
Three Europeans shot dead in Mali nightclub
Three Europeans were shot dead at a nightclub in Mali’s capital early Saturday, in a suspected terror attack that came…
Tame your wife, Buharists tell Jonathan
The supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately…
Work begins to rebuild Chibok girls’ school – FG
Nigeria’s government on Friday said that work had begun to rebuild a school in the northeastern town of Chibok from…
Jonathan leads physical fitness exercise in Abuja today
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday, March 7, led government officials as well as sportsmen and women, on out-door physical exercise…
US missionary kidnapped in Kogi freed
An American woman kidnapped by masked gunmen in central Nigeria last month was released on Friday and handed over to…
Telephone penetration in Nigeria hits 100 per cent mark -NCC
Nigeria’s teledensity, also known as telephone penetration, has finally hit a 100 per cent mark, the News Agency of Nigeria…
Aviation ministry, NAF call for adequate funding
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, has called for adequate funding of Nigerian Air Force (NAF…
Supreme Court dismisses ex-Gov. Sylva’s appeal against Dickson’s election
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal brought before it by former Gov. Timipre Sylva of Bayelsa, challenging the…
First Lady harps on involvement of youths, women in governance
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan on Friday stressed the need for more women and youths to get involved in…
Gov. Shetima lauds military recapture of areas from Boko Haram
Governor Kashim Shetima of Borno has commended the gallantry of the Nigerian military in recapturing some of the areas that…
Oba of Benin, Crown Prince warn against using their names for campaign
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, has warned that he “has never mandated any of his chiefs to speak…
Police confirm murder of Labour Party supporter
The Police in Ebonyi have confirmed the murder of one Ifeanyi Onu, a Labour Party supporter from Umunaga Ward in…
Power generation drops by 1.5gigawatts as Nigeria loses N2.5bn
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday said that the country’s power supply would drop by 1.5 gigawatts due…
Benue PDP begins campaign for Jonathan’s re-election
Barely 22 days to the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the country, the PDP in Benue…
PhD holders are in need of employment – NUC
The National Universities Commission (NUC) will establish a portal for Ph.D holders in order to facilitate their engagement in the…
INEC to test-run card readers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on Saturday test-run its voter card reader technology at Igbo-Ukwu ward 1 in…
Woman bailed in dramatic S.African baby-snatching case
A woman charged with stealing a newborn baby from its sleeping mother 17 years ago was granted bail by a…
Indian city under curfew after mob lynches rape suspect
Authorities in a northeastern Indian city said Friday they had imposed a round-the-clock curfew, a day after a rape suspect…
Judge backs coroner, tells TB Joshua to appear before inquest
A coroner investigating the collapse of a church building in Lagos in which 116 people died was within his rights…
2015 elections will define Nigeria’s future, says Dakuku
Dr Dakuku Peterside, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, said on Thursday that the forthcoming…