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Bayelsa raises alarm over INEC’s refusal to release 147,802 PVCs
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Bayelsa State Government has raised an alarm that, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is on…
Nigerians want continuity and change, says Obanikoro
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has stated that Nigerians want continuity at the federal level in Nigeria but change in Lagos state.…
Jonathan assured 98% victory in Anambra, says Ezenwa
The Coordinator of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation in Anambra, Chief Okey Ezenwa, said the party would…
EFCC declares Nyako, son wanted over money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has declared Murtala Nyako, the former governor of Adamawa and his son, AbdulAziz…
70 civilians, six troops ‘killed in Boko Haram rampage in Cameroon’
Boko Haram fighters killed nearly 70 civilians and six soldiers in an onslaught on the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol…
Supreme Court set for judgment in suit to nullify Gov. Akpabio’s election
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 27, 2015, for judgment in an appeal brought by Mr Frank Okon, seeking…
PDP Using Police, FG Agencies To Terrorise APC Members
Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using the Nigeria Police Force…
Robert Mugabe, 90, falls down the stairs
Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old President Robert Mugabe fell down a staircase on Wednesday as he walked off a podium after addressing supporters…
NUC abolishes Pass Degree
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has abolished the award of Pass Degree in Nigerian Universities with effect from the 2013/…
Boko Haram slits civilians’ throats in fresh attack
Boko Haram fighters slit civilians’ throats and torched the main mosque in the Cameroon border town of Fotokol during an…
Muslim body calls for ‘killing, crucifixion’ of IS fighters
Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious centre of learning, has called for the killing and crucifixion of militants from the Islamic…
Jordan ‘reaping results of backing terror’: Syria media
The Islamic State group’s gruesome murder of a captured Jordanian pilot is the consequence of Amman’s support for Syrian rebels,…
200 Boko Haram fighters, 9 Chadian soldiers killed in clashes
Clashes between Chadian troops and Boko Haram fighters during a raid in neighbouring Nigeria have killed 200 Islamists and nine…
UAE pulls out of IS fight after pilot capture
The United Arab Emirates pulled out of the air campaign fighting Islamic State militants after the capture of a Jordanian…
Retaliation: Jordan executes 2 jihadists after IS murder pilot
Jordan executed two death-row jihadists including an Iraqi woman militant on Wednesday after vowing to avenge the burning alive of…
Alibaba uses drones to deliver tea in China
Echoing US online retailer Amazon, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday tested a drone delivery service, promising to whisk ginger…
Cameroon troops clash with fleeing Boko Haram fighters
Cameroon soldiers clashed with Boko Haram fighters in the border town of Fotokol on Wednesday as the Islamists fled an…
Chad not infringing on Nigeria’s territorial integrity – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has assured that Nigeria’s territorial integrity had in no way been compromised by the cooperation with countries…
Ogun PDP Empowers Youths
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Ward2Ward Initiative, Ogun state chapter, has embarked on a project aimed at alleviating poverty among…
Nine feared dead as passenger flight crashes in Taiwan
A low-flying passenger plane with 58 people on board clipped a road bridge and plunged into a river outside Taiwan’s…
“Combating Nigeria’s Growing Insecurity” By Dr. David Leffler
By Dr. David Leffler A roundtable, held last week at the Institute of African Studies reports that the Nigerian government’s…
Re-elect President Jonathan to ensure continuity – Yobo
Nigerian football star, Joseph Yobo on Tuesday urged Nigerians to vote for President Goodluck Jonathan in the Feb. 14 presidential…
Nigerian Army denies plot for interim government
Nigerian Army said on Tuesday that it was not aware of plans to foist an interim government on the country.…
SDP adopts Jonathan as its presidential candidate
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Tuesday in Abuja endorsed the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan in the February 14…
Buhari truncated my political career – Gov. Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday said he had forgiven the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari,…
Under Jonathan, Nigeria is in safe hands, says IBB
Former military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida has stated that Nigeria is under “safe hands” under the leadership of…
Jonathan will continue dreams of Nigeria’s founding fathers – IBB
Former Nigeria head of state, Ibrahim Babangida has described President Goodluck Jonathan as dependable leader for the country, stating that,…
Court fixes Feb. 11 for hearing of Jonathan’s disqualification
An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday fixed Feb. 11 for hearing in fresh suit seeking to disqualify President Goodluck…
PDP chieftain petitions I-G over attempt on his life
Chief Joshua Omuya, the Director of Finance, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abuja, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr…
Wine-tasting US couple ‘left toddlers in freezing car’
A couple allegedly left their two toddlers marooned in a car and strapped into their seats in near-freezing temperatures while…