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Aregbesola supports Armed Forces Remembrance day, donates N2.5m
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Tuesday donated N2.5 million to support the Nigerian Armed Forces Emblem as part…
APC supporters were attacked in Rivers, says Police
The Rivers Police Command has confirmed that unidentified gunmen attacked All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters travelling to Port Harcourt to…
PDP is a party of democrats, not hooligans – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the ruling Peoples Democratic Party as a party of democrats and not that of hooligans,…
Don’t allow yourselves to be used as political thugs, NANS warns
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerian students have been advised to stay away from greedy and desperate politicians who may be planning to…
Ambode Gets Celebrity Reception At Alausa
The Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, literarily stood still Monday when workers from different departments and ministries trooped out to welcome…
In Pictures: Security chiefs meet with Jonathan
Nigerian security chiefs met with President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss issues on Nigeria. This is an insight to what went…
PDP is drowning in its own delusions, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the PDP as a victim of self-inflicted paranoia following the ruling party’s panic…
Daniel used Air Cargo, Power Plant Project to siphon money, says Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has declared that the power plant project initiated by the…
Gunmen kill three Burundi ruling party activists
Gunmen dressed in military fatigues burst into a bar and shot dead three ruling party activists before torching the local…
Fashola slashes land charges in Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday signed into law an Executive Bill reducing the cost of land transactions…
Two brothers battle for same Rep seat in Kaduna
Two brothers, Rep Gideon Gwani and Chief Charles Bonat, are locked in a battle for the Kaura Federal Constituency seat…
S.Korean president welcomes N.Korea’s dialogue offer
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s statement that he was open to the…
Prince Ali to challenge Blatter for FIFA presidency
FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein said Tuesday he would stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football’s world…
Two more New York police shot
Two plainclothes New York police officers were shot late Monday as they investigated a robbery, local media reported. Their injuries…
Boston bombing trial opens with jury selection
The long-awaited trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the shocking…
I’ll empower ‘real farmers’ in Kano, says Ganduje
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in Kano State, has pledged to take inventory of genuine farmers in the state…
Ajimobi appoints 17 Perm. Secs., Accountant General, others
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, approved the appointment of 17 permanent secretaries, state Accountant-General, Auditor-General and that…
PDP’s N21bn fund not for Jonathan’s campaign, says Gana
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the N21 billion collected at its recent fund raising was not for President…
PDP advices APC, Buhari to focus on issues
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, to…
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Obasanjo denying grudge, slams Jonathan for wasting money
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he bears no personal grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan as insinuated…
Amaechi sympathises with Jonathan over death of sister
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck…
Ebola death toll tops 8,000
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the…
Two accused in Niger baby trafficking case detained
Two of the defendants in a baby trafficking case in Niger were brought before prosecutors on Monday accused of trying…
Okorocha urges politicians to shun bitterness, embrace peace
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monday urged politicians to eschew bitterness and embrace peace to ensure free and fair…
Don’t use Buhari’s posters, APC warns other parties
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State has warned candidates of other political parties’ to desist from merging the…
Jonathan halts inauguration of campaign team over sister’s death
The inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation earlier slated for Monday in Abuja has been postponed till Tuesday, a…
Boko Haram kills 11 soldiers, many civilians in captured Baga
Boko Haram killed dozens of civilians and at least 11 soldiers when the militants took control of a Nigerian town…
US arraigns two over failed Gambia coup
US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia in a failed coup ostensibly…
Pakistan offers $100,000 bounty for Taliban leader
The government of Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to…
Barcelona sack sports director following transfer ban
Barcelona on Monday sacked their sports director Andoni Zubizarreta, just days after the main international sports appeal court backed a…