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Terror plans against Nigeria will not succeed – DSS Boss
Ita Ekpenyong, Director-General, Department of State Services, on Saturday said any divisive tendencies or machinations against Nigeria by terror elements…
French police kill knife-wielding man who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
French police on Saturday shot dead a man who attacked them with a knife in a police station while shouting…
Insurgency: UN scribe expresses solidarity with Nigeria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Friday expressed solidarity with the governments and people of Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen in their…
Government urged to be sincere on fight against corruption
A Kano-based non-govermental organisation, Network for Empowerment and Development Initiative (NEDIN), has called on government at all levels to be…
IS has executed 100 foreigners trying to quit
The Islamic State extremist group has executed 100 of its own foreign fighters who tried to flee their headquarters in…
Jonathan promises to end rivalries in health sector
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday promised that the Federal Government would act expeditiously on the report of the Presidential Committee…
Two men burnt alive in DR Congo after attack
Two men were burnt alive Saturday by civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east after they attacked a…
Lagos workers to get 15 per cent bonus
The Lagos State Government will pay its workers 15 per cent bonus in the December salary as an end of…
APC distributes 124 vehicles to officials
The Sokoto State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday distributed 124 vehicles to the officials of the…
Seven dead as Pakistan hits militant hideouts
Seven people including a policeman and paramilitary soldier were killed in two separate incidents when Pakistani security forces hit militant…
Guardiola’s delight as Bayern claim more records
Even perfectionist Pep Guardiola could not fail to be impressed with Bayern Munich’s spectacular performance in the first half of…
NiMet predicts dust haze, misty conditions for Saturday
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze conditions with visibility of about 5000 metres in the central states…
INEC sets up task force on IDPs voting in 2015 elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it had set up a Task Force on how to ensure…
FIFA to decide Qatar World Cup dates in March
FIFA hope to finalise the dates for the 2022 Qatar World Cup in March, ending a debate over the Gulf…
Ogun to recruit 1000 teachers in 2015
The commission’s Full-Time Commissioner 1, Mr Timothy Adebowale, made this known when he defended the 2015 budget proposal before the…
2015: Yobo endorses Jonathan for second term
Former captain of the Super Eagles, Joseph Yobo, on Friday led a group known as PDP Ward 2 Ward Initiative…
Military: Claims of mass abduction are under investigation
The military said it had yet to verify reports of alleged kidnapping of scores of villagers at Gumsuri in Borno,…
FG’s Leadership Failure Responsible For Insecurity, Says Tinubu
Former Governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has blamed the challenges…
Primaries: APC to set up reconciliation committees
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state on Friday said All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state would set up reconciliation…
Boko Haram: Navy to deploy personnel to North-East
The Nigerian Navy said on Friday it would deploy some of its personnel to participate in internal security operations in…
Nigerian peacekeeper cured of Ebola in Netherlands
A Nigerian United Nations peacekeeper infected with Ebola and brought to the Netherlands for treatment has been cured, the Dutch…
Man rams gas-laden car into Spain ruling party HQ
A bankrupt businessman rammed a car containing two gas cylinders into the Madrid headquarters of Spain’s conservative ruling party on…
Meet Princess Yetunde Onanuga, Amosun’s running mate
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Tuesday nominated a seasoned bureaucrat and princess from…
INEC hands governorship candidates new submission deadline
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had shifted the deadline for the submission of governorship and house of…
Uduaghan wants LG councils to stop paying teachers salary
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called for the removal of payment of teachers’ salaries from the…
Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns Friday,…
UPN resolves leadership crisis, set for 2015 elections
The leadership crisis in the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has been resolved, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Bari Salawu,…
God will see us through, Jonathan tells Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja ushered Nigerians into the Yuletide season with a call on them to continue…
Desperate Obanikoro needs psychiatric help, says Bode George
Chief Olabode George, leader Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state has said former Minister of State for Defence, Senator…
Court remands two for stealing recharge cards
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The duo of Kabiru Jolaosho, 23 and Boluwatife Fayebe, 22, were on Thursday ordered to be remanded in…