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Reuben Abati’s show of shame

Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, to President Goodluck Jonathan has increasingly become inept in handling his…

Three Iranian police commanders killed in plane crash

Three Iranian police commanders who were heading south to investigate rebel attacks on security forces have died in a plane…

Oyedepo, Oyakhilome, Joshua top pastors rich list

When a guesthouse belonging to one of Nigeria’s leading Christian pastors collapsed last month, killing 115 mostly South African pilgrims,…

Gay Prosecution: Open Letter to the Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama

Dear Ignatious, I read with joy your comments condemning Nigeria’s draconian anti-gay legislation, and the consequent un-Christian persecution of gay…

$9.3mn: Northern Youth Takes Case To UN

Northern Youth Assembly has issued the Federal Government of Nigeria a three-week ultimatum to constitute a commission of enquiry into…

Girl Child Day: UN urges end to violence against women, girls

The United Nations on Saturday called for an end to violence against the young and adolescent girls living around the…
Kogi governor Ahmed Ododo says his administration's efforts to combat crime are yielding fruits with recovery of 53 stolen transformers

5 transformers vandalised in Gowon estate in 2 days

Five transformers at Gowon Federal Housing Estate in Ipaja area of Lagos were vandalised in the last two days. NAN…

Pakistani women hope for change after Malala Nobel win

Saima Bibi was just 13 when she was married off to settle a debt of honour, a common custom in…

In Pictures: Atiku, Buhari, others grace Okorocha’s daughter’s wedding

Big shots of the All Progressives Congress headed to the eastern Nigerian city of Owerri Saturday to attend the wedding…

Fire guts UNILAG hostel

A fire outbreak has occurred in the Madam Tinubu hall of the University of Lagos, Yaba, Lagos state. The Nation…

2015: Gov. Yero picks nomination form

Governor Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna state on Saturday in Abuja picked the PDP nomination and expression of interest form to…

Tinubu, Buhari, Atiku attend Okorocha’s daughters’ wedding

The Catholic Bishop of Okigwe Diocese, Bishop Solomon Amatu, on Saturday, charged couples in Nigeria to endeavour to keep their…

Buhari will emerge Nigeria President – Dauda

Ibrahim Dauda, the National Publicity Secretary, Buhari Support Group Centre (BSGC), said “with the structures BSGC has on ground, General…

Aviation minister gives N10m scholarship to Anambra students

The Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, on Saturday instituted a N10 million scholarship scheme for indigent school children in Obosi,…

Jonathan congratulates Malala, co-winner of Nobel Prize

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday congratulated Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi, the co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Malala,…

2015: Campaign group promises to buy Buhari’s N27m nomination form

The Bauchi State Chapter of the Buhari Campaign Organisation pledged to buy nomination form for General Muhammadu Buhari to contest…

Britain ready after Ebola outbreak test

Britain is ready to cope with an Ebola outbreak, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt declared Saturday, following a nationwide exercise to…

Snowden’s girlfriend joins him in Russia

US fugitive Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US global surveillance, has been…

Baze University honours late Adadevoh, Dasuki

Baze University, a private university based in Abuja, on Saturday, graduated 64 students and conferred posthumous honorary doctorate degree on…

Ogun begins screening of Christian pilgrims

The Ogun Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board on Saturday commenced screening of candidates for the 2014 Holy Pilgrimage to Israel, Greece…

Gunmen assassinate INEC Executive Secretary in Yenagoa

Unknown gunmen on Friday assassinated the Executive Secretary of Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC), Mr Simon Akpen, in Yenagoa.…

ABU Zaria don joins APC presidential race

A professor of business education at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Mr Mahmood Aliyu, has declared his intention to contest…

Borno spends N500m on Hajj

The Borno government said Saturday that it spent about N500 million toward the successful conduct of this year’s Hajj in…

Dead Briton in Macedonia did not have Ebola

A British man who died in Macedonia displaying Ebola-like symptoms did not have the disease, results from a German lab…

In Pictures: PDP thugs run riot, destroy cars, homes of lawmakers

Edo state continues to descend into political violence as thugs believed to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party stormed…

PDP thugs destroy cars, homes of APC lawmakers

Thugs believed to be working for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stormed into the Legislators quarters in Benin, Edo state…

Egypt ‘gay marriage’ trial verdict set for Nov

An Egyptian court will give its verdict November 1 in the trial of eight men arrested after a “gay marriage”…

IS jihadists execute four women in Iraq

The Islamic State group has executed at least four women, including two doctors and a politician, in their northern Iraq…

Access free maternal healthcare, Uduaghan urges rural women

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, has urged pregnant women in rural areas to access the free modern maternal healthcare provided…

4 injured in Abuja road crash

Four persons are receiving treatment at the National Hospital, Abuja, after sustaining injuries in an auto accident involving a Peugeot…