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Bus accident kills 20 in Brazil

Twenty people were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned Sunday in northeastern Brazil, officials…

Breaking News: Over 70 people killed in bomb explosion in Kano

Maduabuchi Nmeribe/Kano A car bomb explosion in Nigeria’s second largest city of Kano, northern Nigeria, has killed over 50 people,…

Bomb blast hits Sabon Gari in Kano state

A suspected car bomb ripped through a crowded entertainment spot in the north Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, witnesses…

DHQ warns against movement into security operation areas

The Defence Headquarters has advised tourists, journalists and adventurers to obtain necessary “security cover or clearance” before moving into areas…

Boko Haram: Police tighten security around threatened schools

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered the strengthening of security in all boarding schools in and around Makurdi,…

APC wins all seats in Kano council polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship and councillorship seats in Saturday’s council polls in Kano state.…

7 oil thieves die in pipeline fire disaster

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt At least seven persons were confirmed to have been burnt to death while several others are seriously…

NEMA confirms fire outbreak near Port Harcourt refinery

Umesi Emenike, the South-South Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed a fire incident near the…

Fire destroys 120 shops in Lagos

At least 120 open shops used in storing palm oil were on Sunday morning razed at the popular Daleko market…

France offers China help with Boko Haram hostages

France’s foreign minister offered China his country’s help on Sunday in locating 10 workers feared kidnapped by Boko Haram militants,…

Nigeria must tackle corruption to improve image – Don

Dr Kwaghmande Joseph, a sociology lecturer at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University, Katsina, says Nigeria must tackle corruption in order…

Cameroon says abducted Chinese likely in Nigeria

The 10 Chinese workers abducted by Boko Haram gunmen in Cameroon have most likely been taken back across the border…

Israel police won’t let extremists spoil pope visit

Israel’s top police officer on Sunday vowed that Jewish extremists would not be allowed to spoil the upcoming visit of…

How Boko Haram gets financed: Fake Charities, Drug Cartels, Ransom and Extortion

Just over a year ago, armed men on motorcycles entered a national park in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, and…

Delta introduces e-bursary registration

The Delta Government says it has introduced e-bursary registration to check fraud in the state’s bursary and scholarship scheme for…

Borno sponsors 50 students to India

The Borno Government on Sunday said it had sponsored 50 students to India on irrigation agriculture. A statement by Malam…

Chibok visit: Jonathan does not understand demands of his office – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s aborted trip to Chibok shows that he does not understand…

Swiss turn down world’s highest minimum wage

Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposed hourly minimum wage of $25 — which would have been the world’s highest…

Ugandan rebel chief promotes son

Uganda’s notorious rebel chief Joseph Kony has named his son as deputy of his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a guerrila…

SSANU-LASU threatens strike, gives 7-day ultimatum

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) Lagos State University (LASU) Ojo Chapter, on Friday urged its management to…

Lagos bomb scare: Fashola commends Lagosians alertness

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Saturday commended Lagosians residing on the Island for their vigilance in the discovery…

Kanye and Kim Kardashian to wed in France, party in Italy

Hip hop star Kanye West and reality TV celebrity Kim Kardashian are to marry in a chateau near Paris next…

Paris Summit: President Jonathan’s full speech

President Jonathan delivers his speech at the Regional Summit on Security in Paris, France on Saturday, 17 May 2014. The…

Brazil prisoners take more than 120 hostages

Inmates in a prison in the northeastern Brazilian state of Sergipe took 122 hostages on Saturday – nearly all of…

Largest dinosaur found in Argentina

Paleontologists in Argentina’s remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast…

Ballot snatching, violence mar Kano council poll

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Local Government election in Kano, northwest Nigeria, held on Saturday was characterized by violence and electoral malpractices,…

World powers set to sanction Boko Haram

The global powers led by France have agreed to introduce sanctions against Boko Haram and Ansarul terrorist groups in Nigeria,…

Why I cancelled Chibok visit – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday at Elysee Palace, Paris, France said that he cancelled his visit to Chibok where over…

Paris Meeting Takes Far-Reaching Decisions on Boko Haram

Representatives of the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, Presidents of France, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger…