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Elections were postponed to frustrate Buhari – NY Times

The New York Times, in another harsh editorial against the government of President Goddluck Jonathan of Nigeria, has stressed that…

Obasanjo should not have torn his membership card – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party believes that former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo should not have ripped his membership card…

Arrest politicians buying PVCs, Oshiomhole tells CP

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on Monday charged the police and other security agencies in the state…

Cameroon army kills 86 Boko Haram militants

Cameroon’s army says it has killed 86 Boko Haram militants and detained 1,000 people suspected of links to the Islamist…

Obasanjo an embarrassment to the military – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters has described Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s recent statements about the military as an embarrassment, noting that, much as…

Overwhelming crowd welcome Buhari to Borno

A massive crowd of cheering supporters mobbed Nigerian opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari in the embattled northeast city of Maiduguri on…

PDP has reduced Nigeria to a global laughing stock, says Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says the ruling Peoples Democratic Party at the federal level has reduced Nigeria to…

Ogun PDP expels Obasanjo from party

Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expelled former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party.…

Sudan seizes print runs of 13 newspapers

Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 13 newspapers on Monday in one of the most sweeping crackdowns on…

Congo, Guinea, Gabon, others talk strategy against Boko Haram

Leaders of central African nations on Monday began talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde to devise a joint strategy to tackle…

In Pictures: Obasanjo tearing his PDP membership card

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…

Obasanjo tears PDP membership card, dumps party

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…

Its unjust to compare Jonathan to Laurent Gbagbo – Bode George tells OBJ

Chief Olabode George, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain on Sunday in Lagos described Saturday’s statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s…

Arrest, investigate Obasanjo now, says Buruji Kashamu

Prince Buruji Kashamu, Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP South West has called for the arrest and investigation…

Jonathan, PDP likely behind Gombe attacks, says APC

*Suspects Jonathan government in distribution of anti-poll leaflet in Gombe The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Wife of Bayelsa SSG, 11 others die in multiple crash

*Accident victims returning to Yenagoa after visiting Mrs Patience Jonathan *Governor Dickson suspends state functions for 3 days Okafor Ofiebor/Port…

Female suicide bomber kills 7 in Damaturu

A female suicide bomber killed seven people on Sunday at a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu,…

Dozens of Boko Haram members arrested in Niger

Several dozen people suspected of having links to Nigeria’s Boko Haram have been arrested in southern Niger since the start…

Jonathan slams audio on Ekiti poll rigging fabrication, says no probe

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out investigating the scandalous audio tape of the collusion between military officers and top…

INEC will conduct elections as rescheduled, says IBB

Former military head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida says he is optimistic that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will conduct…

Presidency blasts Obasanjo over comments on Jonathan

Nigeria’s presidency has replied former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments on President Goodluck Jonathan today. Obasanjo, who openly endorsed…

Jonathan seeks more US support in fight against Boko Haram

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is appealing to the United States for greater military assistance in the fight against Boko Haram…

Jonathan has no plans to leave Presidency, says Obasanjo

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has likened President Goodluck Jonathan to the former president of Cote…

Over 100 Boko Haram fighters invade Gombe

Hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists on Saturday invaded the restive northeast Nigerian city of Gombe, firing heavy guns and throwing…

Soyinka tells Jonathan to lift military siege on opposition

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to lift the military siege on Nigeria’s opposition party leaders…

Nigeria hires mercenaries, East Europeans to fight Boko Haram

About 100 South African retired military men are ‘actively’ involved in the Nigerian offensive against Boko Haram insurgents in the…

UN dazed by Nigeria’s military poor showing against Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military must strengthen its resolve in the fight against Boko Haram, the United Nations envoy for West Africa said…

We’ll hold elections as rescheduled, Jonathan tells foreign envoy

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday promised there would be no further vote delays, after the electoral agency pushed back the…

Oba Erediauwa Is Alive – Benin Palace

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Benin Traditional Council has dispelled rumour of the death of the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa.‎ Rumour of…

Pastor Ighodalo’s Staff Plot To Kill Him

Paul Iyoghojie An attempt by two domestic staff to poison Pastor Itua Ighodalo of Trinity House, a mega church in Victoria Island,…
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