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Boko Haram Scare On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

Kazeem Ugbodaga There was panic in Lagos and some parts of Ogun State this morning following rumours that members of…

Boko Haram Threatens To Kill Abducted Schoolgirls

The fate of over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from their hostels at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok,…

Jonathan, Governors’ meeting postponed

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the 36 state governors convened to discuss the problems of insecurity,…

Don’t Compare Jonathan With Mandela, Obama – Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said the advert currently running on major television channels comparing President…

Boko Haram: CAN Declares Fasting Friday

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Friday, 25 April, 2014 as a day of fasting and prayers for…

Obasanjo-led AU Commission arrives South Sudan to probe rights abuses

The African Union (AU) Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan has embarked on a 10-day mission to the country amidst…

Nyanya gridlock: Military to review security measure

Nigeria military on Tuesday appealed for public understanding over the traffic gridlock caused by the check point on Abuja- Keffi…

Aregbesola Calls For Mass Protest Over Missing Schoolgirls

Kazeem Ugbodaga Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has called for nationwide mass protest against Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram over the…

Yoruba’ll defend themselves if attacked—Afenifere

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has said the Yoruba people in southwest Nigeria will defend themselves by any…

Ijebu State: I’m Optimistic— Awujale

Lanre Babalola & Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-Ode The Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona Ogbagba II on Tuesday expressed optimism that…

Nyanya Blasts: No Relief Yet For Commuters

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja One week after the Nyanya, Abuja bomb blasts that left scores of people dead, commuters on the axis…

Boko Haram will not defeat us – Gov. Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state said on Tuesday 22 April that the Boko Haram insurgents would not emerge victorious…

Manchester United sack David Moyes

Manager David Moyes has left Manchester United, the club announced on their Twitter account today. “Manchester United announces that David…

Intensify efforts to rescue Chibok school girls – CAN tells FG

The North-East Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Federal Government and security agents to intensify efforts…

South Sudan rebels slaughter hundreds

JUBA(AFP) – Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians because of their ethnicity when they captured a key…

Boko Haram: Abducted school girls jump to 234

The number of secondary school girls still under Boko Haram captivity is more than the figure widely circulated. There are…

Forget scandal, Zuma poised for landslide victory

South Africa’s general election is still several weeks away, but President Jacob Zuma may begin to pop the champagne with…

No Mugabe, Zimbabawe more corrupt than Nigeria, says Campbell

Ambassador John Campbell, a great critic of Nigeria’s government has waded into the diplomatic spat between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, over…

Nigerian students in Malaysia cry for justice

Nigerian Students in Malaysia said they are fed up with the constant intimidation, harassment and illegal arrests carried out on…

Parents give up on abducted school girls, Nigerian soldiers not in sight

Parents of the remaining school girls abducted by Boko Haram gunmen on Monday in Chibok, Borno State, northeast Nigeria said…
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We will surpass retrogressive forces – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his unshaken belief in the ability of the nation to overcome all retrogressive and divisive…

Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for Nyanya bombing in new video

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at…

Russia-West relations will be normalised – Putin

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties…

Jonathan, PDP politicizing Nigeria’s security – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicizing Nigeria’s security…

Tunisian leader takes massive paycut

Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki announced on Friday his decision to voluntarily take a two-thirds pay cut as the government grapples…

News Analysis: Big blow on Nigeria’s military

By Bayo Onanuga Skeptics of Nigeria’s military campaign against the murderous Boko Haram gunmen in Nigeria’s northeast now have a…

First Earth-sized planet in star’s “habitable zone” found

As­tro­no­mers said they have found an Earth-sized plan­et, out­side our own so­lar sys­tem, or­bit­ing a star at a dis­tance suit­a­ble…

Abducted school girls: Nigeria’s military say they goofed

Nigeria’s military authorities have acknowledged that they goofed over their statement that all but eight of the 129 abducted school…

DSS arraigns kidnappers of Archbishop Kattey

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three men suspected to be the kidnappers of Bishop Ignatius Cosby Ogborun Kattey, the Anglican ArchBishop of…

APC governors not invited to security summit, says Akpabio

Governors of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC were not invited to the expanded security meeting called by President Goodluck…