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Nigerian bloggers can’t investigate stories, Basketmouth laments

A renowned comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has slammed bloggers for rushing to off load new materials on…

Malawi moves to ban child marriages

Malawi is poised to adopt a law banning child marriages in a country which has one of the world’s highest…

Egypt’s Morsi to face military tribunal

Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and 198 Islamist leaders and supporters will stand trial in a military court over deadly…

Obtain your PVC else poll shift will be a waste, says Emir Sanusi

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday urged residents within his domain to allow their wives to…

African presidents donate $87m emergency fund to fight Boko Haram

Presidents from the 10-Nation Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) pledged in an extraordinary meeting to create an 87…

Group decries attacks on PDP campaign offices in Maiduguri

A non-governmental organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday decried the attacks on the campaign offices of candidates of the…

Poll Shift: Jega to face Senate on Wednesday

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will face the Senate on Wednesday over…

Explosion kills 11 at check point in Biu, Borno State

Eleven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint near the town of Biu in northeast Nigeria…

Explosion, gunfire rock APC rally in Okrika, home of Patience Jonathan

Explosion, gunfire rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Okrika, Rivers state today, although casualty figures are yet to…

Boko Haram destroys Askira Uba, forcing residents to flee

Hundreds of Boko Haram militants stormed the town of Askira Uba in northeast Nigeria, burning homes and public buildings, as…

Boko Haram: US military promises intel, equipment

The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Nigerian Islamist…

Court fines TB Joshua, Synagogue for delaying trial

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today slammed a N25,000 fine on the Synagogue Church Of All…

Jonathan sends list of eight ministerial nominees to Senate

The Senate at resumption of plenary on Tuesday received a list of eight ministerial nominees from the Presidency in accordance…

Thousands march against Boko Haram in Niger

Thousands of people marched in Niger’s capital on Tuesday to protest at Boko Haram Islamists who have launched deadly raids…

Sambo Dasuki, DSS biggest threat to national security – El-Rufai

Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state has asserted…

Concerns rise over shaky Ukraine truce

World powers voiced concern over a shaky truce in Ukraine that went into a third day Tuesday with no sign…

Bomb blast kills three in Pakistan’s Lahore

A bomb exploded close to the police headquarters in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing three people…

Nigeria has two problematic presidential candidates, says Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the two major candidates in the 2015 Nigeria’s presidential election as both problematic…

Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram, slow, inadequate, failure of leadership – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram militants as slow, inadequate and a…

Buhari’s govt, most brutal dictatorship after Abacha – Soyinka

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described General Muhammadu Buhari, the main opposition presidential candidate in Nigeria as the most…

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…

Patience Jonathan in Bayelsa to mourn PDP women leaders

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The wife of the president, Patience Jonathan arrived Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital on Monday and paid a…

Don’t flee Nigeria, elections will be peaceful, says Tambuwal

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful,…

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…

We’ll breath fresh air on Nigeria, says KOWA presidential candidate

The Presidential candidate of KOWA party, Prof. Remilekun Shonaiya, said the party would breathe fresh air on the country. Shonaiya,…

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…

Poll Shift: INEC rejects nomination of fresh candidates

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it would not accept new nominations of candidates from any political…

Over 160 Boko Haram suspects arrested in Niger

More than 160 people suspected of having links to Boko Haram have been arrested in Niger’s border area with Nigeria…

Court Of Appeal upholds Fayose’s victory

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Court of Appeal siting in Abuja on Monday, upheld the victory of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti…