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Spain’s new king, queen meet terror victims

The new king and queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, carried out their first official function on Saturday, meeting…

10 students bag first class at Nigeria Turkish Nile University

No fewer than 10 graduating students bagged first class degrees at the 2nd convocation of the Nigeria Turkish Nile University…

#EkitiDecides: I’ll accept outcome of Ekiti poll – Fayose

The governorship candidate of the PDP, Ayo Fayose, on Saturday said he would accept the out come of the election…

#EkitiDecides: In Pictures Gov. Fayemi, Fayose, others vote

Photos by Idowu Ogunleye and Emmanuel Osodi/ Ekiti

Security operatives arrest 36 APC members, journalists in Ekiti

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted Nigerians and the international community to the massive clampdown on its party’s leaders…

Malawi president weds partner in colourful ceremony

Malawi’s newly elected President Peter Mutharika married his long-term partner in a colourful ceremony before local dignitaries in a jam-packed…

The faces of the Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram

Since 14 April, all the girls shown here have been in the captivity of Boko Haram militants. Abducted from their…

#EkitiDecides: 50 Mobile Policemen arrest journalists

Mobile policemen have arrested two journalists Jadesola Ajibola of Inspiration FM and Oyetunji Ojo of Osun State Broadcasting Corporation in…

Zamfara APC members defect to PDP

Top government officials in the Governor Abdulaziz Yari-led All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in Zamfara are gradually resigning their appointments…

All eyes on Ekiti, says Tinubu

By Bola Ahmed Tinubu With today’s election, Ekiti State has become the epicentre of Nigeria’s electoral politics. Here, the major…

In Pictures: #EkitiDecides accreditation and voting

Ekiti voters turned out en mass on Saturday for accreditation as the state’s governorship election got under way amidst tight…

Jihadists execute three Syria rebel officers

Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have executed three officers of the Western and Arab-backed…

Kano to secure release of indigenes detained in Abia

The Kano State Government said it had dispatched a delegation to Abia to secure the release of the state indigenes…

Father of British jihadist shocked over online video

The father of a British man who left to fight in Syria said on Saturday he “wants to cry” after…

Voters turnout en masse for Ekiti election, as accreditation begins

Ekiti voters turned out en masse on Saturday for accreditation as the state’s governorship election got under way amidst tight…

Commission establishes early childhood school

The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), on Friday, said it had set up a School for Early Childhood…

Putin orders Russia forces on ‘full combat alert’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops in central Russia on “full combat alert” for snap drills, the defence minister…

Egypt sentences 183 to death including Brotherhood chie

An Egyptian court on Saturday confirmed death sentences for 183 Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie, a prosecutor said,…

UI, ABU, four others sign N2bn MoA with NLNG

The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited, on Friday, signed N2 billion Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with six Nigerian universities…

Africa hosts 86% of world refugees – UN

Developing countries, including many in Africa, now host 86 per cent of the worlds refugees, up from 70 per cent…

Boko Haram kills 10 in raids on five villages

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen have killed 10 people in raids on five villages in Nigeria’s northeast Adamawa state, a local…

Emir of Kano turbans new Wazirin Kano

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Friday turbaned Malam Sa’ad Shehu Gidado as the new Waziri of…

Nigeria yet to implement human trafficking act – Report

Nigeria has remained a Tier 2 Country, according to the 2014 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released on Friday by…

#Ekitidecides: Fayemi’s campaign director arrested by soldiers

A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Bimbo Daramola who doubles as the director-general of the Fayemi Campaign Organisation…

Australia offers asylum-seekers $10k to return home

Australia is offering asylum-seekers in its Pacific immigration camps up to $10,000 (US$9,400) if they voluntarily return to their home…

Group poised to block vote rigging in Ekiti

Nigeriadecide.org, an online platform designed to prevent election rigging in the coming elections in Nigeria, and powered by the Innovative…

NLC condemns use of soldiers for “dirty jobs”

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Friday said the increasing cavalier use of soldiers, especially in furtherance of what it…

OAU closure return to military era, say students

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State in western Nigeria, have declared the closure of…

#Ekitidecides: Bishop slams militarisation of the state

GBENRO ADESINA, SIMON ATEBA & NKRUMAH BANKONG-OBI/ADO-EKITI Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Reverend Felix Femi Ajakaye has criticised the…