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Residents of Nigeria’s curfew town in distress call

Residents of Wukari, a central Nigerian town where 39 people died in fierce fighting between Christian and Muslim mobs said…

Jonathan to discuss trade with Zuma

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma will discuss ways to boost trade between Africa’s two…

Obama tagged ‘grand chief of devils’

Venezuelan disputed President Nicolas Maduro took a swipe at Barack Obama on Saturday, calling him the “grand chief of devils”…

N50 billion property goes up in smoke

The Controller-General, Federal Fire Service, Mr Olusegun Okebiorun, says Nigeria looses property worth N50 billion annually to fires. Okebiorun announced…

British MP arrested over sodomy claims

A deputy speaker of Britain’s lower house of parliament was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of raping one man and…

Slain politician buried in Ekiti

A former member of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Jeje killed by suspected party thugs…

Family of abducted ex-oil minister begs for his release

The Family of Dr Shettima Ali Monguno, the elder statesman kidnapped in Maiduguri on Friday, has appealed to his abductors…

12 bomb disposal experts abducted in Senegal

Suspected separatist rebels have abducted 12 bomb disposal experts in southern Senegal, a security source said Saturday. The source said…

Governor Fayemi nominates new deputy

Jamiu Yisa Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has forwarded the name of the Chairperson of the State’s Universal Basic…

Death toll rises in Nigeria’s latest religious fracas

More deaths have been reported in the bloody clash between Christian and muslim mobs in Wukari, Taraba state, in the…

Onayekan, Kukah highlight Nigeria’s twin monsters

Two of Nigeria’s leading and respected bishops have told the European Parliament and other politicians that their country is being…

Curfew in Taraba after 20 killed in religious violence

At least 20 people were killed in violent clashes between Christian and Muslim mobs in central Nigeria’s Taraba state on…

Woman In TheNEWS: Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar

Nigeria’s Chief Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar is surely on a mission to cleanse Nigeria’s judiciary. She has already blown some…

Reports: No stable power supply in Nigeria until 2050

Simon Ateba Despite Nigeria’s government’s posturing that Nigerians will enjoy steady electricity by 2015, experts say darkness may persist until…

Rivers Police boss plots emergency rule, says Speaker

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Otelemaba Amachree, has accused Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu,the Commissioner…

Regional Bank Manager Docked Over N43.7m Fraud

PAUL IYOGHOJIE The regional manager of a new generation bank at Kaduna Road Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, Mr. Ige Adegboye, 43,…

Baga Massacre: UN Human Rights Office expresses concern

The UN Human Rights Office on Friday expressed its concern about the large number of casualties, reportedly including many civilians,…

Fire destroys election materials eve of council poll

Less than 12 hours to the beginning of voting in the council elections in the central Nigerian state of Kogi,…

8550 cops for Kogi council election

The Nigerian police command in the central Nigerian state of Kogi said it was deploying no fewer than 8,550 officers…

Couple charged with operating illegal varsity

Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) has dragged one Pius Nwachukwu, 47, and his wife, Chika, to a Karu Chief Magistrates’…

JAMB candidate arrested with pistol

Nigeria’s drug czar, the NDLEA on Friday confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old man in possession of a French-made pistol…

Mimiko: ACN, PDP to appeal tribunal verdict

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Ondo State Chapter, has rejected the judgment of the Justice Andovar Kaka’an led Election…

Microsoft phases out hotmail for outlook.com

Microsoft’s Hotmail, the free webmail service used by hundreds of millions of people around the world, was phased out Friday,…

Abductors of Nigeria’s ex-oil minister demand ransom

Nigeria’s former oil minister was kidnapped Friday by gunmen who stormed his vehicle outside a mosque in the restive city…

Court Orders Ex-Governor Turaki’s Arrest

Justice S. Yahuza of the Federal High Court, in the northwest Nigerian city of Dutse has issued a warrant directing…

Fashola Outlines Investment Opportunities In Lagos

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Thursday received the Lord Mayor of London, the Rt. Hon. Alderman Roger Gifford…

Jealous Woman Burns Friend’s Breast

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 31-year old woman has been arraigned before Apapa Magistrate’s court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly burning…

Mimiko: PDP, ACN’s Petitions Dismissed

The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Akure, the state capital, Friday dismissed the petitions filed by the…

ACN urges PDP not to distract Gov. Oshiomhole

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has slammed the PDP for seeking to disparage and distract Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of…

JAMB releases UTME results, withholds 12,110

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The board, however,…