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Rooney’s Brace Lifts Manchester United Above Liverpool

Wayne Rooney scored two goals early in the second half to give Manchester United maximum points as they beat Liverpool…

Boko Haram: How Kabiru Sokoto Was Re-arrested

Oluokun Ayorinde/ Abuja Nigeria’s Christmas Day bombing suspect, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko (a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto) was hiding in clothes rack at…

Boko Haram Kingpin Re-Arrested, Vocal Critic Gunned Down In Kano

Security operatives have re-arrested the escaped mastermind of Madalla Christmas Day bombing, Kabiru Sokoto. A police source said Sokoto was…

President Jonathan Unveils $1 billion Dangote Cement Plant

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has formally unveiled a new cement factory built by the Dangote Cement group at Ibese, Ogun…

Bayelsa Poll: Apex court locks out ex-governor Sylva

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Hopes of former Bayelsa state governor, Timipre Sylva, to participate in Saturday’s governorship election in the…

Prof. Aluko Dies

Renowned economist, Professor Samuel Aluko, is dead. Aluko, 82, died this morning at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom…

Soyinka On Boko Haram’s Hit List

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has disclosed that he is one of the prominent Nigerians on the list of Boko…

Mali Book S/final with Ivory Coast, Spoil Gabon’s Party

. Barcelona Star, Seidu Keita Mali’s q-final hero Mali beat Gabon 5-4 on penalties in Libreville, Gabon Sunday after a…

Nyako wins in Nigeria’s Adamawa state

Murtala Nyako, retired admiral, has been re-elected governor of Adamawa State, in the election held yesterday, amidst a possible legal…

Cuba’s Castro Publishes Memoirs

Cuban leader Fidel Castro has published two volumes of his autobiographical memoir entitled “Time Guerrilla,” according to news agencies. The…

Flights Cancelled as Europe’s Cold Snap Kills 260

Hundreds of people were rescued Saturday after a ferry caught in a snow storm hit a breakwater off Italy, as…

Zambia, Ivory Coast Romp into Nations Cup semi-final

Zambia and hot favorite, Ivory Coast have qualified for the semi finals of the Africa Cup of Nations, playing in…

Boko Haram: Court May strike out case against senator

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja before which embattled Senator Aliyu Mohammed Ndume is standing…

Boko Haram Crises: MASSOB Hires Buses For Igbos

To bail out Igbos stranded in the North, the leader of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of…

73 Killed, 1000 Injured, As Egyptian Soccer Match Turns Violent

Soccer fans rushed the field after the home team won an unexpected victory over Egypt’s top squad Wednesday, setting off…

Nigerians Mourn Christmas Day Church Bomb Victims

Thousands of mourners in Nigeria are attending the burial service for people killed at a church on Christmas Day. The…

Boko Haram: Shekarau clears the air

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Former governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau this morning at his Bompai residence, Kano, northwest Nigeria said…

Boko Haram Crises: Uwazuruike Orders Igbos Out Of North

Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazruike has ordered Igbos…

N38B LOAN SCAM: Court Frees Bankole, Nafada

An Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Suleiman Belgore on Tuesday absolved the embattled former Speaker of the House…

Al-Mustapha, Sofolahan Deserve To Die —Lawyers, Activists

Nigerians, especially human rights activists and lawyers have reacted to the death sentence passed on Major Hamza Al-Mustapha and Mr.…

Kudirat Abiola: Al-Mustapha To Die By Hanging

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court this evening sentenced former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late General…

Jonathan: I did not run for AU Chair

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said he did not contest for election as the Chairman of African Union, contrary to…

Supreme Court sacks 5 Nigerian governors

A seven- man panel of the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision this morning sacked Governors Liyel Imoke, Murtala Nyako,…

The Man, MD Abubakar

The new Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, FCE mni, yesterday resumed duty. MD Abubakar was born 5 May,…

President Jonathan Appoints New Boss For Nigeria Police

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Mohammed D. Abubakar as Acting Inspector General of Police as…

Nigeria’s Police chief, Hafiz Ringim Quits

Hafiz Ringim, the embattled boss of the Nigeria Police Force has finally left the office, with speculations that Assistant Inspector…

300 Bombs Found In Kano, More Soldiers Deployed

As policemen from the Bomb Disposal Unit of Kano State Police Command continue to comb the nooks and crannies of…
JUST IN: Jonathan confirmed safe, out of Guinea-Bissau

Amnesty Slams Jonathan

Campaign group, Amnesty International has slammed the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government for treating the Boko Haram menace with kid…

158 Suspected Boko Haram Members Arrested

A joint military task force in Nigeria arrested 158 suspected members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram, security sources…

Kano Buries The Dead, The wounded bemoan fate

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Even as the Boko Haram Sect and security agencies were still locked in occasional gun duel in Kano,…