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Boko Haram: Fighter jet misfires, shoots civilians in Borno

The Army said a fighter jet had misfired and shot some humanitarian aid workers of the International Committee of Red…

Car dealers groan over new import policy, call for reversal

Mixed reactions have trailed the ban on the importation of vehicles through land borders with some of the dealers calling…
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader

Why I bombed UNIMAID mosque – Shekau

Leader of terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau has taken responsibility for the bomb blasts at the University of Maiduguri…

Ministers, BBOG search for missing Chibok Girls in Sambisa

The Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali and the convener of the Bring Back Our…

Pictures: Ezekwesili, others search for Chibok girls in Sambisa

The Federal Government team, led by the Ministers of Information and Culture as well as of Defence, Monday led the…

How senior lawyer bought N8m car for Justice Ademola – Sales Rep

A prosecution witness has revealed how a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Joe Agbi bought a car worth N8m…

EFCC wades into missing N500m Chibok safe school funds

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it is looking into the alleged missing N500m Chibok safe school funds commissioned…
NDIC issues important notice to Heritage Bank depositors

Heritage Bank sacks 400 staff

Heritage Bank has embarked on mass retrenchment of its workers with 400 staff sacked in December. According to investigations on…

Suicide bomber kills professor, 4 others in UNIMAID

A professor and four other persons were killed today when a male suicide bomber detonated a bomb at the Senior…

Breaking: Hurray! Ezekwesili joins troops to search for Chibok girls in Sambisa forest

Co-convener of the Bringbackourgirls, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, has finally agreed to join Nigerian troops and others tomorrow to search for…

Former pro wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka dies at 73

Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, a former professional wrestler who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the…
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Kidnappers of students, teachers at Isheri demand N1.2b

The abductors of students and members of staff of the Nigeria Turkish International College (NTIC) have demanded N1.2bn ransom for…

BREAKING: Nothing will stop Barrow’s inauguration on January 19- Spokesperson

Spokesperson to Gambia’s president elect Adama Barrow has said on sunday that Barrow’s inauguration must hold on Jan 19 unfailingly…

The Gambia: ECOWAS military chiefs prepare for war

In preparation for a possible military action in the Gambia, defence chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States…

Chibok Schoolgirls: FG rejects BBOG’s conditions for Sambisa tour

The Federal Government has rejected the conditions given by the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group for joining a day…

19 drown as boat capsizes in India

At least 19 people have died in India’s eastern state of Bihar after a boat sank in the Ganges River,…

SSANU, NASU begin 5-day warning strike Monday

Non-academic unions in the Nigerian universities say they will on Monday embark on a five-day warning strike over the inability…

Chibok Girls: Ezekwesili lists conditions to follow troops to Sambisa

The Bringbackourgirls advocacy group has replied the Federal government’s letter inviting the group to follow troops to the Sambisa forest…

The Gambia: ECOWAS to take all necessary actions

United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) says ECOWAS has decided to take all necessary actions to…

Chibok Girls: FG invites Ezekwesili for search in Sambisa forest

The Federal Government has invited members of the Bring Our Girls Back (BBOG) to a short trip in a military…

Pictures: Defiant Gambia’s president meets Buhari, others

Defiant Gambian president Yahya Jammeh on Friday met ECOWAS mediation team for peaceful transfer of power in the country. The…
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Kidnappers abduct students, teachers in Isheri school

About five staff and two students of the Tulip International School, located in the Isheri area of Ogun State, have…

Barrow flees Gambia after Jammeh refuses to step down

The Gambia’s President-elect, Adama Barrow, has left the country after talks failed to persuade President Yahya Jammeh to step down.…

Military repels terrorists, kills 10, loses 3

The Nigerian Military says it has successfully repelled an attack by the Boko Haram terrorists at Kangarwa in Kukawa Local…

NNPC resumes loading of petroleum products, nationwide

Mr Ndu Ughamadu,the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says the corporation has…

AFCON begins tomorrow, 32 teams battle for trophy, £3.28m

The 31st edition of the Africa Cup of Nations will kick off at 16:00 GMT on Saturday when hosts Gabon…
DSS raises alarm over plan to disrupt peace in Nigeria

DSS rescues 4 kidnap victims in Port Harcourt

The Department of State Services (DSS) says it has rescued four oil company kidnap victims from their abductors in Port…

Witness admits constructing houses, mosque, churches for Badeh

The 13th prosecution witness, Joseph Okpetu, told a Federal High Court on Friday that he renovated houses, built churches and…

Veteran pro-democracy activist, Alfred Ilenre, is dead

A veteran journalist and a dogged human rights activist, Mr Alfred Ilenre is dead. He died in Ikorodu, Lagos State,…

Convicted fuel subsidy fraudster collapses in court

An oil subsidy fraudster, Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngali, the Managing Director of Ontario Oil and Gas Limited, fainted in the dock…