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UPDATE: Man wearing burqa kills 14 in Chad

N’DJAMENA, (Reuters) – A man dressed in a woman’s burqa blew himself up in the main market in Chad’s capital…

Bomb Blast near DSS office in Maiduguri kills one

MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber driving a three-wheeled vehicle detonated near the office of state security in Nigeria’s northeastern…

Buhari to Nigerians: Get ready to patronise “Made In Nigeria” products

President Muhammadu Buhari has hinted that Nigerians get ready to patronise products made in the country after he pledged that…

Boko Haram takes cue from ISIS, releases first beheading video

Boko Haram has set a terrifying new precedent by releasing its first gruesome video of a beheading since it pledged…

APC to Ekweremadu: Boko Haram attacks are signs of a dying monster

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said what Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu interpreted as the worsening cases of Boko…

Buhari, Osinbajo take 50% pay cut

President Muhammadu Buhari will only receive 50 per cent of the salary paid to his predecessor. The President’s decision to…
You have a case to answer, court tells Nyako, son, others

N29bn Fraud: Ex-Gov Nyako, son get N350m bail

Justice E. Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, July 10, 2015 admitted former governor of…

Police, APC working to destabilise PDP-controlled states – Metuh

Peoples Democratic Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh has accused the police and All Progressives Congress of working together…

Boko Haram: UN urges FG to clean-up recovered towns

The UN on Thursday urged the Federal Government to clean up the communities liberated from Boko Haram to make them…

Meet the Palm Wine drinking governor…and his people just LOVE him

If there is an award for the most “Down-to-earth” governor in Nigeria, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti will most likely…

Sylva urges court to dismiss N19.2bn EFCC case against him

Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva on Thursday, prayed an Abuja Federal High Court to quash 50 fresh charges filed against…

Save me from death, man with kidney problem begs Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga A 35-year old man, Adeola Michael Olayimika is on the verge of death if nothing urgent is done…
Trial of former governor, Sule Lamido, his two sons and others over alleged N1.35 billion fraud was stalls at the Federal High Court in Abuja

From Govt House to Prison: Sule Lamido, 2 sons remanded in Kano prison

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Weeks ago, Sule Lamido of Jigawa was leaving in a palatial Government House as governor of the state…

Coroner’s verdict was biased, one-sided, says Synagogue

Henry Ojelu The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Thursday faulted the coroner’s verdict on Wednesday indicting the church and…

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim, gets N270m bail

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, July 9, 2015 admitted former governor of…

Court sacks 22 Rivers Council Chairmen, Councillors

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A federal high court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Lambo Akambi, this morning nullified the…

University of Port Harcourt ranked 6th in Africa, 1st in Nigeria

The University of Port Harcourt has been ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher…

Buhari meets BBOG campaigners, says military doing its best

ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held his first meeting with campaigners calling for the release of…
Ikedi Ohakim

Money Laundering: Court remands ex-Govs Ohakim, Nyako, son

An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered former Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, and his son, Abdulazzez, to be…

Boko Haram: UN to set up ‘Early Warning Systems’

The UN says it will set up “ICT-based Early Warning Systems” in Borno and other states in the North East…

End of Boko Haram is near, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again conveyed his sincere and heartfelt condolences to all Nigerians who lost relatives in the…

Army arrests mastermind of Jos, Zaria suicide attacks

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of the mastermind of the two recent bomb and gun attacks in…

I’ve ordered immediate intervention to help local industries – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered immediate intervention in the textile, mining and agro-based industries in a bid to increase employment…

Claim by PDP that bailout funds was from Jonathan’s savings is false, ludicrous – Presidency

The Presidency has rubbished claims by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that President Muhammadu Buhari’s bailout funds for the state…

Jonathan ordered me to withdraw $2bn from ECA to pay fuel subsidy – Okonjo-Iweala

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria’s former minister of finance said on Tuesday night that the $2 billion she…

Rivers govt. defends N30bn loan

The Secretary to Rivers Government, Mr Kenneth Kobani, has said that the N30 billion loan approved by the state House…
You have a case to answer, court tells Nyako, son, others

EFCC arrests, detains ex-governors Ohakim, Nyako

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, confirmed the arrest and detention of two former governors, Ikedi Ohakim…

Breaking News: Coroners Court Indicts Contractor, SCOAN

Henry Ojelu The Coroners Court investigating the building collapse within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN,…

Ban Ki-moon commends Buhari’s determination to fight Boko Haram

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, on Tuesday in New York, commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination in the fight against Boko Haram.…

FG partners state govts to curb insecurity in Northern states

The Federal Government on Tuesday agreed to collaborate with some state governments to curb the escalating cattle rustling in the…