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Boko Haram Kidnaps 8 More Girls

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have kidnapped eight more girls from Borno State, residents said on Tuesday, after the extremist group’s…

Egypt’s Top Sunni Muslim Group Demands Release Of Schoolgirls

Egypt’s prestigious Islamic institute Al-Azhar has joined millions worldwide seeking the release of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram. Al-Azhar urged…

Abducted Schoolgirls: Unthinkable cruelty and evil – Angelina Jolie

US actress Angelina Jolie on Tuesday condemned as “unthinkable cruelty and evil” the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria…

Mahama Writes To Jonathan On Boko Haram

President John Dramani Mahama has called on member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to help…

Nigeria 8th worst place to be a mother on Earth, says report

Nigeria, considered a fragile state, has been ranked the eighth worst place on Earth to be a mother, according to…

Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s border town

Scores of Boko Haram gunmen riding in armoured vehicles razed the Nigerian border town of Gamboru Ngala on Monday and…

Nyanya blast victims: No FG official has visited us

Some victims of the Nyanya bomb blast receiving treatment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) on Monday called…

Ex-Ekiti Gov. Segun Oni dumps PDP for APC

Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oni dumped the Peoples Democratic…

Lagos Shuts Markets For Chibok Schoolgirls

Jamiu Yisa & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has ordered the shutting down of all Lagos…

South Africa’s leader Zuma says wife raped

South Africa’s president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his…

Shekau confirms kidnapping Nigerian schoolgirls

The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau on Monday confirmed that the group was responsible for the abduction of hundreds of…

Boko Haram leader vows to sell abducted schoolgirls

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has vowed to sell hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria three weeks ago, in…

Jonathan keeps Nigeria guessing over future

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday kept Nigeria guessing over whether or not he will seek re-election, saying the issue was…

Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead

Eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead. A statement released by the family…

Nigeria will ‘surely’ free abducted girls – Jonathan

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday vowed that his government will ensure the release of the 223 schoolgirls abducted by suspected…

Jonathan seeks Obama’s help over abducted schoolgirls

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that his government is seeking help from US President Barack Obama to overcome…

Police foil suicide bombing in Damaturu

The Police on Sunday said they foiled an attempt by a suicide bomber operating in a pick-up van laden with…

CAN Releases Names Of Kidnapped Chibok Schoolgirls

The names of the schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram gunmen from their dormitories on 15 April, 2014 have been released…

Secret Service seized my passport – Lamido Sanusi

Nigeria’s suspended Central Bank governor Lamido Sanusi said on Sunday that secret police had seized his passport as he tried…

FCT Minister appeals to relations of Nyanya blast to claim corpses

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has appealed to relatives of the 20 persons who died in the May Day…

Senator Ndume: Civilian JTF more effective than Nigeria’s military

Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District in the National Assembly told participants at Abuja rally of #BringBackOurGirls on…

Nigerian army arrests foreigners, others, over Abuja terror attacks

Nigeria military authority said on Saturday that it has arrested eight persons over the recent bombing attacks in the Federal…

In Pictures: Okpekpe Race Photos

The second edition of the 10km Okpekpe race in Edo State graced by Governor Adams Oshiomhole and other dignitaries.

Insecurity: Jonathan is doing his best – Gowon

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government in its bid to…

Patience Jonathan to lead protest to Chibok

Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of the president, has promised to stage a protest match to Chibok, Borno, if the abducted…

US will do ‘everything possible’ to rescue Nigeria girls – Kerry

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with…

Ghana to supply free shoes to schoolchildren

The Ghanaian government has unfolded plans to supply free sandals and shoes to schoolchildren using the Defence Industrial Holding Company…

Nigerian woman gives birth on BA flight to London

A British Airways flight from Abuja to London has had to make an emergency landing on the Spanish island of…

Police jack up number of captured Nigerian schoolgirls

On a day President Goodluck Jonathan set up a panel to verify the number of captured Nigerian schoolgirls, in Chibok,…

Terrorists target a Sheraton hotel in Lagos, US warns

US diplomats in Nigeria on Friday claimed that “groups associated with terrorism” could be planning to attack a hotel in…