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Boko Haram will not defeat us – Gov. Shettima

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state said on Tuesday 22 April that the Boko Haram insurgents would not emerge victorious…

Manchester United sack David Moyes

Manager David Moyes has left Manchester United, the club announced on their Twitter account today. “Manchester United announces that David…

Intensify efforts to rescue Chibok school girls – CAN tells FG

The North-East Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the Federal Government and security agents to intensify efforts…

South Sudan rebels slaughter hundreds

JUBA(AFP) – Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians because of their ethnicity when they captured a key…

Boko Haram: Abducted school girls jump to 234

The number of secondary school girls still under Boko Haram captivity is more than the figure widely circulated. There are…

Forget scandal, Zuma poised for landslide victory

South Africa’s general election is still several weeks away, but President Jacob Zuma may begin to pop the champagne with…

No Mugabe, Zimbabawe more corrupt than Nigeria, says Campbell

Ambassador John Campbell, a great critic of Nigeria’s government has waded into the diplomatic spat between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, over…

Nigerian students in Malaysia cry for justice

Nigerian Students in Malaysia said they are fed up with the constant intimidation, harassment and illegal arrests carried out on…

Parents give up on abducted school girls, Nigerian soldiers not in sight

Parents of the remaining school girls abducted by Boko Haram gunmen on Monday in Chibok, Borno State, northeast Nigeria said…
President-Goodluck-Jonathan

We will surpass retrogressive forces – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has reiterated his unshaken belief in the ability of the nation to overcome all retrogressive and divisive…

Boko Haram leader claims responsibility for Nyanya bombing in new video

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for a bombing in Nigeria’s capital that killed at…

Russia-West relations will be normalised – Putin

President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties…

Jonathan, PDP politicizing Nigeria’s security – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicizing Nigeria’s security…

Tunisian leader takes massive paycut

Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki announced on Friday his decision to voluntarily take a two-thirds pay cut as the government grapples…

News Analysis: Big blow on Nigeria’s military

By Bayo Onanuga Skeptics of Nigeria’s military campaign against the murderous Boko Haram gunmen in Nigeria’s northeast now have a…

First Earth-sized planet in star’s “habitable zone” found

As­tro­no­mers said they have found an Earth-sized plan­et, out­side our own so­lar sys­tem, or­bit­ing a star at a dis­tance suit­a­ble…

Abducted school girls: Nigeria’s military say they goofed

Nigeria’s military authorities have acknowledged that they goofed over their statement that all but eight of the 129 abducted school…

DSS arraigns kidnappers of Archbishop Kattey

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three men suspected to be the kidnappers of Bishop Ignatius Cosby Ogborun Kattey, the Anglican ArchBishop of…

APC governors not invited to security summit, says Akpabio

Governors of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC were not invited to the expanded security meeting called by President Goodluck…

LASU lecturers set to go on strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, has threatened to go on strike at…

APC aids and abets terrorism – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of aiding and abetting terrorism in the country…

115 schoolgirls still missing after kidnap – principal

Asabe Kwambura, principal of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State has denied reports from the military that most of…

Lagos Gov Race: Ashafa, GOS, Hamzat To Fight For Ticket

Jamiu Yisa & Jide Osokoya Following the zoning of the 2015 governorship ticket to Lagos East Senatorial District by the…

How Nigerian Youth Stabbed Mom To Death In UK

A court in the United Kingdom has heard how a cross-dressing Nigerian youth stabbed his mother to death in a…

Buhari To Sue PDP Over Boko Haram

Eromosele Ebhomele Unable to bear the continuous wild accusation linking him with the Boko Haram terrorists by the Peoples Democratic…

Boko Haram kills 20, fourth attack in three days

Suspected Boko Haram militants have struck for a fourth time in three days in Nigeria, killing 20 people including a…

In Pictures: APC governors console victims of bomb disaster

The All Progressives Congress Governors Forum (APCGF), on Wednesday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to intensify effort to fish out…

Jonathan summons emergency security council meeting

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has summoned a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the growing terrorism and insecurity…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Shettima offers N50m reward to save kidnapped school girls

Governor Kashim Shettima of the beleaguered Borno state, in northeast Nigeria has offered 50 million naira ($300,000, 215,000 euros) reward…

15 Out Of 100 Kidnapped Girls Escape

Reports say 15 out the 100 schoolgirls kidnapped Monday evening by heavily armed Boko Haram Islamists from a school in…