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Boko Haram gunmen massacre 40 sleeping students

Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in the hostel of the School of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, killing at…

Miss Philippines new Miss World, Miss Ghana third

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Miss Philippines was Saturday crowned Miss World 2013 in a glittering finale on the Indonesian…

Jonathan on hot seat Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will face a panel of interviewers on Sunday, beginning from 7p.m. The Presidential Media Chat will be…

Indonesian muslim hardliners protest Miss World hosting

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Hundreds of Islamic hardliners in Indonesia held a mass prayer session Saturday to express their…

Ansaru terror group posts video of French hostage

Nigeria’s terror group, Ansaru on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, issuing threats to the…

Remembering Kofi Awoonor: Humanity And Against

By Wole Soyinka I am certain there are others who, like me, received invitations to the recent edition of the…
President Macky Sall of Senegal

Senegal Seeks Help Of China, France Solve Water Crisis

Senegal has appealed to France and China for help to repair damage to a water pipeline that has deprived much…

8 Fake Corpers Sent To Prison

Nemesis has caught up with eight fake members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, after they were arrested, charged…

You can vote for ‘none of the above’, court rules

It used to be the stuff of Hollywood film, but it is now reality in India: voters being given the…

5 bank fraudsters arrested

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a five- man syndicate for attempting to defraud various…

Fashola apologises over Igbo destitute deportation

Governor Babatunde Fashola of the western Nigerian state of Lagos Thursday apologised to the people of the South-East over the…

SSANU Threatens To Go On Strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members…

8,000 Women Seek Husbands In Zamfara

Over 8,000 women on Thursday marched to the Zamfara Hisbah Commission seeking the state government’s assistance to enable them get…

2 Buildings Collapse In Lagos

Two persons have died and 10 others injured as two buildings collapsed on Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria, on Wednesday night.…

Boko Haram’s Shekau alive, taunts Nigeria’s military

Abubakar Shekau, leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram declared dead by the defunct military task force, is alive. News reports said…

Madagascar strongman opts out of polls

Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina said Wednesday he would not stand in a presidential election next month aimed at ending years…

Rivers Police stops distribution of job letters to teachers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thirteen thousand newly recruited teachers by the Rivers State Government were this morning in Port Harcourt, the…

PDP Crisis: Mark Averts Commotion In Senate

The Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday averted what would have resulted in a major fracas between two People’s Democratic…

Lagos Chief Judge Frees 119 Prison Inmates

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, on Wednesday set free no fewer than 119 inmates from Kirikiri…

Baby Buried Alive In Church

The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have shut a church where a two-year old baby girl was allegedly buried…

Anambra Poll: INEC knocks out Nwoye, Ukachukwu In

Nicholas Chukwuejekwu Ukachukwu, is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November election, Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission…

Jonathan makes case for Nigeria in UN Council

President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday in New York made a strong case for Nigeria’s election to the United Nations Security Council.…

British female terrorist in focus as Nairobi siege ends

Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta announced Tuesday that a siege of a Nairobi shopping mall was over, but said losses from…

Lawyer Commits Suicide In Office

A 44-year-old lawyer, Kofi Yawson-Adjei, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself. According to Ghanaweb.com, Yawson-Adjei, who is the Secretary of…

Kaduna Speaker Impeached

After series of attempts to remove the embattled Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Muazu Usman Gangara, representing…

There Are Armed Robbers In PDP

Dr. Junaid Mohammed, Chairman, House Committee on International Economic Relations and Socialist Bloc in the Second Republic, shares his view…

Jonathan, in talks with Obama, urges global action on terrorism

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday in New York called for a stronger global consensus and determination to end the scourge of…

Egypt Court Bans Muslim Brotherhood

An Egyptian court on Monday banned the Muslim Brotherhood from operating and ordered its assets seized, in the latest blow…

Ajimobi Sacks Commissioners, Advisers

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi this afternoon dissolved the executive council of the state. Source close to the governor…

Nigerian Writers Pay Tributes To Kofi Awoonor

The Ghanaian poet and diplomat, Professor Kofi Awoonor, who died after sustaining injuries following weekend’s terrorist attack on WestGate Shopping…