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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…

How To Defeat Boko Haram – Police Affairs Minister

Jamiu Yisa All Nigerians must unite and stay focused in the war against terrorism for the country to defeat the…

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…

Leke Pitan Joins Lagos governorship race

.The ex-commissioner for health vows To Build On Tinubu, Fashola’s Legacies Jamiu Yisa Former Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr.…

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…

Abduction of schoolgirls: WAEC boss blames Borno officials

The Head of National Office of WAEC, Charles Eguridu, says the Borno government officials should be blamed for the abduction…

WEF: IG orders security barrier in Abuja

Mohammed Abubakar, Inspector-General of Police, has ordered a massive security cordon in the FCT to ensure a hitch-free take off…

Chinese Premier to visit Nigeria, other African countries

Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, will on Tuesday 6 May, commence visits to Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya. Li, who disclosed…

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…

National Confab: Face security issues, says Okorocha

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has called on delegates at the national conference to concentrate on matters that will improve…

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…

Jonathan holds presidential media chat Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday 4 May 2014 at 7p.m. speak on current national issues and respond to questions…

ANC is in for a big shock – Opposition

South Africa’s leading opposition party, Democratic Alliance has said the ruling party African National Congress, (ANC) is in for a…

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…

Censors Board Action Absurd – Chimamanda Adichie

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The author of,’ Half Of A Yellow Sun,’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said the action of Nigerian Video…

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…

Egypt court jails 102 Morsi supporters for 10 years

An Egyptian court sentenced 102 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 10 years in prison Saturday over protest…

National Confab receives memorandum for creation of Ogoja, Yemen states

. Ijebu, Ogoja old provinces not full states yet in Nigeria There were twenty four provinces in Nigeria, before independence.…

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…

OOU student shot dead by cultists

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A 200 level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU,Ago Iwoye, Olawale Made,30, has been shot dead in a…

Okorocha moves against street trading

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has charged the Imo Civil Guards to evacuate street traders on Douglas and other…

Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead

Retired Col. John David Dungs, former military governor of Delta, is dead, the deceased’s younger brother, Sunday Dungs, said on…

Ekiti, Osun polls: Accept defeat, INEC advises politicians

The INEC National Commissioner in-charge of South West, Prof. Lai Olurode, has advised politicians to have a mindset to accept…

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…

Governor Orji sacks council caretakers

Governor Theodore Orji of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia has sacked the transition committee chairmen for the 17 local…

Jonathan shuts Abuja for WEF

Nigeria’s Federal Government on Friday directed that all government offices and schools in Abuja should be closed down for the…