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PDP condemns Nyanya, Kuje bombings

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned Friday’s bombing in Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja, Nigeria, describing…

Legal Aid Council receives 329 cases in Kano

The Kano State Office of the Legal Aid Council said it had received 329 cases from aggrieved persons between January…

NAFDAF donates drugs to IDPs camps in Adamawa

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Saturday donated assorted drugs to Internally Displaced Persons…

Bomb blast: Police tighten security in FCT

Inspector-General of Police Solomon Arase has directed police officers to ensure massive stop and search activities in and around the…

Gunmen abduct 75-year-old woman in Sokoto

The Police in Sokoto on Saturday confirmed the abduction of a 75-year- old woman, Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, by unknown persons.…

I am gay, says senior Vatican priest

A high-ranking Polish priest from the Vatican revealed he was gay on Saturday, saying he wanted to challenge the Church’s…

Resident petitions Lagos Speaker over Ambode’s nominee

Eromosele Ebhomele A top member of the Ikoyi Club 1938, Chief Oladele Abiodun Benson, has petitioned the Speaker of the…

Group to award scholarship to 21 Anambra students

The new President of Anambra State Associations in South Africa, Chief Onyekachukwu Onyeka, said on Saturday that the group would…

Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting calls for entries

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has invited entries from Nigerian reporters for the 10th Wole Soyinka Award…

Military pension verification begins Tuesday nationwide

The Chairman, Military Pensions Board, AVM Muhammed Dabo, has allayed fears of any mishap in the forthcoming military pension verification…

FRSC takes ‘Ember’ month campaign to Anambra

The FRSC Sector Commander in Anambra, Mr Sunday Ajayi, has said that nearly 2,000 regular and special marshals of the…
36 Nigerien soldiers killed in ambush by terrorist groups

Boko Haram fighters kill two Niger soldiers, wound four in ambush

Boko Haram Islamist fighters killed at least two Niger soldiers and wounded four others in an attack on a village…

Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police command is not leaving any stone unturned in chasing armed robbers out of the…

Rivers among 21 States with bird flu

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Government has confirmed that the state is among the 21 States in the country with…

I’m in excellent health, Dalai Lama says after cancelling US tour

AFP – The Dalai Lama said on Saturday he was in “excellent” health after doctors told him to scrap a…

UPDATE: 15 confirmed dead, 39 injured in Abuja bomb blasts

The multiple bomb blasts on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15…

3 contractors arraigned for attacking man with machete

Paul Iyoghojie Three building contractors have been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrates’ court for allegedly invading the palace of a…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Borno govt. to relocate IDPs back to their hometowns

The Borno State Emergency Management Agency (BOSEMA) said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to…

UPDATE: Bomb blast in Nyanya, kills 2, injures 19‏

A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has killed two persons…

FIFA sponsor Visa wants Sepp Blatter to quit

New York (AFP) – US credit card giant Visa became the third top FIFA sponsor to demand Sepp Blatter’s immediate…
Scene of a bomb attack in Jos

Twin explosions rock Abuja, many dead

Two bombs went off in the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja late on Friday, an official said. There was…

How we’ll screen Ambode’s nominees – Lagos Assembly

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday said it has a cordial relationship with the state governor,…

Diezani gets bail in UK, passport seized

Former Nigeria Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

EFCC raids homes of Jide Omokore, Diezani in Lagos, Abuja

The arrest of Diezani Alison-Madueke in London today may just be the tip of a well coordinated international operation to…

Night guard, ex-convict arrested for armed robbery in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command is not leaving anything to chance in chasing armed robbers out of the…

Kaduna boosts learning with 770,000 furniture, 305,000 uniforms

The Kaduna State Government said it would provide 770,000 units of furniture and 305,000 sets of uniforms to its public…

Hajj stampede: Special prayer held for victims in Sokoto

A special prayer was held in Sokoto on Friday for victims of the Hajj stampede in Saudi Arabia. The prayer…

Bayelsa Polls: PDP mocks APC, says Sylva not electable

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt With Bayelsa governorship election three months away and scheduled for December 5, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

Abducted AAU lecturer murdered by his abductors – Police

‎Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday disclosed that Dr. Paul Erie, an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics of…

Ghana foresees high cocoa purchases in 2015/16

Ghana projects cocoa purchases of 850,000-900,000 tonnes in the 2015/16 cocoa season that opened on Friday. The chief executive of…