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22 die as Egypt police clash with football fans

Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the…

Ivory Coast defeats Ghana 9-8 to win AFCON 2015

Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive goal as Ivory Coast ended a 23-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought by…

My first term in office will not exceed May 29, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he will not exceed the May 29 handover date in office, noting that,…

Buhari says INEC has been gravely compromised, calls for calm

General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “has…

Poll postponement will allow voters collect PVC – Labour Party

Patrick Eholor, Deputy Chairman of Labour Party in Edo, has said that the postponement of the elections by INEC should…

Aisha Buhari calls for calm over elections postponement

The wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on Nigerians to accept the postponement…

Boko Haram opens new front in Niger with twin attack

Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least…

Leaked Ekiti Audio: Presidency has a case to answer – Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has insinuated that the Presidency has a case to answer after the office of…

Poll Postponement: INEC Was Ambushed By PDP, FG, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponed the general elections because the commission was…

Polls postponement in interest of Nigeria, says Gov. Yero

The Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Muktar Yero, on Sunday, said the postponement of the February polls was in the best…

Jonathan deserves another term – Senate candidate

Sen. Ayoade Adeseun, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, said President Goodluck…

Jordan destroys 56 IS targets in three days of strikes

Jordan said Sunday it destroyed 56 targets in three days of strikes on the Islamic State group after it murdered…

Boko Haram kills one, injures 10 in fresh Niger attack

Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed…

Turkish woman kills husband over ‘German porn fantasies’

A Turkish woman slit the throat of her husband after he beat her for refusing to act out scenes he…

A Military Diktat and the Pitiable INEC chief

By Bayo Onanuga Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission cut a pathetic, pitiable figure Saturday night…

SERAP, others ask Jega to publish contracts for printing ballot papers

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Corruption Watch UK, and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have…

Jonathan’s campaign organ supports Nigeria’s poll delay

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has endorsed the postponement of elections as announced by the Independent National…

US ‘deeply disappointed’ by Nigeria elections delay

The top US diplomat said Saturday he was “deeply disappointed” by Nigeria’s decision to postpone elections and issued a call…

Poll Shift setback for Nigeria’s democracy, says Oyegun

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has described the postponement of the February elections till March…

Poll shift: Tinubu says it’s democracy at gunpoint

Jamiu Yisa The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of…
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300th day: Malala calls for global action to free Chibok schoolgirls

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped…

Nigeria: INEC announces new election time-table

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission today announced new dates for Nigeria’s general elections. The Presidential…

8,700-strong African deployment to fight Boko Haram

Five African nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to…

Jonathan Shuns Emir Of Kano’s Coronation

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan did not attend the coronation of Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II held…

Boko Haram planned to attack the whole of Nigeria – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said various attacks by Boko Haram in Abuja were planned to extend to parts of…

Thousands protest Burkina presidential guard

Several thousand people took to the streets of the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou on Saturday to demand the dissolution of…

Kaduna College shut as fire engulfs female hostel

Authorities of Shehu Idris College of Health Science Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have shut its main campus following a fire…
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Sokoto sponsors 42 to study in Niger, Burkina Faso

The Sokoto State Government said it was sponsoring 42 students in Niger and Burkina Faso to obtain bachelor’s degrees in…

There are new developments to be addressed before elections, says Jega

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new developments’ that needed to…

Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend under investigation for her drowning

Police have opened a criminal investigation of the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, US media reported, one week after the…