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Babangida backs Jonathan, stirs political dust

Nigeria’s former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has urged Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid for re-election,…

Ex-president Bush expected to leave hospital soon

Former US president George H.W. Bush will stay at a Texas hospital through the weekend after experiencing breathing problems, but…

Air Asia plane missing in transit

An AirAsia plane with 161 people on board lost contact with air traffic control en route from Indonesia to Singapore…

Aregbesola calls for sustenance of peace in Modakeke

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Saturday urged for the continued sustenance of peace in Modakeke in the Ife East…

APC has no agenda for South East, says Ohanaeze Chairman

The Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo, Anambra Chapter, Dr Chris Eluemunoh, on Saturday said the group would vote for President GoodLuck…

Why Jonathan visited IBB in Minna

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida in his country home in Minna to discuss…

Igbo group in Lagos writes Fashola, complains about marginalisation

Ndigbo Cultural Society of Nigeria, NCSN a socio-cultural platform for the propagation of the interests of Ibos has sent an…

Trader arrested for gruesome murder of Austria-based lover

Jethro Ibileke/Benin ‎ A Nigerian spare parts trader based in Benin City, Festus Aimufua, has been detained by Edo state…

Imoke flags off 10th Calabar carnival, says it promotes talents

Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River state, southern Nigeria on Saturday flagged off the grand finale of the 2014 Carnival…

Egypt writer queries ram killing at Eid al-Adha, faces charge

Egypt’s prosecutor has referred a female writer to trial for allegedly insulting Islam by criticising the slaughter of animals during…

NDLEA secures 70 convictions, seizes 1.6 tons of drugs in Ebonyi

The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ebonyi, Mr Raphael Igwenagu, on Saturday said the agency…

LASU ready to refund excess school fees

Nigeria’s Lagos State University (LASU) in Ojo says processes to refund the difference between its old school fees regime and…

Morocco jails 10 in cases linked to ‘terrorism’

A Moroccan court specialising in cases related to “terrorism” has sentenced 10 people to jail terms, including some accused of…

Agbaje wants lawyers in private practice as judges

A rights activist and legal practitioner, Mr Fred Agbaje, has advocated for the appointment of lawyers in private practice as…

$30bn not missing from Excess Crude Accounts, Okonjo blasts Oshiomhole

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says 30 billion dollars is not missing from the Excess Crude Account as…

Dakuku vows to tackle insecurity, boost Rivers economy

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Security of lives and property is in top priority of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate…

Sony’s PlayStation ‘gradually coming back’ after hack

Sony was still struggling Saturday to fully restore its online PlayStation system, three days after the Christmas day hack that…

In video: Buhari’s Lagos meeting with volunteers, what he said

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari today released the videos from his meeting with passionate volunteers…

Senior Shebab official surrenders in Somalia

A top leader of Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shebab rebels, intelligence chief Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, has surrendered to government and African…

Gunmen shoot policeman dead

Gunmen on a motorbike killed a policeman and wounded another in a drive-by shooting in the Egyptian capital on Saturday,…

A Charm offensive? Jonathan visits Babangida in Minna

President Goodluck Jonathan visited Nigeria’s former military president, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida in Minna, Niger State capital today. The purpose was…

Where is audit report on missing $20b? APC queries Okonjo-Iweala

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP-led Federal Government of trying to suppress the audit report on the…

Oyedepo: Winners Chapel now 6million man-strong

Bishop David Oyedepo, President of Living Faith Church, commonly known as Winners Chapel, says the ministry has six million members…

Topless woman who grabbed Vatican Nativity Jesus released

Vatican authorities on Saturday ordered the release of a Femen activist detained after snatching a baby Jesus figurine from the…

4 pro-Jonathan groups want Buhari prosecuted at ICC

A coalition of four civil society groups, ostensibly allied with President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign, said it had instructed a team…

British couple, parents of 2 disabled kids, commit suicide

A British couple have been found dead at their home, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, in an apparent suicide pact. The…
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Sokoto APC rolls out 3 committees for electioneering campaign

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of the north-western Nigerian state of Sokoto has inaugurated three committees to devise strategies of ensuring total…

Labaran Maku: My governorship ambition alive

He has lost the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Labour Party flatly denied that he has been…

US ‘strongly condemns’ Shebab attack on Somalia AU base

The United States “strongly condemns” a Shebab attack that killed three soldiers and a civilian at African Union headquarters in…

Bomb Scare: Air Force Personnel Escapes Lynching

An Air Force personnel carrying a bag was roughened at a mosque in Nasarawa ward in Yola on Friday after…