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Boko Haram eyes caliphate but can be checked – Report

Boko Haram may be closer than ever to achieving its goal of creating a caliphate in northern Nigeria but comparisons…

Nigeria will reorganise army to defeat terrorist – COAS

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah has stated that the Nigerian Army will soon be reorganised…

Senegal extends travel ban over Ebola fears

Senegal has decided to toughen restrictions on travels from Ebola-hit West African countries. Senegal’s interior ministry said on Thursday in…

Ebola: AU deploys military medics to West Africa

The African Union (AU) Commission is to deploy a joint military medical personnel and civilian humanitarian mission to tackle the…

25 dead in Central African gold mine collapse

At least 25 people died when an illegally operated gold mine collapsed for a second time in two years in…

Suspected Shebab militants behead Kenyan driver

A group of suspected Shebab Islamist militants have beheaded a Kenyan driver after kidnapping a group of traders on Kenyan…

SURE-P collaborates with ITF to train 2 million youths

Collaborative efforts between SURE-P and the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) will help the fund to train more than two million…

Four killed in India-Pakistan border fire

Four people were killed when nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan traded heavy fire across their border early Saturday, with each…

Adamawa Poll: Fintiri, Ribadu, Marwa to face PDP primaries

The Peoples Democratic party (PDP) has said that all aspirants contesting the 11 October Adamawa governorship election will be subjected…

Court dissolves 17-year marriage over disagreement on sex

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 17-year old marriage between Rukayat and Rasaq Muniru, over disagreement…

Imam receives death threat, says IS recruiting in Canada

A Canadian imam known for his pacifist sermons warned Friday that Islamist militant group IS was actively recruiting in Canada…

Navy decorates 7 officers with new ranks

Capt. Musa Gemu, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri Naval Base, on Friday charged seven newly-promoted officers under…

Air Force pilot receives full military honours at burial

The Nigerian Air Force on Friday buried Flt.–Lt. Akweke Nwakile, who died in active service with full military honours at…

IG assures of peaceful 2015 elections

The acting Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Friday assured that the police would lead other agencies in ensuring…

Immigration set to recruit 5,000 officers

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, on Friday said the Federal Government planned to recruit 5,000 officers into the Nigeria…

Police probe attempt to shoot NSCDC Commandant-General

The Police have begun investigation into the allegation that one policeman attempted to open fire on the Commandant-General of Nigeria…

Suicide Bombing: DSS says 13 Catholic Sisters’ regalia stolen

The Department of State of State Service (DSS) has warned that terrorists may be planning to attack in a different…

WAEC Failure: Fashola proffers review of curriculum, teaching methods

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola on Friday said the adoption of more exciting teaching methods in schools would enhance performance…

UI releases post-UME result, offers scholarship to best 6

The University of Ibadan has offered scholarship to the six candidates that scored 88 per cent and above in its…

Nigerians defy rains to honour late Dora Akunyili in Enugu

Nigerians from different walks of life on Friday defied the downpour in Enugu to attend the wake-keep of former Minister…

Adamawa probe panel summons ex-commissioners, LG chairmen

The Justice Bobbo Umar Panel in Adamawa has invited all former Commissioners for Local Government Affairs under former Governor Murtala…

Osun projects improved revenue from tourism

The Special Adviser on Culture and Tourism to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, Oladipo Soyode, on Friday said that tourism…

Hamas executes ‘collaborators,’ Israeli child killed

Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City on Friday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed harsh retribution for…

Foley murder ‘terrorist attack’ against US

The murder of American journalist James Foley by jihadist militants in Syria was a “terrorist attack” against the United States,…

Morocco arrests two IS jihadists

Morocco said on Friday it had arrested two Islamic State jihadists who had been planning to leave for IS training…
The Israeli air force has again attacked a command centre of the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas in the Gaza Strip, IDF says

Israeli air strike wounds 40 in Gaza City

A powerful Israeli air strike levelled a house in Gaza City late Friday, wounding 40 Palestinians, local emergency services said.…

Ebola death toll rises to 1,427 – WHO

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak sweeping through west African countries has risen to 1,427 out of more than…

Journalists remember departed colleague

An Islamic Cleric, Imam Roqeeb Adekunle, on Friday enjoined journalists to be guided by the ethics of their profession, as…

NSCDC advocates 25-year jail term for pipeline vandals

Donatus Ikemefuna, Commandant, Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Friday advocated a 25-year…

Akwa Ibom to train 150 doctors for specialist hospital

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom says the state government will train 150 doctors in specialist courses abroad to man…