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Gen. Agwai calls for dialogue of herdsmen, farmers

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt.-Gen. Martin-Luther Agwai (retd.) has emphasised the need for dialogue to end the clashes between…

Aregbesola challenges opposition to debate

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state on Friday challenged opposition political parties to a live television debate on the finances…

Facebook blocks rock band page at Pakistan govt request

Facebook has blocked the popular page of a liberal rock band in Pakistan at the request of the government, angering…

More polytechnics pull out of ASUP strike

Harrison Iyoha Eight months after the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, more polytechnics are pulling out.…

Students’ Week Hots Up In NIJ

Damilare Okunola Students of Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), are having a swell time as their fourth consecutive Students’ Week…

Unilorin freshers divided over iPad use

Damilare Okunola Newly admitted students of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, have expressed mixed feelings over the usefulness of…

Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero Is Dead

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero is dead. He died in his sleep at 5 a.m.…

Escaped French killer returns to Swiss jail, as promised

A French murderer who escaped from a Swiss prison this week, leaving a letter vowing to turn himself back in…

China navy plane crashes on training mission

A Chinese navy plane crashed on a training mission over the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang, the official Xinhua news…

Russia praises Syrian election, criticises foreign monitors

Syrian ally Russia on Thursday in Moscow said observers had found the presidential election in which Bashar al-Assad retained power…

World leaders mark D-Day ceremonies

World leaders gathered Friday to mark 70 years since the historic D-Day invasion of France that hastened the end of…

French president opens D-Day ceremonies

French President Francois Hollande on Friday opened ceremonies marking 70 years since D-Day, paying homage to civilians and soldiers who…

NASU’s N100m empowerment materials in Oyo

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of Schools and Colleges, Oyo State Chapter, on Thursday in Ibadan distributed empowerment materials worth…

LASU students storm Fashola’s office again

Some students of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Thursday staged another protest at the Government House, Ikeja, over what…

Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hours

The Italian navy on Friday said it had rescued around 2,500 asylum-seekers from 17 boats in the past 24 hours…

Gunmen invade Enugu Broadcasting Service, kill policeman

The Police in Enugu State has arrested 12 men who invaded the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS) with guns. The…

3 dead, 9 injured in road accident

The Federal Road Safety Commission on Thursday confirmed the death of three persons on the Onitsha-Owerri road in a road…

PDP passes vote of confidence on President Jonathan

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDP has passed vote of confidence on President Goodluck Jonathan. This was contained…

One dead, three injured in Seattle campus shooting

One person was killed and three injured in a shooting at a Seattle college campus on Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman…

I have restored PDP’s lost glory – Mu’azu

PDP National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu said the lost glory of the party had been restored under his leadership, while…

PDP is the only transparent party in Nigeria – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Thursday 5 June said that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party was the only transparent…

Ogun recruits 3,000 environmental marshals

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government has approved the recruitment of 3,000 environmental marshals to improve the environmental compliance by residents.…

Community leader assassinated in Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi, business man and a Yoruba leader in Kano, northwest Nigeria was assassinated in his Race…

Deadly bomb explosion near Gombe governor’s home

A deadly bomb blast has killed four persons near the home of Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe state in northeast…

Boko Haram attack soldiers, church

Suspected Boko Haram militants Thursday 5 June in a fresh raid on a town in the restive northeast of Nigeria,…

INEC inaugurates committee on voter education

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State has inaugurated an inter-agency advisory committee on voter education…

UN plans to cede Nigerian territory to Cameroon

Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (PDP-Cross River), has alerted the Senate on renewed moves by the United Nations Demarcation Committee…

Jonathan appoints Rufa’i Alkali as political adviser

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday appointed Prof. Rufa’i Alkali as his Special Adviser on Political Affairs. The appointment was contained…

45 killed by ‘fake preachers’ near Boko Haram stronghold

Forty-five people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group’s spiritual…

Abuja Chamber to build 7-star hotel

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ABUCCIMA) on Thursday announced its plans to build a seven-star hotel…