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Clinton White House papers released

America’s National Archives released thousands of secret papers Friday from Bill Clinton’s White House, shedding light on his leadership and…

Shooting scare as Gov. Nyako visits Boko Haram victims

Sporadic gunfire sparked panic on Friday as the governor of Nigeria’s Adamawa state met with survivors of a brutal Boko…

Omotoso Decries Extinction Of African Languages

Nkrumah Bankong-Obi Even for an academic known for his optimism about available solutions to problems, Professor Kole Omotoso is visibly…

Nollywood Actor Jide Kosoko In Auto Crash

Veteran Nollywood actor, Prince Jide Kosoko, has confirmed that he was involved in a car accident near the Ikeja Shopping…

Cultists Kill LAUTECH Student

Taiwo Okanlawon A 100 Level student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomosho, Oluwadare Ikechukwu Mba, has been hacked…

Pastor Adeboye Clocks 72

Kazeem Ugbodaga The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, will celebrate his 72nd birthday on…

LASTMA Officer In Police Net Over Seized Vehicle

Cyriacus Izuekwe A senior staff of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Mr Olufowora Taofik, 48, has been arrested and…

Nigeria in a state of war with Boko Haram, says Okupe

Nigeria’s presidency on Friday said the country was at war with Boko Haram, apparently backing off previous claims that the…

Obama outraged by plight of minority youths in US

President Barack Obama on Thursday branded the plight of minority youths in America an “outrage” as he launched a program…
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Durojaiye leads Ogun state delegates to confab

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state on Thursday in Abeokuta named six delegates that would represent the state at the…

Nwabueze disqualifies himself from Confab

Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has ruled out attending the proposed National Conference as a delegate. He said he wanted…

Nigerian troops begin ‘operation flush out’ Boko Haram

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said that the military has embarked on specialised operation to flush out the Boko…

Mozambique’s ruling party meets to pick next leader

Members of Mozambique’s ruling party gathered Thursday to pick a new leader, likely the country’s next president, amid signs incumbent…

Sacked Nigerian Judge sues Thisday for libel

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, sacked today by the National Judicial Council pressed ahead…

I didn’t kill my cousin, says Chinedu Orji

Folarin Ademosu Notwithstanding the controversy that trailed his sudden death on 15 February, John Ndubuka, 36, a civil servant and…

300,000 Nigerians displaced by Boko Haram

Nearly 300,000 people, more than half of them children, have fled their homes in northeast Nigeria since May last year…

Yoruba adopts positions for confab

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Nigeria’s Yoruba ethnic nationality today unanimously adopted its position to be presented at the proposed National Conference and…

Africa losing $18billion to insurgents annually, says Jonathan

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said on Thursday that Africa is losing an estimated $18 billion per year to wars…

Boko Haram: The denial, lamentations, empty vituperations

By Bamidele Aturu The horrendous massacre of children by Boko Haram insurgents and the cluelessness of the security agencies are…

32 killed in fresh Boko Haram attacks

. The blood letting continues in Nigeria’s North east No fewer than 32 people have been killed by suspected Boko…
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Ogun extends Home Owners’ Charter deadline

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has announced the extension till end of March, the…

APC slams Jonathan on broadcast, urges visit to Yobe

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has sharply criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for devoting his broadcast to the nation on Wednesday…

Hollande promises to help Nigeria combat Boko Haram

‘Your struggle is our struggle,’ Hollande tells Nigeria French President Francois Hollande promised Nigeria support on Thursday in the battle…

Heavy security mounted at venue of centenary talkshop

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Airforce jets and police helicopters are parading the skies as Nigeria ramped up security for one of the…

England’s Queen congratulates Jonathan on Nigeria’s centenary

Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain has congratulated President Goodluck Jonathan and people of Nigeria on the occasion of Nigeria’s…

Court to rule on Ajudua’s objection over $8.4mn scam

Henry Ojelu& Irene Nwaro Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Ikeja High Court, today fixed March 3, 2014 for ruling on…

NJC sacks 2 judges, cautions 3 others

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The National Judicial Council, NJC, the apex disciplinary body for the Nigerian judiciary, under the leadership…

Students flee boarding houses in North east Nigeria

Terrified students in northeast Nigeria have fled boarding schools after an attack by suspected Boko Haram extremists in which 59…

2,000 Mexicans protest for drug lord’s release

Some 2,000 people demonstrated in support of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his northwestern home state Wednesday,…

Nigeria’s creation not a mistake, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that the 1914 amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates which gave birth to…