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APC Appeals To Boko Haram To Ceasefire

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Boko Haram to immediately cease all attacks and embrace dialogue in the…

2 Principals In Soup Over Illegal Levies

Two Principals of junior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria, are in soup for allegedly imposing and collecting…

Sudan marchers want Al Bashir overthrown

About 1,000 people marched in the Sudanese capital calling for the overthrow of the government of President Omar Al Bashir,…

PDP denies APC allegation on poll rigging

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has no plans to rig the 2015 presidential and general elections as alleged by the…

Jonathan: ‘I won’t declare my re-election plan now’

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday evening declared that he was not going to make any categorical statement…

Kogi deputy governor unhurt in road accident

Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the Deputy Governor of the central Nigerian state of Kogi on Sunday escaped unhurt in an accident…

Nigeria not a mistake, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday declared that the amalgamation of Nigeria by Lord Lugard was not a mistake and called…

Jonathan wants labour laws reviewed to tame ASUU

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday advocated a review of labour laws to curtail the excesses of the…

Atiku: Students massacre casts horrible image on National Day

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described as “senseless and tragic,” the murders of dozens of agriculture students gunned down…

Governor cries after another Boko Haram massacre

It was an emotional scene as the Governor of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Yobe visited the capital’s specialist hospital…

APC accuses PDP of Satanic plots to rig 2015 polls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has uncovered a grand and serpentine plot by the PDP and the Presidency to rig…

In Pictures: Atiku visits Jacob Zuma

Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar visited South Africa recently as guest of South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma.

Boko Haram gunmen massacre 40 sleeping students

Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in the hostel of the School of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, killing at…

APC, New PDP in secret pact, says THISDAY

The Group of Seven Governors who broke away from the Peoples Democratic Party to form a splinter group called New…

APC governorship aspirant decamps to PPA

Mr Godwin Ezeemo, a former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra,…

Shoe thrown at Iran leader’s motorcade after Obama talk

TEHRAN(AFP) – A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s motorcade Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed…

Soldiers kill prince of rival house to Okonjo Iweala’s dad

JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba A yet to be identified prince of Ogwashi-Uku and member of the Izedunor royal family has been shot…

Police, in new crackdown, stop pro-Amaechi group launch

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Hracourt The Nigerian police in Rivers State has moved to stop the inauguration of a Pro-Governor Chibuike Rotimi…

Thatcher’s ashes laid to rest in London

The ashes of late British prime minister Margaret Thatcher were laid to rest alongside the remains of her late husband…

Jonathan on hot seat Sunday

President Goodluck Jonathan will face a panel of interviewers on Sunday, beginning from 7p.m. The Presidential Media Chat will be…

42 die,100 missing in boat mishap on River Niger

No fewer than 42 people were drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli village in Borgu…

Gunmen sack Kaduna village, killing 11

No fewer than 11 people were on Saturday killed in a renewed attack in Zangang village in Attakar Chiefdom, Kaura…

Indonesian muslim hardliners protest Miss World hosting

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Hundreds of Islamic hardliners in Indonesia held a mass prayer session Saturday to express their…

Nairobi attack: President Kenyatta buries nephew, fiancee

The burial has taken place in Nairobi of Mbugua Mwangi, nephew of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who was among the…

Nigerian charged with aiding Al Qaeda

A Nigerian, Lawal Babafemi, has been arraigned in a U.S. Federal Court, Brooklyn, on charges of providing material support to…

N141b needed to complete East-West road, says Orubebe

The Minister of Nigeria’s Niger Delta Affairs, Mr Godsday Orubebe, said N141 billion would be required to complete the East-West…

Soyinka, others mourn Awoonor

Nigerian Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and other writers on Friday paid tribute to renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi…

Lagos Assembly honours Oshinowo, late first speaker

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE It was a solemn moment at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Friday as the…

Kwara CAN boycotts Nigeria’s independence anniversary

THE Kwara state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has rejected the state government’s request to be part…

The health benefits of yoghurt

A nutritionist with the Wuse General Hospital in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, said yoghurt is good for the prevention…