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Boko Haram kills 159 travellers in two attacks

Nigeria’s Boko Haram militants killed 159 people in two roadside attacks in northeast Nigeria this week, officials said, far more…

‘We are not Boko Haram’, survivors of Abuja killings say

Ayorinde Oluokun/Femi Ipaye There has been a twist in the claims by Nigeria’s intelligence agency, the SSS that its men…

Jonathan sacks 2 more aides

President Goodluck Jonathan, still wielding the long knife, on Friday relieved two of his special advisers of their appointments. They…
elephants in a park: between 64 and 69 poisoned to death with cyanide in Zimbabwe

64 elephants killed with cyanide in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean wildlife authorities will dispatch a team of experts to the country’s largest game park Saturday to investigate the poisoning…

Liberia in press crackdown charges 2 journalists

Two Liberian journalists appeared in court in Monrovia on Friday charged with criminal libel after accusing the government of corruption…

Ex-Ivorian First Lady to be tried in Abidjan

Ivory Coast will try former first lady Simone Gbagbo, who is being sought by the International Criminal Court for alleged…

Indian terror suspect escapes

An Indian terror suspect accused of involvement in deadly bomb attacks five years ago escaped from a court in Mumbai…

Drugs: Language stalls US trial of Guinea Bissau’s ex-navy chief

The United States is struggling to prosecute one of the prized catches in its global war on drugs, Guinea Bissau’s…

More Soldiers Deployed To Troubled Borno Town

Nigeria’s military sent reinforcements Friday to the remote northeastern town of Benisheik after Boko Haram Islamists stormed the area, burnt…

Sex ‘Runs’ Thrive As ASUU Strike Persists

In the past, part-time prostitution, popularly called runs, and a degree or certificate were not synonymous; but not anymore. It…

Police Inspector Detained For Selling Seized Okadas

A Police Inspector attached to B-OPS of Traffic Department, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Michael Oguche, is currently being detained in…

Piracy: Music Marketer Sent To Jail

A popular music marketer, Prince Ahmed Adedigba Adepoju, owner of Galaxy Music Company based in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, was yesterday…

9 Fake Taskforce Officials Arrested

At least nine fake taskforce officials were on Thursday arrested at Ijaiye area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for extorting money…

Al-Qaeda Yemen rampage kills 56 soldiers, cops

SANAA(AFP) – Suspected Al-Qaeda fighters killed at least 54 soldiers and police in a wave of dawn attacks Friday, the…

Boko Haram, SSS battle near Senators’ Quarters in Abuja

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Department of State Security Services,(SSS) said it arrested 12 suspected members of the militant sect, Boko Haram,…

Jonathan jets out for UNGA, Obama

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will fly to New York on Saturday to participate in the 68th Session of the United…

Man sent to jail for slapping a police officer

A Nigerian upper Area Court sitting in Karu, Abuja, has ordered that one Yahaya Tunawa, be remanded in prison, for…

Cult Of Jesus And The War In Warri

By Osuolale Alalade It is much simpler to see the advent of the Maitatsine and its contemporaneous expression in Boko…

Gaddafi’s son charged in a tribal court

The son and one-time political heir of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi appeared in a tribal court on Thursday after…

Sambo meets with ASUU

Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo has met with a delegation of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), in a bid…

Police aides of Taraba Speaker in hospital after gun attack

The two injured police escorts attached to the Speaker of the Taraba House of Assembly, Mr Haruna Tsokwa, are now…

Court acquits UBEC staff over scam

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Five years after seven persons including four staff of Nigeria’s Universal Basic Education Commission, were arraigned…

Edo monarch regains freedom from kidnappers

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Kidnappers of Edo traditional ruler, HRH Patrick Igbinudu, the Iyase of Udo community in Ovia South West Local…

Dele Alake refutes alleged murder attempt

Former Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Dele Alake has refuted reports that he was a victim of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Boko Haram in gruesome attack kills 87 in Borno

A gruesome attack by Boko Haram insurgents disguised in military uniforms in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno has killed at…

Nigerian court orders secret trial for terrorism suspects

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Two Nigerians suspected to be members of an Iranian terrorist organization were on Thursday denied bail…

Fashola flags off registration of Lagos residents

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor of the western Nigerian state of Lagos, Babatunde Raji Fashola has flagged off the statewide registration of…

Boko Haram in deadly rampage in Yobe town

Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgents have rampaged through a town in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria with heavy weapons, setting public buildings…

Ibori: Ribadu testifies on $15m bribe, attempts on his life

(Reuters) – Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, Nigerian governor James Ibori tried to bribe anti-corruption boss Nuhu…

Stay Away From Ijebu-Ode, Vigilance Group Warns Criminals

A vigilance group in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun state, western Nigeria, Obanta Safe and Secure Central Vigilante (OSSCV),  has warned criminals to…