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Nigerian cop killed in Boko Haram attack

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/KANO A top source from the Joint Security Task Force, JTF, in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Thursday confirmed the killing…

Qaeda-linked militants with Boko Haram ties

Nigeria’s Khalid al-Barnawi, labeled a “global terrorist” by the US government Thursday, is alleged to be an Al Qaeda-linked militant…

Mark: Nigeria’s $1.7 billion pension fraud disgraceful

Nigeria’s Senate President, David Mark, on Thursday said that the level of fraud uncovered in the administration of pensions in…

Electoral officers to vote in Nigerian polls, says Jega

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said in Abuja on Thursday that it was working toward ensuring that disenfranchised electoral…

6 airlines to lift Nigeria’s Hajj pilgrims

Nigeria’s Federal Government has approved six airlines to transport intending pilgrims to this year’s pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.  This is…

Wada begs PDP boss to settle Kogi crisis

Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has called on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the PDP National Chairman, to intervene in the…

Wanted Boko Haram mastermind arrested, ‘fatally wounded’

Habib Bama, a suspected Boko Haram member, who was declared wanted by the State Security Service (SSS) on 15 February…

Metu wins again

  Adebobola Alawode/Calabar Nigeria’s fastest man, Obinna Metu of the Prison Service, Thursday evening at the U.J. Esuene Stadium in Calabar,…

Poverty Reduction Key To Development – Gbeneol

As world leaders and stakeholders gather in Rio de Janeiro to deliberate on ways of ensuring sustainable development across the…

4 Dead, Thousands Sacked By Windstorm

More than 26,000 people have been confirmed displaced while four lost their lives following a devastating windstorm that affected eight…

Father, Daughter, Three Others Die In Aboru Flood

Following the heavy rain that fell in some parts of Lagos State on Wednesday, at least five residents of Iyana…

Defend Yourselves, Christian Leaders Tell Northern Members

Christian leaders in southern Nigeria have charged northern Christians to wake up and defend themselves by any means against the…

Lady Bathes Rival With Hot Water, Pepper

A 25-year old woman, Eni Ubi, is now in court following an allegation that she poured hot water mixed with…

Jonathan On Jamboree In Brazil

Beleaguered Nigerian leader, Goodluck Jonathan embarked on his unpopular trip to the Earth Summit in Rio de janeiro, Brazil with…

US To Label Boko Haram Kingpins As Terrorists

The government of the United States of America has concluded plans to label three kingpins of the Boko Haram sect…

Kaduna Residents Groan As Hunger Bites Hard

Due to the imposition of 24 hours curfew on Tuesday following the reprisal attacks in some parts of Kaduna, Northeast…

Falana To Sue VIP Over Airspace Closure

Following the closure of the Abuja airspace on Tuesday while he was airborne, human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Femi…

Lagos ACN Warns Against Rigging In Edo Polls

The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has warned against plans by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to rig the 14…

‘No To MAUL, On UNILAG We Stand’

A speech delivered by Dr. Oghenekaro Moses Ogbinaka, ASUU Chairman, Unilag branch, on Monday, 18 June, 2012 at the Julius…

FRSC Sacks 100 Marshals For Corruption

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Osita Chidoka, has disclosed that 100 officials of the…

A Nigerian state goes in the right direction

Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s vision for the revival of the State of Osun yields bumper dividends BAMIDELE JOHNSON The mess was…

Aregbesola: How we are changing Osun State

Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, explains to BAMIDELE JOHNSON and SIMON ATEBA the radical steps he…

Nigeria’s Untypical Governor

Aregbesola, governor of The State of Osun is the opposite of Nigeria’s regular governor BAMIDELE JOHNSON Favourite music? Fuji. Favourite…

The ‘Farogue’ Scandal

Farouk Lawan, Chairman of the Ad-hoc Committee that probed the mismanagement of the fuel subsidy is in trouble after receiving…

Electoral body lists candidates for Ogun council polls

The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) on Wednesday officially released the list of candidates cleared for the 21 July,…

Court orders INEC to appear in case against Jonathan

An Abuja High Court on Thursday ordered INEC to appear in court to enter its defence in a suit filed…

Interview: News magazines in Nigeria are endangered

Mr Bayo Onanuga is the Managing Director and Editor-In-Chief of The News magazine. In this interview, he gives reasons why…

News Analysis: Fears of wider unrest grow in Nigeria

An Islamist insurgency that has increasingly targeted churches has sparked fears of wider unrest in Nigeria after anger boiled over…

My Son Is A Cultist, Woman Admits

The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested Mrs. Biliq Omoyeni Olaoye, 47, suspected to be keeping a gun…

Lagos Issues 7-Day Ultimatum To FG Mass Transit Beneficiaries

The Lagos State Government has given a seven-day ultimatum to the beneficiaries of the Federal Government assisted Mass Transit buses…