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Tight security as Jonathan gets set to open confab

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Security has been beefed up around the Federal Capital Territory as delegates to the National Conference which will…

Ex-guerrilla commander wins El Salvador’s presidency

El Salvador’s election officials on Sunday declared ex-leftist guerrilla commander Salvador Sanchez Ceren the winner of a March 9 presidential…
Benue South Senator Patrick Abba Moro confirms that he is bidding for the position of minority leader in the 10th Senate.

16 die at job test centres, minister confirms

Sixteen persons were confirmed to have died during the nationwide job recruitment test organised by the Nigeria Immigration Service on…

Osoba expresses confidence in confab

Former Governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State and an All Progressives Congress chieftain, has expressed confidence in the ability of…

Crimeans celebrate joining Russia

Thousands of Crimeans celebrated on Sunday the outcome of a referendum that exit polls said overwhelmingly backed the Black Sea…

Atiku: I do not owe PDP but PDP owes me gratitude

Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that rather than he owing the ruling PDP, it was the party…

Job stampede deaths sign of PDP misrule, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has blamed the deaths of 19 job seekers at the venues of the Nigerian Immigration…

Tambuwal says deaths at job test centres ‘unfortunate’

The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has described as “unfortunate’’ the death of some Nigerians on Saturday at…

Spain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco

Spain on Sunday deported a Moroccan man after he completed a 10-year jail sentence for obtaining the explosives used in…

Iraqi gunmen kill wife, children of anti-Al Qaeda militant

Heavily-armed militants attacked the home of an anti-Qaeda militiaman north of Baghdad Sunday, killing and decapitating his wife and two…

New Niger Bridge triggers hope and resentment

Sometimes a bridge is more than just a bridge. After years of delays and empty promises, Nigeria has finally begun…

PDP wants deaths at NIS job test centres probed

Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called for immediate investigation of the death of some Nigerians who died during…

Jonathan splitting Nigeria on religious line, says Senator Ojudu

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE A Nigerian Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, representing the Ekiti Central Senatorial District, has cautioned the country’s President, Dr. Goodluck…

200 die as Fulani herdsmen storm Kaduna villages

Close to 200 people have been killed in fresh attacks on three villages in Kaduna State by suspected Fulani herdsmen.…

In pictures: Immigration department’s tragic show of shame

Four pregnant women and three others died in the stampede at the National Stadium in Abuja Saturday as thousands of…

117 killed by gunmen in Katsina

Gunmen that raided several communities in Katsina State, on March 11 and 12, killed 117 people and injured 37 others.…

Obi, outgoing governor decorated with traditional title

The traditional rulers council in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, has conferred the chieftaincy title of “Okwute” meaning Rock on Governor…

In Lagos, job applicants thumb down Immigration

Some applicants at the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) recruitment exercise on Saturday in Lagos, expressed concern over the poor conduct…

News analysis: When job seeking turns harvest of deaths

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The desire of some Nigerian youths to be employed in the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS ended tragically on…

Boko Haram weapons, 7 militants captured

Nigeria’s military said on Saturday that it has recorded a major success in its onslaught against the dreaded Islamist sect,…

6 more die in immigration job recruitment exercise

Two applicants slumped and died at the recruitment venue in Minna on Saturday where over 12,000 applicants from the state…

Malaysia says someone onboard diverted missing plane

Malaysia’s leader Saturday said communications aboard a missing jet were switched off and its course deliberately changed by someone on…

4 women faint at Immigration recruitment in Abeokuta

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta No fewer than four women reportedly slumped in Abeokuta today as thousands of Nigerian job seekers stormed the…

Med-view plane makes emergency landing in Lagos

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent An aircraft belonging to Medview Airline made an emergency landing at the Murtala Muhamme Airport in Lagos…

Alternate driving days in Paris to fight smog

The French government will on Monday introduce alternate driving days in Paris for the first time in nearly two decades…

7 job seekers die in stampede, dozens injured

A recruitment drive by Nigeria’s immigration department has turned tragic in Abuja, the nations’s capital. At least seven persons were…

5 Egyptian soldiers killed at checkpoint

Gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in Cairo Saturday, killing five Egyptian soldiers, state television reported. The attack comes two…

Police rescue kidnapped lawmaker, girl killed

A 10-year old girl was on Friday killed as police engaged kidnappers in a bid to rescue the abducted member…

Cameroon rules out sanctuary for Boko Haram fighters

On a day that Boko Harm insurgents attacked with impunity a military barrack in Maiduguri, Borno state, Cameroon vowed it…

Man Blinds Housewife Over Sex

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year old man, Arinze Kingsley, has left a married woman, Mrs Amaka Ohanwe, partially blind when she…