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Okorocha absent at South East governors meeting

The Governors in the South East zone of Nigeria met for seven hours in Enugu on Tuesday to discuss issues…

Oyebode among Ekiti delegates to confab

Governor Kayode Fayemi of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has sent names of the State’s delegates for the National…

Diary of blood-chilling Boko Haram assaults

Following are key dates and attacks blamed on Boko Haram since Nigeria’s army launched a major offensive against the radical…

Jonathan condemns massacre of students

President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the killing of about 40 secondary students at a college in Yobe State, North East…

Death toll rises in college dormitory massacre

No fewer than 43 people have died in the latest attack on a secondary school dormitory by Boko Haram militants…

APC tackles Jonathan over comments on Gov. Shettima

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned President Goodluck Jonathan’s vituperation against Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima during his media…

FG plotting to sack Nasarawa governor, say APC governors

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has alleged that the Presidency is plotting to impeach Governor Umar Tanko Al-Makura of…

Atiku weeps over massacre of students by Boko Haram

Former Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar today broke down in tears when informed of the massacre of dozens of students…

We Won’t Accept Centenary Award, Says Femi Kuti

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Femi Kuti, son of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has said that the family would not accept…
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Knocks For Jonathan Over Media Chat

Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerians this morning slammed President Goodluck Jonathan over his responses to questions he was asked last night during…

Sanusi sues Jonathan over suspension

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has dragged President Goodluck Jonathan…

I’m Not A Prostitute, Says Sikiratu Sindodo

Popular Nollywood actress, Temitayo Odueke, a.k.a. Sikiratu Sindodo, has debunked rumours that she sleeps around with different men. In a…

Sanusi’s Security Aides Withdrawn

Security aides attached to the suspended Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, have been withdrawn. P.M.NEWS can…

29 die in school dormitory shooting by Boko Haram

Twenty nine people have been declared dead in the latest massacre of sleeping secondary school students in Buni Yadi, in…

Boko Haram Miliants Open Fire On Sleeping Students

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in Nigeria’s…

Stripped women: 12 arrested, 4 declared wanted

The Nigeria Police Force said it arrested 12 suspects in connection with the torture of three women at Oba Morufu…

Boko Haram militants open fire on sleeping students

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday opened fire on secondary school students as they slept in a dormitory in Nigeria’s…

APC governors vow to tackle unemployment

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governors elected under the umbrella of All Progressives Congress (APC) today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State identified…
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Jonathan dodgy again on 2015

Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to confirm if he will be running for second term in 2015.…
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Jonathan lashes out at Borno Governor

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan in his latest media chat lashed out at Governor Kashim Shettima, whose Borno State in…

Community leader in Pres. Jonathan’s town kidnapped

The police in the southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa on Monday confirmed that gunmen abducted, Chief Inengite, 65, in Otuoke,…

Longest serving US congressman resigns

The longest-serving member of the US Congress called it quits after 58 years in office Monday, drawing the curtain on…

Widows protest at Fashola’s office

Kazeem Ugbodaga Scores of widows today stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria to protest…

Brazil federal police plan work boycott for two days

Brazil’s federal police said Monday they will stop work Tuesday and Wednesday to demand better wages and improved security for…

Jonathan: I have absolute power to suspend Sanusi

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday said Sanusi Lamido Sanusi still remains the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, even…

UK minister to deliver Queen’s message at Nigeria’s centenary

United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Mark Simmonds, will deliver a message from Queen Elizabeth II during Nigeria’s centenary celebrations this…

Policeman Attacks Wife With Cutlass Over Missing N70k

Cyriacus Izuekwe A  policeman, Michael Okoli, has been arrested by the police at Okokomaiko Division for  attacking his wife, Felicia,…

Kaunda, ex-Zambian leader hospitalised

Zambia’s founding father and former president Kenneth Kaunda was taken to hospital on Sunday, but is said to be in…

APC’s birth good omen for Nigeria, says Turaki

Former governor of the northern Nigerian state of Jigawa, Saminu Turaki has said the emergence of the All Progressives Congress…

Jonathan told me to resign over leaked letter, says Sanusi

Suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi speaks in an upcoming special interview with TheNEWS magazine over…