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Death toll from Biu checkpoint blast, climbs to 38

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wo suicide attacks in northeast Nigeria killed at least 38 people Tuesday, after Boko Haram razed a town and as…

Two dead in suicide blast at restaurant in Yobe

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Two people were killed in a suicide blast at a restaurant in the northeast Nigerian city of Potiskum on Tuesday,…

Police officer killed, Channels reporter injured in Okrika blast

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt One policeman is feared dead and about 50 All Progressive Congress (APC) including Charles Eruka, reporter of…

Jonathan Sidelines Omokri, Appoints Asika As New Social Media Strategist

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President Goodluck Jonathan has retooled his social media team, sidelining his increasingly controversial point man, Reno Omokri by appointing Obi…

Ex-APC scribe drags party, INEC to court over substitution

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Akin Kuponiyi Former secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Lagos state, Hon. Wasiu Eshilokun Sanni has dragged his…

APC Decries Obanikoro’s Nomination As Minister

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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as laughable the inclusion of Senator Musiliu Obanikoro…

Nigerian bloggers can’t investigate stories, Basketmouth laments

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A renowned comedian, Bright Okpocha, popularly known as Basketmouth, has slammed bloggers for rushing to off load new materials on…

Malawi moves to ban child marriages

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Malawi is poised to adopt a law banning child marriages in a country which has one of the world’s highest…

Egypt’s Morsi to face military tribunal

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Former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and 198 Islamist leaders and supporters will stand trial in a military court over deadly…

Obtain your PVC else poll shift will be a waste, says Emir Sanusi

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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Tuesday urged residents within his domain to allow their wives to…

African presidents donate $87m emergency fund to fight Boko Haram

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Presidents from the 10-Nation Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) pledged in an extraordinary meeting to create an 87…

Group decries attacks on PDP campaign offices in Maiduguri

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A non-governmental organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Tuesday decried the attacks on the campaign offices of candidates of the…

Poll Shift: Jega to face Senate on Wednesday

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Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will face the Senate on Wednesday over…

Explosion kills 11 at check point in Biu, Borno State

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Eleven people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a checkpoint near the town of Biu in northeast Nigeria…

Explosion, gunfire rock APC rally in Okrika, home of Patience Jonathan

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Explosion, gunfire rocked the All Progressives Congress (APC) rally in Okrika, Rivers state today, although casualty figures are yet to…

Boko Haram destroys Askira Uba, forcing residents to flee

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Hundreds of Boko Haram militants stormed the town of Askira Uba in northeast Nigeria, burning homes and public buildings, as…

Boko Haram: US military promises intel, equipment

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The United States military will provide communications equipment and intelligence to help African nations in the fight against Nigerian Islamist…

Court fines TB Joshua, Synagogue for delaying trial

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Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today slammed a N25,000 fine on the Synagogue Church Of All…

Jonathan sends list of eight ministerial nominees to Senate

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The Senate at resumption of plenary on Tuesday received a list of eight ministerial nominees from the Presidency in accordance…

Thousands march against Boko Haram in Niger

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Thousands of people marched in Niger’s capital on Tuesday to protest at Boko Haram Islamists who have launched deadly raids…

Sambo Dasuki, DSS biggest threat to national security – El-Rufai

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Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kaduna state has asserted…

Concerns rise over shaky Ukraine truce

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World powers voiced concern over a shaky truce in Ukraine that went into a third day Tuesday with no sign…

Bomb blast kills three in Pakistan’s Lahore

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A bomb exploded close to the police headquarters in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing three people…

Nigeria has two problematic presidential candidates, says Soyinka

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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described the two major candidates in the 2015 Nigeria’s presidential election as both problematic…

Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram, slow, inadequate, failure of leadership – Soyinka

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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to Boko Haram militants as slow, inadequate and a…

Buhari’s govt, most brutal dictatorship after Abacha – Soyinka

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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has described General Muhammadu Buhari, the main opposition presidential candidate in Nigeria as the most…

Elections were postponed to frustrate Buhari – NY Times

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The New York Times, in another harsh editorial against the government of President Goddluck Jonathan of Nigeria, has stressed that…

Patience Jonathan in Bayelsa to mourn PDP women leaders

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Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The wife of the president, Patience Jonathan arrived Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital on Monday and paid a…

Don’t flee Nigeria, elections will be peaceful, says Tambuwal

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11 years ago

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has assured that the forthcoming general elections would be peaceful,…

Obasanjo should not have torn his membership card – PDP

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11 years ago

The Peoples Democratic Party believes that former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo should not have ripped his membership card…

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