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Congo, Guinea, Gabon, others talk strategy against Boko Haram

Leaders of central African nations on Monday began talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde to devise a joint strategy to tackle…

In Pictures: Obasanjo tearing his PDP membership card

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…

Obasanjo tears PDP membership card, dumps party

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…

France, Egypt urge ‘new measures’ against IS after beheadings

France and Egypt on Monday urged the UN Security Council to meet and mull fresh measures against Islamic State jihadists…

Wike, Rivers PDP console Bayelsa on loss of SSG’s wife, others

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state PDP Campaign Organisation has condoled the government and people of Bayelsa state on the…

Bahrain deploys warplanes to Jordan for war against IS

Bahrain has deployed fighter jets to Jordan to support the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, Jordan’s…

Warring forces in South Sudan ‘recruiting children’

South Sudan government and rebel forces are both recruiting children as young as 13 to fight in the country’s civil…

Egypt strikes Libya jihadists after beheadings video

Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya on Monday after the jihadists posted a video…

Death toll rises to 13 in Damaturu bombing – Police

Thirteen people have now died as a result of a female suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the…

Bauchi govt. yet to pay teachers 11 months salary

The Bauchi State Government has promised to pay the 11 months salary arrears owed 2,000 teachers it recruited in April…

Its unjust to compare Jonathan to Laurent Gbagbo – Bode George tells OBJ

Chief Olabode George, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain on Sunday in Lagos described Saturday’s statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s…

Arrest, investigate Obasanjo now, says Buruji Kashamu

Prince Buruji Kashamu, Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP South West has called for the arrest and investigation…

IS says it has beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians

The Islamic State group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians,…

Patience Jonathan mourns wife of Bayelsa SSG, others

The wife of the president, Patience Jonathan, on Sunday commiserated with the Bayelsa Government over the death of some prominent…

Obasanjo a cancer that may never be cured, says Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a cancer that may never get cured in…

Hundreds of tombs defaced in French Jewish cemetery

France’s interior minister said Sunday several hundred tombs had been defaced at a Jewish cemetery in the northeast of the…

Suspected Copenhagen gunman identified as Omar El-Hussein

The man suspected of killing two people in shootings in Copenhagen was identified in several Danish media outlets on Sunday…

Insurgency: Borno Deputy Gov. commends security agencies

The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Zannah Mustapha, on Sunday commended the efforts of military and other security agencies to…

We’ll prosecute voters with fake PVCs, says INEC

Amb. Rufus Akeju, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Oyo State, says any voter caught with fake Permanent Voter Card…

Jonathan, PDP likely behind Gombe attacks, says APC

*Suspects Jonathan government in distribution of anti-poll leaflet in Gombe The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic…

S.Africa slams Japan newspaper column praising apartheid

South Africa has protested after a prominent columnist in leading right-wing newspaper in Japan praised racial segregation under apartheid as…

Nigerian Air Force incorporate new systems to fight insurgency

The Nigerian Air Force on Sunday in Lagos said it had incorporated some new systems and ammunition aimed at the…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Wife of Bayelsa SSG, 11 others die in multiple crash

*Accident victims returning to Yenagoa after visiting Mrs Patience Jonathan *Governor Dickson suspends state functions for 3 days Okafor Ofiebor/Port…

Female suicide bomber kills 7 in Damaturu

A female suicide bomber killed seven people on Sunday at a bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu,…

Netanyahu urges Jews to move to Israel after Copenhagen attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged European Jews to move to Israel after a Jewish man was killed…

Dozens of Boko Haram members arrested in Niger

Several dozen people suspected of having links to Nigeria’s Boko Haram have been arrested in southern Niger since the start…

Ex-LG boss, 2589 others dump PDP for APC

Alhaji Abubakar Dange Former chairman of Dange Shuni local government area of sokoto who renounce his membership of PDP with…

Police declares 10 bankers wanted over alleged N125m fraud

The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos on Sunday declared 10 suspected bankers wanted over alleged N125.1 million scam. Investigation…

Human trafficking: NIS arrests cleric, 4 others

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Oyo State says it has arrested a cleric, Olufemi Timothy, and four others for…

Jonathan slams audio on Ekiti poll rigging fabrication, says no probe

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has ruled out investigating the scandalous audio tape of the collusion between military officers and top…