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Halima Abubakar Condemns Xenophobic Attacks

Kayode Aponmade Nollywood star actress, Halima Abubakar has condemned the recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa. The actress…

South Sudan opposition leader under ‘house arrest’

A South Sudanese opposition leader who has spoken out against both sides in the civil war said Friday he appeared…

Niger govt. assures of smooth hand over to APC

The Niger Government has assured the incoming All Progressives Congress (APC) governor-elect, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, of a smooth handover on…

Reps. pass N4.4trn 2015 budget, approves N953.62bn as debts service

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2015 budget of N4.4 trillion with an appeal to the incoming administration…

APC will end poverty, not manage it – Tinubu

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the party will not manage the…

Don’t recycle old, overused politicians, Onovo tells APC

Chief Martin Onovo, Presidential Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the March 28 election, on Thursday urged the…

Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…

Chechnya leader gives ‘shoot to kill’ orders on Russian forces

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday ordered his troops to “shoot to kill” if they encountered any unauthorised Russian forces…

Xenophobia: AFBA to drag S.Africa to UN Security Council

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the African Bar Association (AFBA), have threatened to file criminal complaints against the government of the…

Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa

Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…

Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…

3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV

The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…

Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim

The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…

Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…

Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes

Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…

Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…

Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General

Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…

Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters

Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…

Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…

France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack

French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…

Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa

Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…

Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month

A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…

Boko Haram Commander killed by Nigerian troops – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters said a notorious top terrorists’ Commander, Abu Mujahid, was among the terrorists that died during an encounter…

APC To Acting IG: Shun Partisanship, Embrace Professionalism

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with…

Tributes For Late NIJ Lecturer

Samson Uwala Lecturers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos could not hold back their tears recently…

ASUP Mourns Chukwumerije

Damilare Okunola The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed dismay over the demise of Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman…

‘UNILORIN Law Faculty Best In Nigeria’

Following the cumulative performance of its products in the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the Nigerian Law School, the Council…

447 Houses In Danger Of Collapse In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 447 defective buildings may collapse in Lagos as the state government has marked 191 other distressed buildings…

Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…

Court throws out lawsuits challenging Buhari’s eligibility

A Nigerian court Wednesday struck out two suits that disputed the eligibility of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to stand for election,…