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Eid-el-fitri: FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays

The federal government of Nigeria has declared Monday and Tuesday (28-29) public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-fitri celebration. A…

Abia govt. demolishes kidnapper’s den

Abia state government has demolished a building belonging to one Ogbuonye Ogbonna Daniel due to his involvement in kidnapping activities…

FG urges Hungary to provide security for Nigerian students

The Federal Government on Wednesday urged Hungary to provide security for Nigerian students in various universities across the East European…

FG acquires equipment to fight insurgents

The Federal Government has purchased new equipment to strengthen the capability of Nigerian military and security agents in the fight…

South Africa union leader killed after named in inquiry

A leader of radical South African union AMCU was shot dead after being named in an inquiry into a deadly…

INEC yet to be notified of Nyako’s impeachment – Jega

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, said the commission had not been formerly notified of…

No part of Nigeria will be ceded to the enemy – DSS

Ms Marilyn Ogar, Deputy Director, Public Relations, Department of State Services (DSS), said on Wednesday that security agencies were not…

Bombers wanted to assassinate me – Buhari

Former head of state, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) has said that the second explosion that ripped through Kaduna on Wednesday…

Paraguay youth football team stopped with 400 kg of pot

A group of Paraguayan teenagers traveling to play in a football tournament in Chile were stopped at the border when…

DSS nabs 4 over kidnap, muder of school proprietress

The FCT Command of the Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested four suspected kidnappers over the alleged kidnap and…

Tinubu condemns Kaduna blast, happy for Buhari’s safety

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the twin blast that rocked Kaduna…

Rivers CP warns against political rallies, campaigns

The Police Command in Rivers on Wednesday warned that it would deal decisively with politicians and youths who embarked on…

Missing Air Force helicopter crew member found alive – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters said on Wednesday that the missing crew member of the crashed Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 helicopter had…

South Africa targets screening whole population for AIDS

South Africa’s government plans to extend AIDS tests to the country’s entire population and speed up antiretroviral treatment of those…

First MH17 bodies arrive in grieving Netherlands

The first bodies from flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday almost a week after it was shot down…

24 Hours Curfew Imposed in Kaduna

Femi Adi/Kaduna Following the twin bombs that exploded in Kaduna on Wednesday, the state government has imposed 24 hours curfew…

Buhari escapes death as bomb blast kills over 40 in Kaduna

Former Head of State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari escaped death today after…

German airlines cancel more flights to Tel Aviv

Germany’s top two airlines on Wednesday cancelled further flights to Tel Aviv over security concerns amid the escalating Gaza conflict.…

Another blast rips through Kaduna

A second explosion rocked a crowded market area in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna city on Wednesday, police said, after a suicide…

Sisi defends Egypt’s Gaza peace efforts

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday defended Egypt’s role in trying to broker a Gaza truce between Israel and Hamas,…

Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau Attacked

Journalists working with cable TV, Al Jazeera, have come under gun fire attack in Gaza where war is raging between…

Rebels down two Ukrainian jets near MH17 site

Pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in the insurgent-held area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was…

Counter Terrorism: Nigeria Police sign training pact with US

In a bid to curb and oust terrorism in Nigeria, the police force has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…

Fasheun: A Paid PDP Hireling —APC

The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the statement credited to Dr. Fredrick Fasheun that…

100 Days After: Activists Hold Rallies For Chibok Girls

Kazeem Ugbodaga One hundred days after over 200 secondary school girls were abducted by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram, hundreds of…

‘Suicide bomber’ kills at least 25 in Kaduna

A suicide bomb on Wednesday in the northern Nigeria city of Kaduna killed at least 25 people, in what appeared…

More than 40 dead in Taiwan plane crash

More than 40 people were killed in a plane crash in Taiwan on Wednesday, officials said, with local television reporting…

Associates, Lawyers Pay Tributes To Aturu

Jamiu Yisa Human rights activists, lawyers, jurists, labour leaders, members of civil society organiations and a host of others on…

South Africa jails rhino poacher for 77 years

A South African court has jailed a rhino poacher for 77 years, one of the heaviest sentences handed out for…

Impeachment: Nasarawa Assembly asks Chief Judge to constitute panel

Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Wednesday asked the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Suleiman Dikko, to constitute a seven-man panel…