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State of Emergency: Senate summons service chiefs, NSA

The Senate will meet with Nigeria service chiefs, the National Security Adviser, (NSA), the Minister of Defence and Police Affairs…

Customs denies 35% duty on used vehicles

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday denied the allegation by licenced customs agents that it has begun the implementation…

UN expert asks Nigeria to talk with Boko Haram

The United Nations’ top expert on worldwide human trafficking called Tuesday for the negotiated release of Nigerian schoolgirls held by…

Kwara explains N23 billion bond

Stephen Oni,Ilorin The Kwara state government has shed more light on the N23 billion bond it plans to access from…

Accused Pensions director seeks EFCC dissolution

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled former director of Pensions at the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation,…

Jonathan, N’guesso urge African leaders to eradicate terrorism

President Goodluck Jonathan and President Denis Sassou N’guesso of the Republic of Congo Tuesday called on African leaders, the African…

Chibok girls: Tinubu, Nelson lead APC Women Protest in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of women stormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office on Tuesday protesting the abduction of 234 school girls…

Interview: Okonjo Iweala speaks on Chibok girls, WEFA

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is Nigeria’s Finance Minister named recently as one of Time’s most influential people. I know that…

Boko Haram: US AFRICOM Commander meets Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh has met with Lieutenant General David Rodriguez, the Commander of…

Abducted Chibok Girls: Christian Women Protest In Kano

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Emotions were high at Sarki Yarki secretariat of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Sabon Gari, Kano, Northwest…

APC Govs to work with FG on Chibok girls rescue, support Nyanya blast victims with N100m

All Progressives Congress (APC) governors, under the Progressive Governors Forum, (PGF) on Tuesday reaffirmed their committed to working with the…

Leprosy Vaccine Scientist Dies At 100

Venezuelan scientist and doctor Jacinto Convit, renowned for developing a vaccine against leprosy, has died at the age of 100,…

Science and technology gets less than 1% of national budget – Minister

The Supervising Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs Omobola Johnson, on Tuesday decried the allocation of less than one per…

APC condemns forced conversion of abducted Chibok schoolgirls

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday condemned the reported forced conversion to Islam, of some Chibok schoolgirls abducted by…

Nigeria willing to talk with Boko Haram on hostages – Turaki

Nigeria is willing to talk to Boko Haram about securing the release of 223 schoolgirls still held hostage by the…

Spanish politician gunned down by police chief’s wife

Police on Tuesday arrested two women in Leon, suspected of shooting a 59-year old politician of Spain’s ruling party in…

UN appoints first female peacekeeping commander

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in New York, named Maj-.Gen. Kristin Lund, as the commander of the…

‘All’ girls in Boko Haram video are Chibok students – Shettima

The female hostages shown in a video released by Boko Haram have been identified as students of the secondary school…

State of Emergency: Reps to debate President Jonathan’s request

The House of Representatives will on Wednesday debate President Goodluck Jonathan’s request for extension of the state of emergency in…

13 burnt alive in C. Africa

At least 13 people were burnt alive in the Central African Republic at the weekend when they were rounded up…

Aregbesola restates commitment to project execution

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has said that his government will continue to execute projects for the development of…

$8.4m Fraud: Court Denies Ajudua Bail Again

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Tuesday turned down a bail application filed by Fred Ajudua who…

World Cup: Nigeria Supporters club demand 62mn condoms

The Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club (NFSSC) on Monday demanded for the provision of 62 million condoms for…

New Video Gives Me Joy, Says Man With 3 Kidnapped Cousins

A man whose three cousins are among more than 200 schoolgirls being held by Islamist militants in north-eastern Nigeria tells…

LASTMA Official Sacked, Docked Over N1k Bribe

Cyriacus Izuekwe An official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, Mr. Saliu Mutiu, has been dismissed and arraigned…

U.S. Planes Search For Kidnapped Schoolgirls

The United States said it is flying “manned” missions over Nigeria in search of over 200 abducted schoolgirls, after the…

Emergency Rule: Jonathan Seeks Extension In Borno, Others

By Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to seek the extension of the state of…

‘APC Will End Boko Haram’

A Lagos-based APC Chieftain, Kunle Ademoye, has assured Nigerians that the Boko Haram terrorism which had persisted over the years,…

Gov Shettima Orders Mass Production Of Abducted Girls Video

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has ordered mass production of video clip showing some of the 234 girls abducted on…

Jordan ambassador kidnapped in Libya freed

The Jordanian ambassador to Libya, Fawaz Aitan, who was kidnapped in Tripoli last month, has been freed, state television in…