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Kidnapped Schoolgirls: Presidential committee meets foreign officials

The Presidential Committee on the abduction of Chibok’s schoolgirls on Monday interacted with officials of some countries that had pledged…

Video of Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls

Shekau Abubakar, Boko Haram leader supplies a video on more than half of the girls captured from Chibok Girls Seconday…

Confab panel approves part-time unicameral legislature

The National Conference Committee of Political Restructuring and Forms of Government has approved a part-time unicameral legislature for the country…

US deploys manned surveillance planes over Nigeria

The United States was Monday flying “manned” missions over Nigeria to track down more than 200 abducted schoolgirls as experts…

5 Suspects arrested over Abuja bombings

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) also known as Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded five suspects…

Niger Republic to investigate IRS plane crash

The Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Benedict Adeyileka, said on Monday that investigation into the crashed…

Obasanjo condemns Chibok schoolgirls abduction

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday condemned the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok…

UNAIDS appoints Jonathan as “Face of Protect the Goal”

The UNAIDS on Monday appointed President Goodluck Jonathan as Face of Protect the Goal, a global initiative to use football…

US experts ‘comb’ new Boko Haram video for clues

US experts assisting the search for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are closely examining a new video for clues to their…

Nigeria should pursue prisoner-for-hostage swap – AFP Analysis

Conditions set out by Boko Haram’s leader for the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists may…

In Pictures: Boko Haram release pictures of kidnapped Chibok girls

The pictures are screengrab taken on 12 May, from a video released by Nigerian Islamist sect, Boko Haram. AFP shows…

Nyanyan bombing: DSS parades 5 suspects

The Department of State Services (DSS), has declared one Rufai Tsiga, suspected mastermind of the bombing of Nyanya Motor Park…

Smoking In Public: LASEPA  Begins Enforcement Aug

With effect from 17 August, 2014, anybody caught smoking in public places in Lagos State, western Nigeria, will be arrested…

Hollande invites US, Britain to summit on Nigeria abductions

French President Francois Hollande said Monday he had invited US and British officials to attend a Paris summit this weekend…

Chibok Girls: Hundreds Of Women Protest In Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of women and men staged a protest in Lagos State, western Nigeria, Monday, demanding the release of…

Police Sergeant Arrested For Shooting Victim Dead

The Lagos State Command has arrested Sgt. Otene Godwin with Force number 355272 for allegedly shooting and killing a man…

3km Redeemed Auditorium: Landlords Send SOS To Adeboye

Land owners in Agunfoye village in Ogun State, western Nigeria, where the Redeemed Christian Church of God is building a…

EFCC secured 117 court convictions in 2013 – Lamorde

Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said on Monday that the commission secured 117 court convictions in…

PHCN pensioners protest in Kwara

Stephen Oni/Ilorin Scores of members of Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Electricity Sector, Kwara State chapter, on Monday protested against the…

Nigeria will not swap Boko Haram prisoners for kidnapped schoolgirls – Abba Moro

Nigeria on Monday rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200…

APC Solution To Poor Governance – Onu

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, former governor of Abia State, southeast Nigeria, and the Chairman, second Progressive Governance Lecture Series…

Govt. agencies not paying water bills

Michael Dzungu, the General Manager, Benue Water Board, has accused most government agencies and organisations in the state of not…

Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls converted to Islam – Boko Haram leader

Boko Haram released a new video on Monday 12 May claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had…

Borno govt. to rebuild 400 shops destroyed by insurgents

The Borno Government on Sunday said it planned to rebuild about 400 shops destroyed during last Monday’s attack by suspected…

Moscow okays Donetsk, Lugansk ‘self-rule’ referendum

The Kremlin said on Monday it respected the vote on self-rule in two Ukrainian regions and called for the results…

Drone raid kills 6 Qaeda suspects in Yemen

A drone strike in eastern Yemen killed six Al-Qaeda suspects on Monday, tribal sources said, in the first of such…

Apete bridge will be completed in September – Oyo Govt

The Oyo State Government has said that the Apete bridge currently undergoing reconstruction will be completed by the end of…

Bishop Kukah calls for prayers for release of Chibok girls

Bishop Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has called on Nigerians to embark on fervent prayers for the successful…

In Video: Homage to Oba Sikiru Adetona, Awujale of Ijebuland

On Thursday 8 May, the Ijebu people from six local council areas of Ogun state, converged in Ijebu-Ode to pay…

Heavy traffic on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway as truck laden with beer crashes

Eromosele Ebhomele A crowd took over the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Sunday evening stealing bottles of Goldberg Lager Beer from a…