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No ransom paid for release of Emir – Police

The police in Zamfara have denied any payment to the gunmen that abducted the Emir of Bukkuyum, Alhaji Muhammad Usman,…

Nigeria gets N1.2bn from UN for general elections

The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60…

Lagos State Will Decide Presidential Election – Poll

Lagos state, Nigeria’s most economically important state could determine who emerges winner of the 2015 presidential election. In a poll…

Pipeline security contract will benefit communities – Kuku

The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr Kingsley Kuku, has said that the award of pipeline security…

OPC, ex-militants wearing police uniforms to unleash terror on APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants are now wearing fake police and…

Catholic Church, others deploy 750 observers in Lagos

The Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos and other civil society organisations have deployed…

Displaced persons by Boko Haram hope to vote

A woman in a pale and patterned hijab, stares blankly from a bed in a makeshift clinic at a camp…

Amaechi defies assassins, campaigns on last night for Buhari

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State and Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, did…

Plateau State Ready For Election

Simon Ateba/Jos Thousands of people in Jos, the capital of the central Nigerian state of Plateau, stormed banks on Friday…

Afenifere warns against electoral violence, fraud

Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group, ARG, has called for a violent free election in Nigeria, asking Yoruba people to…

APC blows whistle: OPC, ex-militants being dressed in police uniform

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that ethnic militias and ex-militants are now wearing fake police and…

2015 Polls: Oritsejafor Tasks Christians, Muslims

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, the President Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that 2015 general elections which kicks…

APC’s INEC agent nabbed in Rivers

The All Progressives Congress has reported the arrest of its agent in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State. In a…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

PDP’s N650m Campaign Fund Disappears

Cyriacus Izuekwe But for the prompt intervention of the police at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos State, western Nigeria,…

I m 83 But Not Brain Dead, Says Solanke

Daniels Ekugo Chief Folake Solanke, SAN, has debunked insinuations that people who attain the age of 70 years and above…

E-Day: How Nigerians Will Vote Tomorrow

Nigerians will go to the polls to elect a president tomorrow. And the battle is a straight one between incumbent…

UN Rights Council to hold special session on Boko Haram

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session next week on abuses by Boko Haram militants in…

Boko Haram: Chad’s Deby unhappy with Nigeria’s military

Nigeria’s military have been celebrating a surge of victories over Boko Haram insurgents in recent weeks, including the capture of…

Nigeria military reclaims Gwoza from Boko Haram

Nigeria’s military on Friday announced that troops had retaken the town of Gwoza from Boko Haram, from which the group…

Jonathan v Buhari: Ayo Adebanjo’s gamble

By Yemi Adefulu I read the interview of Chief Ayo Adebanjo published in The PUNCH edition of Friday, March 20,…

One shot, many injured at Kashamu’s rally in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command on Thursday confirmed that one person was shot by unknown gunmen on Wednesday after…

Amaechi escapes gun attack, party claims attack on leaders

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged an assassination attempt on Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.…

INEC, law enforcement agencies must work within the law – Buhari

Nigeria’s opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari told AFP Thursday that he does not expect “tampering” in general elections this weekend but…

Bama: a sight and stench of death after Boko Haram defeat

The devastation is visible from the air in Bama. Corrugated iron roofs lie ripped off among charred debris, the walls…

Chad, Niger troops reclaim Gachagar from Boko Haram

Chad and Niger troops have recaptured the northeastern Nigerian town of Gachagar from Boko Haram, as part of a regional…

US drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on IS in Syria

The US military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group’s de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction…

Jonathan will win by landslide – Yuguda

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State has predicted a landslide victory for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s Presidential…

I-G redeploys 6 DIGs, other senior officers for election

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has redeployed six DIGs from the Force Headquarters to take charge of Zonal…

NSCDC gets 50 operational vehicles for election

Abba Moro, Minister of Interior, has inaugurated 50 operational vehicles for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to…

List of electoral offfences on election day

The Police have warned voters to beware of certain electoral offences on the election days. The warning was contained a…