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Poll Postponement: INEC Was Ambushed By PDP, FG, says Fashola

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponed the general elections because the commission was…

Polls postponement in interest of Nigeria, says Gov. Yero

The Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Muktar Yero, on Sunday, said the postponement of the February polls was in the best…

Jonathan deserves another term – Senate candidate

Sen. Ayoade Adeseun, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, said President Goodluck…

Jordan destroys 56 IS targets in three days of strikes

Jordan said Sunday it destroyed 56 targets in three days of strikes on the Islamic State group after it murdered…

Boko Haram kills one, injures 10 in fresh Niger attack

Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed…

Turkish woman kills husband over ‘German porn fantasies’

A Turkish woman slit the throat of her husband after he beat her for refusing to act out scenes he…

A Military Diktat and the Pitiable INEC chief

By Bayo Onanuga Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission cut a pathetic, pitiable figure Saturday night…

SERAP, others ask Jega to publish contracts for printing ballot papers

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Corruption Watch UK, and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have…

Jonathan’s campaign organ supports Nigeria’s poll delay

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has endorsed the postponement of elections as announced by the Independent National…

US ‘deeply disappointed’ by Nigeria elections delay

The top US diplomat said Saturday he was “deeply disappointed” by Nigeria’s decision to postpone elections and issued a call…

Poll Shift setback for Nigeria’s democracy, says Oyegun

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has described the postponement of the February elections till March…

Poll shift: Tinubu says it’s democracy at gunpoint

Jamiu Yisa The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of…
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300th day: Malala calls for global action to free Chibok schoolgirls

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped…

Nigeria: INEC announces new election time-table

Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission today announced new dates for Nigeria’s general elections. The Presidential…

8,700-strong African deployment to fight Boko Haram

Five African nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to…

Jonathan Shuns Emir Of Kano’s Coronation

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan did not attend the coronation of Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II held…

Boko Haram planned to attack the whole of Nigeria – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said various attacks by Boko Haram in Abuja were planned to extend to parts of…

Thousands protest Burkina presidential guard

Several thousand people took to the streets of the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou on Saturday to demand the dissolution of…

Kaduna College shut as fire engulfs female hostel

Authorities of Shehu Idris College of Health Science Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have shut its main campus following a fire…
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Sokoto sponsors 42 to study in Niger, Burkina Faso

The Sokoto State Government said it was sponsoring 42 students in Niger and Burkina Faso to obtain bachelor’s degrees in…

There are new developments to be addressed before elections, says Jega

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new developments’ that needed to…

Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend under investigation for her drowning

Police have opened a criminal investigation of the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, US media reported, one week after the…

INEC yet to decide on election postponement

Independent National Electoral Commission says it is yet to make an announcement or decide on whether the February 14 presidential…

Blasts kill at least 27 in Baghdad

Attacks in Baghdad including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant killed 27 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly…

South African writer Andre Brink dies aged 79

Celebrated South African author and outspoken critic of apartheid Andre Brink has died aged 79, local media said Saturday. He…

Algerian novelist and women’s rights defender Assia Djebar dead

Novelist Assia Djebar, an ardent defender of women’s rights in her native Algeria, has died aged 78, state radio said…

Nigeria postpones general elections for six weeks – AP

Nigeria’s electoral commission will postpone February 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force…

Doubt, fear persist ahead of presidential election

Campaigning in Nigeria’s knife-edge presidential election entered its final week on Saturday, with mounting questions about whether the vote will…

Again, Jonathan storms Redemption Camp, kneels for prayers

President Goodluck Jonathan graced the Redeemed Christian Church of God Holy Ghost service on Friday 6 February. Again, he gets…

2015: INEC calls for synergy with media

Alhaji Hussein Pai, the Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, on Friday, called for positive synergy between the media and…