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APC will govern Nigeria with humility, probity, transparency – Buhari

The presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised that he will rule Nigeria with humility and transparency…

Jonathan promises special fund for youth empowerment if reelected

President Goodluck Jonathan said his administration will create special fund for the empowerment of youths in the country. Jonathan announced…

Jonathan’s visit to Borno, morale booster to military, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Thursday’s visit by President Goodluck Jonathan to Maidiguri, Borno, was a morale…

Police nab 2 with fake Presidency number plate, ID cards

The Police in FCT have arrested two suspected fraudsters and recovered a fake number plate and two identity cards purportedly…

Jonathan’s campaign train heads to Owerri

President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign train will arrive Owerri on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said. This is contained…

Charlie Hebdo sells 1.9 million copies

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has sold 1.9 million copies of its latest issue, which has provoked protests by Muslims…

Angry mob kill Boko Haram suspect in Kano

The Kano State Police Command on Friday confirmed the killing of a man suspected to be a member of the…

US diocese files for bankruptcy to pay sexual abuse victims

A US archdiocese said Friday it is filing for bankruptcy to compensate victims of sexual abuse, the 12th Roman Catholic…

Libya’s militia alliance announces ceasefire

An Islamist-backed militia alliance on Friday announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following an agreement at UN-brokered peace talks between…

World muslims protest Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Prophet Muhammed

Thousands demonstrated across the world Friday and violent clashes erupted in Niger and Pakistan as Muslims vented fury over a…

Chad joins war against Boko Haram, deploys troops to Cameroon

Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria’s dreaded Boko Haram…

Suicide bomber strikes again in Gombe, kills 6

A suicide bomber killed five people and wounded 11 Friday in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency services official told AFP. “It…

US condemns Charlie Hebdo protests by Muslims

The United States condemned Friday sometimes violent protests by thousands of people in Muslim majority countries against a new cartoon…

FG urges states to impose more taxes, trim spending

The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday urged Nigerian state governments to adopt the austerity measures…

Nigeria earns less in December, but Federal, states take more money home

The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday announced that Federal, States and Local governments shared N580.4billion…

Boko Haram bomber abandons bomb-laden vehicle

A suspected bomber on Friday abandoned a bomb-laden pick-up vehicle at a police check point on the Gombe-Biu road. The…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Campaign office of PDP candidate set ablaze

Some unidentified persons have set ablaze the campaign office of the Zamfara Central Senatorial candidate of PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu,…

ECOWAS mulls regional force for Boko Haram: Mahama

West African leaders are considering creating a military force to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants and will hold a…

University Student Wins N2.4m Golden Bet Lotto

A final year student of Economics at the Ekiti State University, Adeboye Ogunsanya, became an overnight millionaire after winning N2.4m…

Jonathan hopeful Nigeria will produce a female president

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday expressed the hope of a woman becoming Nigeria’s president in his life time. Jonathan, who…

Aregbesola to run his office with N18.6 billion

Mr Gboyega Oyetola, the Chief of Staff to Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun, on Friday disclosed that the budget for…

Buhari is fit as a fiddle, APC kicks back

The APC Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to ignore the “utterly silly and reckless statement” credited to the over-exuberant…

Wike caught in cross fire, escapes death at campaign rally

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nyesom Wike, the governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP) narrowly escaped death on Thursday afternoon…

Hundreds queue in London to purchase latest Charlie Hebdo

Londoners lined up by the hundreds on Friday to buy copies of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, as religious leaders met…

Police boss warns against tearing rival parties’ posters

The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Abubakar Marafa, on Friday warned that anyone caught tearing posters of rival political parties…

Agbaje promises to return all illegally acquired lands in Lagos

The Lagos state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally…

Turkey’s Erdogan blasts ‘provocative’ Charlie Hebdo

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at Charlie Hebdo for its “provocative” publications about Islam, saying the…

Boko Haram committing ‘crime against humanity’ – Hollande

French President Francois Hollande has taken a swipe at Islamist movement Boko Haram, who he said were carrying out “crimes…

Another APC office bombed in Rivers state

Another office of the All Progressives Congress has been bombed in Rivers State, a day after police said the campaign…

Nations Cup: Fireworks Begin In E/Guinea

Sunday Akintoye Attention will be shifted to Equatorial Guinea as 2015 Africa Cup of Nations kicks off tomorrow in Bata.…