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Don’t use military operations for campaign, army warns politicians

The Military on Friday in Abuja called on politicians in the country to refrain from using political campaigns to undermine…

North Korea calls Obama ‘monkey’

North Korea on Saturday blasted US President Barack Obama as a “monkey” inciting cinemas to screen a comedy featuring a…

Buhari: APC will defeat PDP this time

In the first interview he granted since he became the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired General…

Argentine president sprains ankle, hospitalised

Argentine President Cristina Kirchner was hospitalized Friday after spraining her ankle, local media reported, the latest in a series of…

News analysis: US plagued by doubts as it exits $1trillion Afghan war

by Dan De Luce/Washington After 13 years, the United States is winding down its war in Afghanistan, plagued by doubts…

Buhari’s record at PTF: Tweets of facts

Each time General Muhammadu Buhari declares his aspiration for the highest post in Nigeria, his opponents usually dredge up wild…

Inciting Comments: Practice what you preach, APC tells Jonathan

Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to show leadership by example instead of…

French mother dies after setting fire to herself as baby sleeps

A mother-of-two died on Friday in northern France after setting herself on fire in the courtyard of her home as…

APC: WikiLeaks revelations about Jonathan’s incompetence

President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaigners started it by latching on WikiLeaks revelations about US Embassy dispatches on Nigeria’s opposition politicians, such…

If Jonathan lost to Muhammadu Buhari…

By Nwike Ojukwu A recent SaharaReporter’s article authored by M. K. Hassan inspired this essay. In the article, Hassan responded…

UN officials told to leave for ‘insulting’ Sudan

Sudan said Friday it ordered two top United Nations officials to leave Khartoum for “insulting” the country and being “prejudiced”…

‘Christmas baby’ born on Philadelphia subway

A woman in Philadelphia got an unexpected holiday surprise on the subway when she went into labor, delivering a healthy…

BUK DVC Nominated As Ganduje’s running mate in Kano

The APC in Kano State has nominated the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) of Bayero University Kano (BUK), Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, as…

Stop sponsoring pilgrimages, Group tells Govt

A group, Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), on Friday urged the three tiers of government to wash their hands off the…

Police arrest 3 robbers in Edo

The Edo Police Command on Friday said it has arrested three armed robbery suspects along Uwa Street, in the Oredo…

Malala vows to fight on as she shares Nobel Peace Prize

Malala Yousafzai vowed Wednesday to struggle for every child’s right to go to school as she became the youngest ever…

NANS, others endorse Senator Abe for second term

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After narrowly missing the governorship ticket of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) Rivers state, Abe has been…

Kosovo police thwart Christmas car bomb

Kosovo authorities said Friday a potential car bombing was thwarted in Pristina on Christmas day when police stopped a Serbian…

1,300 migrants saved off Italy at Christmas

The Italian Navy rescued some 1,300 migrants in several operations late on Christmas Day, among them a Nigerian woman who…

Michele Obama tweets school photo with Barack on Xmas day

US First Lady, Michele Obama marked her Christmas with a tweet of an old School photograph of her and then…

Hackers hit Sony again, Microsoft Xbox console too

The online gaming networks for Sony’s PlayStation and Microsoft’s Xbox consoles — hot gifts this Christmas — went dark in…

N30bn for Buhari campaign? Wike unintellingent, says Rivers Govt

From: Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Rivers State government has described the allegation made by governorship candidate of the Peoples…

Man drowns in Lagos swimming pool

*The man allegedly jumps in the pool against the advice of colleagues A Nigerian man working for a catering company…

Ivory Coast docks ex-first Lady

Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo went on trial Friday for “attempting to undermine the security of the state”…

Pakistan forces kill facilitator of Peshawar school massacre

Pakistani security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead…

Riots in DR Congo after at least 30 die in boat accident

At least 30 people died when an overcrowded boat hit a rock and sank on the Congo river, sparking riots…

Osinbajo’s US style campaign

The presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress may have been stalled by the week-long Christmas holiday, but vice-presidential running…

Palestinian knifeman wounds two Israeli police

A knife-wielding Palestinian wounded two Israeli police officers on Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, the scene of months of tensions,…

Three dead after cargo ship sinks off Japanese coast

Japan’s coastguard said Friday that three foreign crew members had died among a group of 10 who were rescued after…

China man wants $2.4mn for wrongful death sentence

A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4…