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Senate yet to decide on extension of state of emergency

The Senate is yet to decide on the extension of state of emergency after it failed to discuss the request…

Rivers Police Arrest Nine Cultists

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has nabbed nine suspected cultists and has paraded them at the headquarters along…

US announces visa application changes in‎ Nigeria

By Simon Ateba For Nigerians planning to travel to the United States, the visa application process has changed, an official…

Delta retirees barricade Assembly Complex over N16bn unpaid pension arrears

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Activities at the Delta State House of Assembly was Tuesday paralysed for several hours, following protest by members…

I Suffered Cancer for 10 Months, says Prof. Wole Soyinka

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Prof. Wole Soyinka revealed today that he lived with prostrate cancer, but was recently cured. The Noble laureate…

Lagos Pays Retirees N1.7b

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government on Tuesday paid N1.79 billion to 319 retirees from the State Public Service under…

INEC Treading Path Of Destruction —Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has warned that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is…

I Steal Only On Sundays, Suspect Confesses

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 24-year-old man arrested for burglary has said that he steals only on Sundays by breaking into his…

2015: APC Screens House Of Reps Aspirants

Jamiu Yisa The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has begun the screening of aspirants for various…

S.African court bans pro-Palestinian protests against Israel goods

South African retailer Woolworths on Tuesday secured a court order banning pro-Palestine activists from protesting in its shops against goods…

Bulgarian mosque raided in jihad incitement probe

Bulgarian authorities raided a mosque in the south of the country Tuesday as part of a probe into a local…

Over 45 dead in Maiduguri market bombings

More than 45 people died Tuesday in twin bombings in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a local health worker…

Second bomb by female bomber rips through Maiduguri market

A suicide bomber suspected to be female attacked a crowded market in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, moments…

PDP screening committee disqualifies all anti-Wike aspirants, clears Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The South-South Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship screening committee has disqualified Prof Don Baridam,…

Boko Haram takes over Damasak, after attack on market

Boko Haram has taken over another town in Nigeria’s far northeast, a lawmaker, a local government official and a security…

Riot after US jury fails to indict Ferguson policeman

Protesters set buildings ablaze, shot at police and looted stores in the US town of Ferguson on Monday after a…

Prof Niyi Osundare Wins NNOM Award

Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, essayist, dramatist, academic and public affairs commentator has won this year’s Nigerian National Order of Merit…

Write Boko Haram like you wrote ISIS, Oritsejafor tells Sultan

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday urged the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji…

APC advocates gender equality in policy making

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Party (APC), on Monday advocated gender equality in policy making in…

100 Influential Africans: Dangote, Ezekwesili in, Jonathan out

Four African Heads of State made the list of the 100 Most Influential Africans for 2014, but President Goodluck Jonathan’s…

Jonathan not promoting Zion nation, likes Islam, says Abati

The Presidency has dismissed allegations that President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is using his office to pursue anti-Islam agenda and…

Sultan of Sokoto blasts military for fleeing from Boko Haram

Nigeria’s top Islamic leader on Monday accused the military of fleeing when Boko Haram attacks and terrorising civilians, in the…

Buhari submits nomination form, criticizes NASS invasion

General Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday in Abuja submitted his nomination form…

Amaechi scraps discriminatory fees at RSUST

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has abolished discriminatory school…

2015: Dariye, Tallen, 59 others formally defect to PDP

Sixty-one politicians, including Senator Joshua Dariye and former Dep. Governor, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Monday formally returned to PDP in…

Rivers High Court Chief Registrar abducted

Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress, APC, raised alarm that there were attempts to…

Tambuwal: Keyamo accuses police of committing illegality

Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerian Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, on Monday said the Nigeria Police Force committed illegality for shutting the…

Our data centre not for cloning PVCs, APC tells DSS

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday rejected the allegation that its data centre in Lagos was used to clone…

Atiku donates N8.5m to Sokoto APC, promises end to poverty

Former Vice President and an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday donated N 8.5 million…

2015 Election: Four Members of Amosun Cabinet Resign

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Four members of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s cabinet today resigned their appointment with Ogun state government. The four members…