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National Confab Loses Another Delegate

The National Conference sitting in Abuja was on Monday hit by another sad news of the death of a delegate,…

Abducted girls: Detained activist freed

The Nigerian Police on Monday afternoon released a Chibok women’s leader, Naomi Mutah who was arrested in the early hours…

Ekpu wants House of Reps scrapped, backs state police

Veteran journalist and member of the Committee on Politics and Governance, Mr. Ray Ekpu, has advocated scrapping of the House…

Confab proposes new revenue sharing formula

A new revenue sharing formula was on Monday proposed by the Committee on Devolution of Power at the on-going National…

Bipartisan pressure on Obama to save Nigerian schoolgirls

Calls mounted Monday for US government action to help find and free more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped last month…

Boko Haram seizes Nigeria’s border town

Scores of Boko Haram gunmen riding in armoured vehicles razed the Nigerian border town of Gamboru Ngala on Monday and…

Explosion injures 4 at gas plant in Ibadan

An explosion at a gas refilling plant at Orita-Challenge area of Ibadan on Monday 5 May injured four persons while…

Court did not stop N10bn NNPC probe – Judge

An Abuja Federal High Court, on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to appear and explain allegations that it had…

Nyanya blast victims: No FG official has visited us

Some victims of the Nyanya bomb blast receiving treatment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) on Monday called…

Insecurity will end soon – Sultan

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday expressed optimism that the challenge of insecurity in the country would…

Ex-Ekiti Gov. Segun Oni dumps PDP for APC

Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Oni dumped the Peoples Democratic…

Saraki disowns presidential campaign posters

Senator Bukola Saraki on Monday disowned the campaign posters pasted in Abuja, indicating his interest in the 2015 presidential election.…

Fashola pays tribute to Otedola, declares 7-day mourning

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Monday declared a seven-day mourning period in honour of a former governor of…

Charly Boy plans concert for late father

Eccentric entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has said prominent musicians, Dbanj and Terry G would perform at…

Substandard phones contribute to poor network – NCC

Nigerian mobile telephone service subscribers have been advised to ensure their handsets meet the prescribed standard specification set by the…

Fayemi Slams Okonjo-Iweala Over Voodoo Opinion Poll

Eromosele Ebhomele The John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, the campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, western…

Sheraton Beefs Up Security Over Bomb Threat

Jamiu Yisa There are strong indications that the management of Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has fortified its security…

Ex-Lagos Gov Otedola, Dies

Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola is dead. He died this morning at his Epe residence in Lagos,…

Chibok Schoolgirls: Jonathan’s Wife Orders Protest Leaders Arrested

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Nigeria Police on Monday allegedly acting on the orders of Mrs. Patience Jonathan, arrested Mrs. Naomi Mutah Nyadar,…

Lagos Shuts Markets For Chibok Schoolgirls

Jamiu Yisa & Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The Iyaloja-General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo has ordered the shutting down of all Lagos…

Niger Delta terrorists kidnap 3 Dutch citizens

Three Dutch citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday. The three Dutchmen were…

South Africa’s leader Zuma says wife raped

South Africa’s president said Monday that criminals broke into his rural homestead more than a decade ago and raped his…

Shekau confirms kidnapping Nigerian schoolgirls

The Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau on Monday confirmed that the group was responsible for the abduction of hundreds of…

Boko Haram leader vows to sell abducted schoolgirls

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has vowed to sell hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped in northern Nigeria three weeks ago, in…

Kenyan president begins official visit to Nigeria

The Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Abuja on Sunday on an official visit to Nigeria. The Kenyan president, who…

Celebrities boycott Brunei-owned hotels over sharia law

Celebrities including Virgin group founder Richard Branson have vowed to boycott a hotel chain linked to Brunei’s sultan after he…

In Picture: Principal of the Chibok Girls Secondary School

Here is the face of the principal of the Chibok Girls Secondary School, Borno state, North east Nigeria, where 276…

Jonathan keeps Nigeria guessing over future

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday kept Nigeria guessing over whether or not he will seek re-election, saying the issue was…

Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead

Eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa is dead. A statement released by the family…

How To Defeat Boko Haram – Police Affairs Minister

Jamiu Yisa All Nigerians must unite and stay focused in the war against terrorism for the country to defeat the…