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Boko Haram: US renews plea to Nigeria on rights abuses

US Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, renewed a plea to Nigerian authorities to ensure the…

UN urges Nigeria, others feed school kids

A report by the United Nations has indicated that the provision of meals for school children was still lacking in…

Akpabio creates NGF faction, after losing vote

Akwa Ibom governor,Godswill Akpabio, demonstrating poor sportsmanship, is determined to split Nigeria Governors Forum, after his candidate, Governor Jonah Jang…

16 kids, teacher die in Pakistan bus fire

Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.…

NGF: Jonathan’s Men Kick Against Amaechi’s Victory

Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Governors loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, led by Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State are kicking…

Amaechi wins re-election for NGF chair

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of oil rich Rivers State, has been re-elected by his colleagues to chair the Nigerian Governors Forum,…

Portillo, Guatemala’s ex-leader extradited to US

Guatemala extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the United States on Friday to face charges of laundering $70 million, sending him…

World Cup: Ghana Name Squad For Sudan, Lesotho Ties

Ghana coach, Kwesi Appiah, has named a 25-man squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers against Sudan and Lesotho. The…

The Ojukwus still at loggerheads

A Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday fixed 25 June to hear an application filed by Chief Debe…

Army rescues Boko Haram’s female captives

Nigerian authorities said Friday they had freed three women and six children abducted by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram as…

No Longer Business As Usual In Yala LGA

Barrister Tony Odey, an aspirant for the chairmanship seat of the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State, southsouth…

Nigerian-Briton in UK brutal murder has drug history

When Michael Adebolajo was filmed clutching the bloodied knives he apparently used to butcher a soldier, Britons were chilled by…

Pollution: Lagos Shuts 2 Churches, 6 Companies

The Lagos State Government has shut down two churches and six companies over cases of environmental pollution in various parts…

‘FG Must Compensate Boko Haram Victims’

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, has called on the Federal Government to set up machinery for compensating the victims…

Lagos State Takes Issue Of Child Rights Seriously

The Lagos State Government are one of the lead participants and supporters at the Upcoming CEO Forum on Children’s Rights…

Hunter Impregnates Grand Daughter

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa on Thursday arrested a 50-year old hunter for allegedly impregnating…

We Buy And Sell Children —Suspects

The police at Ilemba Hausa, Ajangbadi Division, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested four suspects who allegedly steal or buy…

Baale Sent To Prison Over Murder

The Baale of Abijo in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Chief Johnson Avah has been remanded in Ikoyi…

Big Brother Africa Begins Sunday

On Sunday 26 May, the Season 8 of the Big Brother Africa, the continent’s leading television reality show, will come…

Woman Burns Her Son’s Face Over Soup

A woman, Sakirat Attah, 25, has been arrested by the police at Elemoro Division, Lekki, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for severely…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk condemns recent attack on a mosque in Niger that resulted in death of 44 worshippers.

Boko Haram’s terror allies strike next door

Islamists groups have claimed responsibility for twin suicide car bombings on an army base and a French-run uranium mine in…

Abati loses mum

The Abati family of Abeokuta has announced the death of its matriarch, Madam Maria Taiwo Abati. She was aged 81.…

Ex-Gov Nyame denies statement at fraud trial

Rev. Jolly Nyame, former governor of the Nigerian north eastern state of Taraba has added a new twist to his…

Governor Chime missing in action again

Governor Sullivan Chime of the eastern Nigerian state of Enugu was conspicuously missing on Thursday at the burial rites for…

Identity of murdered British soldier revealed

Manchester Evening News has lifted the fog over the identity of the British soldier brutally hacked to death by two…

Kwara state proscribes transport union branches

Stephen Oni/ Ilorin Government of the Nigerian central state of Kwara has announced the proscription of the Offa and Erin-Ile…

Boko Haram: Families of slain cops cry out

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Families of 40 police officers who were among those killed in the 20 January 2012 coordinated attacks by…

Police quiz more officials over WAEC fees fraud

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Over 20 officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have been arrested by…

Police Frustrate Lagos Laws —Deputy Speaker

Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, southwest Nigeria, Taiwo Kolawole, has accused the police in Lagos state…

CRIME PREVENTION: Fashola, Manko To Teach 250 Kids

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola and  the Lagos State Commisioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko are to teach…