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Bida College honors IBB, Abdulsalami

Two former Nigerian heads of state, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, received distinguished awards on Sunday as their…

Jonathan urges Nigerians not lose faith in Nigeria

President Goodluck Jonathan Sunday night urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country as government was doing its best…

Ghana: Mahama declared winner

President John Dramani Mahama has been declared the winner of last weekend’s election in Ghana, scoring 50.7 per cent and…

Delta carry the crown as Eko 2012 sports fiesta ends

Tunde Oyedele/Abimbola Ajayi Team Delta were Sunday evening declared overall winners of the 18th National Sports Festival, as a grand…

SSS manhandles journalist at Governor Akpabio’s party

Operatives of Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) in Akwa Ibom State on Sunday brutalised the correspondent of The Nation, Mr…

Boko Haram: JTF seizes 11 rifles

The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Yobe, north eastern Nigeria on Sunday recovered 11 rifles in Kandahar Area of Damaturu,…

Osun state women protest ritual killings

Women in their hundreds on Sunday protested in Osogbo, capital of Nigeria’s state of Osun against increase in the activities…

Achebe, Kanu, Chukwumerije honored

The Igbo Youth Movement (IYM) in Enugu on Sunday conferred an award titled “The Great Igbo Icon’’ on Prof. Chinua…

Akin George, Aero MD bows out

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second biggest airline, announced on Sunday night that its Managing Director, Captain Akin George,…

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother kidnapped

Emerging reports said Professor Kamene Okonjo, the mother of Nigeria’s finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been kidnapped by armed men.…

Ghana’s election: Opposition alleges fraud, protests

Ghana’s main opposition party on Sunday alleged a “pattern of fraud” in the country’s tight presidential election, saying it had…

Nigeria nabs 28 terror suspects

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria have renewed raid on hideouts of terrorists recording 28 arrests within the…

Nigeria: Type one wild polio reported in Abuja

The Primary Health Care Development Board (PHCDB) of Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja said that a case of type-one wild…

Man taunts Polish ‘miracle’ Virgin Mary icon

Polish police detained a 58-year-old man on Sunday after he threw an object at the country’s Black Madonna of Czestochowa,…

Lagos Traffic Law: 3 sentenced to community service

Lagos government has bared its fangs on its much flouted Traffic Law by commercial motorcyclists in the state. In these…

Nigerian Mullahs force VP Sambo out of daughters’ wedding

It was a double wedding that attracted the movers and shakers of Nigeria and at least 10 state governors. And…

Ghana election: Mahama set to edge out Akufo-Addo

Ghana President John Dramani Mahama held a slim lead over presidential election rival Nana Akufo-Addo on Sunday with nearly all…

Oyo opens Technical University 2013

The first set of students will be admitted into Nigeria’s new Technical University next September, increasing Nigeria’s universities to over…

Ex-Oyo state governor Olunloyo joins ACN

A former governor of Oyo state, Dr. Omololu Olunloyo and former chairman of Ibadan South west Local, Alhaji Tajudeen Ajibade,…

After army threat, Egyptian leader Morsi backs down

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi backed down Saturday night in a political crisis marked by weeks of street protests, after the…

Hugo Chavez: My cancer is back

Venezuelan President, 58 year-old Hugo Chavez has admitted a relapse of his cancer and designated vice president Nicolas Maduro as…

TY Danjuma clocks 75

General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, the civil war veteran, the coup maker, former chief of army staff, former defence minister, big…

Obasanjo’s team endorses Ghana’s election

West African observers Saturday declared that Ghana’s just concluded presidential election was “peaceful and transparent,” but noted widespread technical glitches…

Police avert attack on PDP office

The Nigerian police on Saturday in Yola,capital of Adamawa state foiled an attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat. The irate…

8 year-old Amarachi wins Nigeria’s Got Talent show

Seun Bisuga Amarachi Nyanne was nothing short of stunning. She wowed the crowd everytime she was on stage and when…

Jonathan: I will miss my brother Meni

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the death of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan as “particularly too painful to bear”.…

Mandela admitted to hospital

Africa’s icon and former South African leader, Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria Saturday to undergo tests…

Mahama and Akufo-Addo running neck and neck

Counting of votes has started in Ghana, and early results showed a tight race between incumbent John Dramani Mahama, a…

Ex-Nigerian governor, Balarabe wins anti-corruption award

Alhaji Balarabe Musa, former governor of the old Kaduna state has been named the winner of this year’s civil society…

Owei Lakemfa, Nigerian heads OATUU

Former journalist, Owei Lakemfa, has been elected as the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, (OATUU),…