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Watch Al Jazeera’s documentary on how Nigerians sell babies for cash

• Award-winning series Africa Investigates back on Al Jazeera • Babies are for sale in Nigeria for $4 000-5 000…

EFCC arraigns Akpobolokemi, Ex-NIMASA DG, 9 others for N1.153bn scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on December 3, 2015 arraigned a former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and…

Nwobodo sues Buhari over ministers dichotomy

A human rights and public interest litigation lawyer, John Nwobodo has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of…

Supreme Court convicts Oscar Pistorius of murder

Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius has been found guilty of murder after a South African appeals court overturned an earlier manslaughter…

Bayelsa Polls: PDP urges members to be fearless

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja called on its members in Bayelsa to remain vigilant, focused and…

8 civilians, 2 police officers killed in Biafra protest

Ten people including two police officers died in the latest protests Wednesday over renewed demands for a Biafran state to…
MTN ‘Extremely Sorry’ Over Network Outage

Nigeria slashes MTN fine to $3.4 billion

Nigerian telecoms authorities have reduced by a more than third a $5.2 billion fine imposed on South African mobile phone…

Why Oshiomhole is trying to implicate me – Okonjo-Iweala

Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed why Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo is trying to implicate her…

Okonjo-Iweala tells Buhari to call ‘reckless’ Oshiomhole to order

…says she has absolutely nothing to do with $2.1bn arms deal Former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has requested…

$2.2b Arms Probe: DSS transfers Dasuki to EFCC

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday moved ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki who is under probe for…

South Africa: Buhari, Xi Jinping to discuss railway, power projects

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in South Africa , Thursday to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) taking…

Gulak/Gajigana Attacks: Buratai warns troops against re-occurrence

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has expressed dissatisfaction over recent successful attacks by members of…

Onitsha Protest: Arase orders arrest of pro-Biafra, MASSOB agitators

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase has issued a stern warning to MASSOB and IPOB activists to stop threatening…

Arms Deal: Raymond Dokpesi arrested, quizzed by EFCC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Media mogul, Raymond Dokpesi was on Tuesday invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, over…

Buhari proffers solution to migrant crisis in Europe

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Paris asked developed countries to make strong financial commitments to the 14 billion dollars…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Over 400 schools in Borno reopen after 18 months

Hundreds of schools in northeast Nigeria have reopened for the first time in a year and a half, though many…
former Governor Idris Wada

Kogi Polls: Court to rule on Wada’s suit on Friday

A total of four suits have been filed so far on the 21 November Kogi State gubernatorial elections with one…
Burkina Faso President, Roch Marc Christian Kabore

Buhari congratulates Kabore on his election as Burkina Faso President

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kabore of the Movement of People for Progress Party on his…

BREAKING: Sambo Dasuki arrested by DSS

Operatives of Department of State Service (DSS) on Tuesday morning arrested ex-National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Dasuki who…

Okorocha: We don’t want PDP to die

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has said that the All Progressives Congress–led government and the people of the state do…

Civilian fighters prevent Boko Haram from taking town, as Nigerian troops flee

Boko Haram destroyed a Nigerian military base as soldiers fled and only self-defense fighters prevented the insurgents from retaking a…
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader

Boko Haram expanding and should be stopped now – UN official

Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militant group is expanding and there is only a small window of opportunity to stop it,…

N300bn: Jonathan, Dasuki in arms contracts fraud

Former President Goodluck Jonathan will have a case to answer over fraudulent defence spendings running into over N300 billion during…

Kogi Polls: Faleke kicks as APC confirms Bello as guber candidate

The All Progressives Congress, APC on Monday evening finally announced Yahaya Bello as its replacement for Abubakar Audu, its candidate…
David Mark urges citizens to elect credible leaders

David Mark an asset to Nigeria – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is solidly behind the former Senate President, Senator David Mark, to repeat his electoral victory…

#COP21: Save Lake Chad’s ecosystem from depletion, Buhari tells world leaders

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Paris called on world leaders to forge a united front to save Lake Chad’s…

INEC confirms Bello as APC choice for Kogi supplementary polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress, APC has submitted the name of Yahyah…

Supporters of Faleke, Bello on rampage at APC secretariat

The All Progressives Congress Secretariat in Abuja has been lit with violence from supporters of Yahaya Bello and James Abiodun…

Buhari heads to Paris, approves Nigeria’s contribution to Climate Change

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the submission of the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to address climate change to…
former Governor Idris Wada

Audu’s votes died with him, Wada tells INEC

Seun Bisuga Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state has categorically told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the votes…