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Gov. Yuguda: PDP, not APC fans attacked Jonathan’s convoy in Bauchi

Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state has blamed supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party for the attack on President Goodluck…

Update: Curfew slammed on Maiduguri, says Defence headquarters

Nigerian troops appeared to have repelled Sunday morning assault on Maiduguri by Boko Haram fighters as the Defence Headquarters in…

Breaking: Boko Haram attacking Maiduguri

Less than 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan campaigned in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, the city is reportedly under…

US Secretary of state arrives Nigeria today

*To meet Jonathan in Lagos US Secretary of State John Kerry was due in Nigeria Sunday, just weeks away from…

Breaking: Boko Haram frees 192 women

Boko Haram has released nearly 200 hostages, most of them women, who were kidnapped from a village in the northeast…

PDP sponsored attacks on Jonathan, says APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has pointedly accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of sponsoring the attacks on President Goodluck…

It is illogical to link Jonathan with Boko Haram – Turaki

Minister for Special Duties, Alhaji Kabiru Turaki, said on Saturday that it was illogical to link the activities of the…

Ekiti Rally: Time for common sense revolution is now, says APC

With three weeks until votes are cast in the presidential election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign for the presidency…

Plot to postpone polls will end in futility, says Oshiomhole

Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says the subterranean plot by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led federal government to postpone…

My role will be traditional, says wife of Muhammadu Buhari

]The wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mrs Aisha Buhari, says her role under her husband’s possible presidency…

Boko Haram kills village leader, 14 others near Maiduguri

Boko Haram gunmen killed 15 people including a village leader near Maiduguri, the heartland of the Islamist group blamed for…

Anti-Buhari campaign boomerangs on Jonathan, PDP

National leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) are believed to upset with the party’s Presidential Campaign Council over the…

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia buried

Saudi Arabia buried King Abdullah Friday as foreign leaders gathered in the capital for the funeral of the ruler of…

No need for UN or AU forces against Boko Haram, says Dasuki

Nigeria’s national security adviser, Sambo Dasuki on Friday ruled out the need for a United Nations or African Union-backed force…

Attahiru Jega: February elections will go ahead

The scheduled February general elections in Nigeria will go ahead as planned, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor…

King Abdullah of Saudi is dead

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz died on Friday and was replaced by Crown Prince Salman, the OPEC-kingpin’s royal court…

I’ll use anti-corruption money for power, health, water – Buhari

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to use the monies from anti-corruption to…

Buhari’s certificate a super imposition, forgery says Fani-Kayode

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign organisation has expressed doubt over the recently released Secondary School Certificate Result of General…

Yemen in turmoil as president resigns

Yemeni leader Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi offered to resign on Thursday amid a standoff with a powerful Shiite militia in control…

Nigerian elections should be postponed, says Dasuki

Nigeria’s national security adviser said on Thursday that next month’s presidential and parliamentary elections should be postponed because not all…

NCC Shuts Down Buhari’s Campaign Fund Raising Platform

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has shut down the 35350 SMS platform for raising fund for the General…

Emerging Market analysts predict victory for Buhari

*Jonathan is poised to likely receive a cold Valentine’s Day gift of ejection from the presidential palace at Aso Rock…

APC cannot solve Nigeria’s problems, says Gov. Lamido

Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa said on Wednesday that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacked solutions to Nigeria’s challenges. Lamido…

Katsina school releases Buhari’s Cambridge result

The result of the Cambridge West African School certificate examination taken in 1961 by Muhammadu Buhari has been released by…

Nigerians will continue to enjoy freedom if re-elected, Jonathan promises

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday promised Nigerians that they would continue to enjoy freedom as contained in the law of…

Shameful: Cameroon frees German abducted in Nigeria by Boko Haram

Cameroon said Wednesday its forces have freed a German hostage kidnapped six months ago in Nigeria by Boko Haram, as…

Boko Haram leader taunts Itno, Biya, Issouffou in new video

The head of Boko Haram — the enigmatic Abubakar Shekau — has openly taunted the countries being menaced by the…

Certificate Controversy: APC Prezy Candidate Opens Up

Damilare Okunola & Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano A Lagos lawyer, Benjamin Umudjoro, has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, does not…

Nigerian Army releases academic records of Buhari

The Nigerian Army has released the academic details of former military head of state and All Progressives Congress presidential candidate,…

Brig-general, 14 colonels, 6 others face court martial in Lagos

Nigeria has ordered a brigadier general and 21 other army officers to face a court martial over alleged sabotage in…