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Jonathan Denies Breaking Fast Date With IBB

Nigeria’s presidency has denied a newspaper report alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan sought to visit former President Ibrahim Babangida in…

Fashola’s Father Buried

The remains of Alhaji Ademola Fashola, the father of the Governor of Lagos State, were this afternoon laid to rest…

Tinubu goes for knee surgery

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, one of the national leaders and founders of Nigeria’s new political party, the All Progressives Congress…

32 Boko Haram terrorists killed in counter-attacks

Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO) has confirmed the killing of 32 Boko Haram militants after…

Gov. Fashola Loses Dad

The father of Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, Alhaji Ademola Fashola is dead. He will be buried at 1p.m Tuesday.…

Photo News: Anenih joins the Octogenarians’ club

One of Nigeria’s leading politicians, Chief Tony Anenih marked his 80th birthday today, attracting the shakers and movers of the…

Okorocha: ‘My suspension by APGA irrelevant’

Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo on Sunday described his suspension by the All Progressive Grand…

Mugabe faces rigged poll backlash

HARARE, August 4, 2013 (AFP) – Robert Mugabe looked Sunday to a seventh term as Zimbabwe’s president after winning elections…

Mali’s presidential election goes to run-off

Mali’s presidential election will go to a second round on August 11, the government said Friday, after no candidate secured…

‘Deportation’: Fashola offers full response to Obi

Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola has offered a more detailed response to his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi as controversy raged…

Girl Set Ablaze By Nurse Dies

The 11-year old girl that was allegedly set ablaze by a nurse in Surulere area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is…

Boko Haram: Dialogue Panel admits failure

The Minister of Special Duties, Mr Kabiru Turaki, on Thursday said that engaging in constructive dialogue with key members of…

Man flees after wife delivers triplets

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A farmer in the western Nigerian state of Ogun has abandoned his wife after she delivered triplets.…

Opposition threatens showdown over Mugabe’s ‘victory’

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s allies declared Thursday that the veteran leader had romped to an election victory, a claim rejected…

Alaba Bizman Hacked To Death

A businessman and an importer of musical equipment at Alaba International Market, Ojo area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has…

Excitement Over APC Registration

There has been excitement over the registration of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,…

Baba Oloja Crisis: Soldiers, Policemen Storm Ladipo Market

Armed soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the popular Ladipo Market, Mushin Lagos, southwest Nigeria following the tension generated…

Mandela Spends 56th Day In Hospital

Former president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital, President Jacob Zuma said on Wednesday evening.…

One North: A Professor’s Faulty Logic

Ango Abdullahi’s assertion that Northerners have enough votes to elect one of their own as Nigeria’s president is false  As…

Nigerian Leaders Are Anti-Intellectual

Professor Ropo Sekoni, a retired university don, is the chair, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting. In addition to his…

Man Scales Fence For Sex With Mad Woman

Officials of the Lagos State Government have arrested a 21-year old man, Lateef Sulaiman, for allegedly scaling a 14-feet fence…

INEC Registers APC As A Political Party

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has approved the application by three political parties, the Action…

Mali: Nigerian troops withdrawal begins today

Nigeria will today begin withdrawal of some of its troops from Mali because they are needed back home, where the…

Mali’s ex-premier Keita leads in presidential poll

BAMAKO (AFP) – Mali’s former prime minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has taken a wide lead in the presidential poll, initial…

More than 12 people died in Kano blasts: Investigation

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano P.M. NEWS can authoritatively disprove the claim by Nigeria’s security agencies that only 12 people died in the…

Nurse Sets 11-Yr Old Girl Ablaze

Doctors at the General Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, are seriously battling to save the life of an 11-year old…

Al-Mustapha: Jonathan Sitting On Keg Of Gun Powder

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is sitting on a keg of gun powder which may explode anytime soon, Ganiat Ibukun, wife…

Multiple blasts targeting revelers kill over 30 people

No fewer than 30 people have died in the twin bomb explosions that rocked the Northern Nigerian city of Kano…

Dikko heads PDP panel filled with Jonathan’s loyalists

To maintain discipline within its ranks, the troubled Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP on Monday appointed Second Republic politician…

Court nullifies INEC’s de-registration of parties

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Reprieve came the way of aggrieved deregistered political parties in Nigeria as Justice Gabriel Kolawole of…