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PHCN Staff Electrocuted
A staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria(PHCN) has been electrocuted while trying to rectify an electrical fault on…
Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…
Nigerian Prison, Police Station Attacked By Gunmen
Unidentified gunmen on Friday attacked the Maiha Prison and Divisional Police Station in Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa. A…
Lagos Gives Transformers To Lawmakers, MDAs
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government has given 140 transformers to members of the state House of Assembly and the government Ministries,…
Yobo Lambasts Osaze
Nigeria’s team captain, Joseph Yobo has advised West Bromwich Albion striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie to “grow up.” Odemwingie since Sunday…
Dein Tips Nigeria For Glory
Former Arsenal vice-chairman, David Dein, is expecting Nigeria’s Super Eagles to do well at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.…
Northern Governors condemn Christmas killings
Nigeria’s Northern States Governors’ Forum has condemned the spate of attacks rocking the region just as it urged security agencies…
The day Lagos Nigeria saw ‘Thunder Fire’
Nigeria’s government agencies have begun to piece together what could have precipitated the big fire in the commercial capital of…
Kano council boss escapes assassination
Nigerian gunmen have shot and injured Alhaji Kambai Sumaila, the Interim Management Chairman of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of…
Adeboye: Let Christians turn to God
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Tuesday urged Christians to turn to God and…
Jonathan urges churches to back agenda
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday called on the church to support the Federal Government’s transformation agenda by helping to…
Pope urges end to savage killings in Nigeria
Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday lamented “savage acts of terrorism” that frequently target Christian churches in Nigeria, during his traditional…
Abia state sets 8 convicts free in Christmas spirit
Governor Theodore Orji of Nigeria’s eastern state of Abia has pardoned eight prisoners in commemoration of the Christmas celebration. Orji’s…
NNPC earmarks N152b for refinery repairs
Repair works on Nigeria’s three refineries in Port Harcourt and Warri would gulp N152billion in 2013. The Punch reports that…
Oyo ACN adopts Ajimobi state leader
Governor of Nigeria’s western state of Oyo Abiola Ajimobi, has been adopted state leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria.…
In Pictures: Ansaru, Nigeria’s new terror group
First, it was Boko Haram’s terrorism. As if that is not a nightmare too much for accursed Nigeria already, another…
Minister cancels recruitment into immigration service
Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has directed the cancellation of the on-going recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service. According…
US gun sales soar
WASHINGTON,(AFP) – US firearm sales have sky-rocketed since the Newtown school massacre, as debate over gun control rages and enthusiasts…
Bombed Kano city steps up security
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano In Kano, northwest Nigeria, human and vehicular traffic increased Monday morning, with hustling and bustling recorded by last…
No rift between Obasanjo and Jonathan, says Abati
Nigeria’s presidency has debunked stories of rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. To boot, it excoriated…
Oshiomhole: Where are the police patrol vehicles?
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state is puzzled by the scanty presence of police patrol vehicles in the state,…
Ngige: Anambra 2014 poll test case for party merger
Senator Chris Ngige of the Action Congress of Nigeria said that the 2014 governorship election in Anambra state will provide…
6th Nigerian Law School opens in Yola
The Yola Campus of the Nigerian Law School, the sixth to be established, will commence operation in January 2013, the…
Keshi: I won’t miss Odemwingie, others
Nigeria’s Super Eagles Head Coach, Stephen Keshi, said he will not miss any player who did not make the team’s…
Nigeria’s power output reaches new peak
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said that electricity generation in the country had reached 4,500 megawatts. A statement signed…
Egypt adopts Islamist-backed charter in vote
CAIRO (AFP) – Egypt has adopted a new, Islamist-backed constitution with nearly two-thirds support in a referendum preceded by weeks…
Suicide bombing: MTN Shuts Kano, Kaduna Offices
Telecom network, MTN Nigeria has announced it is shutting its offices in Kano and Kaduna, hours after suspected Boko Haram…
Army confirms death of 2 suicide bombers
Nigeria’s Joint Security Task Force has confirmed the deaths of two suicide bombers who attacked Airtel and MTN Telecommunications offices…
Fresh oil spill reported in Akwa Ibom
The Ibeno people, in Nigeria’s Akwa Ibom state and hosts to Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) have reported a fresh oil…
Christmas Holiday: Was Governor Rochas Right?
Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Imo, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is on the firing line of opposition politicians for declaring…