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Jonathan hails General Abubakar at 70
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on the occasion of his 70th…
Riot in Jos over Okada ban
Fear-stricken residents ran for safety in most parts of Jos Jos-North on Wednesday morning as youths made bonfires to protest…
NYSC deplores posting pressure by parents
Brigadier-General Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has decried the incessant requests for posting of corps…
Oil rich Arab States embrace solar energy
After decades of relying on carbon-emitting fossil fuels to build their cities in the desert, some oil and gas rich…
South Africa sacks police chief, reshuffles cabinet
South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday fired his police chief, who is implicated in suspect property deals, and replaced…
Nigerian stocks close higher for the second day
Just like it happened Monday, transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday appreciated by 0.27 per cent with…
Senator Adeyemi: Make June 12 National Holiday
Nigerian Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP Kogi) on Tuesday said the late Chief MKO Abiola deserved all the commendations for playing…
Family convicted for assaulting landlord
An Asaba Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment…
Church of England opposes gay marriage
The Church of England has attacked the British government’s plan to allow gay couples marry, saying on Tuesday it was…
Police Roadblocks gone for good, says Abubakar
Nigeria’s acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar said the removal of road blocks from the nation’s highways has reduced corruption…
Cross River knocks down unapproved buildings
Nigeria’s Cross River state Government has embarked on the demolition of buildings and structures that do not conform to the…
Army consoles family of Yusuf Ali, Dana crash victim
The Nigerian Army has condoled with the family of Lt. Col. Ali Yusuf who died in the ill-fated DANA plane…
Nigerian rapist gets a light sentence
A Jos Upper Area Court on Monday may have incurred the wrath of anti-rape groups nationwide when it sentenced a…
PDP topshot dismisses ACN, CPC merger talks
Alhaji Kawu Baraje, the former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dismissed on going merger talks between…
Boko Haram: ‘Why we attacked the churches’
A purported spokesman for Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks and threatened further violence. “We are responsible for…
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Footballer, Christian Obodo freed
The Nigerian police in Delta State on Sunday rescued Italy-based Super Eagles player Christian Obodo, who was kidnapped in Warri…
PDP sweeps council polls in Akwa Ibom
The Akwa Ibom Independent Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Saturday’s local…
‘We prayed against death before the bombing’
Josephine Jacobson, a 63-year-old Deaconess of the Christ Chosen Church of God, said that Sunday’s suicide attack on the Church occurred just after the congregation…
Pastor of bombed church in critical condition
The Pastor of Christ Chosen Church of God, Monday Uzoka, his wife and two children are among the 52 victims affected by the suicide…
Witness: Jos bomber posed as church member
Richard Jonah, a witness at today’s bombing of God Chosen Church in Jos, the central Nigerian state of Plateau, said…
Akpabio: I warned Dana Airline about crash
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state said on Sunday that he had earlier lodged a complaint with the management…
One dies in another church attack by Boko Haram
Gunmen suspected to be members of the militant Boko Haram has attacked christian worshippers at a church in Biu, Borno…
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Obodo: Nigerian police vow rescue
Nigerian police on Sunday vowed to rescue international footballer Christian Obodo unhurt after he was kidnapped near the oil city…
Copter crash kills Kenyan minister, 5 others
Kenyan Internal Security Minister George Saitoti was killed on Sunday alongside a junior minister and four others after a police…
Nigerian Navy says officer died in Dana crash
The Nigerian Navy has confirmed that Commodore Datoru Abi-Kalio was among the 153 persons that lost their lives in Sunday’s…
Airtel offers customers 150% bonus
Phone users on the Airtel Network can now enjoy longer talk time, free SMS and complimentary data bundle as the…
Workers lock out poly rector
Members of two staff unions of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, in western Nigeria have begun an industrial action over…
Nigerian forces kill 16 Boko Haram members
Nigerian soldiers have killed at least 16 militants, the army said Wednesday in Maiduguri, after gunfire and blasts rocked an…
Ex-Open varsity VC now Kogi government scribe
Nigeria’s Kogi state government has appointed Professor Olugbenro Jegede, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN),…
Gombe students protest colleague’s killing
Students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, have protested the killing of their colleague by security agents. A witness…