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Boko Haram Effect: Discordant Tunes in Jonathan’s Government
Bayo Onanuga Who is presenting the true mirror of Nigeria? The Central Bank Governor or the Finance minister? In one…
Ogun East ACN: Full Text of Communique
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF OGUN EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT OF THE ACTION CONGRESS OF NIGERIA…
TASUED: Ogun ACN wants Amosun Tread Cautiously
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Leaders of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ogun East Senatorial District have appealed to Governor Ibikunle Amosun…
Boko Haram: Nigeria deports 11,000 Aliens
Nigeria has repatriated around 11,000 foreigners mainly from Niger and Chad over the past six months to curb a growing…
Jonathan Visits Gas Blast site, Assures on SURE
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan today assured members of the Koluoma community in Bayelsa State and adjoining villages affected by…
Senator Ojudu wants Pension thieves Jailed
Vice Chairman Committee for Establishment and Public Service Pensions, Senator Babafemi Ojudu has recommended jail terms for those confirmed to…
Court Dismisses Oni’s Case against Fayemi
GBENRO ADESINA/Ado Ekiti A five-member Appeal Court panel sitting in Ado Ekiti today in a unanimous verdict dismissed the application…
Atiku Urges Boko Haram leaders to step out for talks
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has urged members of the Boko Haram to seize the opportunity offered for dialogue with the…
Alcohol: Al Qaeda lashes 4 Yemenis 80 times each
Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen have given four people 80 lashes each for drinking alcohol, in the presence of dozens of…
ACN Leader Urges US cooperation on terrorism
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), has called for Nigerian-American cooperation in counter-terrorism,…
Major Mustapha’s family bemoans appeal frustration
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Major Hamza Almustapha’s family members in Kano, northwest Nigeria have cried out over what they described as a…
Jonathan slams Jos Violence
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the bombing of a church in Jos, Plateau State today and the reprisal attacks that…
A twist in the tale: 8 christian bombers arrested
The police in the northern Nigeria state of Bauchi said Sunday they had arrested eight Christians suspected of planning to…
Boko Haram sparks riot in Jos, 3 killed
Christian youths rioted Sunday in the Nigerian city of Jos, killing at least three people in suspected reprisal attacks after…
Jonathan Hails Victorious Liyel Imoke
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has congratulated Mr. Liyel Imoke on his second term victory in Saturday’s governorship election in Cross…
Moroccan Club lifts African Super Cup
It was another shock outcome to a CAF competition when Moroccan club Maghreb Fes lifted the African Super Cup on…
Osama Bin Laden: Pakistan demolishes hideout
Pakistani security forces were on Sunday demolishing the compound in the garrison town of Abbottabad where Osama bin Laden was…
Mandela home after laparoscopy
Nelson Mandela was given a clean bill of health and left hospital Sunday after a minor diagnostic procedure, soothing fears…
Bloody Sunday In Jos as Suicide bombers strike
Two suicide bombers drove an explosives packed Volkswagen Bora car into a church in Nigeria’s volatile central city of Jos…
An Encounter with Boko Haram Fighters
In an article headlined’ In Nigeria, A Deadly group’s rage has local roots’, The New York Times, reports on an…
Mandela in hospital for abdominal test
Global anxiety over Nelson Mandela’s admission into hospital has been doused, with assurances from South African government officials and his…
Senegal’s opposition coalition rejects Obasanjo’s proposal
The opposition parties in Senegal have rejected a proposal by Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, urging President Abdoulaye Wade step…
Mugabe blasts Cameron on gay rights
President Robert Mugabe on Saturday told British Prime Minister David Cameron “to hell with you” over his calls to respect…
Obasanjo offers peace road map to Senegal
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in Dakar to broker peace between President Abdoulaye Wade and the opposition, has proposed a…
Curfew slammed on Gombe after Boko Haram killings
A 24 hour curfew has been imposed on Nigeria’s Gombe town in the wake of an assault by Boko Haram…
Boko Haram kills 5 in Kano mosque, attacks prison
Suspected Boko Haram militants late Friday shot dead five Muslim worshippers at a mosque in the Nigerian city of Kano,…
Amaechi, Odili Reunite At Ojukwu Lecture
The death of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and the public lecture held in his honour by the Rivers State Government in…
Lawmaker Faults Amosun Over TASUED
The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Alhaji Sefiu Adegbenga Kaka has faulted the decision of the Ogun State government…
Amos Adamu loses FIFA ban Appeal
Nigeria’s Amos Adamu has lost his appeal against a three-year ban from football, according to the BBC, quoting the verdict…
West’s showdown with Iran shoots up oil prices
Western world’s showdown with Iran over its nuclear programme is creating an unintended effect: jacking up world oil prices. According…