An attack by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram on some communities in Chibok and Biu local…
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27 June 2014 – Two of the World Heritage mausoleums destroyed in Timbuktu have now been rebuilt through a partnership…
27 June 2014 – The United Nations health agency and partners are working with the Governments of Guinea, Liberia and…
The police in Jalingo confirmed that unknown gunmen on Saturday trailed and killed 13 Fulani herdsmen who were returning from…
Follow @{0}The Hague-based court. Its action on Côte d’Ivoire has revived criticism of biasABIDJAN, 27 June 2014 (IRIN) – The…
Follow @{0}The Ebola virus. Hopes to curb its spread in West Africa have been dashedCONAKRY, 26 June 2014 (IRIN) -…
Follow @{0}Squeezed out by large-scale land buyersSAINT LOUIS, 24 June 2014 (IRIN) – Senegalese smallholder Doudou Sow is furious. Over…
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where…
Leader of the Bakassi people, Senator Florence Ita Giwa, who is a delegate at the ongoing National Conference and Chairman,…
The Defence Headquarters has said that contrary to reports in many newspapers and online media, it did not close the…
A former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Broderick Bozimo has called for the radicalisation of youths against Boko Haram. Bozimo,…
Chief John Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the party conceded victory to the PDP…
Mr. Peter Obi, the immediate past governor of Anambra State says he is standing by his decision never to run…
As the 30-day-long Ramadan fasting period enters its second day, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised Boko Haram fighters to abandon any form of…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has raised the alarm over the Federal Government’s plan to cripple his administration before…
A presidential hopeful under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, yesterday took stock of the…
DR. OGBONNAYA ONU Against the backdrop of the allegation that the All Progressives Congress, APC, is mulling a Muslim-Muslim presidential…
Ekiti State Governor-elect, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has disclosed that the Labour Party’s candidate, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, played a major role…
Bayelsa State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson at the weekend swore in two new commissioners with a call on them to abide by…
The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, on Saturday urged Muslim women across Africa and especially those in Nigeria, to reflect…