Police in Bauchi State said suspected gunmen set ablaze some houses in the staff quarters of Government Girls Secondary School,…
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FILE PHOTO The Police in Taraba have arrested 24 suspects in connection with a clash which occurred in Wukari on…
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Borno has declared fasting from Monday to Wednesday to seek divine intervention for the…
Gunmen killed 11 Algerian soldiers in an ambush overnight, the defence ministry said on Sunday, in the first attack of its kind since President Abdelaziz Bouteflika won a fourth term. The attack took place in the restive Kabylie region east of Algiers…
CNNi talks to Africa analyst Jacob Zenn with the Jamestown Foundation about how Nigeria is handling Boko Haram.
Gunmen in northern Nigeria set fire to a staff residential building at a girls’ secondary school on Sunday but the 195 students sleeping in their nearby dormitories were unharmed, police and a teacher said. The attack in Bauchi state came less than…
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has shelved its state congresses earlier slated for Wednesday, April 23, to allow state governors…
The Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, on Saturday conferred the traditional title of Dallatun Zazzau on the Governor of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has accused the two biggest political parties in the country – All Progressives Congress and…
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Onikan police station, in Lagos, Mr Adekunle Awe, who was accused of cajoling a…
The federal government might have finally gotten the support it needs to complete remove fuel subsidy from the books of…
If the recent video released by leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau yesterday, in which he claimed…
Constant intimidation, harassment and illegal arrests and even murder carried out on Nigerian students by Malaysian authorities while staffers of…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a police officer caught on video beating a civilian woman in the state.…
The Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, has renewed calls for the need to sustain peaceful coexistence between Muslims…
Nigeria’s current political and security challenge is not beyond redemption if leaders at all levels shed their egos, forgo their…
As controversy rages over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the 2015 general elections, one…
The Presidency on Saturday rebuked the Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako over the letter he wrote to the leadership…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ayo Oritsejafor, has called on Nigerians to use the occasion of…
Members of a pro-Jonathan group were yesterday stopped from holding a rally by the police in Bayelsa State, over alleged…