Desperate Nigerian parents pleaded Wednesday for an end to their “nightmare” after Boko Haram Islamists kidnapped more than 100 girls from a secondary school in the embattled northeast. The mass abduction by heavily armed insurgents from the Chibok…
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With Northern Nigeria in turmoil, police in the town of Kano are rounding up stray goats in an effort to clean up the streets and institute small-scale law and order. The problem: about 4 million goats roam the city. Subscribe to the WSJ channel here…
The Rivers State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has expressed sadness over what it described as the reckless spending…
President Goodluck Jonathan has been tongue-lashed over his visit to Kano State on Tuesday, where the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated calls on Nigerians to stand up and resist unpatriotic elements whose actions and…
Governor RABI’U MUSA KWANKWASO & State government OFFICIALS SWEEPING THE VENUE USED FOR THE PDP RALLY IN KANO The political…
NEW YORK, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — IOM has issued a report on psychosocial needs and resources in…
What would have been another blow to the ongoing National Conference in Abuja was averted when a delegate, Amb. Abubakar…
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has ratified its committee’s decision to remove subsidy on premium motor spirit, also known…
The FCT Minister, Bala Mohammed, on Tuesday said there would be no mass burial for victims of Monday’s explosion in…
21 persons were yesterday feared dead in Benue and Taraba States following attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.…
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is causing massive…
NEW YORK, April 16, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Authorities in Cameroon should release a newspaper editor who has been…
President Goodluck Jonathan was in Kano State yesterday in for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally, where he described Kano…
Kano State Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwanwaso has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of being insensitive to the yearnings of Nigerians, lamenting…
National President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday said whenever the perpetrators of heinous crimes like…
Attempts by the former Governor of Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala to quash the alleged misappropriation of N11.5 billion suit…
President Goodluck Jonathan has attributed the longevity of 100-year-old Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana to clean mind, good…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 19‑year‑old Pakistani, Iftikihar Muhammed Arslan, for attempting to…