Activities went to sleep in Kano on Friday over the death of the Emir, Alhaji Ado Bayero. Commercial activities were shut…
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National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, has urged the federal government to do whatever it…
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has died at the age of 83. The President of the Federal Republic…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, for allegedly brazenly goading President Goodluck Jonathan…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will hold its national conference after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday said the House will not be cowed or…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) will organize a rancour-free National Convention next week, its Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande,…
Four Nigerian newspapers said soldiers stopped and seized copies of its editions on Friday over security concerns, with one likening the raids to censorship during the country’s military rule. The military confirmed the searches, but officers denied…
One of Nigeria’s most prominent Islamic leaders, the Emir of Kano, has died after a long battle with cancer, a palace official said on Friday. He was 83. “From Allah we are and to Allah we return. The Emir of Kano passed away this morning. His burial…
The new Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will tomorrow unveil the new strategies to be…
L-R: Chair of Governing Board, College of Health Technology, Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Chief Monisola Oloro; Wife of the Governor, Erelu…
Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court on June 5, 2014, convicted and sentenced Bright Evobai and…
The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday brought to the front burner the issue of youth unemployment in the country…
Human rights activist, Chief Femi Falana, SAN, has written to the Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Abubakar, asking him to…
Nigeria will no longer tolerate the ceding of any part of its territory to another country, Senate President David Mark…
The Rivers State Police Command has denied rumours making the rounds that human heads were needed by the people of…
Special Forces of the Nigerian Army Unit in Gwoza, Borno State, have arrested a 13-year-old girl for spying on the…
The reign of terror by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria is forcing 800 people to flee every day and has claimed over 3,000 lives in the last year, a report showed on Thursday. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said that a total…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram : Maiduguri ‘preachers kill dozens’ Jun 5, 2014 Suspected Boko Haram militants have launched an attack on a village near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing about 45 people. The attackers told villagers…
Hundreds of people are feared dead in a suspected Boko Haram attack on four villages in northeast Nigeria, in the latest upsurge in violence claiming increasing numbers of civilian lives. Some community leaders put the death toll from the Tuesday attacks…