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The death toll in Nigeria’s Nyanya bomb blast has increased to 20 after one of the victims died in hospital, the West African country’s ministry of health said Saturday. The number of injured according to the ministry is 85. Also, 14 of the 85 victims…

THE DAWN OF A NEW BEGINNING….An Inaugural address presented by his Excellency, Chief T A Orji (Ochendo) May 29th 2011.May…

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) says cloudy conditions will be experienced on Sunday, with chances of localised thunderstorms over eastern highlands…

First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has promised to stage a protest march to Chibok, Borno State, if the abducted schoolgirls…

Desperate parents of the more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in Nigeria called on Saturday for authorities there to bring in foreign help to secure their release. Frustrated by the lack of progress so far in trying to free their daughters, the parents…

Troops deployed Saturday to Nigeria’s main airports in a security clampdown ahead of a major international economic conference next week in Abuja after two bomb blasts left scores dead in the capital. Armed troops have been deployed to the departure…

Erstwhile political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, has resigned his position as the national coordinator of Goodluck…

Barely two weeks after it was reported that the number of policemen posted to the Adamawa State Government House were…

Governors of the 19 northern states have paid tribute to the late Second Republic Deputy Senate President, Senator John Wash…

With the rampant bombings by the Boko Haram insurgents, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo has written an open letter to the Islamist sect…

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with Boko Haram militants, following the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls. “Let me be clear. The kidnapping of hundreds of children…

The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) party has charged Nigerians to jettison parochial interests and join forces with government by…

As part of efforts to ensure a successful hosting of the World Economic Forum Africa meeting, President Goodluck Jonathan has…

Sequel to the bomb explosions that rocked Nyanya twice in three weeks, the Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC,…

A 35-year-old caterer, Oyinyechi Ezirim, has been arrested in Lagos for attempting to smuggle cannabis popularly called Indian hemp, concealed…

A 2-storey building, yesterday, collapsed at Ologuneru in Ido Local Government area of Ibadan, Oyo State, trapping a tipper driver…

More than two weeks after over 200 girls were abducted by Islamist sect, President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday set up a…

Founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Asari Dokubo has warned that no amount of threat would stop…

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), yesterday, condemned the Thursday night bomb attack at the Nyanya motor park which occurred…

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have struck again in Borno, killing 10 persons, just as 19 suspected insurgents were killed in…