The Ogun State government is set to embark on a re-demarcation exercise as part of measures to reclaim lands…
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Nigerian activists say the country’s new anti-gay law could have negative consequences for gay people in Nigeria and beyond. President Goodluck Jonathan signed the measure which criminalizes same sex marriage, and effectively outlaws gay organizations…
The Nigerian Government and the Republic of Germany are set to partner on trade facilitation and micro, small and medium…
FOUR persons, including a 4 year-old girl, were, yesterday, badly injured following an early AM explosion that rocked a two…
Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan is set to participate in an Investment Summit for Delta State during which he…
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday led leaders of the legislature and judiciary as well as military and para…
The bomb blast that rocked Maiduguri, was not from the dreaded Islamist Boko Haram sect but an act of arson…
Mrs Theresa Akindeju, the mother of Mr Benson Akindeju, the Chief Executive Officer of Big Soul Hotel, Igbotako, Ondo State,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger said it arrested 143 drug suspects and seized 2,157.48kg of drugs…
The embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday, made a surprise appearance at the party’s Board of…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Tahir Umar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing Same-Sex…
AFTER several months of intrigues and political maneuvering, embattled National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday…
BUSINESS activities were hindered, Wednesday, in the busy city of Onitsha following violent protests by hundreds of youths over the…
A total of 19 people were killed in a car bomb attack on a busy market blamed on Boko Haram militants, police in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, said on Wednesday. “From the latest tally at our disposal, the death toll stands at 19,” Lawan Tanko, the…
In response to a 14-Day Ultimatum letter by the National Union of Electricity Employees, the Federal Ministry of Labour and…
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has charged all Muslims in the country to emulate the virtues of peace, tolerance…
Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution. The United Nations also attacked the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a market in restive northeastern Nigeria, killing five and injuring many more, witnesses said on Monday. More than 30 attackers armed with guns, explosives and knives stormed the market in Borno State, where a state…
Nigeria on Monday provoked international outrage after President Goodluck Jonathan ratified a controversial bill outlawing gay marriage and same-sex unions under threat of imprisonment. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States was “deeply…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a crowded market in Maiduguri, in the latest violence to hit the country’s restive north. Army spokesman Muhammad Dole said a Honda car laden…