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A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses scattered in bushes, with some civilians among the dead, witnesses said Tuesday. The defence ministry has said the operation…

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December 23, 2013 VICE PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO WITH THE EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, MR. ASHRAF SALAMA DURING A COURTESY CALL…

December 23, 2013 AFENIFERE DELEGATION LED BY CHIEF RENSEN FASHORANTI AND GOV OLUSEGUN MIMIKO ARRIVING PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA FOR A…

Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese factory owner in Nigeria’s second city of Kano on Monday in an attack that left two employees wounded by gunfire, police and witnesses said. Kano, the largest city in the mainly Muslim north, has been attacked repeatedly…

Nigeria’s troops have killed over 50 Islamists and destroyed more than 20 vehicles during a massive hunt for fleeing Boko Haram insurgents who attacked an army barracks in a restive northeastern town, a spokesman said Monday. Boko Haram gunmen stormed…

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday he had ordered a probe into a rash of allegations, including the creation of a political hit squad, levelled against him by former leader Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo, who served as president from 1999…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has expressed shock at the killing of the Chairman of the Board of the…

Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Modupe Adelabu (2nd right) cutting the tape to inaugurate the nineteen Hilux Ford Patrol vehicles…