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A number of women, the elderly and children who were locked up by fleeing terrorists in Gwoza have been freed…

Governor of Rivers State, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after…

GENEVA, Switzerland, March 31, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is profoundly dismayed…

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken an early in Nigeria’s North, claiming victory in Kano, Kaduna,…

Eight suspected Boko Haram fighters were today killed in Gombe and Bauchi states, northeast Nigeria, police, residents and local hunters…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has released the list of broadcasting stations that breached the provisions of the Nigeria Broadcasting…

The governments of the United States and United Kingdom have warned against “deliberate political interference” in the collation of the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the results for presidential elections in eight states and the Federal Capital…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced a former Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, as winner of the election…

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians particularly social media users to exercise patience as they await the official declaration…

The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, on Sunday picked holes with the conduct of Saturday’s presidential and National…

A suspected internet fraudster, Dumi Osayemi, a.k.a Larry, is currently ruing his attempt to compromise operatives of the Economic and…

Akuku-Toru Local Government Caretaker Committee (CTC) Chairman, Mr. Fenibo Jack has assigned portfolios to members of the recently inaugurated Committee…

Players of Dolphins Football Club, led by their captain Sunday Rotimi have tendered an apology to the club management, people…

Minister of State II, Foreign Affairs, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has taken to Twitter to congratulate President Goodluck Jonathan on what…

A coalition of human rights, non-governmental and civil society organizations, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has said it will provide independent…

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, said on Sunday that the commission was not under…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Philip Gyunka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Saturday’s National…

Resident Electoral Commissioner in Yobe, Habu Zarma, on Sunday said the electoral commission, INEC, had postponed elections indefinitely in 18…

As the collation of results of the presidential election continues nationwide, the Peoples Democratic Party has won in seven out…