Mexican film star Salma Hayek and French actress Julie Gayet branded signs saying #BringBackOurGirls on Cannes’ red carpet Saturday, joining global calls to free 223 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria. Hayek and Gayet posed with…
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Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Audu Ogbe, has opposed moves by the Northern Senators Forum to…
Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam has warned the main opposition party, All Progressives Congress, APC, against making mockery of democracy…
The apex northern socio-political organization, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Thursday berated the Federal Government over its handling of the Boko…
Former military head of state and a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen, Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), wants…
Current Miss Nigeria Ezinne Akudo looking stunning in new photos she released as she turns a year older today May…
The President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has called on the Federal Government to “impose full…
The media aide to former Information Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Isaac Umunna, has dispelled reports circulating on social media that…
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Fact SheetOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMay 14, 2014“The kidnapping of hundreds of…
A suspect wanted over a deadly attack last month in Nigeria dropped out of university in Britain, it emerged on…
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan meets with leaders of neighbouring states in Paris on Saturday for talks aimed at forging a common strategy against Islamist militants holding more than 200 schoolgirls. At a half-day summit hosted by French President…
A suspect wanted over a deadly attack last month in Nigeria dropped out of university in Britain, it emerged on Friday, fuelling concerns he may have been radicalised here. Army deserter Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, who served in a Nigerian intelligence unit…
Police yesterday arraigned two men, Nuru Lawal and Mukaila Nurudeen before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for…
A political group under the aegis of Visioners for New Lagos (VNL) said on Friday that the purported endorsement of…
The Diocesan Bishop of Remo (Anglican Communion), Oyo State, The Right Reverend Michael Olusina Fape, on Friday, said Nigerians should…
The Delta State government has banned the use of caravans and containers for trading in the state and will soon…
Malam Muhammad Nafi’u, the Chief Imam of Nupe Road Juma’at Mosque, Kaduna, has urged Muslims to offer special prayers for…
Barely 24 hours after the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo, Professor Comfort Ekpo, drew the attention of security operatives…
An empty fishing Trawler (FT Opeyemi), operating without a fishing license, belonging to Oshine Resources Venture, with seven crew members…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is to arraign the Chief Executive Officer of Globtec Resources Limited, Joseph Idoko,…