President Goodluck Jonathan said in Abuja on Sunday that the Federal Government had no plans to increase pump price of…
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The Media Assistant to the First Lady, Mr Ayo Adewuyi, on Monday said that Dame Patience Jonathan did not order…
The Boko Haram sect said on Monday it carried out the abduction of over 100 female students of Government Girls…
Former Governor of Lagos State in the short-lived Third Republic, Sir Michael Odetola is dead. He reportedly died early hours…
Sequel to reports that the leader of women, who protested against the abduction of 234 schoolgirls in Abuja last week…
The campaign group of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, John Kayode Fayemi (JKF) Campaign Organisation, has slammed the Minister…
Former Ekiti State Governor, Chief Segun Oni has defected to the All Progressives Congress. The News Agency of Nigeria reports…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has disclosed that a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation…
A statement released and signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade has denied any attack on…
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has disclosed that a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation…
MAY 02, 2014 President Goodluck Jonathan today called a high-level meeting at Aso Villa to review the security situation in…
CNNi talks to Nigerian child rights advocate, Toyin Olakanpo, about the Nigerian president’s speech on the missing girls.
First lady Patience Jonathan fueled anger Monday when a leader of a protest march said she ordered the arrests of…
A Nigerian woman who led a protest demanding the release of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists was arrested Monday after meeting Nigeria’s First Lady Patience Jonathan, activists said. The first lady’s office has denied reports…
OTTAWA, Canada, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie,…
GENEVA, Switzerland, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Over 2,600 detainees have been treated for scabies in an eradication…
MOGADISHU, Somalia, May 5, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, Judy Cheng-Hopkins, arrived yesterday in…
Three foreigners have been kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, police said Monday, after the Dutch foreign ministry told AFP it was “aware” of reports that those taken were Dutch citizens. “Three expatriates tried to access…
I came across this report released by Sahara Reporters and decided to share. Apparently, it’s a compilation of the 200+ abducted…
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram yesterday attacked a village market in Borno State, shooting sporadically on…