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Mali’s new Prime Minister Moussa Mara formed a government, with the outgoing foreign minister becoming reconciliation minister as the deeply-divided nation recovers from months of ruinous conflict. Former planning minister Mara, 39, was promoted to…

Suspected Boko Haram Islamists have killed 19 people, including six college teachers, in three separate attacks in Nigeria’s troubled northeastern Borno state, residents and travellers said. The killings took place on Thursday and Friday in Dikwa, Kala…

8 teachers were Thursday killed in Dikwa town, Borno State by members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect. The sect…

An outbreak of cholera in Bauchi State has reportedly killed over 59 persons, an official of the State told a…

The Minister of State for Power, Hon. Mohammed Wakil said the Federal Government would assist Borno Sate government in building…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had secured more than 773 convictions and recovered billions of naira since its…

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, presided over by Justice A. I. Kutigi, on Thursday, April 10, 2014,…

For any meaningful impact to be made in the war against economic crimes and corruption, anti-graft agencies like the Economic…

Filmmaker Rachel Boynton set out to give a new perspective on how the world keeps the lights on and cars on the road. It took her nearly a decade, but the result is “Big Men”, a documentary — backed by Hollywood A-lister Brad Pitt as executive producer…

A 49-year-old pastor, Friday Arthur, was on Friday charged before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling two…

Gunmen on Friday attacked Kashimbilla community in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba, killing two persons and kidnapping two women,…

A former police sergeant facing murder charge over the killing of four University of Port Harcourt students told a High…

The Zamfara State Government has donated N12 million cash and foodstuff to families of victims of the April 3 attack…

A group of women on Thursday protested against what they described as “undue persecution” of Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke.…

Governors of the 19 northern states have expressed shock and sadness at the killing of seven policemen and a civilian…

The planned ‘massive protest’ by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) slated to hold next week in Abuja to…

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the All Progressives Congress has advised President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic…

Borno State Governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima announced on Thursday that he had reconciled his differences with his predecessor, Senator Ali…

PDP National CHAIRMAN, ALHAJI ADAMU MU’AZU (R), PRESENTING PDP CERTIFICATE OF RETURN TO THE WINNER OF PDP Osun GOVERNORSHIP PRIMARY,…

Here is a peak into Fuji king, Wasiu Ayinde Anifowose popularly known as KWAM1′s Palatial mansion in Ijebu Ode, Ogun…