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The Yoruba militia group, Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, has assured relatives of the remaining eight victims of Soka kidnappers’ den…

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has described as subversive of the rule of law and…

Cross River State governor, Liyel Imoke said the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, is one of the component channels, if properly…

THE TRUCK WITH FULANI HERDSMEN INSIDE (CREDIT: SAHARA REPORTERS) The Southern Kaduna town of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of…

A Former Minister of Information, Prof. Dora Akunyili, on Tuesday, declared that President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to convene the National…

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has disclosed that teachers in Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the state, who…

Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha in apparent response to some of his critics, who have questioned the rationale behind…

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday urged delegates at the ongoing national conference to look into restructuring the nation’s federal…

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 2, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone,…

Justice A. M Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin has convicted and sentenced one Larry Edomwonyi (alias Markus Erixson)…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned one Nasiru Yahaya before Justice Abdullahi Yusuf of the Katsina State High…

Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of Kano State High Court on Monday March 31, 2014 convicted and sentenced former staff of…

The Abuja Original Inhabitants Coalition Groups yesterday re-affirmed its support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid, saying it mounted over…

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, yesterday denied allegations that he beat up former President Olusegun Obasanjo during his (Obasanjo’s) incarceration in prison.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured that it would redouble efforts to ensure Nigeria’s electoral system is more…

FILE PHOTO At least 21 persons lost their lives yesterday in a failed suicide mission targeted at a Nigeria National…

Hardline Islamists Monday burnt a church and destroyed a school in Funtua, Katsina State, during a protest over the alleged…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of Representatives on Tuesday rose from an emergency meeting with the…

Officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) in Akwa Ibom State yesterday paraded a Catholic priest and 20 others…

Six persons have died in Kano after taking a locally-brewed wine during a wedding party. An eyewitness told reporters Monday…