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The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says nearly 6,000 people have fled the northern parts of Nigeria due to the activities…
Former BBA stars have joined the Nigerian movie industry. The Chase housemates, Dillish Mathews, Melvin Oduah and Cleo are currently…
Mid last year, Lagos-based budding designer Chuks Collins was diagnosed with Kidney Failure. . He left Nigeria for New York…
Federal Government, on Thursday, disclosed that it will soon introduce a new textile policy that will reduce dumping in Nigeria.…
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia said the party was not part of the agitation for the zoning of…
The police on Friday arraigned two fake prophets, Williams Ehuchie, 31, and Abubakar Mikairu, 28, in a Wuse Zone 2…
The Supreme Court, today held that the Court of Appeal was not right in joining former Imo governor Ikedi Ohakim…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the harassment of its Deputy National Secretary, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by the…
Simmering tensions over a key oil-producing state in Nigeria mounted on Thursday, as the country’s two main political parties traded threats and insults, stoking fears of violence in the run-up to elections. The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Hostility towards gays is escalating in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan signed a popular anti-gay bill into law. Police used tear gas today to disperse an angry mob outside a Nigerian court today as the crowd threw rocks at prisoners accused…
Billionaire software baron turned philanthropist Bill Gates has warned that violence in Nigeria and Pakistan could set back his goal of eradicating polio by 2018. Last year, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — a charity that funds medical research…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen shot dead a teacher in a northeast Nigerian village on the border with Chad, police and residents said on Tuesday. The attackers stormed a house late on Monday, where the head of a primary school lived, killing him and wounding…
Bishop Milla Maza, the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Nasarawa State, yesterday, commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing…
Nigeria’s top military officer on Monday called for a swift end to the Islamist insurgency gripping the country’s north, as he was sworn in as the new chief of defence staff. “The security situation in the northeast must be brought to a complete stop…
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday chose a new chairman, days after his predecessor was forced out following months of bitter in-fighting. Members of the party’s national executive council unanimously chose Ahmadu Adamu Mu’Azu…
The proliferation of firearms in Nigeria has been blamed on the uncontrollable number of private jets in the country. This…
The Peoples Democratic Party who has President Goodluck Jonathan as a leader has appointed a former Governor, Bauchi State, Alhaji…
Suspected Islamist gunmen shot dead 12 people in two separate attacks on villages near Nigeria’s border with Niger while three others drowned in a river while fleeing, locals said Sunday. The attackers, thought to be from the Boko Haram militant group…
Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah, has explained why a handful of detractors remains focused and tireless in the criticisms of…