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Nigerian activists say the country’s new anti-gay law could have negative consequences for gay people in Nigeria and beyond. President Goodluck Jonathan signed the measure which criminalizes same sex marriage, and effectively outlaws gay organizations…
Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Inter Milan left-back Yuto Nagatomo, reports the Daily Mail. . The…
President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Wednesday led leaders of the legislature and judiciary as well as military and para…
The bomb blast that rocked Maiduguri, was not from the dreaded Islamist Boko Haram sect but an act of arson…
The embattled chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday, made a surprise appearance at the party’s Board of…
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Tahir Umar, has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for signing Same-Sex…
AFTER several months of intrigues and political maneuvering, embattled National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Wednesday…
BUSINESS activities were hindered, Wednesday, in the busy city of Onitsha following violent protests by hundreds of youths over the…
Gay activists on Tuesday vowed to fight the Nigerian government after the country outlawed same-sex unions, warning the act legitimised homophobic violence and increased fears of persecution. The United Nations also attacked the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition…
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a market in restive northeastern Nigeria, killing five and injuring many more, witnesses said on Monday. More than 30 attackers armed with guns, explosives and knives stormed the market in Borno State, where a state…
Nigeria on Monday provoked international outrage after President Goodluck Jonathan ratified a controversial bill outlawing gay marriage and same-sex unions under threat of imprisonment. Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States was “deeply…
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday blamed Boko Haram militants for a deadly bomb attack that killed at least 17 in a crowded market in Maiduguri, in the latest violence to hit the country’s restive north. Army spokesman Muhammad Dole said a Honda car laden…
Popular Nigerian international footballer John Mikel Obi has gone against his family’s wish in Nigeria by dating a Russian woman.…
Yoruba Council of Elders has called on. President GEJ to compensate the South West with position of the governor of…
A new global report on polio has shown that Nigeria has made considerable progress toward polio eradication in the last…
Alhaji Ahmed Gusau, former Minister of Solid Minerals, on Tuesday advised against the use of religious sentiments in the run…
At least 17 people have been confirmed dead when an explosion ripped through a crowdy market in the north Nigerian…
The Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has promised to improve all federal roads across Nigeria in 2014 and beyond, an…
Eloquent speaker and the founder of Household of God church in Lagos, Pastor Chris Okotie has revealed his intention to…