Boko Haram is probably beyond the reach of global sanctions but attempts to curb the Nigerian Islamists’ reign of terror is an indication of growing international commitment, analysts said. The UN Security Council this week designated the extremist…
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The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria last month was “contrary to the teachings of Islam”, the head of the African Union (AU) said at an event to mark Africa Day on Sunday. “We strongly condemn the abduction of the young, innocent schoolgirls…
Nigeria’s Niger Delta Sunday declared that it would settle for nothing less than a new constitution premised on Autonomy or…
Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Wamakko, has said he would compel members of the state executive council to give out…
The Lagos State Government has described the strike embarked on by lecturers of the Lagos State University (LASU) as an…
Former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), on Saturday told a gathering at the 40th coronation anniversary of the…
Plateau State Governor Jonah Jang has stated that the insecurity confronting Nigeria is the outcome of earlier threat by some…
Islamic clerics resident in the United States have called for the immediate release of over 200 schoolgirls abducted in Chibok,…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said that growing insecurity in Nigeria will not stop the conduct of the 2015 general elections.…
Governors of the 19 northern states have pleaded for the assistance of past leaders in a bid to come up…
Insurgency in the northern part of Nigeria has not discouraged foreign investors from exploiting the myriad of opportunities in the…
Indications, yesterday, emerged that the military was closing-in on the abductors of school girls from Chibok, Borno State. According to…
The crisis rocking the Assemblies of God Church Nigeria has taken another dimension as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
Jos (Ministry of Water Resources Report) – The Minister of Water Resources, Sarah Reng Ochekpe, accompanied by the Minister of…
scene of Terminus market blast Just days ater a twin bomb explosion rocked Terminus Market, Jos, capital of Plateau State,…
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) on Saturday said it would continue to contribute its quota to the development…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), on Friday, discovered and sealed off an illegal engine oil manufacturing factory, IMN Auto…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and the governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, have called on Nigerians…
The United Kingdom, Friday welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee’s decision to add Boko Haram to its…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked reports alleging that a second mutiny attempt was carried out by soldiers of 7…