The Nigerian military on Friday admitted that most of the 129 girls abducted by Boko Haram Islamists from their school in the country’s restive northeast remained missing. The military had claimed on Wednesday that all but eight of the 129 girls snatched…
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To mark the 70th birthday of one of Africa’s most accomplished living artists, a Lagos museum chose to focus on pretty much anything but El Anatsui’s globally renowned work. Instead, three decades of payslips from the University of Nigeria, where Anatsui…
At only 33, Jason Njoku is already considered one of Africa’s most promising entrepreneurs thanks to an online film distribution service that has tapped high demand for Nigerian movies. But the British-born Nigerian entrepreneur, whose firm iROKO has…
The campaign to give People Living With HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) or those affected by the virus a sense of belonging in…
A leading Nigerian Islamic group has accused the country’s military of summarily executing Muslims in the name of counter-terrorism, prompting a swift and strongly-worded denial on Tuesday from top brass. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) umbrella group…
A Nigerian man was arraigned today on a 31-count superseding indictment charging him with participating in a scheme that used stolen identities to claim phony tax refunds, causing the U.S. Treasury losses of more than $3 million, authorities said. Kole…
In Nigeria, Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed thousands since it launched an uprising in 2009. Civilians are targeted almost daily and there are concerns that the violence will only escalate as the country gets close the 2015 elections.…
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station died in Nigeria’s troubled northeast on Tuesday after soldiers opened fire on their explosives-packed cars, the military and witnesses said. The suspected Boko Haram Islamists were trying…
MEMBERS OF CATHOLIC Women ORGANISATION (CWO) OF ST LUKE CHAPLAINCY, UNIVERSITY OF Abuja TEACHING HOSPITAL, GWAGWALADA, CELEBRATING MOTHER’S Day IN…
Hip TV acquired exclusive viewing rights for the Paul Okoye and Anita Isama wedding. . Cable station, Hip TV, made…
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for an attack on a key military barracks in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, in a new video obtained on Monday by AFP that warns of further bloodshed, including against civilians. “We carried out the attacks…
It is a sad weekend for gospel reggae singer Buchi Atuonwu, whose home, a duplex located at 30b Olufunmilayo Street,…
Nigerian police said Sunday they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned building the media has branded a “House of Horror”. Police also rescued several severely malnourished people founded wandering…
Its shimmering azure chimney stacks towering into the sky, the latest cement works launched by Africa’s richest man lies idle in a Senegalese meadow — stopped in its tracks by legal action and cut-throat competition in a rapidly growing industry. Nigerian…
The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…
Nigerian police said Saturday they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell each of their newborns for nearly two thousand dollars. “Following intelligence report, we discovered and stormed on Friday a…
Nollywood actor and film director,Desmond Elliot,who has been acting for close to 12 years, says he is not quitting the…
The ongoing legal battle between Chocolate City and Brymois set to continue as the case has been adjourned to a…
Video News by NewsLook Officials are blaming on Sunni militant group Boko Haram. Dozens of students were killed overnight in the attack.
Nigerian Idol 2014, Season 4 Judges Named The final auditions for the reality TV show will take place at the…