Boko Haram plots to use goats, cows, others as bombers
The Federal Government, yesterday, revealed the purported plans by Boko Haram to use male suicide bombers disguised as cobblers (shoe repairers) as well as livestock ...
View ArticleMugabe becomes AU chairman
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union (AU). Mugabe took the rotating chairmanship of the pan-African bloc on Friday at the opening of the 24th...
View ArticleFigo obtains necessary backing to challenge Blatter for FIFA job
Former Portugal international Luis Figo confirmed on Friday he has obtained the backing letters of six national football associations, with five being the minimum, to challenge Sepp Blatter for the...
View Article2015: Igbo leaders warn against poll shift
Igbo Leaders of Thought met in Enugu and warned that any shift in the date of the forthcoming elections will be tragic and catastrophic insisting that whatever the position the elections must go on....
View ArticleJonathan to C/Rivers: Tell me what I’m doing wrong …gets royal fathers’ backing
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday, requested the people of Cross Rivers State to tell him what he may not have done right for them during his first term with the hope of making amendment if...
View ArticleEnugu State is in God’s hands, says Ugwuanyi
The 2015 Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has described the existing peace in the State as an act of God manifested through the...
View ArticleSuspected Fulani herdsmen kill 27 Taraba villagers
No fewer than 27 persons were killed in Nwonko village of Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State on Friday in a fresh outbreak of violence in the troubled state. Many people were also reportedly...
View ArticleImoke promises 1.1m votes for Jonathan
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross Rivers has assured President Goodluck Jonathan that the state would give him 1.1 million votes in the February 14 poll. Imoke made the promise on Friday during the Peoples...
View ArticleJonathan not Ijaw President – PDP tells Tompolo, Asari
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned some ex-militants who have been threatening violence if President Goodluck Jonathan loses the February 14 presidential election ...
View Article2015 elections: Stockpile foods, others – Catholic Church urges Nigerians
The Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja expressed fears of possible outbreak of violence in the forthcoming general elections with a call on citizens in volatile places to...
View ArticleS’Court orders continuation of ex-minister Borishade’s trial
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the continuation of the stalled trial of a former Aviation Minister, Professor Babalola Borishade and others for alleged forgery and corrupt enrichment. The trial...
View ArticleSerena beats Sharapova, wins 6th Australian Open title
Serena Williams won her 19th Grand Slam title, continued her unbeaten run in six Australian Open finals and extended her decade-long domination of Maria Sharapova with a 6-3, 7-6 (5) win on Saturday....
View ArticleWest Brom 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane scored his ninth and tenth Premier League goals of the season so far Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham brought Tony Pulis’ unbeaten start as West Brom manager to an end. Christian Eriksen...
View ArticlePoor turnout as Jonathan takes campaign to Kaduna
A half-filled stadium marked the presidential campaign rally of President Goodluck Jonathan at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium, Kaduna, as the President rounded off his re-election campaign in the North-West...
View ArticleWhy I rejected Rolls Royce gift —Pastor Bakare
Former CPC vice presidential candidate and founder of Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has declared that he earnestly yearns for a better Nigeria where good governace, equal distribution of...
View ArticleOba of Lagos to AIG Mbu: Don’t try to intimidate us, Lagos is not Port Harcourt
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu 11, has warned the new Assistant Inspector of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Police Headquarters, Lagos, Joseph Mbu to stop from any attempt to intimidate the...
View ArticleInsecurity, corruption, mismanagement of economy are Nigeria’s major problems...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has said that insecurity, corruption and mismanagement ...
View ArticlePope Francis to visit Sarajevo in June
Pope Francis said on Sunday he planned a June visit to Sarajevo, the city that became a bloody symbol of the Balkans wars of the 1990s. He said during his weekly address at the Vatican he would visit...
View ArticleEgypt frees, deports jailed Al-Jazeera journalist
Jailed al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has been deported from Egypt, state media say, and is flying to Cyprus. The Australian ex-BBC correspondent was arrested in December 2013 and imprisoned last...
View ArticleSix suspected suicide bombers arrested in Yola
Six suspected suicide bombers have been arrested by the military authorities in Yola, the capital of Adamawa state.. The arrest came barely a few hours to the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
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