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UPDATE: Jonathan condemns murder of school children in Yobe, says Nigeria...

The Presidency on Monday evening reacted to the killing of over 30 school children in Potiskum, Yobe State, by a suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber, who exploded a bomb as students gathered for a...

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UPDATE: Islamic Movement Leader Cautions Jonathan Over Attempt To Kill Sheikh...

Following series of foiled attempts to kill Sheikh Zakzaky recently,one of the Islamic Movement leaders in Nigeria Mukhtar Sahabi has cautioned Nigerian government on the implication of its plan....

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Vehicular traffic to be diverted within Abuja on Tuesday…Read full details

This is to alert the public of a major event taking place at Eagle Square Abuja tomorrow Tuesday, 11th November, 2014. Members of the public are advised to use alternative routes, as vehicular traffic...

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Goodluck Jonathan: Nigeria’s ‘fortunate’ leader

Lagos – An incumbent president running for re-election who has lost parts of his country to Islamist rebels and whose administration has been hit by waves of massive corruption scandals arguably has...

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We are relocating from Nigeria to Cameroon —Boko Haram victims

DISPLACED residents of five Adamawa Local government areas under the siege of Boko Haram insurgents have vowed to move to Cameroon Republic, should the Federal Government continue to pay lip service to...

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Jonathan approves Justice Mahmud Mohammed as next CJN

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Justice Mahmud Mohammed as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He will take over from Justice Aloma Mukhtar, who is expected to retire...

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Revealed: How Suicide Bomber Sneaked Into Potiskum School

The bomb that exploded on the Assembly ground of the Government Senior Science Secondary School, Potiskum that claimed the lives of at least 48 students and injured scores of others on Monday was...

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“Nigerians refused to vote me as president because I lack experience in...

Publisher of Ovation Magazine and former presidential candidate, Dele Momodu has explained why he did not win the 2011 presidential election. He said Nigerians refused to elect him as president because...

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Ex-Minister under Jonathan wants him barred from re-contesting, calls it...

A former Minister of Youth Affairs, Mr. Inuwa Abdulkadir, has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke (SAN) to stop President Goodluck Jonathan...

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Appeal Court strikes out Baimaiyi, Al-Mustapha’s case

FOR lack of diligent prosecution, a Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, struck out a notice of appeal filed by a former Chief of Army Staff,  Lieutenant-General Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd) and...

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4,658 PVCs stolen in Edo – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that 4,658 Permanent Voter Cards were snatched during last week’s distribution of the cards in nine local government areas of Edo State. The...

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Atiku meets Tambuwal behind closed doors

In a last effort towards building consensus and reducing the acrimony that is gradually chatacterizing the search for a presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC, former Vice...

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BREAKING: Female Suicide Bomber Hits Federal College Of Education In Niger

(Reuters) – A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a teacher training college in Nigeria on Wednesday, killing at least one other person in the second such attack on an educational institution this...

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Vanguard’s driver escapes death as mob burns circulation bus in Makurdi

By Peter Duru MAKURDI—The driver a of a Toyota bus conveying copies of Vanguard newspapers to Makurdi, Mr. Goddy Ozuagbelu, Tuesday morning, narrowly escaped being killed by a mob who burnt a bus-load...

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Your Administration Is Fraudulent, Oshiomhole tells Jonathan

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu restates his call for President Goodluck Jonathan resignation Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to show what his party, the Peoples...

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Internet lover admits duping two white women

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has slated December 10, 2014 to sentence one Okediji Kabiru who pleaded guilty to internet fraud. Kabiru was brought before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo on the...

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Christians, Muslims behind Boko Haram – Falana

Renowned lawyer and senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has once again tongue-lashed Nigerian leaders over its failure to stop the Boko Haram sect. Falana said it was saddening that President...

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Nobody can stop Jonathan from coming to Delta —Uduaghan

By Emma Amaize, Egufe Yafugborhi & Festus Ahon WARRI—DELTA GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, yesterday issued a stern warning that nobody could stop President Goodluck Jonathan from...

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PENGASSAN urges FG to bring full force on Boko Haram

The Federal Government and the Nigerian Military have been called upon to rise up to their responsibility by ending the current wave of insecurity and wanton destruction going on in North-Eastern part...

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Boko Haram invades Askira, Wamdiyo in Borno

Residents of Askira-Uba and Wamdiyo in Borno state have called on the Federal Government to as a matter of urgency declare total emergency rule in the northeast to weed out Boko Haram insurgency who...

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