Obama sends delegation to Abuja for Nigeria’s centenary
U.S. President Barack Obama has designated State Counsellor Thomas Shannon as the leader of a presidential delegation to Nigeria’s centenary in Abuja. A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the...
View ArticlePoor budgetary allocation stalls police recruitment – Minister
By JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU & JOSEPH ERUNKE ABUJA — SUPERVISING Minister of Police Affairs, Ms Olajumoke Akinjide, yesterday, disclosed that poor budgetary allocation was hindering the smooth operation...
View ArticleSchools, university empty after deadly girls college attack
KANO (AFP) – Terrified students in northeast Nigeria have fled boarding schools after an attack by suspected Boko Haram extremists in which 43 students were shot and hacked to death and the whole...
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NJC sacks 2 judges, cautions 3 others
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The National Judicial Council, NJC, the apex disciplinary body for the Nigerian judiciary, under the leadership of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar,...
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Military arrests suspects as probe begins
BARELY 24 hours after the killing of 43 students at the Federal Government College in Yobe State, the military has arrested some suspects, The Nation learnt yesterday. The suspects are undergoing...
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Nigeria’s creation not a mistake, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said on Wednesday that the 1914 amalgamation of the Southern and Northern Protectorates which gave birth to the entity Nigeria was not a mistake. In a national broadcast to...
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Heavy security mounted at venue of centenary talkshop
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Airforce jets and police helicopters are parading the skies as Nigeria ramped up security for one of the highlights of its centenary celebrations, an international Summit with...
View ArticleObama to launch quest to lift African American men
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Barack Obama will Thursday launch a personal quest that will outlast his presidency to help young African American men survive and prosper despite deprived violent inner city...
View ArticleJonathan: I Feel the Weight of Our 100-year History
As the country commences its centenary celebrations today, President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he feels the full weight of Nigeria’s 100-year history, adding, however, that he feels no...
View ArticleNDLEA Arrests Popular Comedian For Drug Ingestion
This is a huge public embarrassment! Celebrities are mostly seen as role models and mentors but the reverse is the case now for this popular comedian that was caught with drugs…. A very popular...
View ArticleEnsure credible polls in 2015, U.S urges FG
The U.S government on Thursday urged the Federal Government to ensure that the 2015 general elections were credible. The U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle, made the call in Abeokuta during...
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Yobe killings: Jonathan’s centenary broadcast insensitive — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticised President Goodluck Jonathan for devoting his broadcast to the nation on Wednesday night to the centenary celebrations instead of the national tragedy...
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Civilians cannot order Military: Doyin Okupe replies Senate call for...
The presidency on Friday, declared that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah will not obey the order by the Senate Committee on Defence to relocate the 7th Division of the Nigeria Army,...
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UPDATE: Bayero, Emir of Kano, flown abroad for medical check up
The Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero has been flown to London for a routine medical check up with his doctor. Bayero,89 was flown aboard a chartered flight through Malam Aminu Kano International Airport...
View ArticleFG To Spend N35.83bn On Ex-militants In 2014 – Kuku
Mr Kingsley Kuku, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, said on Friday that N35.83 billion would be spent in 2014 for the reintegration of ex-militants enrolled in the Presidential...
View ArticleVagabond gets 4-hour community service for extortion
A 24-year-old man believed to be a vagabond, Muyideen Sumonu, was on Friday in Lagos sentenced to a four-hour community service after pleading guilty to intent to steal at a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court....
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UPDATE: Gov Nyako escapes death
YOLA – Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State Friday escaped death by the whiskers when he was attacked by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect at Shuwa, Madagali local government...
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Tragedy: Cancer victim posed naked in Cosmopolitan to celebrate her survival
The 35-year-old – who inspired millions of women when she posed naked on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine following her mastectomy – thought she was finally in the clear until she received the...
View ArticleNigerian Army Rated Among Best – COAS
Tthe Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Friday that the Nigerian Army was among the best in the world. Minimah, who is also the reviewing officer, made the statement at the passing...
View ArticleCouple Brutalized By Dickson’s Sister-in-Law Recuperating At A Yenagoa Hospital
Reporters has learnt that a couple, Ambrose and Bina Oregbeme, who were on Tuesday mercilessly beaten by Governor Seriake Dickson’s sister-in-law, Tare Konyefa, and her aides are currently recuperating...
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