Benjamin Elman: narrates ordeal in hands of Nigerian pirates A French sailor freed from his kidnappers in Nigeria this week described on Thursday the attack on...
The ripples of the disputed Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) election continued yesterday at the ninth Triennial Delegates Conference of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Abuja....
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Intrigues threatening to tear apart Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP continued on Thursday as Alhaji Bamanga Tukur was retained as the chairman of...
President Goodluck Jonathan has frowned at the increasing cases of electoral impunity in the country. The President expressed concern that people merely seek power in the...
Spain thrashed Tahiti 10-0 at the Confederations Cup on Thursday to set a new record for the biggest margin of victory at the finals of an...
The Arewa Consultative Forum has given indications that it will not back President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential poll if he decides to seek re-election....
Shell has shut a major pipeline in Nigeria after an explosion and fire in an area where oil theft has occurred, the latest such incident hitting...
The Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang, has said the quest for the 2015 presidential ticket was responsible for the crises in the Peoples Democratic Party...
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A Kenyan aircraft grounded in Nigeria on 3 June 2013 for non-adherence to security procedures remains grounded, Nigerian aviation authorities said on Thursday,...
No fewer than 200 Nigerian girls are trafficked every month to Russia for prostitution, the country’s ambassador to that country, Amb. Asam Asam, has said. Asam,...
GBENRO ASWAINA/IBADAN Officials of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, Thursday June 20, 2013 arrested ten persons accused of defrauding the Oyo State Government...
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