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      A female suicide bomber on Wednesday afternoon detonated explosives within the Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State, but the Police in the state said she died in the blast and only succeeded in injuring several students. The blast occurred at exactly 12.15pm around the institution’s library as students busied themselves with […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to suspend the creation of additional polling units after the 2015 General Election, Secretary to the Commission, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu has revealed. She said the decision to suspend the move was reached at a meeting of the Commission on Tuesday, after reports by Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) […]

The incumbent President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has declared his intention to run for a second term in office on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Jonathan made the declaration at the Eagles Square, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city on Tuesday. While giving the declaration speech, the president promised that his government would continue […]

Key dates in Nigeria since President Goodluck Jonathan, who on Tuesday announced his candidacy for the February 14, 2015 presidential election, first came to power in 2010. — 2010 — – May 6: Interim president Jonathan is sworn in, a day after the death of Umaru Yar’Adua following a long illness. Yar’Adua had disappeared from […]

Supervising Minister of Information Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed has charged chief executives of parastatals and agencies in the ministry to promote the influence of Nigeria in global affairs by providing correct information about the country to the rest of the world.  He gave the charge on Monday, in Abuja at his maiden meeting with the chief […]

At least 48 students were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber, disguised as a secondary school pupil, detonated a bomb when students of the Government Science and Technical College were waiting for their principal’s address at their school’s assembly ground. According to witnesses, the explosion scattered body parts throughout the school premises and its […]

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped Sani, one of the brothers of former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Family sources confirmed the incident late Sunday disclosing that the kidnap of their brothers happened at about 5pm on Sunday. According to them, Sani was kidnapped around his farm along Fufore Road […]

The former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has called on wealthy   indigenes of the state to support worthy causes that will elevate humanity. He said this on Friday at the presentation of the cheque of N2million to Holy Name Secondary School, Umuchu. Obi, who had earlier presented a cheque of N5million  to the school, […]

Abdullahi Mairuwa, the chief driver of Nasarawa State Governor, Umaru Al-Makura has been assassinated, the state Police command has confirmed. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Ismaila Numan, confirmed the incident in the state capital, Lafia on Saturday. Numan said Mairuwa was travelling with his wife from Lafia to Keana Local Government Area […]

Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, have argued that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, AminuTambuwal, has relinquished his membership of the house by leaving the platform on which he came in to power, thus all the rights and privileges […]

A High Court sitting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State on Friday declared as null the medical panel set up by the Speaker of the State House of Assemby, Josiah Kente, to investigate the health status of Governor Danbaba Suntai. The controversy had started two years ago, when Suntai sustained sever injuries after an aircraft he […]

A bomb blast has killed 14 people in Bauchi State. The explosion occurred on Friday morning at a First Bank branch in Azare, the second largest town in the state. According to witnesses, at least 28 other people sustained severe injuries in the blast. Narrating the incident, eyewitnesses said the bomb was thrown out of […]