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Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered restriction of movement in and out of Anambra from Friday to...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says inflation rate in October dropped by 0.2 per cent to 7.8 per...

Cameroonian authorities, on Thursday, said gunmen had kidnapped a French priest working in the lawless region of northern Cameroon, nine months...

The US has designated Nigeria's Boko Haram and Ansaru militant groups as foreign terrorist organisations. The state department described the...

*In-laws commiserate with family   Ayodeji Olaniran, the second son of Chief Olu Falae, who died in the October 3...

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN (M), SPEAKING AT PDP GOVERNORSHIP RALLY IN ONITSHA ON WEDNESDAY. WITH HIM ARE GOV. GODSWILL AKPABIO (R)...

Spanish police say they have arrested 25 people in a sex-trafficking ring that brought women from Nigeria to work as...

Nigeria's First Bank said on Monday it had completed a deal to acquire a 100 percent of the West African...

The agent of Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho has confirmed that Arsenal chief scout Steve Rowley has been watching the youngster's...

The Court of Appeal on Friday gave Gov. Sullivan Chime 15 days to file his respondent brief against an appeal...

Gov. Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has promised to continue to protect the integrity of his wife, Clara, in spite...

Swiss scientists find levels of polonium 18 times higher than normal in first forensic tests on former Palestinian leader's body...

President Goodluck Jonathan has forwarded a request seeking the approval of the National Assembly for an extension of emergency rule...

...Says Nigeria not ripe for privatisation   The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday said that Nigeria was...

The Bayelsa Government on Wednesday signed an agreement with a London-based oil firm, Heritage Oil Plc, to position the state...

The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated an ad hoc committee to investigate the impact of the Lagdo Dam in...

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, said it shot dead seven suspected Boko Haram militants in a renewed...

Five of the seven aggrieved governors of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday held a private meeting with...

The Speaker of the Taraba House of Assembly, Mr Haruna Tsokwa, is dead. This information is contained in a statement...

Trial of Egypt's deposed President Mohamed Morsi has been adjourned to January 8, 2014, the presiding judge said on Monday....