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Pope Francis on Sunday gave the Catholic church new saints, including hundreds of 15th-century martyrs who were beheaded for refusing...

Authorities detained nine Turkish citizens believed to have links to the Syrian intelligence agency in connection with two car bombs...

Seven suspected kidnappers have been killed in Anambra, while two others were captured by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in...

Four people have been killed and another 18 wounded in explosions in a Turkish town close to the Syrian border,...

The Presidency on Friday refuted a statement credited to the U.S. Embassy that Government was adopting force-based approach in addressing...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has directed all the doctors at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital to withdraw from...

Nigeria plans to sell $1 billion of Eurobonds to finance power projects after meetings with international investors in June, Finance...

EcThe Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has exonerated the executive and herself from the present budget impasse in the...

Niger Delta frontline activist and leader of the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has dared the...

The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Federal Government the final chance to settle amicably, the legality or otherwise of...

The trial of Kabiru Umar (alias Kabiru Sokoto), who allegedly masterminded the 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa's Catholic...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday said it had begun the prosecution of 67...

IMF Head, Christine Lagarde The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that full removal of oil subsidy would help fiscal adjustment...

The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abayomi Akeremale has confirmed that the bodies of 30 policemen killed on Tuesday...

President Goodluck Jonatha has cut short his visit to South Africa and aborted his state visit to Namibia, scheduled to...

Mr Rilwan Musa, the acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says the organisation is working with communities in...

Simone Gbagbo, wife of former Ivorian President, Laurent Gbagbo has been sent back to detention in the northern part of...

The Emir of Gummi in Zamfara, Alhaji Aliyu Abara, has died at the age of 75. A statement by the...

The Edo command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed substance suspected to be Indian hemp Cannabis...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) spent N122.9 billion to conduct the 2011 general elections. A statement by the Chief...