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Head of army moved to interior ministry after letter says he opposed president’s son succeeding his father. Read full story on author website »

Dr Dalhatu Tafida, Nigeria’s High Commissioner to UK on Friday said that the killers of a British soldier in London should be brought to justice according to the law inspective [...]

By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigerian Army today said it has rescued several women, and children held hostage by Islamist militant sect, Boko Haram. read more Read full story on [...]

Soldiers in Borno state have dislodged three camps belonging to suspected members of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest, rescuing three women and six children  during the operation. This was made known [...]

On the occasion of this year’s International Children’s Day, a group of Nigerian and international non-governmental organisations, children and human rights organisations has condemned the rising commercialization of new born [...]

Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network,ACN, Dino Melaye, has declared his readiness to face the Attorney General of the Federation,AGF, and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, in court to prove allegations [...]

Governors from the northern states met in Abuja on Friday morning , but sources at the meeting said the governors were unable to arrive at a particular candidate to support [...]

Nigerians all over the world have been urged to speak out and condemn the brutal murder of a British soldier on a London street on Wednesday. Read full story on [...]

In not less than 48 hours of the President’s directives to release some female suspects currently in detention as a result of the activities of the Boko Haram sect, gunmen [...]

Despite the emergency rule and the deployment of over 3000 Joint Taks Force troops in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, some gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect yesterday shot [...]

Continental body says it will cater for its own budget, mainly financed by China and West, as it marks golden jubilee. Read full story on author website »

Pope Francis on Friday tweeted a prayer for Catholics in China on the feast day of the Virgin of Sheshan in Shanghai and celebrated mass before a group of Chinese [...]

There seems to be no end to the menace of child theft and selling in Nigeria as a new couple have been arrested for stealing children belonging to the neighbours [...]

Abuja – A new tariff regime aimed at increasing local manufacturers capacity and boost investments  in the industrial sector  is underway, The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Olusegun Aganga, [...]

Northern elders had on Thursday blasted ex-militant leader, Dokubo Asari over his open comment that Nigeria will boil if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015. The NEF took very serious [...]

The Kwara State Government on Thursday announced the proscription of Offa and Erin-Ile branches of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria. [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock over the gruesome murder of a British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the Woolwich area of [...]

The Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in Northern Nigeria had no clue on how to meet the leadership of the Boko Haram insurgents, the Chairman [...]

A 65-year-old man, Mr. Felix Atta, a native of Umuonu Umuida community, Enugu Ezike in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has allegedly been killed by his son. [...]

By SaharaReporters, New York A committee of the House of Representatives has determined that Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, did not break any laws in the incidents that led [...]

Osahon Esezobor, Benin City, Edo State, +23480233676: I use this medium to appeal to Governor Adams Oshiomhole to assist in fixing the failed portions of Upper Ekenwan road, in Ugbighoko [...]

By SaharaReporters, New York 

There are no fewer than 1,497 illegal routes that lead into Nigeria. The startling disclosure was made earlier today by Nigeria’s Interior Minister, Abba Moro. read [...]

A house in a Lincolnshire village has been raided by Met police officers investigating Wednesday’s alleged terror attack in Woolwich, London. Officers swooped on the detached house as the name [...]

TWO men, sus-pected to be fake pastors, have been arrested by the police in Warri, Delta State over a foiled kidnap attempt on the proprietress of Shammar Children’s School, Udu [...]

THE Ijaw Peoples Congress,IPC, yesterday, called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC; the Inspector-General of Police; Director-General, Department of State Service, DSS, and Minister of Petroleum Resources to call [...]

Chairman of Oshodi-Isolo Local Government, Bolaji Muse-Ariyoh, has urged the Federal Government to invest more in Millennium Development Goals’ projects. He said  such investment would address the falling standard of [...]

… launches a new Intervention Brigade in eastern Congo, riots in Sweden and Nigeria says goodbye to Chinua Achebe with Philippa Thomas. Read full story on author website »

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday in Abuja said Mobile Number Portability (MNP) would not cause a deterioration in the quality of service in the country. Read full story [...]

LAGOS—A prominent Itsekiri youth leader in Delta State, Comrade Benson Erewa, has called on northerners to blame their governors, elders and leaders, who failed to avert the declaration of state [...]