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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 [...]

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 29, as a Public Holiday to celebrate the 2013 Democracy Day. This is contained in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in [...]

By SaharaReporters, New York President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the terrorist attack and killing of a British soldier, Fusiliers in the Woolwich area of London, United Kingdom; and strongly condemns [...]

The House of Representatives committee set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the grounding of an aircraft belonging to the Rivers State government has indicted the aviation ministry and Caverton [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock at the terrorist attack and killing of a British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the [...]

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed shock at the terrorist attack and killing of a British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers in the [...]

CNN’s Zain Verjee recently interviewed celebrated Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She talks about her novel “Americanah,” her literary career and what it felt like meeting her literary idol, Chinua [...]

The two chambers of the National Assembly have adopted an amended version of the state of emergency proclamation on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. The conference report was adopted after [...]

Mr. Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, the Inspector General of Police, has declared that members of the militia group that killed several police men in Nasarrawa state would not go scot-free as [...]

By SaharaReporters, New York Members of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the North heard today in Kano that compensation has yet to be [...]

The Controller-General of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Zakari Ibrahim, on Thursday said the Service had transferred 400 Nigerians serving prison terms in Thailand, for various offences to the country. [...]

The Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang has blamed the current security challenges bedeviling the nation on the failure of the nation’s legal system. The Governor stated this during the swearing-in of [...]

Images of the funeral of renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died in March in the US and whose body has now returned to his homeland.. Read full story on [...]

The two men suspected of butchering a soldier on a London street in a gruesome Islamist attack were known to security agents, government sources suggested on Thursday. Read full story [...]