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Another setback for polls, court orders INEC to approve new party
The general elections rescheduled to commence on March 28 may have, yesterday, suffered another setback following the judgment of the Federal High Court in ... -
NCAA moves to clamp down on private jets
All owners of foreign registered privately operated aircraft in the country who have failed to regularise their documentation in conformity with their operational status ... -
Boko Haram beheads two ‘spies’ in new video
Boko Haram may have gone a step in the direction of the ISIS, the Middle East jihadist group, releasing a new video yesterday of ... -
Cameroon prisons overstretched with 30,000 B’Haram insurgents
Cameroon officials said yesterday that their prisons are overcrowded with suspected Boko Haram militants whose insurgency has spilled from Nigeria. Maroua Central Prison Registrar, ... -
Sad, Chibok schoolgirls not found in Sambisa forest
• Feared relocated to Cameroon mountains • Military insists they’ll be rescued More than one week after air bombardment and ground tactical operations commenced ... -
Jonathan in Sokoto, praises Shagari at 90
• Lawmakers eulogise ex-President President Goodluck Jonathan says former President Shehu Shagari is a role model to Nigerian leaders, especially members of the National ... -
Uproar in Reps over APC’s bid to stop soldiers’ deployment for polls
Another attempt by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop the Federal Government from using the military during the conduct of the ... -
FG guarantees $400m credit for Ogun, Rivers, Osun, Lagos
The Federal Government, yesterday, guaranteed over $400 million foreign loans for four states, namely: Lagos, Rivers, Osun and Ogun, for execution of various development ... -
Buhari commends military over anti-terrorism war
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) has commended the heroic exploits of the officers and men and women ... -
Amnesty decries global response to crimes by states, Boko Haram, ISIS others
Global human rights watch, Amnesty International has decried the response to horrific violence by states and armed groups, insisting governments must “stop pretending the ...