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Edo 2016 Governorship: Group Makes Case for Oshiomhole’s Successor

Jethro Ibileke/Benin. Ahead of the 2016 governorship election in Edo state, a social-political group, Edo…

Huge explosions rock Maiduguri, many feared dead

Three huge blasts have hit the city of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria,  killing a number…

Lagos BRT Lane Violation: Soldiers Beat Up LASTMA Officer

Kazeem Ugbodaga. Irate soldiers beat up an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,…

Usman Durkwa Borno new deputy governor

The Borno House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Alhaji Usman Durkwa as the new Deputy…

Reps order employment of 174 victims of tragic job test

The House of Representatives has directed the Ministry of Interior to regularise the employment of…

Nigerian Saudi pilgrims update: 168 dead, 145 still missing

Three weeks after the tragic stampede of pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission of…

Photos: 2015 Felabration

The 2015 edition of Felabration, an annual event to celebrate the life, politics and music…

Murder of Disu: 17 suspects remanded in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga An Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID)…

Video: How US cops tortured a Nigerian student to death

Goldie Taylor/ Daily Beast The black college student died still strapped into the chair where…

Okechukwu Enelamah to be Buhari’s finance minister

Okechukwu Enyinna Enelamah, one of President Muhammadu Buhari's ministerial nominee will be finance minister in…