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NLC chiefs meet next week to set new poll date

The National Administrative Council (NAC) of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has resolved to convene a…

58 die in pre-election violence in Nigeria

*Lagos, Rivers, Kaduna high risk states Political violence in the run-up to Nigeria's election has…

How dog’s death saved Nigerian pastor, wife

It could just have been the God they worship.

Boko Haram escalates attacks near Maiduguri, 21 killed

Just hours after sending a suicide bomber to Biu in Borno state and carrying out…

Nigeria is country with world’s most corrupt political parties

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria’s poor global image has further been dented by a survey result showing…

Boko Haram attacks Chadian territory for first time

Boko Haram fighters attacked a Chadian village overnight, killing several people in the first known…

Obanikoro: Nigerian troops must be supported

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has appealed to Nigerians to support…

South Africa bemoans chaos in Parliament during Zuma's speech

South Africa's hard-won democracy, symbolised by the late liberation hero Nelson Mandela, was the main…

Venezuela announces botched coup

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Thursday that a coup being plotted by military aviation officials…

Forget Petrobas, Brazil in party mood

*Party central is Rio de Janeiro, home of samba Brazil's economy is sputtering, the country's…