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Rivers State: Amaechi's commissioners pledge loyalty to APC

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After the defection of Tele Ikuru,the deputy governor of Rivers state from…

Judges reject Charles Taylor's request for prison transfer

An international tribunal said Wednesday it had rejected a request from Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor…

US issues Kampala terror alert

The United States embassy in Uganda issued an emergency warning to its nationals on Wednesday,…

Nigeria shuts land and sea borders for polls, tightens security

Nigeria ramped up security nationwide on Wednesday before general elections this weekend, shutting land as…

Nigeria's army chief vows crackdown over poll unrest

The head of Nigeria's army on Wednesday vowed a violent crackdown on election-related unrest, as…

Boko Haram worse than IS Jihadists, says Chadian envoy

Chad's UN envoy on Wednesday voiced frustration over Security Council inaction on endorsing a regional…

Nigeria denies Boko Haram latest mass kidnapping of women

Nigeria's government on Wednesday denied reports of a mass kidnapping in the country's northeast, as…

Buhari Unstoppable, legal move collapses

Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja A legal plot to stop the presidential candidate of the All Progressives…

Echoes of Chibok: Boko Haram kidnaps 400 women from Damasak

Boko Haram militants have kidnapped more than 400 women and children from the northern Nigerian…

China accused of attacks against internet big guns

China's cyberspace administration is "complicit" in attacks on major Internet companies including Google, an anti-censorship…