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Nigeria: 22 die after drinking local gin, eating dog meat

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt No fewer than 22 persons have been confirmed dead in Bonny Island,Bonny,…

ICC may try Nigeria's military chiefs for war crimes

Amnesty International said Wednesday there was sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe…

Taraba Assembly elects Diah Speaker

Mr Abel Diah, the member representing Mbanga Constituency in the Taraba state 8th Assembly, on…

El-Rufai wields the big knife, sacks all political appointees

Femi Adi / Kaduna New Kaduna state Governor, Malam Nasir El'Rufai has dissolved boards of…

Lagos Assembly postpones inauguration

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Wednesday announced the postponement of the inauguration of…

Nigerian military kills 8,000 extra-judicially, says AI

*Many of the victims young boys, some as young as nine More than 8,000 people…

Obasa favoured to clinch Lagos Assembly Speaker

Jamiu Yisa & Eromosele Ebhomele The race for the Speakership seat of the Lagos State…

Brace up or be fired, Ambode warns LASTMA, KAI officials

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has read the riot act to officials of…

Senator Mark: 'It's not over yet'

Nigeria's longest serving Senate President, David Mark, left his audience wondering about his plans in…