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Nigeria retakes Gamboru, 4 other towns with Chad, Cameroon help

Nigeria on Monday said it had retaken Gamboru and four other towns held by Boko…

2 female bombers suspected in Jonathan rally blasts

Two female suicide bombers were suspected of being behind a blast on Monday outside a…

Buhari opts for town hall meetings, rejects TV debate

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO), insists its candidate, Maj.

Indian teenage prisoners escape by tying bedsheets to wall

Scores of inmates staged a mass breakout from an Indian young offenders detention centre Monday…

Boko Haram: a chronicle of major terror attacks since Chibok schoolgirls capture

The Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, which has proclaimed a "caliphate" in the areas under…

Bomb blast after Jonathan's campaign in Gombe

A blast ripped through a car park outside a stadium where Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan…

500 Boko Haram militants killed in failed push for Maiduguri

No fewer than 500 Boko Haram militants were killed on Sunday by Nigerian troops as…

Soludo's new bombshell: $60 billion missing under Okonjo-Iweala

By Professor Chukwuma Soludo Former CBN governor, Soludo responds to his virulent attack by finance…

INEC extends PVC collection till 8 February

The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards…

Nigerian author supports Buhari, despite jailing her dad

By Lola Shoneyin *Lola was 10 years old when the Buhari-Idiagbon regime incarcerated his father,…