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Jonah Jang reshuffles cabinet

Governor Jonah Jang of the central Nigerian state of Plateau on Thursday in Jos swore…

Family Affair: 2 suits against PDP chairman, Mu'azu withdrawn

Two suits seeking the removal of Alhaji Adamu Mu`azu as National Chairman of the Peoples…

Nigeria's military releases 42 Boko Haram suspects, 3 foreigners

Nigeria's military command in Borno state has released 42 Boko Haram suspects to Governor Kashim…

Severed heads of Boko Haram fighters put on wooden spikes in parade

* A catalogue of atrocities being perpetrated by all parties in the Boko Haram war…

Boko Haram renames another Nigerian town

Boko Haram has renamed another town it captured in northeast Nigeria as part of campaign…

Governors pose no threat to senators' re-election, says Akpabio

Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom state said that governors aspiring to be elected into…

Nigerian police probing sabotage of crashed Synagogue guesthouse

The Nigerian Police on Thursday said it was still investigating the recent collapse of a…

Trouble brews in Lagos PDP over ward Congress election

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party's avowed determination to unseat the ruling All…

In Saudi Arabia death for drug smuggler, in Nigeria light sentence

Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani for heroin smuggling, bringing to six the number…

Jonathan, PDP NWC trying to placate rebellious senators

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the National Working Committee of Peoples Democratic…