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News Insight: Bukola Saraki’s trial and the high drama

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja As expected, the trial of Senator Abubakar Olubukola Saraki on charges of false…

Photo: The Empty Dock waiting for Bukola Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki is expected at the Code of Conduct Tribunal today, following his…

Suicide bomber kills 27 in Nigerian market

*Total death toll in Borno blasts on Sunday now 81 Fresh reports have now indicated…

Appeal court forces Saraki’s surrender

The Court of Appeal on Monday in Abuja struck out an application filed before it…

General Buratai: Boko Haram’s Shekau a mere noise maker

Nigeria's chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has dismissed as mere noise making…

Abducted Chibok schoolgirls in fringes of Sambisa Forest, says Gen.Buratai

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday rekindled the hope of…

Maiduguri bomb blasts: 54 dead, 90 wounded

No fewer than 54 people were killed and 90 wounded in a multiple bomb attack…

Breaking: Tribunal set to rule on Saraki’s non-appearance

*Legal fireworks  at the Tribunal Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Umar Danladi adjourned…

Governor Masari: 600,000 pupils out of school in Katsina

FEMI ADI/KADUNA Katsina State Governor  Aminu Bello Masari has revealed that 600,000  of the one million pupils  listed…

Shekau in new audio dismisses army victories, calls Buhari a liar

Boko Haram's elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau has issued another audio recording, debunking the various claims…