At least 7 killed in new Nigeria attack
... government of one. But as his final election nears there are signs the strongman's power is waning. Maiduguri - Nigeria's military says at least seven people have been killed in a shootout between...
View ArticleRed Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence Fighting between...
Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region since an insurgency there began three years ago, an...
View Article'Nigeria may overtake S'Africa on HIV'
CONTRARY to widely held views, more men die daily from HIV/AIDS than women. This assertion, which was made public by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS , came as the Global Fund warned that...
View ArticleNigeria carnage - camps for victims
... in the insurgency of Boko Haram, a radical group which has said it wants to create an Islamic state in northern Nigeria. The military has been accused of firing indiscriminately on civilians and...
View ArticleNigeria military: At least 11 killed in new attack
Authorties in Nigeria say at least 11 people have been killed in violence blamed on Islamic insurgents in the country's northeast.
View ArticleNigeria's President Launches Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan arrives with other officials during a working visit to Borno state, northeast region March 7, 2013.
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Pirates kidnap four crew from ship off Equatorial Guinea
... said. A Greek-flagged oil tanker, Cap Theodora, was unsuccessfully attacked twice in the last week off the coast of Nigeria, close to where the Hansa Marburg was boarded, security sources say. They...
View ArticleNigeria: Attack That Killed 18 Christians Caps Two Years of Islamic Aggression
Besides hit-and-run attacks by Fulani Muslims, the Islamic extremist Boko Haram group has targeted Christians in Nigeria in its effort to destabilize the government and impose Islamic law nationwide.
View Article'How ethnicity, religion influence appointments of varsities' officials'
... as recently as 2007, only the University of Abuja, headed by Prof. J.S.A. Adelabu; the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) headed by Prof. Vincent Tenebe; the Federal University of...
View ArticleGunmen attack police stations, kill six officers
... the two countries' Bi-national Commission (BNC). Welcoming Ashiru and his team to the meeting, Kerry said Nigeria and U.S. "have a close association, close working partnership, and Nigeria is a...
View ArticleAchebe's burial slated for May 23 in Ogidi
... of the late professor, Ekweremadu described Achebe as a detribalised Nigerian who has brought so much honour to Nigeria and the whole of African continent. He disclosed that the Senate would on May...
View ArticleJTF destroys 7 kidnappers, pirates camps in Bayelsa
... remains committed to the protection of lives, property and particularly the human rights of all persons in Nigeria." Nevertheless, the JTF Media Centre Co-ordinator, Lt.-Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu,...
View ArticleAttackers of Olofin of Ado Odo Ota Must be Prosecuted-Hon Makinde
Deputy Chairman Human Rights Committee, Hon. Rotimi Makinde has condemned in strong terms the loathing and physical assault of Oba Lateef Adeniran Akanni the Olofin of Ado Odo, Ota, Ogun State by his...
View ArticleEducation and divinity: the path of priesthood for a Gainesville reverend
... He has bachelor's degrees in philosophy and theology from the Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary in Ibadan, Nigeria, a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Ibadan, a master's...
View ArticleFG Grounds, Releases Amaechi's Plane
THE simmering rift between the Presidency and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum and Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, does not appear to thaw anytime soon, as aviation agencies Friday...
View ArticleNJC Suspends Talba Over N32b Pension Fraud Verdict
... Mr. Soji Oye, disclosed: "The National Judicial Council (NJC), under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, GCON, at its meeting, which was held...
View ArticleACF Condemns Use Of Excessive Force On Northern Communities, Wants...
... of the Northern Civil Society Coalition, Mallam Shehu Sani and President of the Supreme Council for Shariah in Nigeria (SCSN), Dr. Datti Ahmed to immediately rescind their rejection notice as...
View ArticleAirtel Launches Season Iii Of Rising Stars Competition
... of both the U17 male and female division will then take part in an Inter-country contest to be held in Lagos, Nigeria from 2-8th July. "For us at Airtel, sports and education are bed-fellows and...
View ArticleChimamanda Ngozie Adichie on writing about race
... But I wanted it to be true." Instead Adichie has written a provocative and restless novel that criss-crosses between Nigeria, America, and Britain, and is part old-fashioned love story, and part...
View Article12 killed in auto accident in Awka
By Vincent Ujumaju Awka NO fewer than 12 persons killed yesterday in the heart of Awka, Anambra State when a tanker carrying palm kernel oil lost its brakes and rammed into Bus Park on the foot of the...
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