Security forces patrolled an extensive market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday where an assault by suspected Islamists killed some 30 people, vendors and residents said. Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamist sect Boko ...
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday issued a 21-day ultimatum for the removal of the wrecked vessels at Maiyegun and Alpha beach fronts by their owners or face legal action. Mr Adesegun Oniru, the Commissioner for Waterfront Infrastructure Developmen...
The Serbian ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Rondic Rifat, said on Tuesday in Abuja that his country is to open an honorary consulate in Kano next month. Rifat who spoke with newsmen, said opening of the consulate would further promote diplomatic ties between...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra, says it confiscated 192.626kg of hard drugs within the state in 2011. Mr Timinipre Zikiye, the Anambra Commander of the agency, said on Tuesday in Onitsha that the seized hard drugs comprised...
Troubled Nigeria Premier League (NPL) says it is taking steps to address the lingering issue of its title sponsorship. An executive member of the disputed NPL, Owolabi Wopa, before a Federal High Court declared the body illegal, told SuperSport.com tha...
Libyan soccer fans of all ages came out to cheer the first international matches played in the North African country since the conflict that ousted Muammar Gaddafi, amid hope Monday's games would be the start of many more to come. CSKA Sofia, the 3...
The EU will likely adopt fresh sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the coming week, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Monday. Germany and other Western powers have repeatedly called on Assad to step d...
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has restated the commitment of his administration towards the economic development of the state just as he declared that the task of making life more meaningful to the less privileged in the society is a task...
The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Samson Wudah, has said that the command would deploy 9,000 personnel for the Feb 25 gubernatorial election in the state.
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has canvassed for greater investment in agriculture by organised private sector and donor agencies in the bid to transform agric-business in the country. Fayemi made the call at the public presentation of&n...
The Kano State Command of the Nigerian Police has stepped up effort towards reviving its Public Complaint Bureau that will give citizens chance to report any officer found wanting. The Command Public Relations Officer [PPRO], Magaji Musa Majiya, ...
The Kwara Sstate governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has restated his commitment to the completion of 21 ongoing road projects across the state in the next four years. The governor made this comment during the official presentation of a Second Class Sta...
The Niger State Government has said that before the rains set in, it will rally 250,000 farmers for the first phase of the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the federal government. The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Develo...
Two persons and some 30 domestic animals have been killed by a rampaging lion in the Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Commissioner for Environment, Alhaji Wakil Sarki, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with our corresp...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday led the bank’s management team to commiserate with Saint Theresa’s Catholic Church , Madalla, Suleja, over the Christmas Day bomb blasts that killed more than 40...