Abuja, Kaduna bomb blasts: Why we struck – Boko Haram
THE Boko Haram sect on Thursday claimed responsibility for the attacks on ThisDay offices in Abuja and Kaduna. The sect, while claiming responsibility for Thursday’s attacks, said more bombings were...
View ArticleSIM card registration: Reps set up committee to probe N6.1bn budget
The House of Representatives on Thursday set up an ad hoc committee to investigate how the N6.1 billion allocated for SIM cards registration in 2011 budget of the Nigeria Communications Commission...
View ArticleNigeria Senate President warns of Nigeria’s break-up
The Senate President, David Mark, has warned that the nation risks breaking-up if the bombings by Boko Haram sect members are not halted in good time. Mr Mark made this known on Monday at the...
View ArticleNigerian president Goodluck vows to ‘deal’ with Islamist sect
ABUJA — Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday vowed to “decisively deal” with members of Islamist sect Boko Haram which has pressed on with attacks that have claimed hundreds of lives. “A...
View ArticleUS Military Expands Presence in Africa
The commander of U.S. forces for Africa, Army General Carter Ham, said Monday that the U.S. military is increasing its operations on the continent as terrorist groups begin to work closer together to...
View ArticleIMF Gives ‘Promising’ Economic Outlook for DRC
The International Monetary Fund is giving what it calls a “promising” economic outlook for the Democratic Republic of Congo. The head of a just-completed IMF mission to Congo, Robert York, projected...
View ArticleAccused serial killer charged in deaths of 3 Winnipeg women
Winnipeg police have made an arrest in the deaths of three women reported missing within the last year. Shawn Cameron Lamb, 52, has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in connection...
View ArticleAt least 18 killed in Uganda landslide
Scores of people are feared dead after a landslide struck villages in a mountainous region of eastern Uganda, officials say. The Ugandan Red Cross told the BBC that the landslide had buried at least 15...
View ArticleKenya charged two Iranians for illegal possession of explosives
NAIROBI — A Kenyan court charged two Iranian nationals with illegal possession of explosives Monday, a day after a grenade attack on a bar in the southern city of Mombasa that killed three people. The...
View ArticleGunmen with explosives attack two police stations in Nigeria
Gunmen with explosives attacked two police stations Tuesday in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, previously a target of major violence by Islamist group Boko Haram, police and residents said....
View ArticleExplosion rocks shopping mall in Nigeria Capital City
Abuja – An explosion went off on Tuesday at a shopping centre in the Nigerian capital Abuja, where an unexploded bomb was later discovered, rescue officials said. The first blast happened at about...
View ArticleNigeria Election: Adams Oshiomhole wins Edo governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Adams Oshiomhole, as the winner of the July 14th governorship elections in Edo...
View ArticleAFCON 2013: Nigeria aim to stretch unbeaten run against Mali
Nigeria hope to extend an unbeaten run over fellow west Africans Mali when they clash on Wednesday for the chance to play in the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations final. Several months ago, Nigerian President...
View ArticleNigeria: What will President Jonathan be remembered for?
Everyone must leave something behind when he dies…something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die…It doesn’t matter what you do, so long as you change something from...
View ArticleMali, Nigeria, and the Bigger Picture
By Gregory R. Copley The Mali War will be neither simple nor quick, ‘though the players all wish it so. Timboctou, almost a year in the hands of militants, had fallen to French and Malian forces by...
View ArticleWe are creating wealth for Nigerians, Says President Goodluck Jonathan
By President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan The determination of this administration to create wealth in Nigeria and for Nigerians has led us to focus our investment drive towards attracting Foreign Direct...
View ArticleAFCON 2013: Mali v Nigeria Preview
Mali goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa is set to return to the starting XI for Wednesday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against Nigeria after suspension. His replacement, Soumalia Diakite, will drop to...
View ArticleBurkina Faso v Ghana Preview
Ghana go into their fourth consecutive Africa Cup of Nations semi-final with no injury worries ahead of their meeting with Burkina Faso. Midfielder Anthony Annan is fit again and in contention to...
View ArticleAFCON 2013 :Stephen Keshi Nigerian Coach faces selection headache
On the semi-final clash with Mali at the ongoing African Nations Cup tournament in South Africa, Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, has admitted here that he has had selection headache since assuming...
View ArticleAFCON 2013: Burkina Faso 1-1 Ghana (3-2)
EXTRA TIME – Burkina Faso 1-1 Ghana And that’s it here at the Mbombela Stadium. Burkina Faso win the encounter on penalties and it’s nothing less than they deserve. Bance cancelled out Mubarak’s opener...
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