Gunmen believed to members of the extremist Boko Haram sect on Saturday attacked a detachment of Nigerian troop going to ...

None of the two CAF officials was injured. The 29th African Cup of Nations did not get the thrilling start ...

 The Police kept guard on the injured till his death. The police authority in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have ...

 The men were granted bail by the Ondo courts. A 22-year-old man, Akinyemi Morakinyo, has been arraigned before a Chief ...

The Nigerian President is among 14 African leaders at the summit. ECOWAS leaders on Saturday in Abidjan called on the ...

The Education Minister stated this in Lagos on Saturday. The Minister of Education, Ruquayyatu Rufa’I, said on Saturday that her ...

The Council Chairman said this in Sokoto on Saturday. Sabon- Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State has spent about ...

The corpses found in the South Eastern Nigeria River are yet to be identified. No fewer than 15 unidentified bloated ...

AFCON 2013: VIEW SCHEDULE FOR GROUP & OTHER MATCHES HERE Saturday, January 19, 2013 Time Stage Venue 11:00 ET South ...

The Railway Corporation says security consideration is behind its actions. The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, said its demolition of illegal ...

The two teams shared the spoils of the match. The first match of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, ...

The Niger students will pay no registration fees to the university. Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Friday approved the ...

The Ondo Commissioner held a press conference to praise civil servants. In an apparent bid to avoid a collision with ...

Manchester City also won 2-0.  Liverpool FC were ruthless on Saturday as they hit five goals past a hapless Norwich ...

The Kano State Governor confirms the deaths. The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has confirmed that four people died when ...

Fewer structures were demolished by the Board in 2012 compared to 2011. The Plateau State Government said on Saturday that ...

The appointments were announced in a statement by the Secretary to the Nigerian Government. President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the ...

The South Africans will have the crowd support for the match. Host South Africa have not won a game in ...

Teachers in Kebbi State are being transferred to the their zones of origin The Kebbi State Ministry of Education on ...

The soldiers were reportedly killed by an IED. Reports from Okene, Kogi State indicate that two soldiers were killed after ...

The Kano Emir escaped unhurt. The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, was on Saturday afternoon attacked by gunmen leading to ...

The former president appealed to Nigerians to move beyond the civil war. Nigeria's former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that ...

“What exactly is the “change we need”? I began to worry last year when I sat down after the elections ...

(Damocles is his nom de plume. He is a patriotic US-based Nigerian in whom I am well pleased. He is ...

 Police have become the target of attacks by terrorists. Gunmen, Friday night, shot two police officers in Kaduna, Kaduna State. ...