News From Nigeria

South African government says it will be deploying troops to the streets to shorten the xenophobic assaults in the nation. South African Defense Minister, Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, said the officers will be conveyed to Alexandra township, north of the principle city Johannesburg. She ...

The White House has reportedly claimed that the US military has made key gains against the Islamic State despite the militants’ ongoing spread outside Syria and Iraq.   The Obama Administration has said that the US and its allies were ...

An Egyptian criminal court in Cairo, Egypt’s capital has sentenced previous Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi to 20 years in jail over the executing of protesters in 2012. The previous President’s supporters assaulted opposition protesters dissidents outside the presidential castle in ...

Eight people were wounded  today after a suicide bomber attempted to explode a bomb at Sakata Mosque in Potiskum, Yobe state today April 20th. As per inhabitants of the town, the suicide bomber touched base at around 4.25pm and was focusing on Muslims saying ...

MTN Nigeria says in regards to 6,000 Nigerians will lose their jobs if MTN is made to leave Nigeria. Head of Communications MTN, Mr Wale Goodluck said this while responding to calls by a a protest group in Edo state yesterday ...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has further reserved ruling till May 27, 2015, on the preliminary objection filed by the founder, Living Faith Church, a.k.a. Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, against the N1.86bn claim by a stock brokerage firm. ...

The document alleged that the result from Bauchi State was at a stage reading 457,786, for APC and 559,897 for the PDP but that when the anti-Jonathan agenda was allegedly ignited, the figures changed. Further details emerged at the weekend ...

As per an observer, the inebriated man went out the previous evening and mulled over the ground last night until the beginning of today. Nobody attempted to disturb his sleep..

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Olisa Metuh has distanced the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) from the controversy surrounding the handling of the PDP Presidential campaign funds saying the NWC never received any amount ...