State house in Gomber bombed
The Government House in Gombe State was attacked in a massive explosion late Thursday afternoon. As this breaking story unfolds, there are...
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Midwives can prevent two-thirds of deaths among women and newborns
3 June 2014 – Midwives are the unsung heroes of maternal and newborn health, according to a new United Nations report released today that urges...
Top 10 Nigeria Generals Aiding Boko Haram And found Guilty of Arms stmuggling
Top 10 senior military officers and others were found guilty by courts martial of providing arms and information to Boko Haram extremists. The verdicts follow...
Lawyers kick Against Payment Of Taxes By Religious Organisations
Some prominent lawyers in Lagos on Thursday kicked against the payment of taxes by religious organisations in the country. Delegates at the ongoing National Conference...
Italian priests and Canadian nun ‘freed in Cameroon’
Gianantonio Allegri, Giampaolo Marta and Gilberte Bussier were abducted in the district of Maroua Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized by gunmen in...
Italian priests and Canadian nun 'freed in Cameroon'
Gianantonio Allegri, Giampaolo Marta and Gilberte Bussier were abducted in the district of Maroua Two Italian priests and a Canadian nun seized by gunmen in...
Peter Mutharika sworn in as president of Malawi
Peter Mutharika is the brother of former President Bingu wa Mutharika, who died two years ago Peter Mutharika has been sworn in as Malawi’s president...
Sudanese woman sentenced to hang will be freed ‘in a few days’
A mother facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith was said last night to be on the verge of being freed....
Apostasy woman in Sudan death sentence: Husband appeals for support to halt execution
Daniel Wani is hoping mounting international pressure on the Sudanese authorities could save his wife’s life Sudan is facing growing condemnation from the international community...
President Jonathan to grant amnesty for members of the Boko Haram Terrorist group.
Minister of Youth Development, Boni Haruna, disclosed this on Thursday at a special event, “A day with young leaders of Nigeria”, to mark the 15th...
Boko Haram kill Emir of Gwoza and three other emirs kidnapped
Members of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, today kidnapped three traditional rulers—called Emirs—in Nigeria’s volatile and violence-plagued northeast. Two of the emirs were later...
Nigerian students receives full scholarship to study abroad
Global Pathways and Kaplan have made it possible for many international high school students to study in American Universities such as Northeastern, Merrimack College and...
Security Council extends UN missions in Abyei, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia
Security Council votes unanimously to extend the mandate of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNIOGBIS). UN Photo/Mark Garten 29 May 2014 – The...
Central African Republic: Ban deplores recent attacks, urges end to ‘cycle of violence’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned recent attacks in the Central African Republic (CAR) and encouraged the country’s Transitional Authority to do everything within its...
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi wins landslide in Egypt Election
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, took more than 90 per cent of the vote in a presidential election,...
General Sisi likely to triumph in polls as Egyptians back their ‘strong man’
Egypt’s former military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is on course for a sweeping victory in presidential elections, as Egyptians went to polling stations for the...
Somalia parliament attack: At least 10 dead as Islamist militants launch deadly assault
Al-Shabaab militants stormed Somalia’s parliament building yesterday in a deadly and prolonged assault involving a suicide bomber, a car bomb and gunmen on foot and...
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers 29 May is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran Officers from the Indonesian contingent of UNAMID stand in formation during a ceremony for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers...
Nigerian Air Force bombards Boko Haram camps in Bauchi forests
Loud explosions shook the Earth’s foundations in forest areas of Bauchi where Boko Haram camps are located as Nigerian Air Force jets dropped their payload...
Soldiers intercept arms in Nsukka, arrest retired DSP, corporal working for Boko haram
Three persons, including a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, and a corporal, Abu Haruna, Solomon, respectively have been arrested for illegal trafficking of arms...