Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai on Wednesday ordered the shutdown of two churches, a seminary and one hospital at Saminaka in Lere Local Government. El-Rufai ordered that the buildings... Read more
The U.N. Security Council is unanimously demanding the immediate release of the president, prime minister and others being held hostage in Burkina Faso by renegade members of the presidentia... Read more
More than 19 persons were killed on Wednesday in Kadunung village of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State by unknown gunmen. Reports indicate that the gunmen, numbering about 100, ha... Read more
Textile materials and fashion accessories estimated at millions of naira have been consumed after fire gutted a shopping plaza on Broad Street on the Lagos Island area of Lagos State. Also,... Read more
The abductors of Sheik Adam Idoko, the Chief Imam of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Central Mosque have demanded N20m for his freedom. Idoko was kidnapped five days ago, and he hold... Read more
Obviously worried that various strategies employed to secure the release of abducted school girls have all failed, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that the Federal Government has... Read more
A civilian member of the troubled United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic has been accused of sexual misconduct, taking the total number of such cases to 17, UN o... Read more
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has retained its position as the top ranked university in the world, according to annual league tables. The QS World Universities 2015/16 rankings,... Read more
The President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the Year of Action to End Violence Against Children in response to the high rates of violence revealed in the Nigeria Violence Against Chil... Read more
The Saudi Arabian Moon Sighting Committee has announced a new date for Arafat. Though September 22 was earlier fixed for the Yaomul Arafat (Arafat Day) and September 23 for the Eid-il-adha (... Read more