French special forces operating in Africa’s Sahel region have killed two senior Islamist militant commanders, a defense ministry statement said on Wednesday. The statement described th... Read more
Nigeria’s crippling fuel shortages are unlikely to ease any time soon and much-needed deregulation of the subsidised market would be a fraught process, the chief executive of energy co... Read more
Senate of the Federal Republic yesterday set aside petitions against nominees of President Jonathan into the board of the National Hajj Commission and confirmed them as Chairman and Commissi... Read more
Reports indicate that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is going ahead with an open primary to select a sole candidate to succeed David Mark as Senate President next month. Reports say 59... Read more
The Nigerian army has relocated 275 women and children recently rescued from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, officials say. They said they were taken from a camp in the north-eastern... Read more
President of the Republic of Niger, Alhaji Mahamadou Issoufou, says President Goodluck Jonathan’s conduct during and after the presidential election is a model for Africa’s democracy. Issouf... Read more
Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has been photographed playing football as protests continue over his bid to run for a third term in office, BBC reports. Mr Nkurunziza was playing... Read more
When 61-year-old Jan Marshall signed up to an online dating website called Plenty of Fish, she put up her personal details and where she works, and quickly she was matched to a ‘British’ man... Read more
The threat by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to publish names of banking sector bad debtors has come good for Fidelity Bank PLC. The bank said it recovered a total of N8 billion loans fr... Read more
Gov Rochas Okorocha, chairman of APC Governors Forum Outgoing and incoming Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have resolved to replicate positive governance st... Read more
