President Goodluck Jonathan has said there are some anti-democratic forces working to truncate the 2015 elections. The President spoke yesterday at the All-Political Parties Summit at the International Conference Centre,…
Riot police carrying massive plastic shields and dressed head to toe in body armour clashed with thousands of demonstrators in downtown São Paulo near the Carrão station yesterday morning. Security…
Sultan Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar III of Sokoto and members of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs(NSCIA) have waded into the impasse in Kano over the appointment of the Emir,…
Fears of a plan to Islamise Nigeria are unfounded, Sultan Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III said yesterday. Sultan Abubakar, who is also the President General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for…
There was anxiety yesterday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, over the state of health of Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1. The palace was besieged by…
The world’s biggest party – the 2014 FIFA World Cup —got under way last night with a colourful opening ceremony before hosts Brazil kicked off against Croatia. Thousand of fans,…
Former Edo State Governor Chief John Odigie-Oyegun appears set to emerge the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The party’s convention will hold in Abuja today. APC governors…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to get the government’s go-ahead to join the moves for securing the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls. The former President met last month…
US President Barack Obama says his government is looking at “all options”, including military action, to help Iraq fight Islamist militants. He said the US had an interest in making…
During its five-year insurgency, the Islamist group Boko Haram has driven thousands of people from their homes, including these women and children at a refugee camp in northeastern Nigeria, reports…