Nigeria Market Blast ‘Kills At Least 47 In Borno’
An explosion at a crowded market in the north-east state of Borno in Nigeria has killed at least 47 people, officials say.
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Nigeria President Appoints Anti-Corruption Advisers
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a committee to advise him on how best to tackle corruption and reform the legal system.
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Nigeria To Establish Weapons Factory, Says President Buhari
Nigeria is going to establish a domestic weapons factory in an effort to cut its dependence on imported arms, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.
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Chibok Girls To Be Freed As Aso Rock, Boko Haram Reach Ceasefire Agreement.
Abuja, NIGERIA: Reports coming in from our Lagos correspondent suggest that President Goodluck Jonathan’s government has reached a ceasefire agreement with the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The ceasefire was reached after a meeting between the Nigerian and Cameroonian military top brass and representatives of Boko Haram. Details are scanty at this point but it
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Super Eagles Boycott Training Ahead Of France Clash
In what looks like a repeat of the bizarre crisis that hit the Ghana Black Stars camp in Brazil, Nigeria’s Super Eagles have missed a scheduled training session over unpaid bonuses. Reports say the players are claiming they have each been shortchanged by $15,000 of what they were expecting for reaching the Round-of- 16 at the
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Soldiers, Police Arrested For Robbing Nigerians In Ghana; Claim They Were Engaged In Cyber Fraud
By Isaac Bediako Justice ACCRA, Ghana- Two soldiers, a police officer and two others have been remanded into police custody by an Accra Circuit court for allegedly robbing tenants of a household at gunpoint. The soldiers, Emmanuel Obeng Domson and Obed Kwaku Agamati, together with Ibrahim Iddrisu, the police officer, and Noah Mensah, unemployed, in
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President Mahama Summons ECOWAS Heads To Discuss Boko Haram
Accra-GHANA Leaders of countries comprising the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are due to converge in Accra, Ghana today to discuss the Boko Haram menace confronting Nigeria as well as other flash points in the subregion. The leaders have been summoned by Ghanaian President and ECOWAS Chairman President John Mahama. Presidential Spokesperson, Ben
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Another Explosion Rocks Jos
Police sources have confirmed that at least three people have been killed with another three injured as yet another bomb exploded in the Nigerian city of Jos; Plateau State. The explosion happened around 21.30 hrs local time (20.30GMT) at a spot where dozens of people had gathered to watch the European Champions League final match
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BIAFRA REPUBLIC RE-EMERGING?
03/25/2014 “If they fail to give us Biafra, Somalia will look like a paradise compared to what will happen to that zoo. It is a promise, it is a pledge and it is also a threat to them… if they do not give us Biafra, there will be nothing living in that very zoo they
