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Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, has visual impairment, struggles to read in new video

The shadowy leader of the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has…

Kano Governor issues Emir of Kano query

Kano State Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje on Thursday queried Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II…

Bishop bans lawmakers from taking communion over support for abortion bill

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, United State has issued a decree…

Two young Canadian aid workers kidnapped at golf club in Ghana

Two Canadian women working for a local aid agency have been kidnapped at a…

Details of torture, human rights abuses during Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule shock Gambians

Gambians have been left stunned at the extent of human rights abuses under the…

FG revokes license of MKO Abiola’s Oil Summit, five others

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has revoked five Oil Mining Licenses (OML) and…

43-year-old man allegedly rapes his neighbour’s 10 years old daughter in Iyana Ipaja

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 43-year-old man in prison for…

Germany to support Nigeria’s rice production with €2m

Nigeria's rice production drive seems to be getting the needed support as the German…

Nigeria, Jersey, US to share $267m Abacha’s loot

The more than $267m (£210m) belonging to former Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha is…

‘Cameroon risks full-blown war’

Aid workers said Cameroon is edging towards full-blown war, as the country got the…

Nigerian couple fail to declare $15,860 cash, lose it to US customs

A Nigerian couple has lost $15,860 to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) after…

Charity group calls for urgent evacuation of 6,000 migrants trapped in Libyan detention camps

A medical charity group, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has revealed that there are close…

APC: We didn’t lose Oyo, Imo, Bauchi, Adamawa, Zamfara because electorates prefer PDP

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said high level of indiscipline among some of…

Kano anti-graft agency recommends Sanusi for suspension over alleged misappropriation of N3.4bn

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission has recommended the suspension of the…

Fuel subsidy does not favour the poor — World Bank

The Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank, Laura Tuck, has warned Nigeria and…