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Nigeria Election Commission Insists Vote Will Be Well Organized, free and fair!

Nigeria Election Commission Insists Vote Will Be Well Organized, free and fair!

Nigeria’s top election official promised that this weekend’s national vote, which pits incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan against former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, would be well organized, credible and peaceful. The comments by Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Election Commission, come amid rising fears about whether Saturday’s vote, which also includes both presidential and […]

The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa 2015

The 10 Most Powerful Men In Africa 2015

While 2014 was a extremely challenging year for the continent with some unprecedented lows; the seemingly unrelenting Ebola outbreak in the Western African countries of Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone; the horrific Hoko Haram kidnapping of nearly 300 school girls in the middle of the night in Nigeria; growing political unrest and strife in South […]

Nigerian Voters ‘Disappointed’ by Election Delay

Nigerian Voters ‘Disappointed’ by Election Delay

The decision to postpone Nigeria’s elections by six weeks has met with criticism at home and abroad. Voters in Nigeria say they are disappointed. Nigeria’s electoral commission says it pushed back the February 14 and February 28 polls because security agencies say they cannot secure voting and need more time to fight Boko Haram in […]

Chad’s troops enter Nigeria guns blazing against Boko Haram

Chad’s troops enter Nigeria guns blazing against Boko Haram

Chadian troops have entered Nigeria to join the battle against militant Islamist group Boko Haram.Armoured vehicles and infantry crossed a bridge from Cameroon following air strikes and mortar attacks on Boko Haram positions, officials say.Fighting focused on the key north-eastern town of Gamboru, Nigerian security spokesman Mike Omeri said.Chad’s deepening involvement shows how the conflict […]

UK military has freed a German hostage(Robert Nitsch Eberhard) kidnapped in Nigeria by Boko Haram

UK military has freed a German hostage(Robert Nitsch Eberhard) kidnapped in Nigeria by Boko Haram

Cameroon says its military has freed a German hostage kidnapped in Nigeria by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.Robert Nitsch Eberhard, a teacher, was abducted in July 2014 in Nigeria’s Adamawa State by the group, Cameroon’s government said.He was freed in a “special operation of the Cameroon armed forces and security services of friendly countries”.Boko […]

Nigeria drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ for the 2015 women’s World Cup

Nigeria drawn in the ‘Group of Death’ for the 2015 women’s World Cup

The African champions Nigeria have been drawn in the so-called ‘Group of Death’ at the 2015 women’s World Cup in Canada.Nigeria will face the number one ranked Olympic champions, the United States, in Group D at the showpiece event to be played from 6 June to 5 July.The Super Falcons will also take on fifth […]

Boko Haram kidnaps 30 more children

Boko Haram kidnaps 30 more children

Kano, Nigeria — Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 30 boys and girls from a village in northeast Nigeria during the weekend. The abductions appear to be the latest in a string of recent kidnappings by Boko Haram that dims hope for the anticipated release of 219 schoolgirls ‎held by the group since April following […]

Explosion kills 5 at bus station

Explosion kills 5 at bus station

Abuja, Nigeria — An explosion near a bus station left five people dead and 12 others injured in northern Nigeria, police said Thursday morning. The blast occurred in Azare town in Bauchi state on Wednesday night. A man left a bag filled with explosives outside a bus station in the town, which went off, witnesses […]

Nigerian nude club owner reveals how much strippers make

Nigerian nude club owner reveals how much strippers make

Lagos most popular nude club owner, Shina Eddo has made known a rather shocking revelation about the benefits attached to being a stripper. Shina Eddo, who is the the owner of Cave Night Club, Shina Eddo, has revealed that his strippers get as high as N150,000 per week, totaling a take-home ofN600,000 per month. Shina […]

Nigeria declared free of Ebola

Nigeria declared free of Ebola

Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, speaking in the capital Abuja, said it was a “spectacular success story”. Nigeria won praise for its swift response after a Liberian diplomat brought the disease there in July. […]

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