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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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. […]