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16-year-old rape victim, found dead in Yobe

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one Sadiya Suleiman,16, of Sabon Gari Ward in Gashua town in the Bade Local Government Area of the state. The police spo... Read More


Oluremi Tinubu speaks on Kebbi schoolgirls abduction

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- Nigeria's First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has described Monday's abduction of 25 female students from a secondary school in Kebbi State as an assault on the values of safety and learni... Read More


Kebbi Abduction: Taraba governor suspends defection to APC as Shettima faces backlash over Kogi rally

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The Governor of Taraba State, Agbu Kefas, has suspended his scheduled defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) indefinitely. Mr Kef... Read More


Kwara police confirm attack as violence spreads across northern communities

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed an attack on Eruku, a town in Ekiti Local Government Area, saying two people were killed and a vigilante member injured during the inci... Read More


'Clear Sabotage': Outrage grows over Kebbi school abduction as governor blames security negligence

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- A wave of anger, blame game, and legislative inquiry has followed the invasion of the Government Girls' Comprehensive Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga, Kebbi State, where bandits a... Read More


Four women killed in Jigawa overhead water tank collapse

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- At least four women were killed on Tuesday after an overhead water tank collapsed on residents fetching water in the Roni Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The overhead tank,... Read More


TRIBUTE: The Dan Agbese I Knew, By Mohammed Haruna

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- I've just received news of the death of Dan Agbese whose deputy I was when he was Editor of the defunct New Nigerian in the early eighties. His death at 81 is a huge loss to the co... Read More


Reps move to expand youth participation in politics, pass age reduction bill for second reading

Nigeria, Nov. 19 -- The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a constitutional amendment bill seeking to lower the minimum age for contesting governorship and Senate seats from 35 to ... Read More


Atiku urges military occupation of Borno, other troubled states

Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for a full military occupation of Borno and other Nigerian states under siege by terrorists and armed groups, following the killing ... Read More


PDP chairman appeals to Trump to rescue Nigeria's democracy

Nigeria, Nov. 18 -- The new National Chairperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabiru Turaki, has appealed to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to help safeguard Nigeria's dem... Read More