The Senate President, Sen. David Mark, on Thursday appealed to the international community to show understanding to the peculiarity of Nigeria’s security problems.

By EGUFE YAFUGBORHI PORT HARCOURT – A NIGERIAN Air Force Parade helicopter crashed on the runway of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Thursday. The incident which happened at about 10am resulted in the explosion of the aircraft minutes after the crash. “The plane regularly engages in routine flight parade […]

Ben Agande, Abuja. President Goodluck Jonathan has aborted his state visit to Namibia to personally oversee  efforts by security agencies to contain the new security challenge in Borno, Nassarawa and Benue states. Renewed attacks in Borno, Nassarawa and Benue state recently led to the death of more than fifty security agents. President Jonathan who was […]

A NIGERIAN Air Force Parade helicopter crashed on the runway of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Thursday.

Former Governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has called on Nigerians not to take the country’s security for granted and that everyone was a victim of the Nigerian Civil War.

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Monthly Africa football rankings released Thursday by FIFA (Africa ranking, world ranking): Ivory Coast 1 12 Ghana 2 22 Mali 3 26 Nigeria 4 28 Algeria 5 35 Tunisia 6 41 Zambia 7 46 Burkina Faso 8 50 South Africa 9 56 Equatorial Guinea 10 61 Cameroon 11 62 Central African Republic […]

Wives of policemen killed in Nasarawa State by a militia group on Thursday took to the streets to protest the murder of their spouses.

President Bashar al-Assad will have to step down as part of a political solution to the Syrian conflict, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, echoing a demand from the opposition.

LONDON (AFP) – Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard on Thursday welcomed speculation linking former manager Jose Mourinho with a return to Stamford Bridge and said it would be a positive move for the club. Lampard was one of Mourinho’s key players during the Portuguese coach’s three-year spell at Chelsea, which came to an abrupt end in […]

Angered by the arrest calls that trailed his comment, Monday, that peace will elude Nigeria if President Goodluck Jonathan is not returned in 2015, the Niger Delta frontline Activist and Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has dared the House of Representatives and the security agencies to arrest him if they can muster the courage to do so even as the former Governor of old Anambra state, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife opined that arrests should start with people who had made similar
comments in the past.

Nigeria has moved three steps upward in the FIFA’s monthly Africa football rankings released Thursday (Africa ranking, world ranking):

The Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Chris Cooter, said on Thursday that his country had yet to “declare a position” on Nigeria’s bid for a UN Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat in 2014.

Struggling Finnish handset giant Nokia unveiled on Thursday its next-generation of lower-end mobile smartphones as it seeks to gain traction in a market expected to be worth $15 billion by 2015.

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has advised Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo to re-think his decision to join the yet to be registered All Progressive Congress (APC).

World No.1 Serena Williams cruised into the Madrid Open quarter-finals as she dismantled 13th seed Maria Kirilenko 6-3, 6-1 in just an hour and four minutes on Thursday.