Cameroon took full sovereignty over the disputed territory of Bakassi on Wednesday, state radio reported, five years after an agreement with Nigeria signalling the end of a bloody conflict over the land.

The ongoing privatisation of power sector is facing a threat as winners of the 11 distribution companies of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria PHCN, yesterday issued the Federal Government fresh conditions before completing the balance of 75 percent for the bids value.

The Nigeria Film Corporation has concluded arrangements to start producing indigenous cartoon films for children to reduce over-dependent on foreign films.

THOSE that call me a tribalist and an Igbo-hater are simply misguided and ignorant. Perhaps they do not know the meaning of those words or the true import of their meaning.

The Nigerian Navy said in Yenagoa on Wednesday that it arrested six persons, who allegedly attempted to tow a distressed barge laden with crude oil.

Egypt’s government on Wednesday declared a curfew in Cairo and 10 other provinces in a bid to contain nationwide violence following a crackdown on supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi.

Nigeria’s military said Wednesday it had killed the second-in-command of Islamist group Boko Haram while repelling an insurgent attack earlier this month.

AS the All Progressives Congress, APC, continues to bask in the euphoria of registration as a political party by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a chieftain of the party, Chief George Moghalu Wednesday  boasted that

The police in Bayelsa State Wednesday  averted what could have been a violent protest by aggrieved youths of Otuokpoti community in Ogbia Local Government council following the crushing to death of a cement trader by a truck in the area.

IT is not yet uhuru for Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, over his acquittal by the appellate court as the Lagos State Government yesterday disclosed it has filed an appeal to challenge the court’s decision that aquitted the former CSO and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola.

North and South Korea reached an agreement Wednesday to re-open the Kaesong joint industrial zone — closed by Pyongyang in April at the height of soaring military tensions.

Football’s world governing body FIFA on Wednesday said it had asked 2018 World Cup hosts Russia to explain in more detail its controversial new law banning “homosexual propaganda” after criticism from athletes and activists.

Supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi torched three churches in central Egypt on Wednesday in reprisal attacks

Nigeria has joined other UN member states to sign the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) adopted in April.

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, has disclosed that the burial of her late foster mother, Mrs Charity Oba, would take place on Oct. 31.