Soldiers on Friday confirmed the killing of two suspected Boko Haram members in Katsina State.

King Wasiu Ayinde Mashal has released a new album State of the Nation, in which major part of the album was dedicated to the Awujale of Ijebu land who celebrated his 80th birthday a couple of weeks ago

In recent times, Ogun State seems to be under attacks by ritualists who were on the loose in some parts of the state. The recent discovery of their dens and subsequent arrest of the suspected operators and their accomplices reveal that both the dead and the living are not safe in the hands of the ritualists.

Until 2011, Lagos State University, LASU was a place to get affordable tertiary education in Nigeria. Even then, mothers sold their wrappers, fathers took loans, and students did odd jobs to meet up with the N25, 000 average fee.

The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Friday said the Federal Government disbursed N130.7 billion to the defence sector from January to April.

Malam Lukman Salaudeen, the Deputy Chief Imam, Nupe Road Central Mosque, Kaduna, has condemned the recent bomb blasts in Jos and Kano.

A jealous man castrated and murdered the mayor of a hamlet in northern France whom he suspected of having an affair with his girlfriend, officials said Friday.

Nigeria striker Shola Ameobi is to leave Newcastle after 14 years with the Premier League club.

The leader of Nigeria’s Muslims on Friday announced plans to host a national day of prayer in the capital as part of an effort to overcome Boko Haram’s brutal Islamist insurgency.

A senior Nigerian security source told AFP on Friday that the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram has exposed the country’s incapacity to deal with the Islamist uprising.

Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) on Friday urged United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) to intervene on environmental violations by multinational oil firms in the country.

THERE was a rowdy session Friday at the continued consideration of reports by delegates at the on- going National Conference as the Chairman, Justice Idris Kutigi and his Deputy, Prof. Bolaji Akiyemi had to caution delegates by threatening to walk them out if they become unruling and refuse to adhere to Procedure Rules.

Mobile solar-powered streetlamps made from old bicycle parts are transforming lives in Mali, where villagers often work by night to escape the heat despite 90 per cent having no mains electricity.

A 37-year-old man, Olarenwaju Akinbimi, on Friday appeared before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, charged with attempting to kidnap a six-year-old girl.

Lawyer and activist, Alhaji Mumakai Unagha has urged Federal Government to cancel the 2014 Children Day celebration as the Chibok school girls remain in confinement by the Boko Haram abductors.