Pro-Russian separatists on Monday said nearly 90 per cent of voters in the Donetsk region had backed independence in an election that defied international condemnation.

Nigeria rejects swapping Boko Haram prisoners for hostage schoolgirls

Mr Ibrahim Lamorde, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said on Monday that the commission secured 117 court convictions in corruption-related cases in 2013

Dr Paul Ekorong a Dong, Consul-General, Consulate-General of the Republic of Cameroon, on Monday urged the Federal Government to reconsider giving resident permits to Cameroonians in Nigeria.

Dozens of women’s rights activists took to the streets of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Monday to denounce the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria by Islamist militants.

Several people were reported killed on Monday after a boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of southern Italy, Italian media reported.

A POLITICIAN’S qualities are his attributes that are natural, while some of the qualities are as a result of external influences.

Oputa, popularly called, `Charlie Boy in Nigeria’s social circle’, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his house in Gwarimpa, Abuja at the weekebd.

French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that he would be hosting an African summit in Paris next week to include Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin.

Boko Haram releases new video showing missing girls wearing Islamic hijab headdress and reciting Quran under duress.