Emir of Kano State, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has cancelled Eid festivities marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next week after a deadly church bombing and a female suicide bomber’s attempt to attack a university, an official said Sunday. A statement issued by the Emir reads: “Given the critical situation we are […]

A twin blast that simultaneously rocked a Catholic Church and police check point in Kano claimed the life of a soldier, a suicide bomber and 4 others Sunday afternoon.

A female suicide bomber blew herself up outside a university in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, after they prevented her from carrying out an attack, injuring five officers, police said.

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, on Saturday paid N3 million at the Central Prisons, Kano, to secure freedom for 11 inmates of the prison.

An American doctor battling West Africa’s Ebola epidemic has himself fallen sick with the disease in Liberia, his aid agency said.

Vice-President Namadi Sambo has urged Nigerians to sustain their prayers for peace and stability in the country.

Many were feared dead during a bomb explosion after a Sunday mass service at St Charles Catholic Church, No Man’s Land in Kano.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire that it had itself called for and vowed that Israeli operations in Gaza would continue.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Saturday commended the cordial relationship existing between the Catholic community and people of the state.

The Police in Aba, Abia, has confirmed the death of a four-year-old boy after an all night prayer in a church on Saturday morning.

Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Nigeria’s former Head of State, has tasked Team Nigeria athletes at the ongoing 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to strive for more medals in order to break new record.

The police in Kano Sunday morning uncovered a massive bomb planted at Isyiaku Rabiu mosque where hundreds of worshippers are billed to observe Eid prayers in an hours time.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an international inquiry into Wednesday’s assassination attempt on its leader, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, to unravel the motive and the perpetrators of the dastardly act that could have plunged the country into a deep turmoil, had it succeeded.

Primate of the Anglican Church, Most Rev Nicholas Okoh has said that last Wednesday’s bomb attack on former Head of State and chieftain of the All Progressives Change, APC, General Muhammdu Buhari was an indication that nobody was free or spared from Boko Haram attacks.

At least 38 people, mostly soldiers, were killed in 24 hours of fierce fighting between the Libyan army and Islamists in the eastern city of Benghazi, officials said Sunday.