Ms Sonia Jorge, the Executive Director of Africa For Affordable Internet (A4AI), on Monday said that affordability was critical to increasing internet usage in Nigeria

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has rejected the declaration of an Islamist Caliphate in Iraq and Syria, saying it had “defects” that jihadist leaders should rectify, SITE Intelligence said Tuesday.

Islamic Hamas movement rejects the Egyptian ceasefire initiative with Israel, saying there will be no ceasefire before reaching an agreement, a senior official said.

Cecilia Arinye, the first female Nigerian table tennis umpire to be invited to officiate at the Commonwealth Games, on Monday attributed her nomination to hard work. Arinye, a blue badge umpire, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that her selection was based on merit.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the PDP of aiding, abetting and benefitting from the Boko Haram insurgency, saying the mismanagement of national resources, massive corruption under the PDP watch and the incompetent handling of what started as a localized insurgency have been responsible for the festering of the crisis.

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja (UniAbuja) branch, Mr Ben Ugheoke, on Tuesday in Abuja said the body has suspended the strike by its members.

Prof. Andrew Uduigwomen, the Cross River State Overseer of Deeper Life Bible Church on Tuesday said adequate arrangements had been finalised for the take-off of the church’s university.

US Secretary of State John Kerry Tuesday called for a halt to the violence in Libya, saying the United States was working with Libyan leaders to end the unrest.

Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has been impeached after the state House of Assembly concluded its deliberations on the report of the panel set to probe allegations of financial misconducts leveled against him.

A French legionnaire has been killed in a suicide attack in northern Mali, taking to nine the number of soldiers to have died in the west African country since 2013, the defence ministry said Tuesday.

Following the massive onslaught by Security Forces on the activities of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, at the Balmo Forest Bauchi State, Police detectives attached to Bauchi State Police Command on Saturday, 12/7/2014 about 2pm have arrested one Mohammed Zakari described as the chief butcher of the sect.

Mr Philip Shaibu, the Majority Leader, Edo House of Assembly (EDHA), says the crisis in the Assembly was not fueled by the defection of four All Progressives Congress (APC) legislators.

(AFP) – More than 250,000 jubilant fans massed at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate Tuesday to cheer the World Cup winners and new national heroes bringing home football’s top prize for the first time to a reunified Germany.

No fewer than 70 Nigerians are currently facing trials in Abidjan for different offences, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Amb. Ifeoma Akabogu-Chinwuba has said.

President Francois Hollande on Thursday will begin a trip to three former colonies in west Africa just as France puts finishing touches to a military operation in the restive Sahel region to combat extremist violence.