Women in Clergy endorses Jonathan
The re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan received a boost as a group, Women in Clergy, threw its weight behind his aspiration for second term.
Polls: Yoruba Obas pray for Jonathan
Royal fathers from the South Western part of Nigeria, gathered at the palace of the Ooni of Ife to pray for president Goodluck Jonathan.
Hitch-free INEC mock accreditation exercise in Lagos
THE field testing of Smart Card Readers, SCRs, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Saturday, in Lagos, was generally successful as the exercise was bereft of technical challenges.
UAE says its warplanes hit IS-controlled oil sites
The United Arab Emirates said Saturday its warplanes had carried out raids against oil installations held by the Islamic State group, which controls large swathes of Iraq and Syria.
47 dead after Boko Haram’s multiple blasts hit Maiduguri
Three bombings, including one by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 47 people in northeast Nigeria’s largest city of Maiduguri on Saturday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram.
Maiduguri bombings: Death toll rises to 47
Three bombings, including one by a female suicide attacker, killed at least 47 people in Maiduguri on Saturday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram.
Many children were among the dead and at least 50 others were wounded in the explosions that hit two crowded markets and a busy bus station.
