President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said that the report of the National Conference would be presented to the next National Assembly.

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Railwan Akiolu, on Thursday said that President Goodluck Jonathan should not be blamed for the problems of Nigeria.

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Thursday called on Muslims and Christians to come together to end insurgency in the country.

With a tension soaked atmosphere, the Nigeria general election hits a countdown of days as various political parties and contenders continue to rally round for the sympathy and votes of the electorates.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said President Goodluck Jonathan is only shedding crocodile tears with his lamentation over the fact that Nigeria has become more divided along religious and ethnic lines today than at anytime in its history.

The Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri has reiterated that his principal and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP is miles ahead of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, General Muhammadu Buhari.

The presidential ticket of the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate and his running mate, Mohammadu Buhari and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo respectively got a boost as a group of lawyers yesterday vowed to ensure the team win the February election.

Yemen’s top security body has blamed Al-Qaeda for a bomb blast at a police academy in Sanaa, as authorities gave a new toll Thursday of 40 killed in the attack.

Chairman, Senate Committee of Environment and Ecology, Senator Bukola Saraki has expressed the urgent need for Nigeria to have a comprehensive law that will operate in line with international best practices to ensure that oil-spill compensations are not arbitrary, but equitable for all affected parties.

A court-appointed expert said Thursday that a German former male nurse had admitted killing around 30 patients at a hospital where he worked, national DPA news agency reported.

France observed a minute of silence Thursday, broken only by church bells, in honour of the 12 people killed by jihadists at a magazine known for publishing cartoons deemed offensive to Islam.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday formally began his campaign for re-election, taking the fight to a key opposition stronghold with a mass rally.

French security forces were on Thursday desperately hunting two brothers suspected of gunning down 12 people in an Islamist attack on a satirical weekly, as a stunned and outraged France mourned the victims.

Muslims places of worship in two French towns were fired upon overnight, leaving no casualties, prosecutors said on Thursday.

A policewoman who was shot by a gunman wearing a bullet-proof vest just outside Paris has died and a second victim is in serious condition, police said Thursday.