The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa'ad Abubakar, has described the late Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, as an extremely detribalised Nigerian, whose love for peaceful co-existence was unparalleled.
Angela Uwandu, Head of Office, Avocats Sans Frontieres , has said over 1,000 Nigerians are on death row in various prisons across the country, with only four executions of condemned prison inmates carried out in the country in the last one year.
Udem Solomon, a singer from Calabar brought pity and gloom to the heart of the judges and audience as he performed Adele's "Someone like you' in remembrance of his sister who died 6 months ago in a car crash on her way to choir rehearsal.
Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina State yesterday said the All Progressives Congress will not pose any threat to the Peoples' Democratic Party come 2015.
Nigeria's military is recommending immediate trial for 500 suspected extremist militants and the president is promising an economic boost for the northeast region confronting an Islamic uprising - both issues that address concerns expressed by the United States.
The age-long rivalries among the quarters in Akure, the Ondo State capital, turned violent Tuesday when youths of Isolo engaged those of Akure in a free-for-all over the directive that all shops and markets within the town should be closed following the death of the paramount ruler of the town, Oba Adebiyi Adesida Afunbiowo II.
Senate President David Mark has urged the National Identity Management Commission to ensure that the current exercise of registering and issuing National Identity cards to Nigerians succeeds.
FROM LEFT: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LT.-GEN. AZUBUIKE IHEJIRIKA; CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, ADMIRAL OLA IBRAHIM AND SUPERVISING MINISTER OF DEFENCE, MR LABARAN MAKU, AT A NEWS CONFENRENCE ON THE ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY CELEBRATION IN ABUJA ON TUESDAY .
Hundreds of Islamic militants in trucks and a stolen armored personnel carrier attacked an air force base and international airport on the outskirts of a Nigerian city before dawn Monday, officials and witnesses said, possibly leaving scores of people dead in one of the insurgent group's most daring attacks.
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