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At least 46 students have been killed by a suicide bomber at a school assembly in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum, police have said. A suicide bomber dressed as a student is believed to have caused the blast at the boys’ school in Yobe state . Police suggested the militant group Boko Haram carried out the attack. Yobe state’s …

(CNN) – A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, authorities said. The flight originated from Nassau, the capital, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it will investigate. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Inspector Terecita Pinder, of the Royal …

The independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega has said the Commission has put measures in place that will make it difficult for politicians in the country to rig the 2015 elections. He also added that the insecurity in the country notwithstanding, no part of the country will be disenfranchised during the elections. Jega stated this in an exclusive …

The embattled Speaker of the House of Represen-tatives, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, yester-day, stormed the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court with 68 senior lawyers, saying his life was in great danger. The Speaker who was equally accompanied to the court by members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of Representatives, urged the court to direct …

Lagos, Nigeria – By Augustine O. Okunmwendia. It was an atmosphere of influence and impartation at the just concluded Excellence in Leadership Conference organized by the Daystar Christian Center. The three-day conference which started on Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 ended today, Friday November 7, 2014 at Plot A3C Ikosi Road, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. The conference theme, “The Exemplary Leader”, …

There is a big buzz in the South –South region of Nigeria as three Heads of Governments from across the West African sub –continent gather for the elaborate commissioning of one of the most magnificent sporting infrastructure in Africa. President Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR lead Ghanaian leader, Dr. John Dramani Mahama and Ivorian Head of State, Dr. Alassane Ouattara to the …

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has challenged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega to ensure the smooth conduct of elections next year. Governor Amaechi spoke while addressing journalists at Government House, Port Harcourt on the need for registered voters in the state to go and …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said women in politics are more reliable than their male counterparts; hence they should be given more positions of authority to en­sure the nation’s growth. Obasanjo said this yesterday, while receiving the leadership of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) in his hilltop residence in Abeokuta. The women were there to present to him the …

ABUJA— Governor James Ngilari of Adamawa State, yesterday, cried out to President Goodluck Jonathan to save his state from being overrun by Boko Haram insurgents who have already taken over five local governments and are advancing to other towns. Governor Ngilari took his case to the Presidential Villa, Abuja on a day Boko Haram renamed another town it captured as …

Boko Haram went away with eight Toyota Hilux vans loaded with dynamite after their raid on Ashaka Cement, on Tuesday, Residents say. The sect, same day, attacked border towns of Yobe and Gombe states including Nafada and Funakaye Local Government areas of Gombe State and Ngalda and Fika in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State, which claimed lives in …