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Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, late Thursday, killing an unspecified number of people.

The former president, who spoke on Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary at his country home in Abeokuta on Thursday, revealed that the diplomatic impressions received from Bill Clinton, ex-President of United States, Gordon Brown, ex-Prime Minister of United Kingdom and...

“Kuje 13 lost their lives and 20 injured”, the agency said. They have been trying to carve out an Islamist state, killing thousands of people and displacing more than two million others.

Speaking on the vote of confidence, Chairman, Senate ad-hoc committee on Media and publicity, Senator Dino Melaye said that 83 Senators who endorsed the leadership of the Senate was the expression of confidence the lawmakers reposed on their leadership. Buhari needto be reminded...

Four militants detonated explosive vests simultaneously, he said.

John Chukwu, has condemned the twin suicide bomb blasts in Kuje, a suburb of Abuja late Friday.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari is to take personal charge of the country’s crucial oil portfolio, his spokesman, Femi Adesina said on Tuesday, as a deadline loomed for him to finally nominate his cabinet.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives; Mahmud Mohammed, chief justice of Nigeria; Yakubu Gowon, former head of state; Alex Ekwueme, Ernest Shonekan, former interim president; all the service chiefs, were among the dignitaries that...

He did not make any speech. “He’s going to be dividing his time between looking at the petroleum sector and governing the nation, which I think is not the appropriate thing to do when the economy is in deep crisis”.

Mr Buhari, who took office at the end of May, has submitted his list of ministerial nominations, the Senate president has tweeted.

The source also disclosed that people were surprised to discover that the bombers were actually males dressed like females after security came to the scene.

The list may be presented to the Senate before October 1.

The federal government has insisted that it is winning the war against Boko Haram despite all challenges and campaign of calumny by the fifth columnists. Since 2002, Boko Haram has caused over 10,000 deaths and the displacement of over 1.5 million people from the Northern states.

Just three years later, the situation in the West African nation looks a whole lot brighter.

“Today September 27, 22015, suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked Mailari village in Konduga LGA”. The United States also continues to provide advisors and share information with our regional partners to enhance counter-Boko Haram operations, as well as victim...