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The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has said it will not suspend the ongoing strike contrary to the government’s announcement, unless its demands are met. The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, had told reporters that ASUU would call off the three-month strike on Monday, after a meeting with the various university vice-chancellors in Abuja. But ASUU ...

The party of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has won 47.18 percent of the seats in parliament, the electoral commission announced on Saturday as it gave the final results from marathon polls. The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) won 235 seats in the new People’s Assembly, or 47.18 percent, the head of the committee, Abdel Moez Ibrahim said. The FJP secured 127 ...

After Saturday’s multiple bomb explosions that killed more than 200 people in Kano, Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan pays a visit to the city. Here are pictures of his visit by Sahara Reporters:

By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, please permit me to sound American today. The type of arrant nonsense going on in Nigeria today would have elicited some exclamatory remarks from the Americans. What I admire in them is their no-nonsense attitude to life. Love them or loathe them, the Americans would always fight for their rights. They have a long history ...

In this episode, Adeola examines the outcome of the mass protest in Nigeria against the removal of oil subsidy. She also looked at a porn business by Nigerians in South-Africa booming at the expense of South-African celebrities. Also, a Zimbabwean witch is found naked in a stranger’s bathroom, and many other stories! Watch and enjoy!