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The former governor Bayelsa State, Chief Timpre Sylva, who was recently sacked by Supreme Court ruling has called President Goodluck Jonathan a liar and described his stoning incident in Uganda in May 2011 as a global rejection of his Presidency. Sylva said this on Saturday, in reaction to President Goodluck Jonathan’s comment at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally ...

In this episode Adeola examines the strategies president Jonathan plans to use in tackling Boko Haram. Meanwhile, a young Congolese has invented the African version of Ipad; a Zimbabwean couple gave birth to a Chinese baby, and more stories. Enjoy!

Family and friends of Major Hamza Al Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer,(CSO) to the former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, are lobbying traditional rulers across the country to save him from an imminent death. A Lagos High Court on Monday had sentenced him to death by hanging along with Lateef Shofolahan, for the murder of Alhaja Kudirat ...

The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, on Friday presented a letter of automatic employment to younger brothers of two slain officers that the extremist sect, Boko Haram killed in the recent attack in Kano. The letters were presented to Shamsuddeen Da’u Idris and Muhammad Ali Jibrin at a brief ceremony in the State Command. The state’s ...

The City Council of Nairobi has launched plans to legalise prostitution in the city. Mayor George Aladwa said on Friday a committee of experts has been established at the council to harmonise various laws that touch on the business. Aladwa said the council has been receiving complaints from prostitutes of constant harassment by council askaris hence the need for the ...