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The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Monday donated N25 million to the family of victims of the 2011 Christmas day bombing at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State. The explosion claimed 44 lives out of a total of 127 victims affected. Presently, four victims are still in Gwagwalada Teaching Hospital while ...

Suspected Nigerian Islamists opened fire and set off bombs at a market in the northeastern city of Maiduguri on Monday, killing at least 30 people, a medic and a witness said. Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram stormed the fish section of Baga market and sprayed stallholders and vendors with bullets, traders said, reporting that ...

African Union chairman, Benin’s president Yayi Boni on Saturday expressed regret about lack of unity of African countries towards progress of the countinent. “The biggest paradox is that our continent is not united in its way to peace, stability, security, progress, prosperity and development,” president Boni told a dozen heads of State and government at the opening of the AU ...

On Saturday, D’banj the BET Awards winner of 2011 for Best International Act; Africa, was live on Sahara TV to speak about his position as face of African pop music and his view on the fuel subsidy removal protest. Anchored by Chika Odua, below are extracts from the interview: Chika: Did you ever dream of being this big in music? ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is to introduce a single currency in the sub-region by 2020, while it will become effective in English speaking countries in 2015. This was disclosed by the Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, at a dinner organized for members of the Administration, Finance and Budget Committee of the organisation after ...