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A group of American congressmen has written President Goodluck Jonathan, seeking decisive action against the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. The congressmen in their April 30 letter warned that any further delay could spell doom for the country. A caller purporting to speak for the sect told the Africa Independent Television (AIT) at the weekend that Abuja and Lagos would be ...

(AFP) – Japan is this year giving $1.3 billion in aid to African nations to help combat the effects of climate change, Japan’s Foreign Affairs Minister Koichiro Gemba said in Morocco on Saturday. Speaking at the start of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, which is being held in Marrakech, Gemba noted Japan had also given $340 million (260 ...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday described his plan to contest in the 2015 election as an irritating distraction which appears to have now assumed a life of its own, dominating political discourse in the country, with all kinds of mischief-makers and opportunists latching on to it, to heat up the polity unnecessarily. In a statement from the Presidency, the president ...

By NAN It was wailing, dirge and eulogy as the remains of 1993 Africa Footballer of the Year, Rasheed Yekini, were buried in his home town Ira, Oyun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The ex-international, 48, who died on Friday was buried according to Muslim rites at 4 p.m. The Chief Imam of Ira, Alhaji Shehu Tijani, who led ...

About persons have been shot death today in the troubled city of Maiduguri, Borno State today. The incident occurred during a wedding ceremony in the city. Some soldiers and two civilians got serious injuries and were rushed to hospital, when some suspected sect clashed with Joint Task Force (JTF) as its spokesman in Lt. Col. Sagir Musa said in a ...