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Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has seized control of a Nigerian town near the Niger border, leading soldiers to flee and adding to its expanding reach in the region, an official said Saturday.

The insurgents were said to have taken control of Malam Fatori in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state after fighting on Wednesday and Thursday, a senior official in the Niger town of Diffa near Nigeria told AFP on condition of anonymity.

eminentme:
he deserves more than he got, I wish he was beaten, just imagine d levo of corruption in churches, not even in a political setting. some of his members are suffering, he cajoled and scammed 'em of their money, not only that, he's planning to establish a sch in the UK, (wetin do Nigeria,abi land don finish for here) this is how God will surely disgrace them all, one by one. I hate such pastors with passion

NB: i'm not castigating nobody.

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, Governor of of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero, and the Acting Governor of Taraba State, Garba Umar, were among dignitaries in the premises of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretariat when a policeman on duty surreptitiously released a canister of tear-gas...

Bishop Oyedepo, its leader in Nigeria, has been shown on YouTube slapping a woman and accusing her of being a witch.

"You don't do this by allowing organisations that believe in witchcraft and are associated with witch-hunting to open in the UK."

Dangote now 23rd world's richest man, 68th most powerful man on earth

No fewer than two persons have been stampeded to death while 20 others are in critical conditions having suffered various degrees of injuries at the inauguration ceremony of the new ultramodern new stadium in Akwa Ibom state.

But while the NAN correspondent at the stadium reported a stampede, the state Commissioner of Police, Isaac Achong, said, “there was no stampede, there was only crowd control. We are only controlling the crowd entering the stadium.”

A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday restrained members of the Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State from parading themselves as officers or elected officials of the party in the state.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola, who issued the interim order, stopped the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Dare Adeleke, and Solomon Osawu from parading themselves as elected leaders of the part in the state.

arewafederation:
Doesn't he know the word "Resign"?

The Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh Tuesday accepted full responsibility for the recent setback recorded by the Nigerian military in the North-east while fighting Boko Haram insurgents...

Just like other entertainers who have decided to try their luck in the infamous dirty game, veteran Nigerian musician who is now a shadow of his old self, Majek Fashek, has announced his intention to go into politics come 2015.

Next year, I’m going to be entering into politics. I am going to be in the PDP…I will support the president.

Imo State Governor and presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Rochas Okorocha, boasted on Monday that he was the only candidate credible enough to dislodge Goodluck Jonathan and The Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the 2015 election.

According to him, if the APC refused to field him as its presidential standard bearer against the PDP, the party would lose the election woefully, insisting that of all the APC presidential aspirants, he stood a better chance to defeat Jonathan.