I will not resign if Boko Haram is not defeated by December – Buhari

Buhari, who stated this during a chat with Al Jazeera’s UpFront programme, expressed his readiness to negotiate with the insurgents to secure the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, but noted that “They have to prove to us that they are alive, they are well, and then we can…negotiate with them.

I have satisfied my conscience and done creditably well – Fayose

The governor said within the past one year he had ‘done well’ for the people of the state.

My parents must not know please!

A telephone thief, who was arrested with his accomplice, has pleaded with the Police in Lagos that his parents must not know that he engaged in stealing.

Oscar Pistorius to be released on October 20

Oscar Pistorius will be released on parole next week after serving one year of his five-year jail term for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the South African department of correctional services said Thursday.

Lawmaker reminds Buhari of free education campaign promise

A member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Gudaji, has reminded President Muhammadu Buhari of his campaign promise of providing free education to all when elected as Nigeria’s leader.

Angry mob burn man accused of stabbing neighbour to death

An angry mob at Ungwan-Rukuba New Road, around the Nasarawo area of Jos, on Wednesday, burnt a 25-year-old man, Mantau Rati Black, for allegedly stabbing one Sati Samola to death.

Nigeria welcomes US troops for Cameroon over Boko Haram

Nigeria on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help the regional fight against Boko Haram, despite having itself requested more direct help from Washington.