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The Defence Headquarters yesterday said it will start releasing detained Boko Haram members and handing them over to state governments, under a peace initiative towards ending insurgency in parts of the North.

The body of revered Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe arrived on Wednesday in his home state in Nigeria, where hundreds of admirers packed a stadium to pay tribute a day ahead of his funeral.

PROMINENT Nigerians from all walks of life continued their effusion of tributes as they paid their last respect to the master storyteller, Prof.

Col. Sagir Musa named 11 areas of Maiduguri where people must remain inside their homes until further notice.

The body of celebrated writer, Chinua Achebe has arrived in Enugu, Nigeria, ahead of final funeral rites to be held on Thursday, May 23, 2013, according to a lindaikeji blog report.

By Emma Amaize WARRI- FORMER national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, TROMPCON, HRM Charles Ayemi-Botu, has said declaration of state of emergency by President Goodluck Jonathan in only three Northern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa was not enough.

Scores of air passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport as unions at the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency embarked on an indefinite strike.

Nine minors, all males, suspected to be members of four different dreaded cult groups that have been disguising and acting as informants to kidnappers and assassins in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State, were Tuesday arrested and paraded in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of Delta state, by men of the Nigeria Army, Koko ... (more)

Nigerian soldiers are seen on the outskirts of Maiduguri in the north-eastern state of Borno in this May 13, 2013, file photo.

Three days after Nigeria launched an offensive on May 16 against Islamic terrorists, US Secretary of State John Kerry stepped in; "We urge Nigeria's security forces to apply disciplined use of force in all operations, protect civilians in any security response and respect human rights and the rule of law." For years the Islamists, called Boko ... (more)

A view of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos April 10, 2013.

No fewer than four persons were feared dead, yesterday, while 10 others sustained various degrees of injury when two rival youth groups suspected to have come from Ogbaru Area Council of Anambra State engaged themselves in a bloody clash.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has declared that Nigerian will never be taken seriously among the comity of nations unless its leaders embrace good management practises in all their dealings.

The "Raisin Cycle" - a series of plays, programs and discussions inspired by Lorraine Hansberry 's "Raisin in the Sun" - continues its run with Center Stage Artistic Director and playwright Kwame Kwei-Armah 's "Beneatha's Place," which follows on the heels of Bruce Norris ' "Clybourne Park." Like "Clybourne," "Beneatha" is in two acts, the first ... (more)

Vital Voices Global Partnership and Women in Management, Business, and Public Service today announced the hosting of the Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness Program and Forum in Lagos, Nigeria.

Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation's northeast, killing at least 21 people, a security official said Friday.

We do not believe implementing a selected import ban on pharmaceuticals should be considered by the government as a means of reducing import reliance.

ALMOST six years after he left office, erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo Sunday reflected on his administration and deplored the failure of his successor, the late President Umaru Yar'Adua, to continue with his policies.

A view is seen of the Nigeria stock exchange building in the central business district in Lagos, April 10, 2013.

Following President Jonathan's declaration of a state of emergency in the Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa, violence has spiked higher in the African country.