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New UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced Nigeria’s Environment minister, Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General. Check also: Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari Is Selling 2 Presidential Jets in Cost-Cutting Innitiative Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York, reports that Guterres also announced ...

Nigerian preacher T.B Joshua has sought to explain his unfulfilled prophecy on the U.S. presidential election. Check also: A Pastor Dies After Fasting For 30 Days, He Wanted To Break The Record Of Jesus Christ The popular pastor predicted November 6 that the election would be won by “a woman,” presumably Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Joshua’s message, posted on his Facebook page, indicated that ...

Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga has been conferred with the Ghanaian national award of ‘Companion Of The Star of Ghana’, the highest national honors in Ghana. Check also: Meet The Second Richest Man In Africa After Dangote At a televised ceremony in Accra, Ghana on Saturday, Ghanaian President John Mahama bestowed the honor on the Nigerian tycoon in recognition of the immense contributions he ...

ABUJA  – Two of Nigeria’s 10 presidential jets have been put up for sale as part of a drive to cut costs, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday. Check also: Floyd Mayweather: A Guy With 100 Cars And Two Private Jets Buhari, a 73-year-old former military ruler who took office last year, has vowed to crack down on ...

ABUJA, Nigeria – Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau is dead, a Nigerian army commander confirmed Friday. Shekau was reported injured and “fatally wounded” in an Aug. 23 airstrike which killed several other Boko Haram leaders. Check also: Boko Haram Will Be Destroyed Within 90 Days Friday’s announcement of confirmation of his death came not from the army’s public relations department, the usual method for releasing ...