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Sanusi, who said a special prayer for peace at Jonathan’s residence was one of the northern traditional rulers, led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III to join the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for the breaking of Ramadan fast. Speaking at the occasion, Abubakar condemned the twin blasts recorded in Kaduna yesterday as well as other acts of violence across the country. The Sultan described perpetrators as enemies of humanity, saying they and their sponsors had no Islamic agenda. He requested that the President should grant the traditional rulers an audience in the nearest future in order to discuss issues of national importance. The President granted the request immediately. In his short remarks, Jonathan urged the traditional rulers to join hands with his administration to end insurgency. “It could have been worse than this if not for prayers. We will surely get over it. We are doing our best to ensure we end this situation and with the support ...

South African police are investigating two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen who tried to bring $9.3 million in cash into the country illegally, a spokesman said on Monday. There were suspicions that the money could be meant for arms. The Nigerians, coming from Abuja, were not identified, according to a report by Reuters. The plane, a Bombardier Challenger 600, had a Nigerian flight crew on board. It was piloted by Captain Tunde Ojongbede, according to City Press.

Bodies of a team of health workers and journalists who went missing after being attacked on Tuesday while trying to raise awareness of Ebola in a village near the southern city of Nzerekore, have been found, a spokesman for Guinea's government said.

A woman, Mrs. Roseline Uzoamaka, has been arrested by the Dutsen Alhaji Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Abuja for carrying out a  violent punishment on her 14-year-old relative (husband’s younger sister) simply identified as Sarah.

20-year-old single mother, Onyi Chiedozie, who said she is amazed at how her daughter is capable of holding the feeding bottle on her own said she ‘grabbed’ her bottle during a feed and held it to her mouth. Amara at three days old actually started feeding herself, now at three weeks old she regularly holds her bottle all by herself and pushes it aside when she is full up. Meanwhile, the new mother, Onyi, who said she is using a combination of breast and bottle feeding, said everyone is amazed by the feat. See photos below:   Nigerian Baby, Amara Chiedozie, who learned to feed herself when she was only 72 hours old The 20-year-old mother said: “ She was crying as she was hungry and when we were feeding, she started shaking, then she just grabbed the bottle and she was holding it by herself. We couldn’t believe it because babies don’t normally do it that young, I’m so shocked that I have been documenting it every day.”

According to  a strong-worded statement signed by MURIC leader, Professor Isiaq Akintola, and made public on Monday, 25 August 2014, t he group said it is un-Islamic for the terror group to have made such declaration. It also stated that Muslims in Nigeria reaffirm their faith in the unity and indissolubility of Nigeri, while it urged the Nigerian Armed Forces to stand up and cleanse the Boko Haram fighters wherever they may be across Nigertia.   Read the full statement below: “The leader of the Boko Haram insurgents, Abubakar Shekau, on Sunday, 24 August, 2014, declared Gwoza as Boko Haram’s caliphate. Gwoza is a part of Borno State that was overrun by the insurgents a few days ago.

A town in the north east of Nigeria is under an 'Islamic caliphate', according to Boko Haram's leader which the Nigerian military denies  Boko Haram's leader said a town in the north east of Nigeria seized by the insurgents earlier this month has been placed under an Islamic caliphate, in a video obtained by AFP on Sunday. "Thanks be to Allah who gave victory to our brethren in (the town of) Gwoza and made it part of the Islamic caliphate," Abubakar Shekau said in the 52-minute video.