Muslim-American businessman backs Donald Trump

Farouk Shami, in white, with Donald Trump, centre,) on the TV show Celebrity Apprentice [Photo courtesy of Farouk Shami]

Palestinian American Farouk Shami is an associate who says Donald Trump would make a "great president".

Ex-NIMASA boss, Omatseye bags 5-year jail term after fraud of 1.5bn

Raymond Temisan Omatseye

Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday sentenced a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration Safety Agency, Mr. Raymond Temisan Omatseye, to five years in prison over a N1.5bn contract scam.

Chibok girl’s rescue puts Jonathan, Fayose to shame —APC

Pix: President Muhammadu Buhari (2nd Right) receiving one of the Chibok Girls, Miss. Amina Ali (3rd Left), as well as her family with the Chief of Staff to Kaduna State Governor, Hajia Hadiza Baba Usman (Right); from Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State (3rd Right) during a brief ceremony at the State House, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida 19/05/2016

Gunmen Kill SSA To Benue Governor, Denen Igbana

Samuel Ortom 

Gunmen have killed the Senior Special Assistant on Security to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Mr Denen Igbana.

Our correspondent gathered that the unknown gunmen stormed his house around 2AM on Friday and shot him.

A certain Terwase Agwaza popularly called Ghana and former leader of the notorious criminal gang that led over 300 followers to accept the Benue State Governor’s amnesty programme in 2015 is being accused of being responsible.

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has directed security operatives to fish out the perpetrators, adding that the so-called Ghana would be brought in for questioning if he is implicated in the 

EgyptAir missing plane MS804: Live updates

Debris from EgyptAir Flight 804 -- which crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people aboard on Thursday -- has been found by Egyptian forces, the military says. Here's what we know so far:

Egypt Air flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo Crashed

An Egypt Air flight from Paris to Cairo is feared to have crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after disappearing from radar overnight.

Amina Ali Mkeki, one of the Chibok girls infamously kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 has been rescued near Sambisa Forest, government sources and activists have told SaharaReporters.