Year: 2015
Indian farmers protest against Modi’s land reform
India’s beleaguered opposition leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday led thousands of angry farmers in a protest in the capital against…
APC increases majority in House of Reps with Nasarawa win
Alhaji Abubakar Sarki-Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Nasarawa State re-run election for the Lafia/Obi Federal…
Man burns wife to death in ‘honour killing’
A Pakistani man and his father have been arrested in the country’s latest so-called “honour killing” after they set the…
11 to die in Egypt over football riot
An Egyptian court Sunday sentenced 11 people to death after a retrial over a 2012 football stadium riot in the…
Breaking: 700 African migrants drown in Libyan waters
Seven hundred people are feared to have drowned when a fishing boat smuggling migrants to Europe capsized off Libya, the…
Australian PM Abbott in beer chugging stunt
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was caught on video downing a beer in a few seconds at a Sydney pub,…
Burundi charges 65 protesters with rebellion
Burundi has charged 65 protestors with rebellion after they were arrested during clashes with police while calling for the president…
Multichoice condemns xenophobic attack in S.Africa
MultiChoice Africa, the continent’s premier pay-TV company, has described as appalling the violence being visited on foreigners in South Africa.…
Xenophobia: Nigerian Union plans resettling 50 Nigerians
The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said that it has concluded arrangements to resettle 50 Nigerians affected by the…
Re-run election: Voting ends in Nasarawa State
Voting in the re-run election in Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency, Ciroma Ward of Lafia Local Government Area in Nasarawa State has…
FIFA World cup winner sold medal to buy cocaine
Former Brazil international Paulo Cesar has admitted he sold his World Cup winners medal from 1970 to buy cocaine. “I…
Zuma pleads with foreigners to stay in South Africa
President Jacob Zuma on Saturday pleaded with foreigners to stay in South Africa as he cancelled a state visit to…
English FA Cup: Arsenal survive Reading scare to make final
Alexis Sanchez sent holders Arsenal back to the FA Cup final as the Chile winger benefitted from Reading goalkeeper Adam…
Chelsea close in on league title, Man United third
Chelsea went 10 points clear at the top of the Premier League table after a 1-0 win over Manchester United…
Messi nets 400th goal for Barca, Madrid lose Bale, Modric
Lionel Messi scored the 400th goal of his Barcelona career as the Catalans beat Champions League-chasing Valencia 2-0 at the…
Sicilian hotel offers refuge to surviving migrants from Nigeria, others
In the green hills of southeastern Sicily, the Don Bosco Oasis hotel is turning tourists away this season. Instead, it…
Warri Wolves pip MK Etanchetie FC in CAF Confed Cup
Warri Wolves Football Club on Saturday defeated MK Etanchetie FC of the Democratic Republic of Congo 2-1 at the Warri…
Boko Haram: Death toll rises in Cameroon village, victims beheaded
Nineteen people were killed in Thursday night’s attack on a Cameroonian village by Nigeria-based Boko Haram militants, a security source…
WHO scientists investigate ‘mysterious deaths’ in Nigerian town
A “mysterious” disease that kills patients within 24 hours, said to have been inflicted by an angry ‘god’, has claimed…
Arik Air abandons New York bound passengers in Lagos
New York bound intending passengers on Arik Air have been stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The News…
Police confirm abduction of Rivers LG boss
The Nigerian Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed the abduction of Chief Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada…
Guru Maharaj Ji to Buhari: Make workers’ welfare priority
Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, founder of One Love Family, has called on the President-elect, Gen. Mohamadu Buhari, and governors-elect, to…
Hamilton secures pole position for Bahrain GP
Series leader and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth straight pole position of the season Saturday when he…
Monte Carlo: Djokovic brushes Nadal aside for Berdych final
Novak Djokovic reached his fourth final at the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday as he held off Rafael Nadal 6-3,…
Strange deaths in Ondo town linked with anger of god
High Chief Moses Enimade, the Oyewoga of Ode Irele in Ondo State, has linked the recent death of 20 youths…
Xenophobia: Buhari backs efforts to protect Nigerians
The Nigerian President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, says he is in full support of the steps taken so far by the…
Pastor Bosun, Buhari’s ‘Jihad’ And Christianity In Nigeria
By Rev. Christopher Akinola (OlaKris) Few months ago in Nigeria, around the time the constitutional conference was going on in…
Amazon tribe shocks scientists over resistance to antibiotics
A remote tribe in the Venezuelan Amazon appears to be resistant to modern antibiotics even though its members have had…
Berdych overpowers Monfils into Monte Carlo final
Tomas Berdych reached the final of the Monte Carlo Masters on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Frenchman Gael…
Zuma cancels trip over xenophobia
South African President Jacob Zuma said Saturday he has cancelled a state visit to Indonesia in order to deal with…