Year: 2015
Turkish woman kills husband over ‘German porn fantasies’
A Turkish woman slit the throat of her husband after he beat her for refusing to act out scenes he…
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A Military Diktat and the Pitiable INEC chief
By Bayo Onanuga Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission cut a pathetic, pitiable figure Saturday night…
SERAP, others ask Jega to publish contracts for printing ballot papers
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Corruption Watch UK, and the African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) have…
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Jonathan’s campaign organ supports Nigeria’s poll delay
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) has endorsed the postponement of elections as announced by the Independent National…
Woman killed as Bruce Jenner crashes car in US paparazzi chase
Olympic decathlon star and former stepfather to the Kardashian clan Bruce Jenner was involved in a car crash Saturday that…
US ‘deeply disappointed’ by Nigeria elections delay
The top US diplomat said Saturday he was “deeply disappointed” by Nigeria’s decision to postpone elections and issued a call…
Survey: Interbrand set to gauge the strength of Nigeria brands
Today businesses operate in a constantly changing marketplace. Consumer values and needs change; products and services change; competitors change and…
Poll Shift setback for Nigeria’s democracy, says Oyegun
The chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has described the postponement of the February elections till March…
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Poll shift: Tinubu says it’s democracy at gunpoint
Jamiu Yisa The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the postponement of…
300th day: Malala calls for global action to free Chibok schoolgirls
Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday called for global support to help release more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped…
Nigeria: INEC announces new election time-table
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission today announced new dates for Nigeria’s general elections. The Presidential…
Everton deny Gerrard victorious final derby
Liverpool extended their unbeaten run in the Merseyside derby to 10 games but departing captain Steven Gerrard had to content…
8,700-strong African deployment to fight Boko Haram
Five African nations on Saturday pledged to deploy 8,700 troops, police and civilians as part of a regional effort to…
Jonathan Shuns Emir Of Kano’s Coronation
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan did not attend the coronation of Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammad Sanusi II held…
Boko Haram planned to attack the whole of Nigeria – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said various attacks by Boko Haram in Abuja were planned to extend to parts of…
Chelsea go seven points clear as Man City slip
Manchester City’s 1-1 draw at home to Hull City allowed Chelsea to establish a seven-point lead in the Premier League…
Atletico thrash woeful Real 4-0 in Madrid derby
Atletico Madrid blew the La Liga title race wide open by extending their unbeaten run over Real Madrid to six…
Thousands protest Burkina presidential guard
Several thousand people took to the streets of the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou on Saturday to demand the dissolution of…
Ghana’s Avram Grant unsure of Gyan’s fitness
Ghana coach Avram Grant is unsure whether injured skipper Asamoah Gyan will be fit for Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations…
Kaduna College shut as fire engulfs female hostel
Authorities of Shehu Idris College of Health Science Technology, Makarfi, Kaduna State, have shut its main campus following a fire…
Sokoto sponsors 42 to study in Niger, Burkina Faso
The Sokoto State Government said it was sponsoring 42 students in Niger and Burkina Faso to obtain bachelor’s degrees in…
There are new developments to be addressed before elections, says Jega
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new developments’ that needed to…
Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend under investigation for her drowning
Police have opened a criminal investigation of the boyfriend of Bobbi Kristina Brown, US media reported, one week after the…
Arsenal ‘Kaned’ By Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane scored twice as Tottenham Hotspur claimed the north London bragging rights by storming from behind to sink Arsenal…
INEC yet to decide on election postponement
Independent National Electoral Commission says it is yet to make an announcement or decide on whether the February 14 presidential…
Blasts kill at least 27 in Baghdad
Attacks in Baghdad including a suicide bombing inside a restaurant killed 27 people on Saturday, hours before a years-old nightly…
South African writer Andre Brink dies aged 79
Celebrated South African author and outspoken critic of apartheid Andre Brink has died aged 79, local media said Saturday. He…
Algerian novelist and women’s rights defender Assia Djebar dead
Novelist Assia Djebar, an ardent defender of women’s rights in her native Algeria, has died aged 78, state radio said…
FFP sanctions not tough enough – Mourinho
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has launched a thinly veiled barb at title rivals Manchester City by claiming that clubs who…
Nigeria postpones general elections for six weeks – AP
Nigeria’s electoral commission will postpone February 14 presidential and legislative elections for six weeks to give a new multinational force…