Year: 2015
US Applauds Jonathan-Buhari Abuja Accord
By Simon Ateba The United States Embassy in Nigeria said on Friday that it is applauding President Goodluck Jonathan and…
PDP perfects plan to use UNIBEN students to destabilize Edo – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state on Saturday alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has perfected plans…
Don’t be decieved by propaganda, Daniel, Obanikoro tell voters
Former governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun and Senator Musiliu Obanikoro have urged voters to disregard propaganda and smear campaigns and…
Explosives hit Algerian embassy in Libya
Assailants lobbed a bag packed with explosives at the Algerian embassy in the Libyan capital on Saturday, injuring three people,…
Shun financial inducements, APC guber candidate tells voters
Senator Atiku Bagudu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kebbi state, has appealed to voters in the state…
Governors promise to deliver North central states to Jonathan 100%
*Governors of Benue, Plateau, Niger made the pledge PDP North-Central Governors on Saturday promised to deliver 100 per cent votes…
Yemen: Huthi rebels admit abducting chief of staff
Shiite militiamen in control of Yemen’s capital said they seized President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff Saturday, a claim…
Uganda LRA commander handed over to ICC
Captured Lord Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ongwen was on Saturday handed over to the International Criminal Court’s office in…
Turkey in red alert as 3,000 residents linked with IS Jihadists
Around 3,000 people in Turkey are believed to be linked to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, a Turkish intelligence…
NEMA sympathises with victims of Gombe blast
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has sympathised with the victims of Friday’s bomb-blast in Gombe, where six people were…
Boko Haram forces of evil, say Chadian demonstrators
Tens of thousands of people rallied in the capital of Chad on Saturday to support the authorities’ decision to send…
Police arrest 10 for looting at scene of bombing in Gombe
The police in Gombe on Friday arrested 10 youths who tried to take advantage of a suicide bombing incident to…
Charlie Hebdo protests: Churches burnt in Niamey,rally in Russia
At least two churches were torched in Niger’s capital Saturday as protests raged on against the publication of a Prophet…
Yemen’s chief of staff abducted by armed men
Gunmen on Saturday seized Yemeni President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi’s chief of staff, whose nomination as prime minister last year was…
Fashola: Ambode tested and trusted
Jamiu Yisa Lagos state governorship candidate of the All Progressives party (APC), Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode campaign train arrived Apapa to…
Flee from desperate politicians, Wamakko urges youths
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto state, has advised Nigerian youths to resist the temptation of being used by desperate politicians…
France defends freedom of speech after violent protests
President Francois Hollande stressed on Saturday that France was committed to “freedom of expression” after fresh violence broke out in…
Suso leaves Liverpool for AC Milan
Spanish midfielder Suso ended a frustrating four year spell at English Premier League side Liverpool by signing for Serie A…
Pope Francis flees Philippines ferocious storm
Pope Francis was forced Saturday to flee a fierce storm in the Philippines that killed a papal volunteer, cutting short…
Nigerian, others to die by firing squad; Indonesia rejects clemency pleas
Five foreigners and an Indonesian woman sentenced to death on drug charges will be executed by firing squad despite international…
Pakistan hangs 19th militant after school terror attack
Pakistan on Saturday hanged a sectarian militant whose execution was cancelled but later reinstated after a court rejected a pardon…
Man beheads wife, 3 year old daughter, commits suicide
A farmer, Olubusayo Sunday, 46, on Wednesday, committed suicide after beheading his wife and daughter. In a statement issued by…
Japan’s Endo reaches 150 caps, says its insult on Lothar Matthaeus
Japan’s Yasuhito Endo reacted with mock horror after learning he had tied German superstar Lothar Matthaeus by winning his 150th…
US kicks as Israel’s ‘war crimes’ come under ICC scrutiny
The United States on Friday condemned as “tragic irony” the International Criminal Court’s decision to open a preliminary probe into…
Swiss franc surge leaves currency brokers in tatters, banks in heavy losses
by Roland JACKSON/AFP The surprise surge in the Swiss franc left currency brokers and banks worldwide licking their wounds on…
I’m hitting some of my best form ever, says Federer
Roger Federer said Saturday he was hitting some of the best form of his life in an ominous warning as…
Oscar-nominated ‘Leviathan’ stirs controversy in Russia
Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s sombre social drama “Leviathan” may have been nominated for an Oscar, but at home the film…
Kwankwaso urges youths to shun violence
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on Friday urged youths in the country to shun violence during and after the…
APC will govern Nigeria with humility, probity, transparency – Buhari
The presidential candidate of the APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised that he will rule Nigeria with humility and transparency…
Jonathan promises special fund for youth empowerment if reelected
President Goodluck Jonathan said his administration will create special fund for the empowerment of youths in the country. Jonathan announced…