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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
US diocese files for bankruptcy to pay sexual abuse victims
A US archdiocese said Friday it is filing for bankruptcy to compensate victims of sexual abuse, the 12th Roman Catholic…
Libya’s militia alliance announces ceasefire
An Islamist-backed militia alliance on Friday announced a ceasefire in conflict-strewn Libya, following an agreement at UN-brokered peace talks between…
World muslims protest Charlie Hebdo cartoon of Prophet Muhammed
Thousands demonstrated across the world Friday and violent clashes erupted in Niger and Pakistan as Muslims vented fury over a…
Chad joins war against Boko Haram, deploys troops to Cameroon
Dozens of Chadian tanks headed out of the capital Friday south towards Cameroon to help fight Nigeria’s dreaded Boko Haram…
Suicide bomber strikes again in Gombe, kills 6
A suicide bomber killed five people and wounded 11 Friday in northeastern Nigeria, an emergency services official told AFP. “It…
US condemns Charlie Hebdo protests by Muslims
The United States condemned Friday sometimes violent protests by thousands of people in Muslim majority countries against a new cartoon…
FG urges states to impose more taxes, trim spending
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday urged Nigerian state governments to adopt the austerity measures…
Nigeria earns less in December, but Federal, states take more money home
The Minister of State for Finance, Mr Bashir Yuguda, on Friday announced that Federal, States and Local governments shared N580.4billion…
Boko Haram bomber abandons bomb-laden vehicle
A suspected bomber on Friday abandoned a bomb-laden pick-up vehicle at a police check point on the Gombe-Biu road. The…
Campaign office of PDP candidate set ablaze
Some unidentified persons have set ablaze the campaign office of the Zamfara Central Senatorial candidate of PDP, Alhaji Ibrahim Shehu,…
ECOBank to pay ex-CEO $15million in damages
An Ivory Coast commercial court has ordered Ecobank Transnational Inc (ETI) to pay $15 million in damages to former chief…
ECOWAS mulls regional force for Boko Haram: Mahama
West African leaders are considering creating a military force to fight Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist militants and will hold a…
Another APC office bombed in Rivers state
Another office of the All Progressives Congress has been bombed in Rivers State, a day after police said the campaign…
INEC wants Electoral Offences Commission created
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to give priority to the establishment of special commission…
What really happened in Baga? Fact checking
By Julian Rademeyer and Eleanor Whitehead Accounts of Boko Haram attacks on the remote northern Nigerian towns of Doro Gowon…
3 warehouses, 300 shops destroyed by fire in Lagos
Over 300 shops have been razed down by early morning fire which engulfed the popular Berlin Market on Lagos Island,…
Amosun: Ogun people will reject SDP, PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria, has declared that he is not intimidated by the campaigns…
I Am Embarrassed To Have Jonathan As My President
by Gbenga Olorunpomi For weeks, I had resisted the urge to write. So many landmark events have transpired in the…
Nigerian, five others to be executed for drugs in Indonesia
A convicted Nigerian drug trafficker is among six drug offenders to be executed in Indonesia on Sunday. The Nigerian,38 year-old…