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Eight killed in Canada ‘senseless mass murder’
MONTREAL (AFP) – Police investigated Tuesday the “senseless mass murder” of six adults and two children in western Canada who…
Two-year-old in US accidentally kills mother
A two-year-old boy on Tuesday accidentally shot and killed his mother in a Walmart store after taking a gun from…
UN Security Council defeats Palestine Statehood resolution
The UN Security Council failed Tuesday to adopt a resolution on Palestinian statehood by a vote of eight to two,…
Jonathan ill? Concern over Nigerian leader’s visit to London
*A News Commentary on Jonathan’s private visit abroad Nigerians have expressed concerns over the reason for President Goodluck Jonathan’s private…
Palestine statehood: World awaits UN Security Council vote
The UN Security Council will vote later Tuesday on a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood, Jordan’s ambassador and diplomats said.…
PDP confirms Kashamu as senate candidate
*Ex-Ogun state governor Gbenga Daniel may have been left in the cold Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Ogun State Chairman of…
Arsene Wenger: Podolski not for sale
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on Tuesday described Inter Milan’s reported interest in Lukas Podolski as “a joke” and said he…
Aborted Coup in Gambia: Heavy Shooting in Banjul
An attempted military coup in The Gambia was foiled early Tuesday, while President Yahya Jammeh was in France on a…
Sony Pictures hacking: Cybersecurity experts suspect Russia
Even after Washington pointed the finger at North Korea for the massive cyberattack on Sony Pictures, some experts say the…
Nigerian military leadership and threats to the people’s liberty
*Nigerian Military, you don’t protect our freedoms by acting childishly as you try to deaden individual, political, media, and digital…
Skye Bank appoints interim MD for Mainstreet Bank
Nigeria’s Skye Bank Plc says it has appointed Mrs Amaka Onwughalu as interim Managing Director for its new acquisition, the…
LAWMA to convert Olusosun dumpsite into golf course, says MD
Nigeria’s Lagos State Wastes Management Authority (LAWMA) said on Monday it would soon turn the Olusosun dumpsite in Ojota into…
Tin Can Island Port trailer park almost completed
Here is cheering news for motorists usually caught up in the perennial gridlock on the Oshodi-Apapa Port expressway. The trailers…
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INEC unveils deployment of state commissioners: Full list
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has deployed its Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the thirty six states and the…
We are yet to endorse presidential candidate, say Igbo traders
Nigeria’s South-East Amalgamated Market Traders Association (SEAMATAS) said on Monday that it had not adopted any candidate for the 2015…
Who will be your sweetheart on 14 February? GEJ or GMB?
Since 2008 when Barack Obama broke new ground by using social media in his political campaigns in ways never seen…
Cameroon Air Force bombs Boko Haram out of seized military camp
Some 1,000 suspected Boko Haram fighters from Nigeria attacked five towns in northern Cameroon over the weekend and briefly occupied…
Jonathan’s victory inevitable, says Asari Dokubo
The leader Of Niger Delta People’s Salvation Front (NDPSF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has declared Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan the…
Missing AirAsia jet may be at sea bottom, says Indonesia searcher
Multinational search teams hunted Monday for any sign of an AirAsia plane missing off Indonesia with 162 people on board,…
Jonathan: Nigeria will be better in four or five years time
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said if Nigeria continued to progress in the manner it is doing under him, the…
Tompolo picks running mate for Delta PDP gov candidate
Nigeria’s ex-warlord, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, is emerging the undisputed strongman of Delta State politics. He has…
Jonathan travels to UK on private visit
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja Sunday afternoon for a brief private visit to the United Kingdom. The President was…
Cameroon army routs Boko Haram fighters again, over 100 killed
More than 100 suspected Nigerian Boko Haram militants were killed and over 200 arrested during an operation conducted by Cameroonian…
Nigeria to establish more polytechnics, colleges of education: Shekarau
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau on Sunday, said that the Federal Government will establish polytechnics and colleges of…
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Weah, ex-Liberian world football star wins senate seat
Former world soccer player of the year George Weah has won a seat in Liberia’s Senate to represent the capital,…
Libya begs Italy for help on oil tank fire
Libya has called on Italy to send firefighters to prevent a fire spreading out of control at Es Sider, the…
Rumpus in Kano APC over choice of governorship running mate
A major crack has occurred between the supporters of the presidential candidate of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC), Gen Muhammadu…
Update: Missing AirAsia jet asked to deviate flight plan
Air Asia said the pilot of flight QZ8501 that went missing between Indonesia and Singapore early Sunday had requested “deviation”…
Babangida backs Jonathan, stirs political dust
Nigeria’s former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida has urged Nigerians to support President Goodluck Jonathan in his bid for re-election,…
View from abroad: Nigeria’s super rich and their $2m fairy wedding
Illusionists flown in from Spain, flowers imported from France, or an R&B superstar flown in from the United States. No…