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Insurgency: Mali teaches Nigeria good examples
In a move that is a rarity in Nigeria, Mali’s army chief of staff, General Mahamane Toure, offered to step…
Teens become first joint US spelling champions
Two young American teenagers of South Asian heritage made spelling history Thursday when they became the first co-winners of the…
Ex-president sentenced to 12 years in jail in absentia
An Ecuadoran court in Quito on Thursday sentenced exiled ex-president Jamil Mahuad to 12 years in jail for corruption. Mahuad,…
Mozambique plans sovereign wealth fund
Mineral-rich Mozambique is considering the establishment of a sovereign wealth fund, the country’s finance minister said Thursday. “We think it’s…
Fashola opens N2.5bn Yaya-Abatan Road
Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday commissioned the 2.9km Yaya-Abatan Road in Ifako Ijaiye area of…
Final goodbye to GOK Ajayi
Abiodun Onafuye/ Ijebu-Ode Ijebu-Ode, the ancestral home of the legal icon, Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole (GOK) Ajayi, stood still for…
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Osoba declares final parting of ways with Amosun
The former governor of Ogun State vows never to reconcile with Amosun Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The former governor of Ogun…
China fines foreign eyewear makers in price crackdown
China on Thursday fined several foreign eyewear makers more than 19 million yuan ($3.1 million) for “price manipulation”, the government…
Uganda joins oil producers in 2016
Uganda’s finance minister said on Thursday that the country hopes to begin full-scale oil production within two years, but vowed…
Despite Jonathan’s vows, Boko Haram continues killing villagers
President Goodluck Jonathan may dominate the airwaves with vows to rein in the Boko Haram insurgency and restore peace to…
Malaysia Airlines union urges CEO to resign
Malaysia Airlines’ workers’ union called Thursday for the struggling carrier’s top managers to step down, adding to pressure with the…
View from abroad: Why Jonathan can’t #bringbackourgirls
.An insight into the political bickerings, military corruption stalling rescue of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls When local people warned that hundreds…
No driver needed: Google unveils a self-driving car
The world has seen pilotless aircraft called drones. We have seen driverless trains. Now Google is set to unveil a…
Oil tanker explodes, sinks off Japan coast
An oil tanker was sinking off the Japanese coast Thursday after a large explosion and subsequent fire that sent towering…
Egypt: General Sisi in sweeping victory
Ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has scored a crushing presidential election triumph and consolidated the grip of the military, 11…
2 Indian cousins commit suicide after gang-rape
Two teenage girls have been found hanging from a tree in a northern Indian village after they were gang-raped by…
APC behind #bringbackourgirls campaign, alleges Maku
. in a bizarre twist, Jonathan government labels protesters for Chibok schoolgirls as APC Nigeria federal government said on Wednesday…
Jonathan: ‘The days of peace coming to Nigeria’
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday morning said that the unity of his country, Nigeria, is threatened by terrorism,…
4 abducted schoolgirls escape, 219 still in captivity
Nigeria’s Borno State government said today that four more of the girls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month have escaped,…
Pro-Jonathan thugs attack marchers for ‘free Nigeria schoolgirls’
Scores of young men armed with bottles and stones on Wednesday attacked women protesters staging a demonstration over the plight…
Boko Haram: Nigeria in race against time, says Kwankwaso
Nigeria faces a race against time to tackle its worsening security situation, which has spread in scale and scope due…
US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86
Celebrated African-American author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died, the North Carolina university where she taught said…
US doubts Nigeria’s claim of sighting abducted schoogirls
The United States said on Tuesday it did not have independent information to confirm Nigeria’s claim to know the whereabouts…
Mali’s defence minister resigns after forces routed
In a move rarely demonstrated by Nigerian officials, Mali’s Defence Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maiga resigned Tuesday, a week after government…
Nigeria: Up up goes electricity tariff
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Monday announced an increase in electricity tariff by between N1 and N5. NERC…
Ebola virus hits Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone on Monday confirmed its first death from Ebola and said it was restricting travel in some areas to…
26 die in China flood
Storms in southern and central China have left at least 26 people dead and 10 missing, state media said Monday,…
Drunk driver crashes on rooftop in Lagos
An ostensibly drunk driver careered off the Akerele Street in Oworonshoki area of Lagos, western Nigeria Sunday night and landed…
Egyptians troop out to vote for new president
Egyptians began voting for a new president on Monday, with ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who ousted the elected leader…