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Ethiopia stops anti-gay rally
Anti-gay activists in Ethiopia have cancelled a planned demonstration next week against homosexuality. The activists said Thursday they have been…
Calm returns in strife-torn Wukari
Some order has been restored in Wukari, Taraba state, where a mix of ethnic and religious conflict ignited deadly violence…
Lagos mulls plans to acquire farmland in Northern Nigeria
The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has plans to acquire farmlands in some states in the northern part…
Nigerian nabbed with heroine concealed in lady’s shoes
A Nigerian has been arrested in New Delhi, India with heroine concealed in a lady’s shoes. The 23 year old…
Boko Haram kills 20, fourth attack in three days
Suspected Boko Haram militants have struck for a fourth time in three days in Nigeria, killing 20 people including a…
Lagos museum celebrates El Anatsui, Africa’s famous sculptor
To mark the 70th birthday of one of Africa’s most accomplished living artists, a Lagos museum chose to focus on…
Abbott: MH370 mini-sub search will end within week
PERTH (AFP) – The mini-submarine hunting for flight MH370 will finish scouring its current strip of the Indian Ocean within…
Senegal to try ex-president’s son for corruption
Son of Senegal’s former president will face trial in two months for corruption charges, a year after he was accused…
Amosun developing four estates, says Odusolu
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta In pursuance of the urban renewal programme of the Ibikunle Amosun administration in Ogun state, four new estates…
Confab Ends Plenary Session, breaks for Easter
Chairman of the 2014 National Conference and former Chief Justice of Nigeria, retired Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, GCON, on Wednesday…
Maradona’s hand of God goal inspires play
Diego Maradona’s iconic wonder-goal against England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup has inspired a new Buenos Aires…
No clear winner in Guinea-Bissau’s poll
Guinea-Bissau’s presidential election will go to a second round between the main party’s candidate and the army-backed hopeful, the election…
Sunderland hold Man City, Palace rock Everton
.Advantage Liverpool and Arsenal in Barclays Premier League Liverpool’s position atop the Premier League table was strengthened on Wednesday when…
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In Pictures: APC governors console victims of bomb disaster
The All Progressives Congress Governors Forum (APCGF), on Wednesday appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to intensify effort to fish out…
Bandits steal United Nations vans in Bauchi
The Nigerian Police in Bauchi state said on Wednesday that gunmen had snatched two Hilux vans belonging to the United…
Confab delegate hospitalised
A member of the National Conference, Mr Abdulmumuni Abubakar, slumped after the afternoon session and was admitted at a hospital…
Many Kidnapped Borno School Girls Freed, says Nigeria’s military
Nigeria military forces said on Wednesday that most of the girls abducted by people suspected to be members of Boko…
APC Warns Obanikoro To Steer Clear of Osun
Jamiu Yisa As Osun State moves closer to August 9 governorship election, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has read…
Hospitals seek blood donors for bomb victims
Thirteen hospitals in Abuja treating 126 injured victims of the twin bombing at a bus terminus in Nyanya, Abuja on…
Maku condemns media coverage of Abuja bombings
Nigeria’s minister of information, Labaran Maku has described as “unethical, unprofessional and insensitive’’, the manner some sections of the media…
Idris Wada dissolves cabinet
Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state on Wednesday sacked all his commissioners. Mr Jacob Edi, Special Adviser to the Governor…
Woman accused of baby theft remanded in prison
A Nigerian Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo state has ordered a petty trader to be remanded in…
Abuja blasts: Families of victims claim bodies for burial
Family members of persons who died in Monday’s bomb blasts in Nyanya trooped to the National Hospital Abuja on Wednesday…
Jonathan summons emergency security council meeting
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has summoned a meeting of the National Security Council to discuss the growing terrorism and insecurity…
Shettima offers N50m reward to save kidnapped school girls
Governor Kashim Shettima of the beleaguered Borno state, in northeast Nigeria has offered 50 million naira ($300,000, 215,000 euros) reward…
Troops pursue Boko Haram kidnappers of school girls
Nigerian soldiers are on the trail of Boko Haram gunmen who kidnapped about 100 girls from a secondary school in…
A lesson from Algiers: Stemming youth brain drain
ALGIERS(AFP) – They fled Algeria to escape the violence ravaging the country in the 1990s, but now more and more…
APC says Jonathan insensitive, hardhearted
.The opposition slams President for embarking on political campaign a day after a bomb disaster in Abuja The All Progressives…
124 writers vie for NLNG Literature Prize
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, on Tuesday said that 124 entries had been received for the 2014 edition…
Pope appoints Odetoyinbo bishop Abeokuta Diocese
Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Peter Kayode Odetoyinbo as the new Roman Catholic Bishop of Abeokuta Diocese. The position became…