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Lady Apostle Ukpabio under fire in UK
Rights campaigners in the United Kingdom have urged the government to ban Nigerian pentecostal preacher, Lady Apostle Helen Ukpabio from…
Analysis: Pistorius contradicts himself in the dock
Oscar Pistorius did himself more harm than good when he took the witness stand, say South African lawyers. Throughout five…
Brazil’s scientists clone goat to treat rare disease
Scientists in Brazil have genetically modified a goat to produce milk with an enzyme to treat a rare genetic disorder,…
Abuja blasts: NEMA wants blood donors as one more person dies
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Twenty four hours after the fatal attack masterminded by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at a Bus…
US Treasury: China does not manipulate yuan
The US Treasury said Tuesday that China cannot be ruled a manipulator of its currency despite the yuan’s sharp slide…
In Algeria, Bouteflika rallies voters, opponents smell fraud
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika urged Algerians to defy boycott calls and vote in Thursday’s election, as his rival Ali Benflis said…
Manchester City boys best paid team in the world
A Global Sports Salaries Survey for this year has thrown up Manchester City as the best paid team in global…
States back removal of oil subsidy
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja on Tuesday took a decision to remove petroleum subsidy in the country.…
Nigeria’s oil firm secures $255mn equity funding
Nigeria’s oil firm Seven Energy said on Tuesday it had secured $255 million in equity funding from global investors, including…
Japan’s population shrinks for third straight year
Japan’s population has shrunk for the third year running, with the elderly making up a quarter of the total for…
Nigeria to instal bomb detectors at parks, public places
Minister of Nigeria’s Federal capital of Abuja said on Tuesday it would collaborate with the office of the National Security…
Bomb scare at National Assembly
Legislators and civil servants on Tuesday afternoon vacated the National Assembly Complex in Abuja following a bomb scare around the…
Court to hear certificate forgery charge against Senator Akume
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday fixed 4 June for the hearing of the case of alleged…
Etihad’s Q1 income jumps 27 per cent
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways reported Tuesday a 27-percent annual rise in revenues to $1.4 billion for the first quarter of…
Libyan gunmen kidnap Jordan envoy
Gunmen travelling in two cars on Tuesday abducted the Jordanian ambassador to Tripoli, Fawaz Aitan, in an attack that left…
Uganda MPs probe athletes’ sex abuse scandal
Uganda’s parliament has opened a probe into the alleged sex abuse of elite female runners from the national team by…
Transgenders are third gender, India’s Supreme Court says
India’s highest court on Tuesday recognised the existence of a third gender that is neither male nor female, in a…
Lady Gaga, Psy to perform at South Korea festival
US pop diva Lady Gaga is slated to perform at a summer music festival in South Korea, where her first…
Afghan deputy minister kidnapped
KABUL (AFP) – A senior Afghan government official was kidnapped along with his driver on his way to work in…
2 Nigerian sisters make history in US basketball draft
The only person who wasn’t convinced that Chiney Oguwmike would be the top pick in the 2014 Women’s National Basketball…
New poll tips Indian opposition alliance to win majority
India’s Hindu nationalist opposition party and its allies are on course to win an overall parliamentary majority in the world’s…
20 Nollywood filmmakers in US for training
Two dozen filmmakers from Nigeria, the world’s third-largest producer of content are in the United States for a four-week intensive…
Ban Ki Moon condemns Nigerian bombing
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last night condemned the bus bombing that killed at least 71 in Abuja, Nigeria on…
Sierra-Leone marathoner disappears in London
A female athlete from Sierra Leone has been declared missing in the United Kingdom after participating in the London Marathon.…
Nigerians tell FG change tactics against Boko Haram
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A cross section of Nigerians has called on federal government to review its anti insurgency tactics in view…
US army denies clemency to WikiLeaks source
A US Army general has denied clemency to the soldier formerly known as Bradley Manning for leaking hundreds of thousands…
Washington Post, London Guardian share Pulitzer prize
NEW YORK (AFP) – The Guardian of London and the Washington Post shared a Pulitzer Prize Monday for reporting on…
Chinese herb beats drug for arthritis
A Chinese herb called thunder god vine works better than a widely-prescribed pharmaceutical drug at easing rheumatoid arthritis, a study…
Tinubu urges Jonathan to be more decisive on Boko Haram menace
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria’s leading opposition group, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has urged President Goodluck…
In Nsukka, power outage makes phone battery chargers smile to bank
Service providers in Nsukka, Enugu State in eastern Nigeria, who charge telephone batteries for people in exchange for money now…