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Obama appoints new health secretary
Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is to resign, paying the price for the chaotic initial rollout…
Asafa Powell calls doping ban unfair
Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell, the former 100m world record holder, slammed the 18-month doping ban meted out to him on…
Injured Ibrahimovic returns to Sweden for treatment
Paris Saint-Germain have revealed that Zlatan Ibrahimovic has returned to his native Sweden to undergo treatment on a thigh injury.…
Corruption: Nigeria protests Mugabe’s attack
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday summoned the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted…
Kwara state to float N23 billion bond
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Kwara state government is to access N23billion bond from the capital market to execute infrastructural projects in the…
Listen to ‘We are One’, the official 2014 FIFA World Cup song
The song by Pitbull is one of the tracks in the collaboration album between FIFA and Sony Music Entertainment :…
Belo-Osagie speaks on success, failure and importance of family
Nigeria’s businessman, Hakeem Belo-Osagie has shared with students of Wake Forest University, North Carolina, United States some of the peaks…
Nigeria’s Air Force shops for more fighter jets
Nigeria’s Air Force says it is buying new fighter jets and helicopters. The air force has been pivotal in an…
London court considers confiscation of Ibori assets
Jailed James Onanefe Ibori, former governor of Nigeria’s Delta state has been facing a confiscation hearing at Southwark Crown Court.…
Pair of Japanese mangoes sells for $3,000
A pair of mangoes grown in southern Japan sold Thursday for a whopping 300,000 yen ($3,000), a record price for…
Osoba pushes for return to regionalism at confab
.What Mike Ozekhome, other delegates said on Wednesday at the Abuja National Conference The call for restructuring of Nigeria into…
Boko Haram terrorists strike in Jigawa state, kill 7 cops, one civilian
Scores of Islamist gunmen attacked a police station, a court and a bank in Jigawa state, northern Nigeria on Wednesday,…
3rd Chinese official commits suicide
A senior Chinese official killed himself in his Beijing office this week, reports said Thursday. Xu Ye’an was the third…
British drug suspect wanted by France arrested in Thailand
A British fugitive accused of running a gang that smuggled hundreds of kilos of heroin and cocaine has been arrested…
Court recognises gay marriage in Italy
An Italian court on Wednesday recognised a gay couple as married for the first time in Italy, which does not…
White executives dominate workplaces in South Africa
South Africa’s workplaces are still heavily racially skewed 20 years after the fall of apartheid, with only one fifth of…
Atletico edge out Barcelona, Bayern thrash Man U
Defending champions, Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid have reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. Atletico had not reached this…
P.M.NEWS Investigation: Auto firms never recall defective cars in Nigeria
Daniels Ekugo Today’s announcement by Toyota Japan to recall about 6.39 million vehicles worldwide is causing anxiety among motorists worldwide,…
Nigeria moves against tobacco firms with new law
Nigeria’s federal government signified its intention to tighten the noose on tobacco companies operating in Nigeria with the proposal for…
Ebola virus disease: Nigeria at risk says health minister
Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Wednesday that the spread of Ebola Virus Disease to neighbouring West African countries has put…
Head of Rwanda radio disappears after genocide anniversary
The head of a Rwandan Christian radio station has disappeared without a trace after a ceremony commemorating the 1994 genocide,…
South Africa’s Woolworths to buy David Jones
South African retailer Woolworths Holdings Ltd (WHLJ.J) is set to buy Australia’s second-largest department store David Jones (DJS.AX) for $2…
Maria Miller, British minister quits over expenses scandal
The British minister overseeing future regulation of the press, Maria Miller, has quit her cabinet post following a row over…
Toyota recalls 6.39 million vehicles worldwide
.Corolla sedan, the RAV4 sport utility vehicle and Yaris affected Japanese auto giant Toyota on Wednesday said it was recalling…
How Indian parties corrupt voters
NEW DELHI(AFP) – Rickshaw puller Rampal Singh remembers vividly the “feast” of democracy he enjoyed last time India went to…
Fani Kayode meets with Jonathan after APC diatribe
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja There were speculations that Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and lately, a member of the…
Amosun promotes over 2,000 civil servants
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria has approved the promotion of 2,141 civil servants. In a…
Godswill Akpabio hands Nigeria over to God
The Chairman of PDP Governors Forum, Mr Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday urged clerics to pray for God’s intervention in the…
Thai police nabs Nigerian, Briton for selling cocaine
Police in Phuket, Thailand have arrested a Nigerian seller of crack, after a sting operation. The operation involved a series…
Ghana court jails 2 Nigerians for theft
Two Nigerians identified as Obilo Solomon Chigozie and Nande Okafor have been sentenced to a total of 20 years imprisonment…