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Malaysian plane missing with 239 passengers
A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing over the South…
Obama yet to redeem beer bet with Canada’s Harper
The United States defused a brewing, and cordial, crisis with Canada on Friday, after Prime Minister Stephen Harper joked that…
Police unveil 3 men wanted over Ejigbo tortured women
The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled the faces of the three suspects declared wanted in connection with the torture of…
Jigawa’s first female high court judge dies
The first female High Court Judge in Jigawa, Justice Nana Abdullahi, died on Friday. She was aged 54. Her husband,…
Fire guts power transformer, leads to load shedding
A 150MVA transformer at the Oshogbo centre of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), was gutted by fire on Friday,…
FRSC adamant on deadline for new car plate numbers
Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps Marshal, Mr Osita Chidoka, on Friday said the agency’s June 30 deadline for all motorists…
South Africa, Rwanda in diplomatic tit-for-tat
South Africa and Rwanda engaged in a diplomatic tit-for-tat today over accusations that Rwanda knew about the armed attack against…
Baraje says probe rumour smear campaign
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has denied the rumour making…
Lagos denies owing ex-deputy governor Bucknor-Akerele
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has debunked an allegation credited to a former Deputy Governor of the State, Mrs.…
ICC convicts Congolese warlord
The Congolese warlord Germain Katanga was on Friday convicted of being an accessory to crimes including murder and pillage committed…
Schumacher still in ‘wake-up phase’
Michael Schumacher remains in a “wake-up phase” from the coma he was placed in following a life-threatening skiing accident nearly…
Man survives on flies for two weeks
Stranded by floods and lost, a German backpacker survived for about two weeks in Australia’s inhospitable Outback on a diet…
Group to prevent poll rigging using mobile phone
A Nigerian group has developed a platform, NigeriaDecide, to monitor the coming elections and ensure the integrity of the results,…
Malaysian couple to hang for starving maid to death
A Malaysian couple have been sentenced to hang for murdering their Indonesian maid by starving her to death, according to…
Nike overtake Adidas in World Cup teams battle
Nike will supply the kit for more teams than Adidas for the first time ever at this year’s World Cup…
NLC vows to resist hike in petrol price
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria Labour Congress has warned the government against contemplating any increase in the price of petroleum products. In…
Dalai Lama backs gay marriage
The celibate Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, has thrown his considerable moral weight behind gay marriage, condemning…
US to play Nigeria, Turkey in friendlies
The United States will face Nigeria, Azerbaijan and Turkey in tune-up matches before going to Brazil for the World Cup,…
4 men flogged for homosexuality in Bauchi
An Islamic court in Bauchi, northern Nigeria on Thursday ordered four men to be flogged with horsewhips and fined after…
Football: Leon Balogun for surgery in Germany
Leon Balogun, who made his Nigerian debut on Wednesday during the Mexico friendly at Atlanta in the United Sattes, will…
Constitution bars forensic audit of NNPC, says A-G
The Auditor-General of the Nigerian Federation, Mr Samuel Ukura said today that the Constitution did not empower his office to…
PDP flays APC manifesto as roadmap to anarchy
The PDP has described the manifestos of the APC as a roadmap to anarchy typical of all anti-democratic coalitions. Mr…
N17bn needed for 2016 Census
Nigeria’s National Population Commission (NPC) will require N17 billion to successfully conduct the 2016 national census, its chairman Mr Eze…
Nigeria shifts take-off of national conference
Nigeria has shifted by a week the inauguration of the National Conference, a talk-shop on the future of Nigeria that…
Dana Air appoints Bouteiller as director of flight
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Dana Air has appointed Francois Bouteiller as its Director of Flight Operations, the airline said in a…
Osoba leads ex-governors to confab
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former governor of Ogun State, in western Nigeria and a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC,…
Poisonous gas knocks 13 students unconscious
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yusuf Muhammed There was panic at Ogba Junior Grammar School, Ogba area of Lagos, Western Nigeria on…
Police arrest man on suspicion of killing daughter
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The Police command in the western Nigerian state of Oyo has arrested a man in connection with the…
Soldiers checkmate Boko Haram terrorists, kill 20
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said soldiers foiled attempts by Boko Haram terrorists to attack Ajiri and Mafa in Borno state…
Customs agents oppose tariff for used cars, paralyse Tin Can port
Business activities at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos were on Thursday paralysed as clearing agents staged a protest over…