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Chelsea go top after Arsenal massive collapse
Eden Hazard scored a hat-trick as Chelsea capitalised on Arsenal’s crushing defeat at Liverpool by beating Newcastle United 3-0 to…
Measles remains a global threat for children, say UN agencies
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Measles, a viral infection, is still one of the leading causes of death among children even though a…
Spain’s princess charged with fraud in a historic first
Spanish King Juan Carlos’s daughter Cristina entered court smiling under the gaze of the world’s media Saturday to answer fraud…
Kano boosts salary of health workers
The Kano State Government has approved seven per cent increase in the Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) of health workers…
Dencia slams critics of her ‘whitenicious’ bleaching cream
Dencia, the Nigerian and Cameroonian pop star who launched a skin cream called Whitenicious has defended her product after critics…
Bolt to decide on Glasgow Games in June
World record-holder Usain Bolt will not decide until the Jamaican championships in June whether or not he will compete in…
Mourinho happy to taunt rivals, Wenger rallies Gunners
Jose Mourinho is happy to play mind games with Chelsea’s title rivals because he believes it can help his side…
NNPC turns ATM for PDP, says Tinubu
Former Lagos State governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress of Nigeria, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has…
3 persons charged with theft of 330 phones
Three men were on Friday docked at an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly burgling three shops and carting away…
N10bn Pension theft: Lawyer’s ill-health stalls trial
Justice A. A Ademola of Nigeria’s Federal High Court, Abuja sent the quartet of Dr Shuaibu Sani Teidi, Omoefe Eric…
Davis Cup: Swiss team to face Kazakh in quarters
Switzerland’s Davis Cup team, boasting newly-crowned Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka and former world number one Roger Federer, will face…
Spohr is Lufthansa’s new CEO
Lufthansa, Germany’s number one airline, has named Carsten Spohr, currently head of its passenger business, to take over as its…
India’s man eating tiger claims ninth victim
A tiger on the prowl, for close to six weeks, in northern India has claimed its ninth human victim, defying…
South Africans go to polls on 7 May, says Zuma
President Jacob Zuma announced Friday that South Africa will hold its fifth democratic general election on May 7, a vote…
Bianca Ojukwu named APGA’s national leader
Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, has been named the national leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Her adoption was done…
Amaechi floors Omehia at Supreme Court
Nigeria’s Supreme Court this morning dismissed the case filed by Celestine Omehia against Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, in…
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Lagos airport remodelling an exercise in glorified mediocrity
Tope Balogun I am not exactly a technophobe but my recent experience at the MMIA, in November 2013, has spurred…
Nigerians arrested with drugs in India
The police in Ankleshwar, India have booked a Nigerian under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Pyschotropic Substances Act after…
Gambia appoints Nigerian chief justice
President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia has appointed a Nigerian, Emmanuel Fagbenle, as the country’s Chief Justice after sacking Ghanaian-born Mabel…
Jonathan to attend Bafarawa’s defection to PDP
President Goodluck Jonathan is expected to formally receive former governor of Sokoto state, Attahiru Bafarawa to the Peoples Democratic Party…
22 killed in Plateau state
At least 22 people were killed in a raid in Plateau state, in central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in…
Jonathan appoints Niboro, Omole, Salihu to head FG media
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed his former special adviser on media and publicity, Ima Niboro and ace broadcaster, Sola Omole…
Nigerian causes a stir with a ‘ toy drone ‘
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A 20 year-old Nigerian, Aghogho Ajine caused a stir in the midwestern city of Benin, when he successfully…
Nigeria arrests 4 Chadians on alleged robbery mission
A police patrol team attached to Ikoyi Division has arrested four Chadians along Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, while…
Yakassai, Jonathan’s backer floats new elders group
Just like a schism was created in the Nigerian Governors Forum, the Jonathan presidency appears to have picked yet another…
Medical doctor charged with fraud
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday re-arraigned a 61-year-old medical doctor, Michael Adekunle, over alleged $243,500 (about…
London world’s most expensive city
London has become the most expensive city in the world, a new survey carried out by “Expatistan ,’’ has shown.…
Mbu, ‘partisan’police commissioner kicked out of Rivers state
Controversial Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mbu Joseph Mbu has been kicked out of Rivers State, confirming an earlier scoop by…
Power firm appeals to consumers in Lagos over blackout
The Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has appealed to consumers in Oko-Oba, Ikotun, Ijegun, Idimu, and Ipaja in Lagos over…
INEC gives dates for voters’ registration in Ekiti, Osun
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed March 12 to March 19 for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) for…