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Chad peacekeepers killed in Central Africa
Five peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in clashes in the Central African Republic capital, the force’s spokesman said today…
Justice Kawu to be buried today
The burial rites for retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Saidu Kawu, will take place today in Ilorin, capital…
Trending: You do not own Nigeria, Jonathan tells Obasanjo
President Goodluck Jonathan continued to seize every opportunity he gets to aim shots at “some Nigerians’ who behave as if…
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gets terrorist tag
CAIRO, (AFP) – Egypt’s military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a “terrorist” organisation Wednesday, signalling…
Oliseh, Tshabalala To Anchor Glo/CAF Awards In Lagos
Two prominent African sports personalities, Nigeria’s Sunday Oliseh and South Africa’s Carol Tshabalala have been engaged by the organisers of…
FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia
The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…
Primate Akinola: My abductors took my shoes, my shirt
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past primate of Anglican Church, Peter Akinola who was abducted by gunmen in Abeokuta yesterday and…
Pope prays for South Sudan, Syria on first Christmas
VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for humanitarian aid access in Syria and “social harmony” in South…
Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget
Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…
Jonathan drags OBJ to rights body, ICPC, EFCC
The public spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is far from over. Yesterday, Jonathan asked the…
Liverpool face City test, Arsenal tackle West Ham
Liverpool may be top of the table on Christmas Day but they face a test of their title credentials when…
Energy Minister to resign in Philippine over power supply
In some countries, ministers quit over failure to do public duty; in Nigeria they stay put in office, even if…
Lawal, ex-commissioner in Lagos dies
JAMIU YISA Former governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Professor Kunle Lawal, is dead. He was aged 54. It was learnt…
Nigerian state to build hospital to treat snake bites
The central Nigerian state of Gombe said it had awarded a N500 million(about $3.5million) contract for the building of a…
Political drama in Kano House as Kwankwaso presents budget
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has received the 2014 budget from Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ceremony was…
Pope Francis marks first Christmas eve mass
VATICAN CITY, (AFP) – Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican on Tuesday by highlighting the…
Police: Primate Akinola rescued
Most Rev. Peter Akinola, retired primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, kidnapped Tuesday by an armed gang, has been…
South Sudan slides into civil war, ethnic cleansing on the rise
JUBA (AFP) – Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence with reports of bodies…
Church roof crumbles on priest during mass
Christmas Eve mass in a church nestled in the French Alps came to an abrupt end Tuesday when part of…
Army re-enacts Odi massacre in Borno, burns down villages
A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses…
Jonathan, Amaechi, lead love choral to Nigerians at Xmas
Love is the thrust of the celebratory messages sent out by Nigeria’s politicians to compatriots in marking Christmas. From President…
3 PDP members in Zamfara Assembly defect to APC
.say they quit PDP because it was heading to self-destruction Three members of northern Nigeria state of Zamfara House of…
Airforce corporal, 6 others arrested for kidnap, death of bizman
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Lance Corporal Suleiman Mohammed of the Nigerian Air Force and six others…
Fashola visits the Ogunros, Tinubu sends condolence
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday described as shocking the death of the Managing Director of Eminent…
Defiant Oduah says she will not quit
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s embattled aviation minister, Stella Oduah, will not resign and those who claim the House of Representatives…
Nigeria: Primate Akinola kidnapped
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokutaand Seun Bisuga The retired Primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Peter Akinola, along with his driver, was…
$2billion spent to pay workers of defunct PHCN
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Tuesday said it had spent more than N360 billion on the payment of severance benefits to…
Keshi Looks Beyond Round of 16
Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has revealed his 2014 World Cup target is to surpass the country’s best performance of…
Mourinho Taunts Arsenal
Jose Mourinho has branded Arsenal cry babies following an ill-tempered goalless draw at the Emirates Stadium last night. Arsene Wenger…
One Thing I Could Change To Improve Education In My Country
By Odimegwu Onwumere Reading culture is dying in Nigeria. A tiny number out of about 160 million people have healthy…