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INEC announces 11 October for Adamawa gov. election
The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday said the bye-election to elect a substantive governor for Adamawa State will hold on…
Deserting the military, no different from terrorism – Olukolade
Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday described desertion from the military as a crime that was as…
Police get approval to recruit more personnel
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Tuesday that the police has got approval to recruit more personnel…
Sierra Leone seeks experimental Ebola drug
Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it would seek a shipment of a controversial experimental drug to fight an Ebola outbreak…
Robin Williams found hanging from belt – police
First responders called to actor Robin Williams’ home found the Oscar-winning actor dead of an apparent suicide with a belt…
Quarter of world population will be African by 2050 – UNICEF
A quarter of the world’s population will be African within 35 years, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday, as…
Osun Election: We’re attacked because we rejected N14mn bribe – DSS
The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Tuesday that an unnamed political party offered its men N14 million which…
NFF Lifts Ban On Ogunjobi, Others
By Taiwo Adelu The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, rose from a meeting in Abuja Tuesday and resolved…
NFF upholds dissolution of Plateau, Yobe FAs
The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, on Tuesday upheld the dissolution of the Plateau State Football Association and…
Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…
Ebola: Instant hand sanitizer scarce, expensive
Since the deadly Ebola Virus killed Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria, hundred of thousands of people have improved their personal hygiene…
Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.
By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…
Tripoli police chief assassinated – Security
Hooded attackers shot dead Tripoli police chief Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi in the Libyan capital’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security…
WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs
The World Health Organization authorised Tuesday the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola as the death toll topped 1,000…
Celestial Church pastor appears in court for rape
A 23-year old self-professed Celestial Church prophet, Adewale Adeleke, on Tuesday in Lagos, appeared before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for…
Man kills, roasts mum in Anambra state
Anambra state police command has arrested and detained Ekene Ucheagwu for killing and roasting his mother in Ndikpa Awuka, a…
US to provide $180 mn in South Sudan food aid
The United States said Tuesday it will provide $180 million in additional aid to help feed people facing a looming…
Silva signs five-year extension at Man City
David Silva has signed a new five-year contract with Manchester City, the English Premier League champions announced Tuesday. Spain playmaker…
Uganda anti-gay law to be re-introduced in parliament – Speaker
Ugandan lawmakers will vote on reinstating a severe anti-gay law just weeks after it was scrapped by the country’s constitutional…
Bauchi govt to digitise state TV before 2015
Bauchi State Government has set up a committee of experts in the broadcast industry to ensure a smooth migration of…
Ex-militants protest exclusion from amnesty programme
Some former militants in Edo and Delta, who were not captured in the third phase of the amnesty by the…
Bayelsa sets up task force to tackle insecurity in creeks, waterways
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has inaugurated an 11-man task force to police the creeks and waterways across the state…
Anambra winning war against criminals
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra, Mr Anali Chude, has said that the state government is winning…
Egypt’s Sisi visits Putin for arms purchase talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hosted his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for talks about Cairo’s purchase of advanced…
S.Africa says 250,000 Zimbabweans can stay, for now
South Africa on Tuesday said around 250,000 Zimbabweans living in the country on temporary visas due to expire this year…
French MP fined for saying Hitler ‘did not kill enough’
A French court on Tuesday fined an MP Gilles Bourdouleix 3,000 euros for saying that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler “maybe…
OAU students congratulate Aregbesola
AKINTOLA LUKMAN/Ile-Ife The students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State have sent their congratulatory messages to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,…
Ebola: Kuje Community, FCT Minister at war
There is no doubt that the importation of Ebola Virus Disease into the country by Liberian-American, Mr Patrick Sawyer has…
Philippine ex-general arrested over missing women
A retired Philippine general implicated in multiple political assassinations was arrested in a rundown house in the nation’s capital on…
‘Ethical’ to use experimental Ebola drug, ZMapp – WHO
A panel of medical experts has determined it is ethical to provide experimental treatments to patients infected with the deadly…