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Liberia closes borders and steps up Ebola screening
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has announced the closure of most of the Ebola-hit country’s land borders, with stringent medical…
Boy, 4, killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza
Israeli tank fire killed a four-year old boy in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, the first death since the…
Muslims mark sombre Eid in bloodied Gaza
The end of a month of fasting was supposed to be a time to celebrate for Abeer Shamali. But instead,…
Russia ordered to pay $50 billion to Yukos shareholders
Russia has been ordered by an arbitration court in The Hague to pay shareholders of Yukos a record $50 billion…
Samsung delays Tizen smartphone sales launch
Samsung Electronics said Monday it would postpone the roll-out of its new smartphone based on Tizen, a home-grown operating system…
Historic Chinese church gutted by fire
A fire largely destroyed one of China’s oldest churches early Monday, state media reported, gutting the inside of the late…
Flags at half-mast as France mourns Mali crash victims
Flags flew at half-mast in France Monday in mourning for the 118 victims of the Air Algerie plane tragedy, as…
Student survivors testify in Korea ferry trial
Student survivors of South Korea’s ferry disaster, testifying for the first time Monday in the murder trial of the captain…
Iheanacho, Jovetic lifts Man City over AC Milan in friendly
English Premier League champions Manchester City cruised to a 5-1 triumph over Italy’s AC Milan on Sunday in a weather-hit…
Osun election: Voters storm electoral ward for PVC
Prospective voters in Osogbo thronged the various electoral wards in the town to collect their permanent voters cards (PVC). The…
Sallah: Fashola urges love, peaceful co-existence
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Sunday enjoined Nigerians to love one another and co-exist peacefully, irrespective of their…
APC wants Enugu coal deposits revived
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-East on Sunday in Enugu called on the Federal Government to facilitate the…
Seven dead, three injured in Kogi auto crash
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Sunday in Lokoja confirmed the death of seven persons in a multiple road…
Calamity would have befallen Nigeria if Buhari was killed – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan said calamity would have befallen Nigeria if former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari and Islamic scholar,…
Liverpool signs Lovren from Southampton
Liverpool has signed Dejan Lovren from Southampton for around £20 million. A statement on the club’s website read: “Liverpool Football…
U-20 Women’s World Cup: Falconets Land In Canada
Nigeria’s Falconets, arrived Canada on Sunday for their training tour ahead of the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, which…
Commonwealth Games: Singapore beats Nigeria in T/Tennis semis
The superb form of the Nigeria table tennis squad was thwarted on Sunday after the Segun Toriola-inspired side fell 3-1…
Sallah: Nigerian Market Leader Calls For Peace, Tolerance
President of the Association of Commodity Market Women and Men of Nigeria and Iyaloja-General, Mrs. Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, has urged all…
Kano bomb attack: Police arrest five suspects
Nigeria Police said on Sunday that as part of ongoing investigations into the various terror related incidents that occurred in…
Hamas chief: We cannot coexist with occupiers
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal demanded Israel lift its blockade of Gaza and warned that Palestinians cannot coexist with their neighbors…
Major Bomb Explosion Averted In Kano On Sallah Day
Eromosele Ebhomele A car loaded with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and programmed to explode at a major mosque in Kano,…
Korean Ambassador’s Taekwondo Cup Holds Sept.
The fifth edition of the Korean Ambassador’s Taekwondo Championship has been fixed for 12-14 September in Lagos. The tournament is…
Insurgency: Archbishop urges Nigerians to seek God’s intervention
The Methodist Archbishop of Abuja, Most Rev. Joseph Oche-Job, has urged Nigerians to continuously seek God’s intervention in their wish…
Nigeria’s Ambassador fetes Golden Eaglets in Kinshasa
Dr. Grant Ehiobuche, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Congo Democratic Republic, hosted the Golden Eaglets to a dinner reception on Saturday after…
Anambra guber poll: Appeal Court rules against APC, PDP
The Appeal Court sitting in Enugu on Saturday struck out four suits filed against the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)…
South-East women seek to stamp out baby factories
Women from all the Igbo-speaking states converged on Enugu on Saturday to brainstorm on the way to stop baby factories…
Judge overturns Washington DC ban on guns in public
A federal judge on Saturday ruled that the ban on citizens carrying handguns in public in the US capital is…
Israel resumes Gaza attacks after rocket fire
The Israeli army said Sunday it is resuming its raids on Gaza by land, sea and air after Hamas continued…
Golovkin crushes Geale to retain WBA title
Unbeaten Kazakh star Gennady Golovkin stopped Australian Daniel Geale in three brutal rounds on Saturday to retain his World Boxing…
Shell fire kills Israeli soldier near Gaza Strip
Israel’s army said Sunday that one of its soldiers was killed near the Gaza Strip, taking to 43 the number…