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Lafarge profits up, debts down ahead of merger
French cement giant Lafarge, set to merge with Swiss rival Holcim, announced on Friday an increase in second-quarter net profit,…
FRSC deploys 15,000 personnel, 800 patrol vehicles for Sallah
The Federal Road Safety Commission on Friday deployed 15,000 operatives and 800 patrol vehicles across the highways to ensure a…
Army trains 67 NSCDC personnel on weapon handling
The Nigerian Army on Friday completed a one-month training for 67 personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…
Terrorism: France commends commission on framework
France on Friday commended the framework developed at the just concluded conference of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) to fight…
Suspect of Kaduna explosion targeted at Buhari arrested
The Defence Headquarters on Friday said that troops in Kaduna have arrested a man suspected to be connected with the…
Wikipedia blocks ‘disruptive’ edits from US Congress
Wikipedia has blocked editing rights from some computers at the US House of Representatives for “disruptive” revisions on the online…
Abuja to host Federation Cup semi finals
The semi final matches of this year’s Men and Women Federation Cup competitions will take place at the FIFA Goal…
Kaduna Bombing: IGP sets up high-powered investigation team
In a move that is clearly unusual since the country began to experience bomb attacks, authorities of Nigeria Police on…
Little girl in Air Algerie crash was ‘scared of flying’
A French girl who died in the Air Algerie plane crash had confided to her teacher she was scared of…
2015 Election will be free and fair, Jonathan tells Intl community
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday night reassured the international community of his administration’s commitment to credible and peaceful elections in…
Mourinho confirms Drogba interest
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho revealed on Friday that he is considering a move to bring former striker Didier Drogba back…
Aviation ministry pays N21bn to contractors
The Ministry of Aviation has paid N21billion out of the N174 billion owed contractors. The former Supervising Minister of Aviation,…
Lampard plans September 11 memorial visit
New York City FC’s new signing Frank Lampard has revealed that he intends to visit the city’s memorial to the…
Pregnant woman among dead as Gaza toll hits 815
Israeli fire on Gaza killed a pregnant woman and a senior Islamic Jihad figure Friday, taking the Palestinian death toll…
Ukraine president says no need to ditch government after PM quits
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko asked parliament to pass a vote of confidence in the government on Friday after the shock…
10 dead as cooking gas blast flattens Egypt houses
Ten people were killed, five of them children, when two neighbouring buildings collapsed after a cooking gas cylinder exploded in…
African Union troops kill Shebab commanders
African Union troops in Somalia said Friday they had killed two “senior” commanders of the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents, in the…
Asylum-seekers held on high seas to be taken to Australia
A group of 157 asylum-seekers in custody on the high seas for weeks will be taken to Australia and held…
BSkyB strikes deal to create pan-European pay TV giant
British satellite television group BSkyB said on Friday it had agreed multi-billion-dollar deals with Rupert Murdoch’s media empire 21st Century…
Biggest US–Africa Leaders Summit Opens on Monday
By Simon Ateba United States President, Barack Obama, will host 51 African heads of state and government at the US-Africa…
South Africa to host 2016 AIDS conference
South Africa’s port city of Durban will host the 21st International AIDS Conference in 2016, marking the forum’s return to…
Queiroz challenge for South Africa
Salary demands could be a stumbling block to former Real Madrid manager Carlos Queiroz rejoining South Africa for a second…
Gunmen kill 15 people travelling in central Afghanistan
Suspected Taliban gunmen stopped two vehicles in central Afghanistan and shot dead 15 passengers at the side of the road,…
Okonjo-Iweala lauds FG’s rail projects
The Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday commended the progress made so far in the construction of the…
FG signs MoU with US on development of power sector
The Federal Government on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United States government to fast track the…
Strike: UCH still offering emergency services
Prof. Temitope Alonge, Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital, Ibadan, says the institution is still offering emergency services to patients…
Wenger reveals Ozil, Podolski, Mertesacker will miss start of season
Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger has said his World Cup winning players will miss the start of the season. The trio…
Plateau govt. sacks 1400 teachers over fake certificates
The Plateau Government on Wednesday said it had dismissed 1,400 teachers found with fake certificates in the ongoing biometric data…
Oyo govt. to recruit 250 teachers
The Oyo State Government said on Wednesday that it would employ 250 teachers for its primary and junior secondary schools.…
ICAN donates lecture theatre to OAU
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has donated a lecture theatre with 200-seat capacity to Obafemi Awolowo University…