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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake hits off Japan’s northeast coast
A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast early Monday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The agency said the…
Atiku warns PDP,FG against deceiving Nigerians
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the PDP-led federal government against the dangerous tactics of polarizing the country along…
Arsenal close to deal for Nice keeper Ospina
Arsenal are close to reaching an agreement to sign Colombia goalkeeper David Ospina from Nice for a reported four million…
McIlroy up to world number two after Open win
Rory McIlroy is the new world number two after his dramatic British Open victory on Sunday at Royal Liverpool lifted…
Maternity leave: Emulate Lagos, Odumakin tells FG, states
Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, President, Women Arise for Change Initiative, has urged the Federal Government and other states to emulate Lagos…
Fashola visits Apapa again, decries FGs insensitivity
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the traffic gridlock in Apapa as a result of fuel and…
Corruption behind FG’s $1bn request to fight Boko Haram – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to properly scrutinize the staggering request of President Goodluck Jonathan…
Kano sends medical team to battle cholera
The Kano Government said on Sunday that it had sent a medical team to Kafin Dalawa village in Tudun Wada…
Minister, club owners meet on way forward for Nigerian football
The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, will on Tuesday meet with the Representatives of the 20 Nigeria Professional Football League…
Jihadists claim Baghdad blasts as Iraq rallies behind Christians
The Islamic State on Sunday claimed responsibility for deadly Baghdad bombings, as the Christians they drove out of Mosul grieved…
2015: Northern group endorses Jonathan
Northern Alternative Forum (NAF), has endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election. A statement issued in Abuja on…
Lekki club urges Nigerians to support underprivileged
The President of the Lekki Lions Club, Lagos, Dr Yewande Jinadu, on Sunday called on Nigerians to be their brothers’…
Italy to intensify fight against trafficking of Nigerians
The Consul-General of Italy in Nigeria, Stefano Leo, on Sunday disclosed his Government’s plan to intensify it’s fight against Nigerians…
Suspected pirates kill 2 in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates on Sunday attacked a passenger boat on the Ogbia-Nembe waterways and killed two persons.…
Shehu of Borno shocked at increasing Boko Haram attacks
Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai, the Shehu of Borno on Saturday expressed shock at the increasing attacks by suspected Boko Haram…
No plans to impeach Gov. Ajimobi – Lawmaker
Murphy Adigun-Ahmed, an Oyo State House of Assembly member says the House has never planned to impeach Governor Abiola Ajimobi.…
Coalition mobilise to drum support for Jonathan
The Coalition of Political Support Groups in Cross River says it is has begun mass mobilisation for the re-election of…
Over 60 dead as Israel batters Gaza’s Shejaiya
More than 60 Palestinians were killed Sunday as Israeli forces pounded northern Gaza, sending thousands more fleeing in terror in…
Egypt vows to punish attackers in checkpoint assault
Egypt vowed on Sunday to punish the attackers who killed 22 border guards in its western desert near the frontier…
France defends ban on pro-Gaza rally after violence
France’s prime minister on Sunday defended a controversial decision to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris that went ahead anyway…
Boko Haram kills 100, chase military to take control of Damboa
Islamists sect, Boko Haram have killed over 100 people and raised their black and white flag over the north-eastern town…
Swedish-Lebanese bomb suspect killed in police raid
A Lebanese-Swedish man wanted in connection with a June hotel bombing was killed on Sunday by a grenade he was…
Philippines orders nationals to quit Libya
The Philippines on Sunday ordered its estimated 13,000 nationals in Libya to flee that country due to the worsening unrest…
Malaysia Airlines to refund cancellations after MH17
Malaysia Airlines said it would offer full refunds to customers who want to cancel their tickets in the wake of…
Islamists mount ‘heaviest’ assault on Libya airport
Islamist militia launched their heaviest assault so far on Libya’s main airport Sunday two days after a truce with the…
Reject PDP’s expired rice, APC tells voters
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of collaborating with the Nigeria Customs Service to…
Spurs draw 3-3 at Seattle in manager’s debut
Spanish winger Yago Falque netted the equalizer on a penalty kick in the 82nd minute to give Tottenham Hotspur a…
Obafemi Martins, Defoe, Cahill, Keane among MLS All-Stars
Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins was named alongside English standouts Jermain Defoe and Bradley Wright-Phillips, Australian Tim Cahill and Ireland’s Robbie…
Enrique wins first friendly as Barca coach
Barcelona’s new coach Luis Enrique notched up a 1-0 win Saturday in his first game in charge, a pre-season friendly…
FG to assist victims’ of Edo flood disaster
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Saturday promised Federal Government’s financial assistance to victims’ of Sunday’s flood disaster in…