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Chelsea completes Filipe Luis signing
Chelsea took their pre-season spending spree to over £80 million after completing the signing of Atletico Madrid defender Filipe Luis…
FG explains purpose of 1b dollar loan
The Federal Government has clarified that the one billion dollar loan it is seeking is not only to prosecute the…
Police arrest 22 over impeachment protest in Nasarawa
Police Command in Nasarawa State on Friday said it arrested 22 people in Lafia following violent protest by some groups…
Police shut filling stations, arrest managers
The Nigeria Police has shut down two petrol stations in the Ikorodu area of Lagos and arrested their managers for…
Child obesity in Africa increases from 4 to 10million – UN
The number of obese and overweight children in the world could balloon from 44 million in 2012 to 75 million…
Police Cells Overcrowded
Cyriacus Izuekwe The ongoing industrial action by the Judiciary Staff of Nigeria JUSUN, has resulted in overcrowding in police cells…
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FIFA lifts suspension on Nigeria
World football governing body, FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension clamped on Nigeria on 9 July as a result of…
Demba Ba joins Turkish giants Besiktas
Demba Ba has completed a transfer from Chelsea to Turkish giants Besiktas for a reported fee of £4.7m after passing…
540-year old book sold for over £1m
A 540-year-old book, known as the first to be printed in the English language, has sold at auction for more…
Microsoft unveils wide range of accessories for smartphones, cars
Phone owners are set for a thrill with Microsoft’s wide range of comfy real-time accessories. The new accessories which were…
Japan ‘vagina artist’ arrest sparks debate
The arrest on obscenity allegations of a woman who makes art based on her vagina has sparked debate in Japan.…
US giant AbbVie buys drugmaker Shire for $54bn
Shire Pharmaceuticals has accepted a £32-billion ($54-billion, 40-billion-euro) takeover bid from AbbVie, the two companies announced on Friday, in a…
Indonesia ex-sports minister jailed in $40 mn graft case
Indonesia’s former sports minister was jailed for four years on Friday over a $40-million corruption case, the latest sentencing to…
Ethiopian bloggers, journalists charged with ‘terrorism’
A group of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists detained for nearly three months have been charged with terrorism for having links…
Nigeria Must Not Split – US Consul General
By Simon Ateba In spite of all the religious and cultural differences in the country and the killings by Boko…
Proprietress advocates equal education for disabled children
By Simon Ateba Children living with disabilities have the same rights to education as do all other children in Nigeria,…
Germany captain Philipp Lahm to retire
Germany captain Philipp Lahm, who led his country to a World Cup triumph in Brazil, is to quit international football,…
In Pictures: Prof. Olatunji Dare’s 70th Birthday Lecture
Photos By Emmanuel Osodi A lecture titled: “Memories of Censorship: Struggling For Press Freedom In Africa” in honour of Professor…
IS jihadists kill 90 in Syria gas field takeover
Jihadists killed at least 90 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees when they seized a gas field in…
Lin hungry for Lakers win, eager to train with Kobe
Jeremy Lin said Friday he hopes to earn the respect of his new Los Angeles Lakers teammates and was relishing…
Lawyers justify JUSUN strike, tell govt. to obey court order
Lawyers in the FCT said on Thursday that the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) was…
Putin calls for urgent Ukraine crisis settlement after jet crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for an urgent settlement of the Ukraine crisis as he expressed condolences to Dutch…
Singapore halts destruction of ‘pro-gay’ children’s books
Singapore on Friday stopped its national library from destroying two children’s books with gay themes following an outcry over literary…
Gas scarcity hinders electricity supply – BPE
The Director-General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Benjamin Dikki, said on Thursday that scarcity of gas supply was impeding…
NSE Market Capitalisation dips by N37bn
Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday closed on a downward trend after three consecutive days of equity…
Black box found at plane crash site in Ukraine
Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine told an AFP reporter Friday that they…
Sri Lanka jails killers of British tourist
A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a…
Nine security personnel killed in Pakistan unrest
At least eight paramilitaries were killed in a gunfight with militants in Pakistan’s restive northwest early on Friday, while a…
Israel army presses Gaza ground assault
Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in an operation to halt rocket fire…
MH17 crash in Ukraine no coincidence, say MH370 relatives
Relatives of missing MH370 passengers said the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine was no mere coincidence, adding…