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26,000 police and soldiers to provide World Cup final
Some 26,000 police and soldiers will provide security Sunday for the World Cup final in Rio between Argentina and Germany,…
Ghana’s amputee footballers strive for international glory
On a field scattered with rubbish, ripe with the smell of urine and criss-crossed by commuters and the occasional truck,…
Mexican Mayor Marries Crocodile
The mayor of a Mexican fishing town has married a crocodile in an elaborate ceremony where the bride wore white…
Confab: States to declare public holidays
The National Conference in Abuja on Thursday adopted a recommendation of its Committee on Devolution of Power, empowering states to…
Bullish Obama rubbishes impeachment talk
United States President Barack Obama on Thursday laughed off Republican calls for his impeachment over his flexing of executive power…
Confab sets up reconciliation committee on devolution of powers
The National Conference sitting in Abuja on Monday constituted an 18-member Reconciliation Committee made up of three leaders from each…
Alexis Sanchez completes £30mn move to Arsenal
Chile’s star World Cup striker Alexis Sanchez agreed to join Arsenal on Thursday on a long-term contract for a reported…
Kidnappers got N10m to release two girls – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS), said ten persons who kidnapped two sisters in Abuja on 8 June, received N10…
Kidnap of President’s uncle: DSS arrests student, herbalist, four others
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested six suspects in connection with the kidnap of Chief Nitabai Inengite, uncle…
We will ensure peaceful conduct of Osun poll – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said on Thursday that it would do everything to ensure a peaceful conduct of the…
Tennis star Djokovic weds in romantic ceremony
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic and his longtime girlfriend Jelena Ristic wed Thursday in a gazebo civil ceremony on a…
NSC urges Nigerians to remain calm over FIFA suspension
The National Sports Commission, NSC, says it has received the news of the suspension of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,…
Quack Medical Doctor jailed for 10 years
Jethro Ibileke/Benin An Evbuoriaria Magistrates’ court sitting in Benin City, southern Nigeria, has sentenced a 32-year old man, Jeremiah Onovwata,…
Appeal Court bars Edo PDP lawmakers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The hope of the four suspended peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers to upturn an order by a Benin…
Nyako’s Impeachment: Muslim Council, traditional rulers want dialogue
The Muslim Council of Nigeria in Adamawa has called for dialogue in resolving the dispute between the state legislature and…
Resolve ASUP strike, Reps tell Jonathan
The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Presidency to urgently resolve the protracted Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)…
FIFA rejects Uruguay, Suarez appeals
FIFA on Thursday dismissed appeals by Uruguay and Luis Suarez over the striker’s four-month global ban for biting a World…
Jonathan nominates FRSC boss, lecturer for ministerial appointments
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday nominated Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshall, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for appointment as minister.…
Two players refused first Dutch penalty – van Gaal
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal has revealed two of his players refused to step up to take the first penalty…
#BringBackOurGirls decries attacks by DSS spokesperson, security agencies
The #BringBackOurGirls movement which has been campaigning for a more urgent action on the part of government to rescue over…
One million strike in Britain over pay and cuts
More than one million public sector workers went on strike in Britain Thursday over pay and spending cuts by the…
Govt. didn’t unduly interfere in NFA – Sports Minister
The Minister of Sports, Tammy Danagogo, on Wednesday 9 July in Abuja said government did not unduly interfere in the…
Light Rail Project: Lawyer sues FG
A Federal Capital Territory High Court on Wednesday 9 July fixed 16 July for ruling in a suit filed by…
Pastor, civil servant appear in court for fighting in public
A 33 year-old pastor, Nathaniel Ogwuche and 43 year-old Civil Servant, Benjamin Amadi on Tuesday appeared before a Senior Magistrates’…
CLO, Arewa youth forum, others mourn Aturu
Human Rights Groups including the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO) Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) and the Omnira Yoruba Assembly (OYA)…
Germany pledged not to humiliate Brazil at half-time
Germany made a half-time pledge not to humiliate World Cup host Brazil in their astonishing semi-final clash on Tuesday night.…
S. Korea condemns North missile test as ‘serious provocation’
South Korea on Thursday condemned a series of missile launches by nuclear-armed North Korea as a “serious provocation” that threatened…
New spying row hurts US relationship with Germany
Fresh spying accusations are undermining US efforts to mend fences with Germany, only two weeks after both allies launched a…
Texas gunman kills six, including children
A gunman killed four children and two adults during a domestic dispute in Texas on Wednesday before being taken into…
US drone kills six amid Pakistan anti-Taliban offensive
A United States drone strike killed six suspected militants Thursday in a Pakistani tribal district where Pakistan has launched a…