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UFUK Foundation honours Prince Yemisi Shyllon, others
Quintessential art collector, Prince Yemisi Shyllon was among nine Nigerians honoured by the UFUK Dialogue Foundation at the 2014 edition…
Chamakh signs new two-year Palace deal
Morocco international Marouane Chamakh has signed a new two-year contract at Crystal Palace, the Premier League side announced Friday. The…
WHO urges all gay men to use preventive drugs
The World Health Organization on Friday urged all men who have gay sex to take antiretroviral drugs, warning that HIV…
Facebook becomes outlet for religious anger in Myanmar
Facebook is coming under scrutiny in Myanmar as an unwitting platform for a rising tide of hate speech following a…
Media owners are politically aligned – Maku
Labaran Maku, Minister of Information, on Thursday 10 July renewed his call for reforms in media to protect practitioners from…
Osun Poll: CSOs warn against military interference
A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), on Thursday advised the military to ensure orderliness during the forthcoming governorship election…
Gunmen attack Kenya’s coastal Lamu region
Unidentified gunmen raided a village near Kenya’s restive coastal town of Lamu early Friday, Kenyan officials said, the latest in…
UPN wants law banning caretakers as council chairmen
Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) on Thursday called for a legislation that would outlaw appointed administrators from running local government…
Argentine president to miss WC final due to illness
Thousands of Argentine fans are expected to attend Sunday’s World Cup final but President Cristina Kirchner will not be among…
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…