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Christian leader appeals for missing Iraq nuns
Iraq’s most senior Christian leader appealed Saturday for the release of two nuns and three orphans who have been missing…
US company signs $1.175 bn Iran energy deal
A United States company has signed a preliminary agreement to invest $1.175 billion (864 million euros) in Iran, in a…
Egyptian President removes fuel subsidy
Egypt has drastically raised fuel prices overnight to tackle a bloated subsidy system, in a potentially unpopular move that might…
Two Nigerians arrested in S.Africa for scamming Australian
Magnus Ikechukwu Kamah, 38, and Nbubusi Sunday Okeke, 34, have been arrested and charged in South Africa after an attempted…
Wrongfully detained atheist freed from Kano psychiatric ward
A Nigerian man was detained on a psychiatric ward for 18 days because he did not believe in God, a…
India nurses return from Iraq to emotional welcome
A group of 46 Indian nurses held “against their will” in a part of Iraq seized by Islamic militants returned…
Japanese grapes fetch record N890k
Bridal couples at a Japanese wedding hall will have a special treat at their banquet: a bunch of fresh, juicy…
Several killed as suicide car bomb explodes near Somali parliament
Several people were killed when a powerful suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday,…
Messi, LeBron, Balotelli wish Neymar swift recovery
Four-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi wished his Barcelona team-mate Neymar a quick recovery after the Brazil star…
Egypt court sentences Brotherhood leader, 36 Islamists to life
An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 other Islamists to life in prison Saturday, and confirmed…
Neymar ruled out of World Cup
Brazil striker Neymar was ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup on Friday, dealing the hosts a crushing…
Ukraine claims rebels flushed from main stronghold
Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday that most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their main eastern stronghold…
Taliban sets dozens of fuel trucks on fire in Kabul
Taliban militants set fire to dozens of fuel trucks, which they claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, in an…
Suarez to sign five-year deal at Barcelona after Liverpool agree £63m
According to a Catalan television station, Liverpool and Barcelona are close to agreeing a deal for Luis Suarez. The Catalan…
In Argentina, dinosaur hunters embark on next phase
A few months ago, Argentine scientists found the remains of a giant dinosaur. Now they look forward to digging up…
Pope Francis to meet sex abuse victims for first time
Pope Francis will meet victims of paedophile priests for the first time on Monday, as a Vatican commission moves to…
FIFA writes Nigeria, expresses concern over NFF handling
Football governing body, FIFA sent a letter to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on 4 July expressing its great concern…
Messi, Robben aim to put down World Cup underdogs
Lionel Messi’s Argentina take on Belgium in the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday again aiming to prove that they are…
Injured Neymar taken to hospital for tests
Brazil star forward Neymar was taken to hospital to undergo tests after getting kneed in the back in Friday’s quarter-final…
Luiz fires Brazil to semi final with a screamer
David Luiz’s screaming free kick gave Brazil a 2-1 win over Colombia on Friday to seal a World Cup semi-final…
Censor board approves viewing of ‘Half A Yellow Sun’
Nigerian censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun” after a more…
Fashola condemns soldiers for burning BRT buses
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has condemned Friday’s mayhem at Palmgrove area on Ikorodu Road in which irate…
Pandemonium as armed policemen invade Edo Assembly
Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 50 fully armed policemen from the Police Mobile Force unit of the Nigerian Police Friday stormed the…
Senegal prime minister sacked
Senegal’s Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who has only been in power since September 2013, has been removed from office less…
Federer, Djokovic set for final showdown
Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will clash in a titanic showdown for the Wimbledon title after crushing an uprising from…
Germany defeats France to reach semi-final
A Mats Hummels header sent Germany into a record fourth successive World Cup semi-finals as they beat France 1-0 in…
Billionaire conservative donor Richard Mellon Scaife dies
Richard Mellon Scaife, a generous donor to US conservative causes and heir to a sizeable banking fortune, died Friday according…
PPPRA reduces petroleum licensees from 40 to 27
Nigeria’s downstream regulator, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA) Nigeria has reduced the number of companies licensed to import petroleum…
Russian lawmakers pass new bill restricting Internet
Russia’s parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data inside the country in an…
Bosnia floods unearth war graves
The remains of 24 people, believed to be Muslims killed during Bosnia’s 1990s war, were exhumed from several graves unearthed…