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INEC sends Osun REC on compulsory leave
Ambassador Rufus Akeju, Osun state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), has been requested to proceed on leave of absence – for…
Abuja Airport Closure: Aero diverts flights to Kaduna
Simon Ateba Nigeria’s second largest airline, Aero Contractors, said on Thursday it will divert passengers to Kaduna while the Abuja…
Bolivia allows child labour from age 10
Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific…
Lindsay Lohan sues creators of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the creators of “Grand Theft Auto V” over a character she contends is an unsanctioned…
Monaco says Colombia’s Rodriguez not for sale
Monaco said Thursday that World Cup revelation James Rodriguez is not for sale and there have been no talks over…
Kroos refuses to confirm Real deal
On the eve of their World Cup quarter-final against France, Germany’s Toni Kroos on Thursday refused to confirm a Spanish…
Train bomb blast in Egypt injures five
A bomb blast in a train in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Thursday wounded five people, security officials said,…
US teen charged with trying to help jihadists
A United States teenager who agreed to marry a fighter from the militant network that is threatening to overrun Iraq…
France wants South Korea ferry owner event scrapped
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has called for a cultural event organised by a businessman wanted in connection with the…
Gowon, Oritsejafor urge Muslim leaders to end Boko Haram terror
Kazeem Ugbodaga Former Nigerian Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd) and the National President, Christian Association of Nigeria,…
150 killed in Sudan clan battle near oil field
A battle between rival Sudanese clans near an oil-drilling site killed 150 people and wounded 100 more, state-linked media reported…
Physically challenged man dumped in refuse heap
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A man living with disability and the only child of his late mother, identified as Danjuma, has been…
Confab: Nigeria to adopt new system of government
The National Conference on Thursday 3 July voted in favour of Modified Presidential System of Government following a recommendation by…
Confab dumps Obasanjo’s national anthem
The National Conference on Thursday 3 July unanimously adopted a proposal that Nigeria revert to her old National Anthem, “which…
The beginning of the end of Aribisala’s fiction
DR. Femi Aribisala’s recent article “The beginning of the end of the Bola Tinubu Dynasty” should not have appeared in…
Thai court sentences first anti-coup protester under junta rule
A Thailand court Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings,…
Google ‘forgets’ stories on BBC, UK newspaper sites
Google has restricted access to a BBC blog posting and several British newspaper stories under a legal ruling granting people…
In Pictures: Freedom House Democracy Lecture
Photos by Emmanuel Osodi Freedom House Democracy Lecture titled ‘ Nigeria Governance Predicament: Poverty, Terrorism And Democracy’ held in Lagos…
Disability made Pistorius feel vulnerable
Oscar Pistorius’s defence sought to show the double-amputee sprinter feels highly vulnerable and acted out of fear not anger when…
Suarez transfer talks to Barcelona continues
Controversial striker Luis Suarez was seemingly moving closer towards a move from Liverpool to Barcelona after reports in the British…
Seadogs call for credible 2015 election
The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has called for free, fair, credible and acceptance general election in 2015 saying it…
S. Korea coach keeps job despite World Cup letdown
The South Korean football association (KFA) said Thursday it had rejected an offer by the national team coach, Hong Myung-Bo,…
South Sudan famine within weeks without funding
Famine will break out in war-torn South Sudan within weeks unless massive funding for food aid is provided, aid agencies…
Bouchard aims to make up for semi-final heartache
Rising Canadian star Eugenie Bouchard has vowed to make amends for her Grand Slam semi-final heartache by finally reaching her…
China to release daily Japanese war crimes ‘confession’
China on Thursday began publishing “confessions” of 45 convicted Japanese World War II criminals, officials said, in Beijing’s latest effort…
China’s Xi snubs N. Korea with summit talks in South
China’s president held talks in Seoul Thursday with South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye at the start of a state visit…
Britain boosts airport security after US warning
Britain has bolstered security at its airports in what leaders said Thursday was the correct response following US alarm that…
11 injured in Gaza raids, rockets strike Israeli houses
Eleven Palestinians were wounded Thursday when Israel pounded targets in Gaza as militants kept up a volley of cross-border fire,…
Egypt Islamists call ‘day of anger’ to mark Morsi ouster
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for a ‘day of anger’ Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the military overthrow of…
Somali lawmaker assassinated, Shebab claims responsibility
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsiblity for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge…