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Boko Haram attack churches near Chibok
Suspected Boko Haram Islamists armed with explosives attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeastern town where…
Brazil v Chile smashes Twitter record
A record 16.3 million tweets were sent during Saturday’s World Cup game between Brazil and Chile, the most ever for…
N. Korea fires missiles ahead of Xi’s Seoul visit
North Korea Sunday fired two ballistic missiles into the sea, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent show of force ahead…
Woman murdered after Colombia World Cup victory
Officials said a 25-year-old woman was murdered Saturday in Bogota following Colombia’s World Cup win over Uruguay in what they…
Rhodes Voices, Bez, for Soyinka Prize grand finale
Evergreen music orchestra, Steve Rhodes Orchestra and Nigerian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter, Bez, have confirmed attendance for the grand finale…
Van Persie returns as Dutch seek quarters place
Netherlands captain Robin van Persie returns to the fray Sunday when his side take on a rejuvenated Mexico for a…
Brazil fan dies of heart failure after Chile match
A 69-year old Brazilian fan died of heart failure while watching his country’s World Cup penalty shootout win over Chile,…
French World Cup ambitions face Nigeria test
After flashes of magnificent football in the group phase, France will look to confirm their World Cup credentials in Monday’s…
Amosun to reabsorb Daniels’s recruits
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Respite finally came the way of 2,000 workers sacked by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in 2011 as they are…
McDonald’s told to pay up over mouse-tail burger
Fast food giant McDonald’s must pay a fine for selling a burger containing the tail of a mouse, a court…
Serena beaten by Cornet at Wimbledon
Serena Williams crashed to her earliest exit at Wimbledon for nine years as the world number one suffered a shock…
Brazil defeat Chile on penalties to reach quarter-final
Brazil survived a huge scare to edge past Chile into the World Cup quarter-finals on Saturday as Colombia’s James Rodriguez…
Saudi king sacks deputy defence minister
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Saturday sacked the deputy defence minister, Prince Khaled bin Bandar bin Abdul Aziz, just a…
ASUP to continue nine-month strike
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has resolved to continue its nine months old…
Van Gaal wants water breaks for Mexico clash
Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal wants Portuguese referee Pedro Proenca to allow water breaks during his side’s World Cup last…
APC, Saraki urge Muslims to pray for peace
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has urged Muslims to use the Ramadan as a period of reflection and…
ITTF: Nigeria may suspend Offiong
Following her inability to show up for the first round match of the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Africa…
JTF warns vessel owners against oil thieves
The Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta on Saturday warned owners of vessels and tankers against allowing the…
Pakistani military kills 18 in anti-militant offensive
Pakistani jets and artillery bombarded militant hideouts in the country’s restive northwest on Saturday as part of a massive ongoing…
Bauchi attack: police arrest one suspect
The Bauchi State Police Commissioner, Malam Lawal Shehu said on Saturday that one suspect had been arrested in connection with…
Ikuforiji urges Muslims to pray for Nigeria’s progress
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has called on all Muslims to pray fervently for the…
Ghana sports ministers reassigned after World Cup exit
Ghana’s sports minister and his deputy were reassigned to other ministerial duties on Saturday following the Black Stars disastrous performance…
Ramadan: Bishop urges Muslims to show love, care
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Bishop Alfred Martins, has enjoined all Muslims to rededicate themselves to charity during Ramadan and…
Inmate dies after swallowing 20 condoms filled with drugs
A Thai prison inmate died after swallowing 20 condoms filled with methamphetamines, a report said on Saturday. The Bangkok Post…
One dead as 2 bombs go off in Cairo
Two bombs exploded Saturday in a Cairo suburb killing a teenager and wounding a woman, officials said, the latest in…
Covenant University graduate 82 students with 1st Class
Eighty two students of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun, on Friday bagged first class degrees at its 2013/12014 convocation. The…
Thousands in Singapore gay rights rally despite opposition
Thousands of people gathered in Singapore on Saturday for an annual gay rights rally celebrating sexual diversity in the city-state,…
Bomb blast kills 10 in Bauchi
An explosion in the red light district of northern Nigeria’s Bauchi city has killed 10 people and injured 14 others,…
Pastor releases Muslim inmates from Kaduna prison
Pastor Yohanna Buru, leader and founder of Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation, on Friday 27 June secured the release of…
Husband wants divorce over sex starvation
A 34-year old man, Ayokunle Aladesiun, on Friday 27 June asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his three-year old…