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FIFA investigator into 2022 World Cup vote meets Qataris
FIFA investigator Michael Garcia has met Qatari officials as part of his probe into alleged graft in the voting process…
Police kill 3 armed robbers, arrest 27 others
The Police Command in Katsina state on Wednesday said it had killed three suspected armed robbers and arrested 27 others…
Pique accidentally reveals Fabregas price tag
Barcelona defender Gerard Pique has apparently let slip that teammate Cesc Fabregas is leaving the club for 33 million euros…
FRSC should adopt modern technologies – IRF
The International Road Federation (IRF) on Wednesday urged the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to put in place modern technologies…
Palestinians demand US response to Israel settlement move
The Palestinians demanded Thursday that Washington take “serious steps” against Israeli settlement building, after the Jewish state announced plans to…
Scores killed in Boko Haram village raids
Heavily armed gunmen raided four villages in northeast Nigeria leaving scores dead and sending survivors fleeing. The attacks were blamed…
Shoprite to open biggest outlet in Ibadan
Funsho Arogundade As part of its expansion plans in Nigeria, Shoprite, the leading Supermarket retailers, is set to open its…
Ogun to upgrade motor parks
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria has revealed that his government would soon embark on the…
Melaye slams Jonathan over corruption
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The executive secretary of Anti-Corruption Network, ACN, Dino Melaye, has attacked the President Goodluck Jonathan, saying he is…
Arik commences flights to Abuja-Dubai
The Arik Airline on Wednesday in Lagos said it would begin commercial flight operations between Abuja, Nigeria and Dubai, the…
Assad re-elected Syria president in ‘farce’ polls
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected Syria’s president with 88.7 per cent of the vote after a poll labelled a farce…
Putin calls Hillary Clinton a ‘weak’ woman
Russian President Vladimir Putin waded into US politics Wednesday describing former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — and possible 2016…
Police Affairs minister blasts FG’s critics
The Minister of Police Affairs, Abdul Adesiyan, has described people accusing the Federal Government of not doing enough to address…
FG approves N40bn loan for Lagos State Govt.
The Federal Government has approved a N40 billion loan facility for Lagos State Government for the development of infrastructure and…
David Villa to retire from Spanish national team
Spain’s all-time leading goalscorer David Villa said he will retire from international duty after the World Cup in Brazil, in…
Nigeria will overcome its challenges – Welby
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Reverend Justin Welby, in Abuja on Wednesday assured that Nigeria would overcome its several challenges.…
LUTH doctors vow not to return to work
The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Wednesday said its members would not return…
Amaechi urges Nigerians to resist tyranny
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nigerians have been advised to resist all forms of tyranny and dictatorship in the country. Governor Rotimi Amaechi…
Diego Costa passes medical at Chelsea
Spain forward Diego Costa has passed a medical at Chelsea ahead of a proposed £32m transfer from Atletico Madrid. Chelsea…
Oil theft: Army Chief commends JTF
Major General Ebibowei Awala, Chief of Training and Operation (CTOP), Defence Headquarters, has commended the Joint Task Force (JTF) for…
Terrorism is our problem – IBB
Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, on Wednesday said the security challenge in the country demands collective action from all…
8 LASU students docked for breach of peace at Oshodi
Eight students of the Lagos State University (LASU), including three females, were on Wednesday charged before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’…
Apo killing: Trial of police officers adjourned again
The trial of six police officers at the Abuja High Court over the alleged killing in 2005 of six Abuja…
Teenager imprisoned for stealing 14 cell phones
An Ojo Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Sikiru Akorede, 19, to six months in prison…
Japan to ban possession of child pornography
Japan edged closer to banning the possession of child pornography on Wednesday, the last major developed country to do so,…
Insurgency: Borno Govt. seeks intensive prayers
The Borno Government on Tuesday appealed to residents of the state to intensify prayers for a divine intervention in the…
Suicide bomber kills three at Libya ex-general base
A suicide bomber killed three loyalists of an anti-Islamist former general at a base outside Libya’s second city Benghazi on…
APC’ll restore Enugu’s glory in 2015 – Chairman
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State said on Tuesday that it would restore the lost glory of the…
N50.5m fraud: Ibadan court grants bail to Chinese woman
Justice Ayo Emmanuel of the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Tuesday granted bail to Jhoun Jun, a Chinese precious…
International academic outcry over detained China scholars
Hundreds of international academics called Wednesday for the release of scholars and lawyers detained in China ahead of the 25th…