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McIlroy breaks off wedding engagement to Wozniacki
An emotional Rory McIlroy on Wednesday announced he had broken off his engagement and split with Danish tennis player Caroline…
Three killed, 25 wounded in Taiwan knife attack
A knife-wielding attacker went on a stabbing spree aboard a Taipei subway train Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 25…
Kabbar set to drop Igun video
One of the leading artiste under Kajjor Family Entertainment, Kabir Ilori popularly known as Kabbar is finally set to drop…
Jos blasts: PDP postpones Ekiti governorship flag-off
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed, by one week, the presidential flag-off of Ekiti…
Prince Charles ‘compares Putin to Hitler’
Prince Charles was mired in controversy on Wednesday after he reportedly compared the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in…
Two Boko Haram attacks near Chibok kill 30
Two attacks by Boko Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the Islamists kidnapped more…
FG earmarks N640bn for construction of power transmission – Sambo
The Federal Government has earmarked four billion dollars (N640 billion) for the construction and rehabilitation of power transmission infrastructure across…
El-Rufai sues PDP, Metuh, Thisday for N1.5bn
Malam Nasir El-Rufai, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, has sued the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, PDP National Publicity…
African countries send 5 battalions to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad will contribute one battalion of troops each to the international force set…
PDP promises Nigerians good leadership
The Peoples Democratic Party National Secretary, Prof. Wale Oladipo, said the party would continue to provide good leadership to the…
Pakistan air strikes kill 32 militants
Precision military air strikes on Wednesday killed at least 32 militants including key commanders in a restive Pakistani tribal region…
California company sues Taylor Swift over number 13
Country-pop diva Taylor Swift’s fetish for the number 13 is being tested by a California clothing company in a trademark…
EU rejects Financial Fair Play complaint
The European Commission has rejected the only complaint filed against UEFA’s new Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, a source close…
Kaduna refinery produces at 60% capacity – MD
The Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) on Tuesday said it that the company was currently operating at 60 per…
3 feared dead as rival groups clash in Imo
There was pandemonium at the Umuapu Junction on the Owerri-Port Harcourt Road on Tuesday following a clash between the youths…
Tambuwal condemns Jos bomb blasts
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has condemned the two bomb blasts that occurred in Jos on Tuesday.…
At least 118 killed in Jos blasts – NEMA
At least 118 people were killed in a car bomb attack in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the country’s…
Eto’o calls Mourinho ‘puppet’ in new attack
Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o has had another dig at his manager, Jose Mourinho, calling him a “puppet” in a Confederation…
Falode’s son: Tambuwal tasks UAE to find killers
Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has urged authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to find…
Nigeria wants UN sanctions on Boko Haram
Nigeria has asked the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Boko Haram, the armed Islamist group that claimed the…
1 dead, 4 houses burnt in gunmen attack in Lagos
At least one person was killed and four buildings burnt on Monday night at Dawodu Lane in Ilogbo Community at…
46 Killed in Jos Blasts – Police
Twin car bombings killed 46 people on Tuesday at a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos, as…
Court prevents FRSC from imposing driver’s licence
An Abuja Federal High Court has restrained the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from imposing the new driver’s licence and…
Jos Blasts: We won’t give hasty casualty figures – Govt
The Plateau State Government says it is “not in a hurry” to release the casualty figures from Tuesday afternoon’s two…
Two arrested over Kano suicide car bomb
Two men have been arrested in connection with a suicide car bombing in the northern Nigerian city of Kano that…
Two blasts rock Jos market
Two car bombs ripped through a crowded market in the central Nigerian city of Jos on Tuesday, the latest in…
Ranieri parts company with Monaco
Italian coach Claudio Ranieri has parted company with French Ligue 1 runners-up Monaco, club vice-president Vadim Vasilyev confirmed on Tuesday.…
National Assembly approves state of emergency extension
The National Assembly on Tuesday approved a six-month extension to the state of emergency in three northeast states hit by…
Stop internal recruitment, FCC warns chief executives
The Federal Character Commission (FCC) has warned that it would not permit internal recruitment of staff into Federal Government parastatal…
Man in court for blocking bank entrance with mattress
A 37-year old man, Philemon Kwaghkondo, was arraigned before an Upper Area Court 2, Makurdi, for allegedly blocking the entrance…