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Six dead, 19 missing as Bangladesh ferry sinks
Six people were dead and at least 19 others were missing after a ferry capsized Saturday when it was caught…
Insecurity: Jonathan is doing his best – Gowon
Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd.), has urged Nigerians to support the Federal Government in its bid to…
West Ham down 10-man Spurs to reach safety
West Ham United secured their Premier League status after stemming a run of four straight defeats with a 2-0 win…
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Censors Board Action Absurd – Chimamanda Adichie
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The author of,’ Half Of A Yellow Sun,’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has said the action of Nigerian Video…
Casillas to return to league action – Ancelotti
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has said that captain Iker Casillas will play for the first time this season in…
Patience Jonathan to lead protest to Chibok
Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of the president, has promised to stage a protest match to Chibok, Borno, if the abducted…
South Korea ferry disaster death toll rises to 236
Eight more bodies were recovered Saturday from the ferry that sank off South Korea last month, reports said, amid concern…
US will do ‘everything possible’ to rescue Nigeria girls – Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday vowed that Washington will do “everything possible” to help Nigeria deal with…
Egypt court jails 102 Morsi supporters for 10 years
An Egyptian court sentenced 102 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to 10 years in prison Saturday over protest…
National Confab receives memorandum for creation of Ogoja, Yemen states
. Ijebu, Ogoja old provinces not full states yet in Nigeria There were twenty four provinces in Nigeria, before independence.…
Okorocha moves against street trading
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has charged the Imo Civil Guards to evacuate street traders on Douglas and other…
Mourinho questions Hazard commitment
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has raised questions about Eden Hazard’s commitment to the team following their ouster in the semi-final…
Ex-Delta Governor, Col. Dungs is dead
Retired Col. John David Dungs, former military governor of Delta, is dead, the deceased’s younger brother, Sunday Dungs, said on…
Gay gets one-year doping ban, returns Olympic medal
US sprint star Tyson Gay has received a one-year doping ban from the US Anti-Doping Association (USADA) and has returned…
Ekiti, Osun polls: Accept defeat, INEC advises politicians
The INEC National Commissioner in-charge of South West, Prof. Lai Olurode, has advised politicians to have a mindset to accept…
Kidnapped School Girls: Jonathan sets up fact-finding committee
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday set up a fact-finding committee to unravel the inconsistent and contradictory information on the abducted…
Adenuga bags Grand Commander of Business award
Mike Adenuga Jr. (GCON), was named winner of the Grand Commander of Business Award in Nigeria and Africa. The entrepreneur…
GDP rebasing was not done for optimism or pessimism – Okonjo-Iweala
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Finance on Friday said the of rebasing Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was neither for…
Erastus Akingbola fails to stop N47.1bn theft charge
An Ikeja High Court on Friday dismissed an application filed by Erastus Akingbola, former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank.…
Team Nigeria Aims High At Airtel/Arsenal International Football Clinic
Nigeria’s representatives at the ongoing Airtel/Arsenal International Soccer Clinic in Kigali, Rwanda, have revealed their ambition to play and win…
Lawyers, APC want search for kidnapped school girls intensified
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue the female…
58 held in Philippines over global ‘sextortion’ ring
Fifty-eight people have been arrested in the Philippines for their involvement in a giant, global Internet “sextortion” network, local police…
Support the Nigerian project, Tambuwal urges citizens
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday called on Nigerians to support the Nigerian project. Tambuwal,…
Benitez counts on Cup win to save Napoli’s season
Napoli coach Rafael Benitez is hoping the club’s second Italian Cup final triumph in three years will help make up…
Only Borno government will comment on missing school girls – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said it has streamlined the dissemination of information on the abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno, stating…
Man City lead charge as title race nears climax
The closest English top-flight title race in 33 years speeds towards its conclusion this weekend, with Manchester City carrying the…
Benfica, Sevilla into Europa League final
Benfica and Sevilla reached the Europa League final Thursday, further cementing an Iberian grip on the sport on the continent.…
Kidnapped School Girls: PENGASSAN boycotts May Day rally
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), on Thursday, boycotted the May Day rally at the…
Chibok School Girls: I was quoted out of context – Kema Chikwe
Former Minister of Aviation and present National Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kema Chikwe, has said that she…
Former Kwara State Governor, Adamu Attah, dies at 83
The first civilian governor of Kwara, Alhaji Adamu Attah, is dead. Attah, aged 83, died on Thursday in his Abuja…