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US warns citizens against travel to Kenya amid threats
The US State Department has warned its citizens of the risks of travelling to Kenya, after heightened terror threats and…
Ten Nigerians hospitalised in South Africa following gang attack
At least ten Nigerians are in hospital and 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organised…
West Africa mobilises against Ebola virus
West African countries have mobilised against an epidemic of haemorrhagic fevers including Ebola, which has claimed more than 80 lives…
Unilorin students lament mass failure
Harrison Iyoha Students of the University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Ilorin, Kwara State, are reeling from the results of their first…
Laspotech students in last minute school fees rush
In an attempt to beat the 4 April, 2014 deadline set by the management of Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, students…
Buhari condoles with victims of attack in Katsina
Former Head of State and leader of All Progressives Congress, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has condoled with victims of the 11…
ASUU assures varsities of proper disbursement
Dr. Nasir Fagge, president, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has assured Nigerian universities that the N200 billion allocated to…
Bayern Munich ban British tabloids for Man Utd clash
Bayern Munich have taken the unusual step of refusing two British tabloids accreditation for next Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second…
INEC signs pact with AU, institute for electoral assistance
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), African Union, AU and the International-Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) have signed an…
Delegates protest at the National Conference
Some delegates at the ongoing National Conference have protested the decision of their principal officers to withdraw the power of…
I didn’t dive against Bayern – Rooney
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has hit out at suggestions that he dived to get Bastian Schweinsteiger sent off during…
Pakistan’s Musharraf survives assassination
Former Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is on trial for treason, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as a bomb…
FIFA slams Barcelona with transfer ban
FIFA has banned Spanish giants Barcelona from buying or selling players for the next two transfer windows for breaches of…
Another foreign student murdered in Brisbane
A Frenchwoman has become the fourth foreign student to be brutally murdered in the Australian city of Brisbane in almost…
Sabotage responsible for power outage – Okupe
Doyin Okupe, Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, has attributed the drop in the nation’s power supply to…
Serena Williams loses to unseeded Cepelova
World number one Serena Williams crashed out of the WTA Tour’s Family Circle Cup, losing her opening match in straight…
Bayern Munich held by resurgent Manchester United
Under-performing Manchester United produced a vastly improved display to hold defending champions Bayern Munich to a 1-1 draw in the…
Suicide attack kills 15 civilians in Maiduguri
Fifteen civilians have been killed and 17 others injured after a suicide attack in Maiduguri, Borno state by suspected Boko…
Neymar’s strike gives Barca hope against Atletico
Atletico Madrid have a slim advantage heading into the second leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Barcelona after holding…
Chinese investments in Nigeria worth $1.7bn
Liu Kan, Consul-General of the Peoples Republic of China in Nigeria, has said that Chinese investments in Nigeria is about…
4 Boko Haram suicide bombers killed in failed attack
Four would-be suicide bombers planning to blow up a petrol station in Maiduguri, Borno state have been killed by soldiers…
1.8m people enter job market annually- Okonjo-Iweala
Minister for Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has confirmed that not less than 1.8 million graduates in the country move into…
World Bank doubles lending to emerging economies
The World Bank plans to nearly double its annual lending to emerging economies like China and India as part of…
Cameron Orders Probe Of Muslim Brotherhood
British Prime Minister David Cameron has ordered an investigation into the activities of Muslim Brotherhood over concerns that the group…
Brazil Stops Work On World Cup Stadium
The Brazilian government halted work on two temporary tribunes for Sao Paulo’s World Cup stadium after the death of another…
Malaysia Finds Nothing ‘Abnormal’ In MH370 Transcript
Malaysian authorities have released the transcript of communications between the cockpit crew and air traffic controllers of missing Flight MH370…
Surfing and Sailing Pioneer Dead At 80
Hobart Alter, the man who revolutionized surfing and sailing with the first polyurethane surf boards and the small catamaran known…
New Michael Jackson Album Set For Release
A posthumous Michael Jackson album is due to be released in May, five years after the death of the ‘King…
Jonathan Leaves For EU-Africa Summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Brussels on 1 April as the head of Nigeria’s delegation to the Fourth European…
Crimea Dolphins Join Russia
Russian state media has said that Crimea dolphins will join Russia, although not by referendum. Instead, a Soviet-era military program…