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Obalende residents beg Tinubu over LG chairmanship
Paul Iyoghojie Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward A Ikoyi-Obalende, Lagos led by Pastor Gbenga Jacobs, a.k.a.…
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$19 billion invested, as AIDS kills 1.1 million people in 2015
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has disclosed that a whooping $19 billion was invested in…
US Election: Hillary Clinton leads in battleground states
Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Republican Donald Trump in some of the most diverse battleground states – including by double digits…
Paul Pogba suspended for Man Utd opener
Manchester United’s world-record signing Paul Pogba is suspended for the club’s opening Premier League game against Bournemouth on Sunday. The…
Fire guts multi-million naira centre, hospital in Ilesa
A fire outbreak on Thursday night destroyed goods and property worth millions of naira at Balm of Gilead Specialist Hospital…
Police arrest 4 suspected armed robbers in Jigawa
The Jigawa Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers terrorising seven local government areas of the state. The Police…
No stalemate in admission into varsities – JAMB
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has denied reports of a…
10 inmates killed in city jail violence
Ten inmates of a Philippines city jail, including two Chinese nationals, were killed in a grenade explosion after a gunfight…
5 killed in road crash on Lokoja – Ajaokuta road – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has confirmed the death of five persons in a ghastly motor accident on the…
Oluwa Chieftaincy Tussle: 4 brothers jailed 72 months for forgery
Four brothers are to spend the next 72 months behind bars in Lagos for forging the official stamp and signature…
Bus driver bites police sergeant while resisting arrest
A commercial bus driver, Monday Asien, who allegedly bite a police officer on official duty, on Friday appeared before an…
2016 Hajj: Yobe suspends Amirul Hajj team
Alhaji Ibrahim Al-Arab, the Chairman, Yobe Muslim Pilgrims Commission, says the state government has suspended the traditional “Amirul Hajj” team…
Polio Outbreak: FG, UNICEF begin emergency immunisation campaign in Borno
The Federal Ministry of Health supported by WHO, UNICEF and partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative have rolled out…
FRSC convicts 67 motorists for various offences
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Friday that it had secured the conviction of 67 motorists for various…
Boko Haram: NEMA reunites 200 missing children with parents
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said it had reunited more than 200 children with their parents affected…
Rihanna to receive MTV’s lifetime achievement award
Rihanna, a popular musician, will receive MTV’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the Aug. 28 Video Music Awards (VMA) show. MTV…
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Terminally ill woman holds party before ending her life
In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them:…
Phelps breaks 2,100-year-old record, wins 22nd gold
Michael Phelps is used to rewriting history–now he’s eclipsing it too. You have to go back around 2,160 years, give…
Tales from Rio
In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about…
Nigeria now 67th in FIFA World ranking
Nigeria’s national team, Super Eagles are now 67th best team in the world in the latest Federation of International Football,…
Pastor in police net over wife’s death in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Detectives at the Zone 5 Police headquarters in Benin, Edo State, have detained the pastor of a…
Rugby: Fiji makes history, wins first Olympic gold medal
Fiji won the first Olympic medal in its history Thursday by beating Great Britain in the final of the inaugural…
Watford striker, Ighalo signs new five-year deal
Watford striker Odion Ighalo has signed a new five-year deal. The 27-year-old Nigerian joined the Hornets from Udinese in July…
Budget Padding: It’s a family affair – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said it would not sanction House of Representatives Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, or Rep. Abdulmumuni…
Olympics: Kenyan coach expelled for posing as athlete
A Kenyan athletics coach has been sent home from Rio after allegedly posing as an athlete and giving a urine…
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South Africa dethrones Nigeria as Africa’s biggest economy
South Africa has regained the title of Africa’s largest economy, two years after Nigeria rebased its economy to claim the…
Gunmen kill varsity lecturer
The police in Benue State have confirmed that a lecturer at Mkar University, Gboko was killed by unidentified gunmen at…
Nigeria reports first polio cases since 2014
The Nigerian government has reported two cases of polio, the country’s first in two years. It said two children had…
Nobody can prosecute me, Speaker Dogara boasts
National Assembly members cannot be investigated or charged to court for performing their constitutional responsibility of lawmaking, including budget, Speaker…
UN investigating Syria ‘chlorine gas’ attack
The UN is investigating evidence of a toxic gas attack on a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo.…