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Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder
Serena Williams has used the social media platform Reddit to announce that she is engaged to its co-founder, Alexis Ohanian.…
Nadal beats Berdych on return to action
Rafael Nadal beat Tomas Berdych 6-0 6-4 on Thursday in his first match since October at the Mubadala World Tennis…
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US expels 35 Russian diplomats over cyber attack
U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats including shutting down of two Russian compounds in…
Harmattan: Lagos charges residents to beware of naked fire
The Lagos State Government has urged Lagosians to handle naked fire in cigarettes, firewood, cooking stoves, among other sources with…
Pressure mounts on Police to fish out killers of LASTMA zonal commander
The Lagos State Police Command may have been subjected to intense pressure by the State Government to fish out the…
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Police foil attempt by Niger Delta militants to blow up Lagos 3rd Mainland Bridge
One Abiodun Amos, suspected to be leading a group of militants planning to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos,…
Boko Haram not defeated, Shekau speaks out from hiding
Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the murderous sect, Boko Haram, on Thursday released a new video to dispute claims that…
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Trending: Mathew Ashimolowo’s church loses $5m to Ponzi Scheme
Kingsway International Christian Centre, a 12,000-member mega church in Britain headed by Nigeria’s Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, lost $4.8 million to…
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Federal Permanent Secretary disappears with 40 cars on retirement
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has disclosed how a Federal permanent secretary retired from office recently…
Yuletide: Gov Emmanuel donates food items to Eket
Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has donated assorted food items to people of Eket to mark the Yuletide season.…
Love & Recession, stage play set for premiere
‘Love & Recession’, a stage play produced by ‘iOpenEye Limited’ in partnership with Etisalat Nigeria will on Thursday begin a…
Man says hawking Agbo Jedi exposed wife to immorality
Abiodun Olaifa of Aremo area, Ibadan, on Thursday told the Idi-Ogogo Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, that hawking of bitter liquor,…
Bird flu: Kano state Govt kills 9,000 birds
The Kano State government said it has so far killed 9,000 birds since bird flu resurfaced in the state two…
Zambia Air Force airlifting pesticides to pest affected provinces
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu ordered the air force on Thursday to join other government agencies in an emergency operation to…
Police confirm 2 dead in Enugu market fracas
The police command in Enugu on Thursday confirmed two persons dead, following a fracas at the Gariki Market in Awkunanaw,…
Arik Air resumes New York flight Thursday
Arik Air on Wednesday said it has chartered a B767-300ER aircraft to minimise the disruption and inconveniences caused passengers on…
Many blind candidates collude to cheat at examinations, says WAEC
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says blind candidates also cheat during examinations. They cheat by colluding. The Head of…
Everton set to sign Ademola Lookman at £10m
Everton expect to complete a £10m deal for Charlton’s 19-year-old forward Ademola Lookman early in the January transfer window. Director…
Former French Open winner, Ivanovic retires at 29
Former world number one and 2008 French Open champion Ana Ivanovic has retired from tennis at the age of 29.…
Train carrying soldiers crashes into trailer carrying sugarcane
A Lagos bound train from Kano collided with a trailer at railway crossing in Kawo, Kaduna, and cut the trailer…
US chides Israel over Mid-East peace
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the prospect of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal based on a two-state solution…
Breaking: Actress Debbie Reynolds in hospital after death of daughter, Fisher
US actress Debbie Reynolds has been taken to hospital, the day after death of her daughter Carrie Fisher. Celebrity news…
Men more superior than women-Sultan of Sokoto
Nigeria’s most senior Muslim cleric has rejected a new gender equality bill, which proposes that women and men inherit an…
Dele Ali scores brace as Tottenham beat 10-man Southampton
Dele Alli scored twice as Tottenham maintained their challenge for a Champions League spot with victory over 10-man Southampton. Saints…
Photo: Anchor University board visits UNILAG
Members of the Board of Trustees of the newly licensed Anchor University, Lagos (AUL), paid a courtesy visit to the…
LASG shuts Akin Adesola Street for One Lagos Fiesta
The Lagos State Government has announced the closure of Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island on Saturday as from 4.00pm for…
Dogs disappear from streets as Ekiti residents turn to dog meat
Dogs have disappeared from the streets in Ekiti State following rise in the consumption of dog meat by residents, a…
Army arrest 1,240 Boko Haram suspects in Sambisa
The Nigeria Army said it had arrested about 1,240 suspected Boko Haram terrorists during a mop-up operation by troops inside…
Army recover Shekau’s Qur’an, flag in Sambisa
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s…
Group charges FG to back FRSC on speed limit enforcement
The Federal Government has been charged to provide adequate support to the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC in its bid…