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Mourinho gets respite as Chelsea cruise
Jose Mourinho’s selection gamble paid off as Chelsea got their spluttering season back on track with a 4-0 rout of…
South Africa’s new human ancestor sparks racial row
Some prominent South Africans have dismissed the discovery of a new human ancestor as a racist theory designed to cast…
World’s second-richest person closing in on Bill Gates
Spain’s fast-fashion king Amancio Ortega has added $3.7 billion to his personal fortune after Inditex SA, the world’s largest clothing…
Malaria deaths down 60% since 2000, thanks to diagnostics, mosquito nets
Geneva (AFP) – Malaria deaths worldwide have fallen by 60 percent since 2000, the UN said, with improved diagnostic tests…
Burkina Faso guards detain president, prime minister
AFP – Burkina Faso’s presidential guard detained the interim president and prime minister, plunging the west African country into uncertainty…
A decade after write-offs, Africa sliding back into debt trap
By Ed Cropley Reuters – With their economies floundering and currencies sinking, African states that have borrowed heavily in dollars…
Nigerian firms may struggle to repay debt if dollar shortages persist
Already feeling the pinch from slumping oil prices and slowing economic growth, Nigerian companies are finding it increasingly hard to…
Mugabe plans law for public officials to declare assets
President Robert Mugabe’s government will introduce a law in Zimbabwe’s parliament that requires senior public officials to declare assets as…
Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight
Reuters – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people…
A’Ibom guber tribunal rejects INEC’S objection on destroyed ballot papers
The Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja on Wednesday September 16, 2015 overruled an objection by the…
Oshiomhole nominates new Commissioners in Edo
The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has nominated Chief Tom Uloko and Mr Gideon Obhakhan as Commissioners-designate in the…
Military will meet deadline to end Boko Haram, Buratai assures
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai today in Kaduna reiterated the commitment of the military…
APC postpones Bayelsa governorship primary
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday rescheduled the Bayelsa gubernatorial primary till September 22. The primary was initially billed…
Court remands fake Edo monarch, brother
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Senior Magistrate’s Court in Benin, Edo state Wednesday ordered the remand of Prince Rich Arisco-Osemwingie, in prison…
I sometimes miss my way in Aso Villa, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari shocked his interviewer in Paris today that he sometimes misses his way in Aso Presidential Villa, an…
Akwa Ibom Senate: Godswill Akpabio’s witnesses fumble at tribunal
A mild drama played out at the Akwa Ibom National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja when suddenly…
NUPENG grounds business activities at Chevron
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State branch of National Union Petroleum and Natural Gas workers Wednesday disrupted business activities at Chevron…
Osinbajo lauds NIPPS, pledges FG’s support
Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has said that the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS)…
Code of Conduct tribunal begins trial of Kano civil servants for non declaration of assets
The Code of Conduct on Wednesday began the trial of M. A. Maishanu, Ahmad M. Mu’azu, Alkasim S. Ajumawa, Mustapha…
Nigeria Customs Service seizes N37m smuggled poultry in two weeks
The war against smugglers of frozen poultry products into the Country tagged “Operation Hawk Descend”, has continued to yield massive…
NATFORCE DG, Okereke declared wanted for fraud
Emmanuel Osita Okereke, director general of the National Task Force to Combat Illegal Importation of Small Arms, Ammunition, and Light…
Ambode appoints new Governing Councils in state’s tertiary institutions
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday approved the composition of Governing Councils for tertiary institutions in the…
PDP NWC postpones party’s National Conference
Kazeem Ugbodaga The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has put on hold, all activities pertaining…
Five suspected robbers arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Robbers and other criminals are now facing hard times in Ogun as police detectives attached to Sagamu on…
Heads to roll in U-23 Eagles, vows Siasia
Following Nigeria’s ouster from the football event of the ongoing All Africa Games in Congo-Brazzaville, Head Coach of the U-23…
Southwest APC Support Group Set for zonal election
Taiwo Adelu All arrangements have been concluded for the Coalition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (Southwest Zone)…
El-Rufai closes churches, missionary schools over crisis
Femi Adi/Kaduna . The Governor Nasir El-Rufa led Kaduna State Government Wednesday ordered the immediate closure of two churches, two…
We will not devalue the naira, says Buhari
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday in an interview with France 24 that he does not think the country’s…
Nigeria to raise N100.8bn in Treasury bills
Reuters – Nigeria plans to raise 100.88 billion naira in treasury bills with maturities between three months and one year…
Ambode declares war on rapists, women beaters
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode says there is no hiding place for rapists and women-beaters in Lagos as…