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APC will end poverty, not manage it – Tinubu
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that the party will not manage the…
Don’t recycle old, overused politicians, Onovo tells APC
Chief Martin Onovo, Presidential Candidate of the National Conscience Party (NCP) in the March 28 election, on Thursday urged the…
Crude Oil Crash: Nigeria may lose $10bn in 2015
Nigeria’s oil and gas revenue will drop by 10 billion dollars in 2015, if crude oil price average 53 dollars…
Reps want Presidential Scholarship Scheme suspended
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, Rep. Aminu Suleiman, has called for the Presidential Scholarship Scheme to…
Chechnya leader gives ‘shoot to kill’ orders on Russian forces
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday ordered his troops to “shoot to kill” if they encountered any unauthorised Russian forces…
Xenophobia: AFBA to drag S.Africa to UN Security Council
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the African Bar Association (AFBA), have threatened to file criminal complaints against the government of the…
Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa
Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…
Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…
3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV
The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…
Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim
The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…
Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…
Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes
Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…
Pacquiao will beat Mayweather – George Foreman
Former world heavyweight champion George Foreman likes Manny Pacquiao over unbeaten Floyd Mayweather in their welterweight showdown next week in…
Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25
A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…
Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General
Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…
Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters
Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…
Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…
Danish striker suspended for biting police officer
Danish striker Nicki Bille Nielsen, who plays his club football in France for Evian, was handed a 60-day suspended sentence…
Adams Johnson charged with sex offences
Sunderland midfielder Adam Johnson has been charged with three offences of sexual activity with a child under the age of…
France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack
French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…
Nadal stunned by Fognini in Barcelona
Rafael Nadal’s stuttering season continued as he was stunned 6-4, 7-6 (8/6) by Italy’s Fabio Fognini at the Barcelona Open…
Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa
Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…
Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month
A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…
Boko Haram Commander killed by Nigerian troops – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters said a notorious top terrorists’ Commander, Abu Mujahid, was among the terrorists that died during an encounter…
Court throws out lawsuits challenging Buhari’s eligibility
A Nigerian court Wednesday struck out two suits that disputed the eligibility of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to stand for election,…
Henderson signs ‘long-term’ deal with Liverpool
Liverpool announced on Thursday that England midfielder Jordan Henderson has signed a new “long-term contract” with the Premier League club,…
Kenya kicks out top anti-corruption officials
Kenya’s top anti-corruption officials were suspended Thursday following a bitter standoff with parliament and after they alleged widespread graft in…
SERAP drags South Africa to ICC over xenophobic attack
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use…
APC, Dapo Abiodun challenges Kashamu’s victory at tribunal
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The legal battle to ascertain the real winner of the senatorial seat of the Ogun East Senatorial District…
S.African police say murdered nun, 86, may have been raped
Police in South Africa were on Thursday investigating whether an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin found murdered had also been…