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Multichoice condemns xenophobic attack in S.Africa
MultiChoice Africa, the continent’s premier pay-TV company, has described as appalling the violence being visited on foreigners in South Africa.…
Xenophobia: Nigerian Union plans resettling 50 Nigerians
The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said that it has concluded arrangements to resettle 50 Nigerians affected by the…
Re-run election: Voting ends in Nasarawa State
Voting in the re-run election in Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency, Ciroma Ward of Lafia Local Government Area in Nasarawa State has…
Guru Maharaj Ji to Buhari: Make workers’ welfare priority
Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, founder of One Love Family, has called on the President-elect, Gen. Mohamadu Buhari, and governors-elect, to…
Hamilton secures pole position for Bahrain GP
Series leader and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton secured his fourth straight pole position of the season Saturday when he…
Edo PDP opts out of rescheduled election, heads to tribunal
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Edo State chapter, on Friday announced its withdrawal from the rescheduled election in…
Lazio plays down title chances ahead of Juve clash
Lazio coach Stefano Pioli has played down suggestions that equalling Sven Goran Eriksson’s club record of nine consecutive wins will…
Ezekwesili to TIME: I was doing it for Chibok Girls
Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili, former World Bank Vice President, current Senior Economic Adviser with the Africa Economic Development Policy Initiative (AEDPI)…
Sudan security seizes newspaper issue – Editor
Sudanese security agents seized the entire Saturday edition of a newspaper over an article about an activist who was detained…
Uduaghan commissions 447-metre flyover in Effurun
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Friday inaugurated a 447-metre flyover dual carriage way in Effurun Roundabout, Uvwie Local Government…
Drama as PDP members struggle for certificate of return in Enugu
Drama ensued on Friday at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Enugu when two persons presented themselves to collect the…
Chelsea, Man Utd in clash of the titans
Chelsea will face an in-form Manchester United as they try to move one step closer to the Premier League title…
US Catholic Church shells out $150m over pedophilia
The Catholic Church in the US forked out $120 million to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of clergy…
Again, NFA fails to invite Keshi for contract-signing
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Friday failed to invite Stephen Keshi to sign a new contract as Super Eagles’…
PDP chieftain blames lack of party ideology on mass defections
Dr Carol Nwosu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has attributed the wave of defections by some politicians…
Protect interest of Lagos residents, APGA chairman tells Ambode
Adeshina Olayokun, the Lagos State Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has urged the state Governor-elect, Mr Akinwumi Ambode,…
Robbers raid AUMTCO, kill policeman
At least one police officer lost his life on Thursday night when a gang of robbers stormed the office of…
Union demands LASU re-opening
The Lagos State University (LASU) Branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Friday called on the governing council…
Xenophobia: Zambian radio station stops playing S/African music
A radio station in Zambia on Friday black out the playing of South African music in protest against xenophobic attacks…
Kashamu, Adebutu absent as INEC presents Certificate of Return
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The senator-elect in Ogun East, Prince Buruji Kashamu was absent at the presentation of certificate of returns to…
Amosun assures workers of better welfare package
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria has assured the state civil servants of a better welfare…
APC slams Metuh, offers him crash course on new role
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denied having any hand in the crumbling of the PDP, as alleged by the…
Rivers APC goes to tribunal, vows to upturn Wike’s victory
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is concluding arrangements to head to the…
Amaechi inaugurates 9-man commission to investigate political killings
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state governor, Chibuike Amaechi has inaugurated a nine-man commission of inquiry to commence investigations into politically…
Nigeria air traffic controllers suspend crippling strike
Nigeria air traffic controllers on Friday suspended a strike that had grounded all domestic flights, but warned that a more…
Malaysian PM, wife, sue opposition politician for slander
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife have sued an opposition parliamentarian for slander over comments suggesting they manipulated…
Rolls-Royce gets Emirates $9.2bn engines deal
Dubai’s Emirates Airline on Friday awarded a record engines deal worth $9.2-billion (8.5-billion-euro) to British aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce. “Emirates…
There’s no extradition order for Buruji Kashamu – Spokesman
A man indicted in the United States for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a case that was the basis for the…
Lyon’s Lacazette says won’t be lured abroad by money
With Premier League giants Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool hovering, Lyon’s red hot striker Alexandre Lacazette said Friday that any…
VIDEO: TB Joshua predicted S.Africa xenophobic attacks in 2013
A video has surfaced of Nigerian Prophet Temitope Babatunde Joshua warning South Africans in July 2013 of a ‘youth revolt’…