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2 dead, 20 shops, 5 vehicles burnt as fire razes Mile 12 Market
Kazeem Ugbodaga Two people, 5 vehicles, 5 motor bikes and 20 shops were burnt this morning as fire razed the…
Sweden offers to question Assange in London over rape allegations
Swedish prosecutors on Friday offered to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London over rape allegations, providing a possible breakthrough…
Suspect in deadly Bamako nightclub attack killed
Special forces troops in Mali on Friday killed a suspect in last week’s deadly attack on a nightclub in the…
S.Africa court dismisses attempt by Pistorius’s lawyer to stop appeal
A South Africa court dismissed Friday an attempt by Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers to stop an appeal that could see the…
Pistorius lawyers challenge prosecution’s right to appeal
Oscar Pistorius’s lawyers were in court Friday to make a last-ditch attempt to stop an appeal that could see the…
S. Korea develops smartphone app to curb student suicide
South Korea has developed smartphone apps to help bring down its high student suicide rate by warning parents when their…
N. Korea fires seven surface-to-air missiles into sea
North Korea fired seven surface-to-air missiles into the sea off its east coast on Thursday in an operation supervised by…
OPC endorses Jonathan for second term
The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Otumba Ganiyu Adams, said on Thursday that the group would support…
I’ll secure the future of our youths, says Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday said he would explore practical ways…
I’ll Kill Corruption In Nigeria – Buhari
*says FG has expended $60bn on electricity in 16 Years Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt General Muhammadu Buhari,(rtd) presidential candidate of the…
NGO rewards cleaner who found, returned N12m
Mrs Josephine Ugwu, the cleaner who found and returned N12 million at the Lagos International airport was on Monday, 9…
Patience Jonathan: Toeing Simone Gbagbo’s Path? By Kayode Fakuyi
Globally, the nexus between democracy and peace is intertwined and related by direct variation. Many people say, democracy is a…
Islamic State accepts Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance
The Islamic State in Iran and Syria has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian terrorists Boko Haram who killed…
PDP governors erred on card reader machines – APC
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum for unjustifiably opposing the…
S.African mercenary killed in fight against Boko Haram
A South African mercenary was shot and killed by friendly fire during operations against Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, a…
Boko Haram erased completely from Adamawa – DHQ
Nigerian troops on Thursday succeeded in clearing terrorists out of Madagali, the last place held by Boko Haram terrorists in…
Lagos to power 172 schools with solar
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said the state government had commenced a process to connect 172 public…
NLC Election: 3, 119 delegates cleared to vote
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday accredited 3,119 delegates to participate in its rescheduled election. The Chairman, Electoral Committee,…
Protect displaced persons, UNHCR tells FG
The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), on Thursday appealed to the federal and state governments to enact laws…
Only mortgages can reduce housing deficit – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Thursday said home ownership through mortgage was the only way to address the…
20th Convocation: LASU to graduate 6,885
Authorities of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Thursday said that 6, 885 graduates would take part in its 20th…
APC applauds military onslaught against Boko Haram
The Presidential Campaign Organisation of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday applauded the Armed Forces recent victories in the fight…
Advantage Jonathan? Boko Haram losses and the Nigerian election campaign
by Phil Hazlewood/AFP The Nigerian Army and its allies have claimed a series of successes against Boko Haram, on the…
Malawian arrested for trying to strangle albino boy
Police in Malawi said Thursday they had arrested a man for trying to strangle to death a 16-year-old albino boy,…
DSS restores Tambuwal’s security aides
The security detail of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, by the Department of State Security…
British press slam Mourinho’s ‘clueless’ Chelsea
British newspapers and pundits rounded on Chelsea and manager Jose Mourinho on Thursday following their Champions League elimination, branding them…
Saudi ‘gang’ leader 44th beheaded in 2015
The beheading of a gang leader in Saudi Arabia on Thursday raised the number of executions carried out this year…
Niger Delta Ministry liabilities stands at N41.7bn – Minister
Mr Steve Oru, the Minister, Niger Delta Affairs ministry, says the outstanding liabilities on the capital projects of his ministry…
Jonathan storms Awujale’s Palace as journalists are barred
Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-Ode President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today stormed the palace of the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.)…