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Mugabe celebrates 91st birthday with million-dollar bash
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish million-dollar bash that was slammed by the…
Despite PDP, Fani-Kayode attacks, Buhari waxes stronger, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hit back at the Peoples Democratic Party and Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Media and…
Egypt Brotherhood chief handed fourth life sentence
An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment the head of the banned Muslim Brotherhood over the killing of…
Sammer unimpressed with goal-kings Bayern
Bayern Munich may have scored 20 goals in four Bundesliga games, but director of sport Matthias Sammer is unimpressed with…
Man Utd have no 20-goal strikers – Van Gaal
Despite having Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao at his disposal, Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has…
Egypt declares Palestinian movement Hamas ‘terrorist’
An Egyptian court on Saturday declared Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, a judicial source said, weeks after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s…
Obasanjo berates US, Europe for exploiting African scientists
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia berated the exploits of African scientists…
NNPC injects additional 688m litres of petrol into market
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday said it had injected additional 688 million litres of petrol into the…
Naira sells at N224 to dollar
The Naira on Friday weakened further as it sold at N224 against the dollar at the Bureau de Change (BDC).…
Boko Haram raid villages after Chadian offensive
Boko Haram fighters have raided villages in northeast Nigeria on the border with Cameroon, apparently in reprisal for a Chadian…
Governor Amaechi’s aide regains freedom
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An aide to Governor Chibuike Amaechi and Deputy Press Secretary, Freddy Ndiagbara, who was abducted on Sunday…
Military operations force Boko Haram back to urban warfare
Bomb attacks in Nigerian towns and cities look likely to increase in the run-up to forthcoming elections, despite the military…
Nigerian troops will continue to defeat Boko Haram – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday expressed optimism that Nigerian troops would maintain the momentum they had built up in the…
DSS urges public to be vigilant as Boko Haram target civilians
The Department of State Services (DSS), has advised the public to be vigilant in crowded environment, especially when travelling as…
Jonathan mourns late Abubakar Gimba
President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday said he received with sadness, news of the passing away of distinguished writer and former…
Cameron vows to hunt down IS militant, ‘Jihadi John’
British Prime Minister, David Cameron, vowed on Friday in London to use all means at his disposal to hunt down…
Jonathan has no competition in Delta, says Sen. Okowa
Senator Ifeanyi Okowa (PDP- Delta North) said on Friday that the Peoples Democratic Party had a strong hold in Delta…
Baby stolen in South Africa 17 years ago found
A baby stolen from her sleeping mother’s arms shortly after birth has been found by the family through an astonishing…
Ebonyi governor set to be impeached
The political tension in Ebonyi state rose on Friday after the state House of Assembly passed a motion to serve…
Mugabe admits land reform blunder in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has admitted he blundered by giving ill-equipped black farmers vast tracts of farmland seized from whites…
Synagogue: Collapsed Building Not Due To Structural Failure – Consultant
Henry Ojelu Oladele Ogundeji, the consultant engineer who supervised the construction of the collapsed building belonging to the Synagogue Church…
Protest In Lagos Over Political Violence In Rivers
Eromosele Ebhomele Scores of Nigerian citizens under the Coalition of Ethnic-based Pressure Groups and Human Rights Groups in Rivers State,…
Corporal kills MOPOL Commander in Bauchi
A Police Corporal on Thursday night in Bauchi, shot and killed the Commanding Officer 10, Police Mobil Force (PMF) Bauchi,…
League Cup Final: Mourinho wants fair deal from refs
Jose Mourinho turned the spotlight on League Cup final opponents Tottenham Hotspur on Friday by suggesting some of Mauricio Pochettino’s…
Lagos govt. empowers 11,000 residents
Eleven thousand people, across eleven centers have graduated from the third phase of the Lagos State Government Expanded Economic Empowerment…
Chatham House: APC slams paranoid PDP, Presidency
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the needless resort to sheer hysteria by the…
Politicians, ICT experts threat to credible elections – Edo REC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Following an alleged arrest of seven persons on Thursday at New Benin market in Benin City, Edo State,…
Foreign trader burned in S.Africa petrol bomb attack
A foreign shopkeeper was badly burned in a petrol bomb attack in South Africa’s Soweto township, police said Friday, in…
N. Korea vows ‘merciless’ war against US
North Korea vowed to wage a “merciless, sacred war” against the United States on Thursday, days before the launch of…
Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for maid abuse
A Hong Kong woman was jailed for six years on Friday for beating and starving her Indonesian maid and keeping…