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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…
Nigeria police needs N24bn to maintain vehicles, says IG
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has explained that for the police to effectively fuel and maintain its vehicles in…
Say You Are Not One of Them
I would like to begin this piece with an apology. Revd. Fr. Uwem Akpan, S.J., I am yet to read your…
Woman gives birth to baby without arms, husband flees
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck on Tuesday as a middle aged woman, Mrs Taiwo Sheriffdeen gave birth to a baby boy…
First black man to play in the NBA, Earl Lloyd dies
Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to play in a National Basketball Association game, has died at the age of 86.…
Rafael Nadal visits Buenos Aires children
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal visited a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires Thursday and exchanged a few volleys with excited…
Presidency renews effort to sack Jega – Senators
All Progressives Congress (APC) senators yesterday raised the alarm about a plot to force Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman…
Army confined to barracks as Lesotho votes
Lesotho’s army will be confined to barracks when the small mountain kingdom votes Saturday in a snap election to break…
Poverty sends Nepal’s ‘freed’ farmworkers back to slavery
When Nepal’s Maoist-led government outlawed bonded labour in 2008 and promised to compensate victims, farmworker Hiralal Pariyar was elated to…
Japan police arrest ‘IS-inspired’ killing teen
Japanese police on Friday arrested a teenager on suspicion of killing a 13-year-old schoolboy, in a chilling murder some local…
Lukaku brace fires Everton into last 16
Everton eased into the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday as Romelu Lukaku’s double inspired a 3-1 victory…
Besiktas stun Liverpool as holders Sevilla progress
Tolgay Arslan was the hero as Besiktas stunned Liverpool to knock them out of the Europa League on penalties on…
Two blasts rock Jos, at least 17 dead
Two blasts targeting a bus park in the central Nigerian city of Jos killed at least 17 people on Thursday,…
CBN dismisses rumour to convert domiciliary accounts to naira
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it has no plan to convert all domiciliary accounts of bank customers to…
Keshi: Pinnick warns media not to heat polity
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has made a passionate appeal to sections of the Nigeria media to stop…
Trafficked Nigerian Girl Dies In Burkina Faso
By Simon Ateba/Lagos A Nigerian girl who was trafficked to the West African country of Burkina Faso has been found…
Oshodi Mayhem: Police Arraign 18, Orders Oluomo To Surrender Himself
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested 40 people in connection with Wednesday’s mayhem in Oshodi…
Jonathan visits recaptured Mubi, Baga
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan today visited Mubi, Adamawa State and Baga, Borno State, Nigerian towns recently recovered from the Boko…
APC, PDP supporters clash in London
Nigeria’s political rivalry hit new heights following a clash between supporters of Nigeria’s leading political parties in London today. The…
Benin Palace Chiefs Disagree Over Jonathan’s Re-election
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The raging controversy trailing the pronouncement by Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, that the Benins…
Ghana President promises bold action on electricity crisis
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday promised decisive action to fix the country’s worsening electricity crisis, which has wreaked…