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20,000 Nigerians got visas to China in 2014 – Envoy
Liu Kan, Consul-General of the People’s Republic of China’s Consulate-General in Lagos, on Monday said that about 20,000 Nigerians were…
Schools reopen as Liberia turns page on Ebola virus
Children began returning to school in Liberia on Monday after lessons were delayed for months by the deadly Ebola outbreak,…
Ogun PDP expels Obasanjo from party
Ogun state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has expelled former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo from the party.…
Lagos lawyer arraigned for N117.3m fraud
Henry Ojelu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned a Lagos lawyer, Babatunde Ojo, over an alleged N117.3…
Ejigbo Market Women Torture Suspects For Arraignment March 3
Henry Ojelu Five men who were accused of torturing three women by rubbing pepper in their private parts in the…
Kashamu Largesse: Three dead as cult groups clash in Ijebu Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three persons have been confirmed dead in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu Ode local government area of Ogun state after…
World oil prices edged higher Monday
World oil prices edged higher Monday on lingering optimism over falling United States production. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)…
Pope voices sadness over Libya beheadings of Christians
Pope Francis on Monday expressed “profound sadness” over the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by Islamic militants in Libya,…
Arik Air Staff Caught Siphoning Fuel From Aircraft
By Simon Ateba An Arik Air staff have been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, western Nigeria,…
Jews have ‘their place in Europe and especially France’ – Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that Jews were welcome in Europe and France, in an apparent retort to…
Court tells Zenith Bank to pay lawyer N10.5m from PDP account
Henry Ojelu Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court today issued a garnishee order compelling Zenith Bank plc to…
Sudan seizes print runs of 13 newspapers
Sudanese security officers seized the print runs of 13 newspapers on Monday in one of the most sweeping crackdowns on…
Congo, Guinea, Gabon, others talk strategy against Boko Haram
Leaders of central African nations on Monday began talks in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde to devise a joint strategy to tackle…
In Pictures: Obasanjo tearing his PDP membership card
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…
Obasanjo tears PDP membership card, dumps party
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating that, he is no…
France, Egypt urge ‘new measures’ against IS after beheadings
France and Egypt on Monday urged the UN Security Council to meet and mull fresh measures against Islamic State jihadists…
Wike, Rivers PDP console Bayelsa on loss of SSG’s wife, others
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state PDP Campaign Organisation has condoled the government and people of Bayelsa state on the…
Bahrain deploys warplanes to Jordan for war against IS
Bahrain has deployed fighter jets to Jordan to support the US-led air campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group, Jordan’s…
Warring forces in South Sudan ‘recruiting children’
South Sudan government and rebel forces are both recruiting children as young as 13 to fight in the country’s civil…
Egypt strikes Libya jihadists after beheadings video
Egypt carried out air strikes against Islamic State group targets in Libya on Monday after the jihadists posted a video…
Death toll rises to 13 in Damaturu bombing – Police
Thirteen people have now died as a result of a female suicide bomb attack at a bus station in the…
Bauchi govt. yet to pay teachers 11 months salary
The Bauchi State Government has promised to pay the 11 months salary arrears owed 2,000 teachers it recruited in April…
Its unjust to compare Jonathan to Laurent Gbagbo – Bode George tells OBJ
Chief Olabode George, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain on Sunday in Lagos described Saturday’s statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s…
Arrest, investigate Obasanjo now, says Buruji Kashamu
Prince Buruji Kashamu, Chairman, Organisation and Mobilisation Committee of the PDP South West has called for the arrest and investigation…
Chelsea ready to take the scalp of injury-hit PSG
Fresh from a rare weekend off, Chelsea recommence their bid for Champions League glory on Tuesday when they face injury-ravaged…
Buffon hit out as Cesena draws Juventus
Juventus captain Gianluigi Buffon hit out at the attitude of the Italian champions following Sunday’s thrilling 2-2 draw with strugglers…
IS says it has beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians
The Islamic State group in Libya released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians,…
Patience Jonathan mourns wife of Bayelsa SSG, others
The wife of the president, Patience Jonathan, on Sunday commiserated with the Bayelsa Government over the death of some prominent…
Obasanjo a cancer that may never be cured, says Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as “a cancer that may never get cured in…
Hundreds of tombs defaced in French Jewish cemetery
France’s interior minister said Sunday several hundred tombs had been defaced at a Jewish cemetery in the northeast of the…