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Hundreds queue in London to purchase latest Charlie Hebdo
Londoners lined up by the hundreds on Friday to buy copies of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, as religious leaders met…
Fashola set to move tank farms from Apapa to Lekki
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State on Friday said that his administration had concluded plans to relocate all tank farms…
Police boss warns against tearing rival parties’ posters
The Commissioner of Police in Osun, Abubakar Marafa, on Friday warned that anyone caught tearing posters of rival political parties…
Agbaje promises to return all illegally acquired lands in Lagos
The Lagos state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Jimi Agbaje, on Friday promised to return illegally…
Turkey’s Erdogan blasts ‘provocative’ Charlie Hebdo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday lashed out at Charlie Hebdo for its “provocative” publications about Islam, saying the…
Man City’s Nasri out for three weeks
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri will miss the Premier League champions match at home to former club Arsenal on Sunday,…
Sunderland sign Defoe in swap deal
England striker Jermain Defoe is to return to the Premier League after signing for Sunderland from FC Toronto, with Jozy…
Boko Haram committing ‘crime against humanity’ – Hollande
French President Francois Hollande has taken a swipe at Islamist movement Boko Haram, who he said were carrying out “crimes…
Wheat production to reach 1.5m tonnes by 2017
The Federal Government, through the Wheat Value Chain (WVC), is to increase national wheat production from the current 100,000 tonnes…
Ex-footballer, Ginola to challenge Blatter for FIFA presidency
Former France international David Ginola announced Friday he will seek to challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of FIFA saying…
‘Hundreds’ of women, children held after Boko Haram assault
Boko Haram fighters detained hundreds of women and children at a school in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga after…
Police clash with anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters in Karachi
Police fired water cannon and bullets in the air as they clashed with anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters outside the French consulate…
Asian Cup: Ray Wilkins’s Jordan thrash Palestine 5-1
Hamza Aldaradreh scored the first hat-trick of the Asian Cup on Friday as Jordan hammered Palestine 5-1 to keep themselves…
2015 Election: Governor Dickson bans TAN activities in Bayelsa
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Pressured by various group who are jostling to promote the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan the Bayelsa…
Lawyer slams N1billion suit on IGP, police over mother’s death
Akin Kuponiyi A Lagos-based lawyer, Miss Amaka Onyeabo, has slammed one billion naira on the Inspector General of Police over…
Your condition will not be permanent, Jonathan tells IDPs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday assured internally displaced persons that the situation they found themselves due to insurgency would be…
Ten months on, Australia confident of finding MH370
Missing airliner MH370 is “very likely” to be found if it lies in the undersea zone now being scoured, and…
Burundi opposition leader sentenced for five years for bribery
A top Burundi opposition leader has been sentenced to five years in jail for bribery following a sex scandal he…
Condemn use of girls as suicide bombers by Boko Haram – UN
UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, on Thursday, said the world must unite to condemn Boko Haram’s new…
Shark attacks teenager off Australian beach
A teenage boy was taken to hospital Friday after being bitten by a shark he was filming off Australia’s east…
If the Opposition could win in Sri Lanka, APC can win Nigeria
When an opposition party rises to the level that it can trounce the ruling party, it only signals one thing;…
Juventus says Pogba’s future could lie elsewhere
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri has indicated the future of star midfielder Paul Pogba could lie elsewhere, as the champions look…
Belgium raid on terror group kills two
Belgian police shot dead two alleged militants in a gun battle Thursday during a huge operation to foil what they…
Nigeria will overcome Boko Haram soon, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured that Nigeria will soon overcome the Boko Haram insurgency, going by recent developments. The President…
Red Cross nurse dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone
A nurse working for the Red Cross in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola in the eastern district of Kenema,…
Prof. Osinbajo, Cardinal Okogie Call For Responsible Leaders
Henry Ojelu Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate and Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie have declared that…
I feel pained when I hear Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has said it pains him to hear that Nigerians flee to Cameroon, Chad as Internally Displaced Persons…
Torres brace dumps Real Madrid out of Copa del Rey
Fernando Torres scored his first Atletico Madrid goals in eight years as the La Liga champions dumped holders Real Madrid…
I never endorsed anyone as president, says Soyinka
Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has denounced and dismissed reports that he has endorsed a presidential candidate ahead of the…
5 die in Akwa Ibom gas explosion
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Eket has confirmed five persons dead in gas explosion at Afaha Ukwa in…