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Ugandan LRA rebel commander set for ICC trial
Captured Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army rebel chief Dominic Ongwen will be sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges…
E.Guinea president offers 40,000 match tickets to the poor
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has vowed to personally pay for 40,000 tickets for the Africa Cup of Nations…
Hollande leads ceremony to honour police killed in France attacks
President Francois Hollande told grieving relatives of three police officers killed in Islamist attacks that they had “died so that…
Merkel to join German Muslim rally for tolerance
Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to join a Muslim community rally Tuesday to promote tolerance, condemn the jihadist attacks in…
‘Exhausted’ pope cancels meeting with bishops
Pope Francis on Tuesday cancelled a planned meeting with Sri Lankan bishops, with one security official saying he was “exhausted”…
University teacher, 55, left naked by student girlfriend
A 55-year-old Japanese university teacher stripped naked on campus in a bid to prove his love for a 21-year-old student,…
CNN gets approval to test drones for news coverage
CNN said Monday it has reached agreement with US aviation regulators to test drones for news gathering in the US,…
Bulgaria arrests Frenchman linked to Paris attack
A Frenchman arrested in Bulgaria on January 1 trying to cross into Turkey was in contact with one of the…
India state minister blasted over plans to ‘normalise’ gays
A state minister from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party sparked outrage Tuesday over his plans to make homosexuals “normal”, one…
Egypt court overturns Mubarak 3-year jail term for graft
An Egyptian court on Tuesday overturned a three-year prison sentence against ousted strongman Hosni Mubarak on corruption charges and ordered…
SEC appoints Gwarzo as Acting DG
Mr Munir Gwarzo, the Executive Commissioner, Operations, Securities and Exchange Commission was on Monday, appointed as the acting Director-General of…
Aubameyang owes Gabon another shot at glory
Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will in Equatorial Guinea hope to make up for his penalty miss which denied Gabon…
OPEC cannot protect oil price, says UAE
OPEC cannot protect world oil prices which have plunged since June, the United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday, adding that…
Attacks on APC: Rivers Chief of Staff leads protest, says police aiding PDP
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt After the bombing of its secretariat in Okrika and physical attacks on its supporters, hundreds of All…
One dead after Washington subway fills with smoke
A woman died after thick smoke filled a subway tunnel in the US capital Monday during the evening rush, officials…
APC fears for Oyegun’s safety after raid on his house
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the safety of its National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun, and…
Vietnam war veteran set to be executed in US
A former Vietnam war veteran is set to be executed Tuesday in the southern US state of Georgia for killing…
I’ll improve security, economy if elected president – Buhari
All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate in the upcoming election, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, has promised to improve the security and…
NSE: Market capitalisation grows by 0.31%
Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday reversed to the upward trend after depreciating for five consecutive days…
150 killed in Baga attack, says DHQ
The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said about 150 people died in Baga, Borno, during the recent…
Ronaldo wins third Ballon d’Or
Portuguese and Real Madrid great Cristiano Ronaldo won his third Ballon d’Or on Monday at the FIFA ceremony in Zurich.…
I’ll create 2 million jobs annually, if re-elected, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abeokuta pledged to create not less than two million jobs annually, if re-elected. Jonathan,…
Police IG warns against election violence
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba on Monday warned politicians and their supporters against violence before next month’s presidential election,…
UNICEF condemn killings in Baga
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Monday, condemned the killing of children, women and the elderly in Baga town…
Boko Haram: UN ready to assist Nigeria, says Ban
The United Nations has promised to assist the Nigerian Government and all affected neighbouring States in bringing an end to…
Waje wants youths to elect leaders that will deliver
One of the Nigeria’s rising pop artists, Aituaje Iruobe, popularly known as Waje, on Monday called on youths to elect…
Shun violence, insult, Buhari tells supporters
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Flag-bearer, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, urged his supporters to abide by the rule…
French comedian Dieudonne probed for Paris shootings remark
French prosecutors said Monday they were investigating notorious French comedian Dieudonne for “inciting terrorism” after he posted a Facebook comment…
Rivers PDP condemns destruction of APC office in Okrika
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the destruction of a building…
Netanyahu visits Paris Jewish supermarket, scene of attack
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited on Monday the kosher supermarket in eastern Paris where four Jews were killed by…