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Two brothers battle for same Rep seat in Kaduna
Two brothers, Rep Gideon Gwani and Chief Charles Bonat, are locked in a battle for the Kaura Federal Constituency seat…
S.Korean president welcomes N.Korea’s dialogue offer
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s statement that he was open to the…
Prince Ali to challenge Blatter for FIFA presidency
FIFA Vice-President Prince Ali bin Al Hussein said Tuesday he would stand against Sepp Blatter for presidency of football’s world…
Two more New York police shot
Two plainclothes New York police officers were shot late Monday as they investigated a robbery, local media reported. Their injuries…
Boston bombing trial opens with jury selection
The long-awaited trial of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev began Monday with jury selection, 20 months after the shocking…
I’ll empower ‘real farmers’ in Kano, says Ganduje
Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in Kano State, has pledged to take inventory of genuine farmers in the state…
Ajimobi appoints 17 Perm. Secs., Accountant General, others
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, approved the appointment of 17 permanent secretaries, state Accountant-General, Auditor-General and that…
PDP’s N21bn fund not for Jonathan’s campaign, says Gana
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said that the N21 billion collected at its recent fund raising was not for President…
PDP advices APC, Buhari to focus on issues
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Presidential Candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari, to…
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Obasanjo denying grudge, slams Jonathan for wasting money
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that he bears no personal grudge against President Goodluck Jonathan as insinuated…
Amaechi sympathises with Jonathan over death of sister
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has commiserated with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Goodluck…
Ebola death toll tops 8,000
The death toll from the Ebola outbreak in west Africa has risen to 8,153 out of 20,656 cases recorded, the…
Two accused in Niger baby trafficking case detained
Two of the defendants in a baby trafficking case in Niger were brought before prosecutors on Monday accused of trying…
Okorocha urges politicians to shun bitterness, embrace peace
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Monday urged politicians to eschew bitterness and embrace peace to ensure free and fair…
Don’t use Buhari’s posters, APC warns other parties
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State has warned candidates of other political parties’ to desist from merging the…
Jonathan halts inauguration of campaign team over sister’s death
The inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation earlier slated for Monday in Abuja has been postponed till Tuesday, a…
Boko Haram kills 11 soldiers, many civilians in captured Baga
Boko Haram killed dozens of civilians and at least 11 soldiers when the militants took control of a Nigerian town…
US arraigns two over failed Gambia coup
US prosecutors on Monday charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia in a failed coup ostensibly…
Pakistan offers $100,000 bounty for Taliban leader
The government of Pakistan’s restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Monday announced a bounty worth 10 million rupees (US$100,000) for information leading to…
Barcelona sack sports director following transfer ban
Barcelona on Monday sacked their sports director Andoni Zubizarreta, just days after the main international sports appeal court backed a…
Djokovic prepares to deal with new tennis talent
Novak Djokovic is adopting a different approach to a season in which a new wave of top players is emerging…
IS jihadists claim execution of eight people in Iraq
The Islamic State jihadist group has executed eight people, four of them policemen, in Iraq’s Salaheddin province, according to a…
Getafe appoints Sanchez Flores as new coach
Spaniard Quique Sanchez Flores, a former coach with Valencia and Atletico Madrid, has been appointed the new coach of struggling…
APC governorship aspirant dumps party for PDP
A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recent party primaries Sokoto State, Alhaji Yusha’u Kebbe,…
41 ships laden with foods, petroleum products expected in Lagos
Forty-one ships laden with containers, foods, petroleum products and other goods would arrive Lagos ports from 5 t0 20 January.…
Sokoto PDP guber candidate denies plan to sideline Sultan
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State, Sen. Abdallah Wali, on Monday pledged to work…
Lagos civil servants urged to renew commitment to service
The Lagos State Head of Service, Mrs Oluseyi Williams, on Monday charged civil servants to renew their commitment to service…
Hedge fund founder shot dead in New York
A hedge fund founder was found fatally shot in his plush Manhattan apartment Sunday and his son later called in…
JUSUN Strike: Lagos Courts Shut
Henry Ojelu In compliance with the nationwide strike embarked on today by judiciary workers, all High and Magistrates Courts in…
2015 Election: Jonathan woos Obasanjo again
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta As the presidential election draws nearer, the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan is leaving no stone unturned to…