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Nigerian peacekeeper cured of Ebola in Netherlands
A Nigerian United Nations peacekeeper infected with Ebola and brought to the Netherlands for treatment has been cured, the Dutch…
Man rams gas-laden car into Spain ruling party HQ
A bankrupt businessman rammed a car containing two gas cylinders into the Madrid headquarters of Spain’s conservative ruling party on…
Meet Princess Yetunde Onanuga, Amosun’s running mate
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ogun State on Tuesday nominated a seasoned bureaucrat and princess from…
INEC hands governorship candidates new submission deadline
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had shifted the deadline for the submission of governorship and house of…
Uduaghan wants LG councils to stop paying teachers salary
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Delta state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has called for the removal of payment of teachers’ salaries from the…
Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children ranging from babies to teenagers were found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns Friday,…
UPN resolves leadership crisis, set for 2015 elections
The leadership crisis in the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) has been resolved, the party’s Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Bari Salawu,…
God will see us through, Jonathan tells Nigerians
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja ushered Nigerians into the Yuletide season with a call on them to continue…
Desperate Obanikoro needs psychiatric help, says Bode George
Chief Olabode George, leader Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state has said former Minister of State for Defence, Senator…
Court remands two for stealing recharge cards
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The duo of Kabiru Jolaosho, 23 and Boluwatife Fayebe, 22, were on Thursday ordered to be remanded in…
Lagos Deputy Gov’s Father Dies At 101
Kazeem Ugbodaga Father of Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Prince Jimoh Kareem-Orelope has died at the age of…
Transfer Voters Card Still Ongoing in Ogun – INEC Boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Contrary to speculations making the rounds that the transfer voters card exercise has been stopped in Ogun, the…
Don’t let your child be an election thug, says Prince Tejuoso
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Parents have been advised to take good care of their children/wards, especially during this election period in the…
AY’s ’30 Days In Atlanta’ Breaks US Box Office Records
Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY is getting some rave reviews in the United States following the release of his…
FG approves sale of NITEL/MTEL for $252m
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) on Thursday approved the sale of the liquidated Nigeria Telecommunication Plc. and its subsidiary,…
FIFA executive meets amid corruption report
FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened a meeting of his 25-member executive committee on Thursday amid a storm of controversy over…
Black Scorpion deserves a befitting burial, says Alabi-Isama
Civil War Veteran, Brig,-Gen. Godwin Alabi-Isama, on Thursday, called for exhumation of Brig.-Gen. Benjamin Adekunle’s corpse from Ikoyi cemetery for…
There’s No ‘Northern or Southern’ citizen in Nigeria, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday urged Nigerians not to see themselves as “Northern” or “Southern” citizens, but as people and…
Balotelli given one-match ban over racist post
Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been suspended for one match, fined £25,000 ($39,176) and ordered to attend to an education…
Tinubu to inaugurate road, hospital in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin As part of activities commemorating the sixth anniversary of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State, former…
Buhari/Osinbajo will turn Nigeria’s misfortune – Ikuforiji
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Thursday described the choice of Professor Yemi…
TB Joshua did not have approval for collapsed building, says SCOAN Consultant
A town planner who worked for influential Nigeria preacher TB Joshua told an inquest Thursday that the building which collapsed…
Fire Outbreak At OAU Female Hostel
Akintola Lukmon Mayhem in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, as one of the female Hotels, Moremi Hall, was gutted…
2015: You Either Vote Goodluck Or Bad Luck, Okupe Tell Nigerians
Jamiu Yisa The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe, has said that…
Australian actor charged with 103 child sex offences
Australian actor Jeremy Kewley was charged with 103 child sex offences in a Melbourne court on Thursday, news reports said.…
Akpabio distributes 2.7m treated mosquito nets
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom has flagged off the distribution of 2.7 million insecticide treated nets to households in…
Our officers are responsible for fake driver’s license, says FRSC Boss
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Charles Akpabio, the Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone 5, (Edo, Delta and…
Japan recalls 20k bras due to injury fear
A Japanese lingerie maker is recalling over 20,000 brassieres after complaints that underwears suddenly poked out, sometimes while women were…
Egypt jails 40 Morsi backers for burning churches
An Egyptian court sentenced 40 backers of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to up to 15 years in jail Thursday…
UPDATE: Boko Haram kidnaps 185, kills 32 in Borno
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people, including women and children, from a Nigerian village, carting the hostages away…