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Uganda maid handed 4-year jail term after toddler bashing
A Ugandan maid was jailed for four years Monday for abusing a toddler in a case that shocked the country…
Carrick says Man United have eyes on winning the league
Manchester United have set their sights on usurping Premier League leaders Chelsea after beating Liverpool 3-0, midfielder Michael Carrick told…
Al-Qaeda seizes key army base in Syria
Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate on Monday seized the key army base of Wadi al-Deif in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib…
Rangers boss McCoist resigns
Ally McCoist has quit as manager of troubled Scottish Championship club Rangers, it announced Monday. McCoist, a former Rangers player…
Kashamu’s candidate lose House of Reps. ticket to ex-LG boss
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta This is not a good time for the acclaimed financier of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun…
Buhari’s Government Will Restore Investor Confidence – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has commended the maturity and statesmanship displayed by aspirants and…
Buhari visits Atiku, strategizes for 2015 Election
Major General Muhammadu Buhari, All Progressives Congress presidential candidate has paid former vice president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar a visit…
Chinese passengers who attacked plane crew are ‘barbarians’
Chinese state-run media branded four unruly air passengers “barbarians” Monday after they scalded an air hostess and threatened to blow…
Three hostages run out of Sydney siege cafe
Three people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against…
Chinese govt finds teenager innocent after execution
A Chinese teenager executed after being convicted of murder and rape 18 years ago was declared innocent by a court…
Bryant passes Jordan for third on all-time scoring list
Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant passed NBA icon Michael Jordan on Sunday for third on the league’s all-time scoring…
Saraki donates N1 million to fire disaster victims
A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, on Sunday donated N1 million to the victims…
Jonathan hosts ECOWAS leaders to discuss regional security
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Monday in Abuja host the 46th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of…
Leicester sack director of football Robinson after poor run
Leicester City on Sunday axed their director of football Terry Robinson who has paid the price for a season which…
Haiti prime minister resigns amid political crisis
Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe announced his resignation early Sunday, following repeated calls for him to step down amid anti-government…
PDP needs time to rest off governance – Oshiomhole
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government needs to take…
Netherlands unveils plan to develop Nigeria’s agriculture sector
The Head of Netherlands Representation in Lagos, Mr Michel Deelen, on Sunday said that his government planned to provide Nigerian…
PENGASSAN, NUPENG to begin strike on Monday
Nigeria’s two main oil workers’ unions said they would launch an indefinite strike on Monday, threatening to hurt the output…
2015: Tinubu will control Buhari’s government, says PDP
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has re-christened the All Progressives Congress, APC as Asiwaju Personal Consortium and at the…
2015: Commission urges Nigerians to elect credible leaders
The Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of Catholic Diocese of Lokoja has called on Nigerians to elect credible candidates…
Edo Rep quits PDP after losing party’s primaries
A member representing Etsako Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Abubakar Momoh, has announced his resignation from the…
Gunmen kill Edo Community leader
A Sixty-six-year old community head in Ugbowo area of Benin City in Edo was on Saturday night killed by gunmen…
Houses razed, several injured in Ondo gas blast
A gas cylinder exploded at a refuelling station in southwest Nigeria, injuring several people and razing many houses, police and…
Governorship candidate lauds peaceful conduct of APC primaries
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Enugu State, Mr Okey Ezea, said the recent peaceful conduct of the…
Algeria traffic accident kills Nigeriens being repatriated
Nine illegal migrants from Niger were killed in a traffic accident in Algeria Sunday when their bus and a truck…
De Gea stars as United deepen Liverpool woes
Wayne Rooney, Juan Mata and Robin van Persie scored as Manchester United rubbed salt into Liverpool’s wounds with a crushing…
APC is answer to Nigeria’s problem, says Okorocha
Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha believes that Nigeria’s main opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) has answers to the…
26 dead, 82 missing in Indonesian landslide
Rescuers searching for more than 80 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators Sunday to battle…
Imposition: Crises rocks CAN Election In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) is currently enmeshed in crisis over attempts…
Another US citizen enters N.Korea, slams US govt
North Korea Sunday put on display an American who had apparently entered the country illegally and who strongly denounced the…