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Education Ministry Groan Over Unpaid Salaries
By Simon Ateba Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education staff in Abuja are groaning over two months of unpaid salaries, reliable…
70 Ethiopian migrants drown off Yemeni coast
Seventy Ethiopian migrants were drowned after their boat sank off the coast of Yemen, local media and authorities said on…
Olive oil prices to shoot up
New research from Harvard University suggests it could put years on your life. But a Mediterranean diet rich in pungent…
Falcao must accept substitute role – Van Gaal
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has declared that Radamel Falcao must content himself with a bit-part role as the…
Africa Fashion Week Nigeria announces 2nd edition, calls for participation
Africa Fashion Week Nigeria, a platform for African fashion designers to be appreciated and celebrated has announced its second edition,…
Chime’s Reconciliation With Ekweremadu And Why He Stepped Down
As dirty as the brand of politics practiced in this country may be, there are some moral lessons we occasionally…
Who Is Afraid Of The Hijab?
Anger, condemnation and disbelief greeted the judgement of a Lagos High Court delivered on Friday, October 17, 2014 which upheld…
Israel stops arms transfers to ‘terrorists’
Israel stressed on Monday that it has a policy of preventing arms transfers to militant groups, a day after Syria…
Japan frees sex shop owner, vagina artist still in detention
A sex shop owner arrested along with a artist who makes objects shaped like her own vagina has been released…
Ugandan maid pleads guilty to baby torture
A Ugandan maid pleaded guilty Monday to torture of a baby, a case that has shocked the country after a…
Godzilla set to roar back in 2016
The original Godzilla is set to stomp through Tokyo again in 2016, a Japanese movie production company said Monday, in…
In Pictures: Okonjo-Iweala, Uba, others grace AGF’s daughter’s wedding
Photos By Emmanuel Osodi The wedding of Cecilia Doyinsola Otunla, daughter of Mr. Jonah Otunla, the Accountant-General of the Federation,…
Glo subscribers to win Benz G-Wagon in Glo-CAF Awards promo
Globacom, title sponsor of the annual Glo-CAF Awards, has launched two new promos ahead of the 2014 edition of the…
Falcons’ll survive World Cup Tough Group – Pinnick
President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Amaju Pinnick, has once again assured the Super Falcons of high –level preparations ahead…
Rivers Governorship: Ogoni people unhappy with APC, Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The people of Ogoni ethnic nationality consist of Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai LGAs of Rivers State…
Lagos Hosts Cocoa Investment Summit Today
By Simon Ateba Lagos will host a Cocoa Investment Summit on Monday to explore ways of re-energising Nigeria’s cocoa industry,…
APC ready for mega convention on Wednesday
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday in Lagos said that arrangements were…
Nigeria detains Russians, French over Kano air cargo
The Nigerian authorities on Sunday said they had detained a Russian cargo plane carrying military equipment in the north Nigerian…
Morocco, Brazil benefit more from $8bn climate fund
Half of nearly $8 billion in climate finance given to the developing world since 2003 went to just ten countries,…
Moroccan lawmaker dies after being hit by train
A Moroccan lawmaker close to Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane was killed in a train accident Sunday, his party said. The…
Ekweremadu, Nnaji win senatorial election in Enugu
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and Sen. Gilbert Nnaji Chairman, Senate Committee on Communications, have won the PDP primary to…
PDP Primaries: Maccido gets automatic ticket, Makarfi returns unopposed
Sen. Ahmad Maccido (PDP-Sokoto), who is seeking re-election, has been granted automatic ticket in Sunday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial…
Dosunmu beats Braithwaite to clinch PDP Senatorial ticket
Mr Olumide Braithwaite, son of eminent Nigerian and pro-democracy activist, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, on Sunday lost the PDP Lagos-Central Senatorial…
Lagos PDP will pick a sophisticated professional as guber candidate – Ogunlewe
A former Minister for Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, on Sunday said the PDP would provide the peoples’ governorship candidate for…
PDP Primaries: Senate leader loses fourth term bid
The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba’s bid for a fourth term in the senate hit the rock Saturday in Ikom, Cross…
APC Primaries: Why I stepped down – Dabiri-Erewa
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, on Sunday said she decided not to return to the House of Representatives in…
Mark, Suswam, Mku win PDP senatorial tickets in Benue
Senate President David Mark, Gov. Gabriel Suswam and Mike Mku on Saturday picked the PDP’s ticket to contest the 2015…
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Kashamu picks PDP Senate ticket as Daniel withdraws
*Ruling Party’s senatorial candidate wanted badly by US to face drug charges *The candidate already faces extradition proceedings in a…
Messi follows Ronaldo with another hat-trick
A third Lionel Messi hat-trick in four games helped Barcelona keep the pressure on La Liga leaders Real Madrid as…
Dimeji Bankole not in Ogun governorship race, says PDP
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Chief Bayo Dayo, Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ogun State has declared that the former…