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Pope Francis makes first visit to Turkey
Pope Francis begins his first visit to Turkey on Friday in a challenging trip aimed at building bridges with Islam…
Bosso Signs New Deal At Abia Warriors
Former Flying Eagles coach, Issa Ladan Bosso, has officially extended his contract with Umuahia-based Abia Warriors Football Club for another…
Wife awarded $530 million in record British divorce
The estranged wife of a London financier was awarded £337 million ($530 million, 425 million euros) on Thursday in one…
Everton, Tottenham progress to knock out phase of Europa League
Premier League duo Everton and Tottenham Hotspur both won to clinch qualification for the knockout phase of the Europa League…
MultiChoice Gives Away 20 Cars In Super Cruise Promo
Henry Ojelu In keeping faith with its promise to reward subscribers, MultiChoice Nigeria, the leading pay-tv content provider for DStv…
FG assures of total eradication of wild polio virus
The Federal Government has expressed optimism that with the impressive gains recorded in the fight against the wild polio virus…
EFCC arraigns local council chairman, deputy for embezzlement of N68m SURE-P fund
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday arraigned the Chairman of Kauru Local Government Area, Kaduna…
Senator Abe supports my choice as guber candidate, says Dakuku
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dakuku Peterside, a member representing Andoni/Opobo federal constituency and the consensus governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress,…
Police deny involvement in prosecution of terror suspect, Ogwuche
The Nigeria Police High Command has described as misleading recent media reports that it bungled the prosecution of Aminu Ogwuche,…
Court Refuses To Stop Obanikoro From Lagos Polls
Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court on Thursday dismissed an application seeking to restrain a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship…
100 PDP Members Defect To APC In Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chairman Committee of Akuku Toru local Government Council said that no fewer than 100 members of the…
Tough talk but no multi-national force yet to fight Boko Haram
Nigeria and its neighbours vowed to have nearly 3,000 troops on the ground to combat Boko Haram by the start…
How 48 Countries Can Transform Economies – UNCTAD
United Nations agency, UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2014 says that the international community must learn from the failure of…
Shame on IG for not recognising Tambuwal as Speaker, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the Inspector-General of Police Suleiman Abba for daring to say he does…
Briton among 6 dead as Kabul blast hits embassy vehicle
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, killing one Briton and…
Food poisoning bug found on 70% of UK chickens
Some 70 per cent of fresh chickens on sale in Britain are contaminated with a food poisoning bug, the Food…
Saudi beheads 9th Pakistani for smuggling
Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani for heroin smuggling, bringing to nine the number of people from his country…
Pacquiao to sell mansion after rich neighbours complain
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao said Thursday he would sell his mansion in one of the Philippine capital’s swankiest areas…
NFF mourns Yomi Peters
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has mourned the passing of former Stationery Stores FC and Green Eagles’ ace Yomi Peters,…
Dakuku collects APC governorship intent form, gets wild reception
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dakuku Adolphus Peterside the anointed gubernatorial candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was…
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OPEC Elects Diezani Alison-Madueke As President
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC on Wednesday at its ongoing 166th Ordinary meeting elected, Nigeria’s…
Coca-Cola partnership to create biggest bottler in Africa
The Coca-Cola Company Thursday announced a partnership to form its largest soft drinks bottling company in Africa, serving “high growth”…
PDP reverses disqualification of anti-Wike guber aspirants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The National Working Committee the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lifted the disqualification slammed on 13 governorship…
Oil extends losses ahead of key OPEC meeting
Oil prices retreated further in Asia Thursday on expectations the OPEC cartel will keep production at present levels despite pressure…
Suicide blast hits British embassy vehicle in Kabul
A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a British embassy vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, wounding some foreigners…
Naira devaluation not good for our economy, says APC
All Progressives Congress (APC) has critised devaluation of the naira and has described the development as not healthy for Nigeria’s…
Senate sets up committee to investigate police raid on NASS
The Senate on Wednesday set up a seven-man committee to investigate the Thursday’s security breach at the National Assembly by…
I am not in presidential race to cause disunity, says Okorocha
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo said on Wednesday that he was not in the presidential race to cause disaffection or…
PDP cancels disqualification of aspirants by appeals committees
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has nullified the disqualification of all aspirants by its Screening Appeal…
Deploy more troops to Northeast, Rep tells Jonathan
Rep. Babatunde Adewale (Lagos-APC) on Wednesday advised President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy more troops to states affected by insurgency. Adewale…