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I Suffered Cancer for 10 Months, says Prof. Wole Soyinka
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Prof. Wole Soyinka revealed today that he lived with prostrate cancer, but was recently cured. The Noble laureate…
S.African court bans pro-Palestinian protests against Israel goods
South African retailer Woolworths on Tuesday secured a court order banning pro-Palestine activists from protesting in its shops against goods…
Bulgarian mosque raided in jihad incitement probe
Bulgarian authorities raided a mosque in the south of the country Tuesday as part of a probe into a local…
Oil prices nudge higher as OPEC meets to discuss cut
Oil prices nudged higher Tuesday as many dealers bet that the OPEC cartel is unlikely to agree on any cuts…
Over 45 dead in Maiduguri market bombings
More than 45 people died Tuesday in twin bombings in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a local health worker…
Second bomb by female bomber rips through Maiduguri market
A suicide bomber suspected to be female attacked a crowded market in northeast Nigeria’s city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, moments…
PDP screening committee disqualifies all anti-Wike aspirants, clears Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The South-South Zone of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship screening committee has disqualified Prof Don Baridam,…
Talks ongoing for Mayweather, Pacquiao fight
Manny Pacquiao is open to taking a smaller purse in a dream match-up with undefeated American Floyd Mayweather, the Philippines…
Boko Haram takes over Damasak, after attack on market
Boko Haram has taken over another town in Nigeria’s far northeast, a lawmaker, a local government official and a security…
Riot after US jury fails to indict Ferguson policeman
Protesters set buildings ablaze, shot at police and looted stores in the US town of Ferguson on Monday after a…
Prof Niyi Osundare Wins NNOM Award
Professor Niyi Osundare, poet, essayist, dramatist, academic and public affairs commentator has won this year’s Nigerian National Order of Merit…
Write Boko Haram like you wrote ISIS, Oritsejafor tells Sultan
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, on Monday urged the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji…
Sony to end FIFA sponsorship contract
Sony has decided not to renew a multi-million-dollar sponsorship contract with FIFA, a report said Tuesday, as the money-losing electronics…
APC advocates gender equality in policy making
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Party (APC), on Monday advocated gender equality in policy making in…
100 Influential Africans: Dangote, Ezekwesili in, Jonathan out
Four African Heads of State made the list of the 100 Most Influential Africans for 2014, but President Goodluck Jonathan’s…
Jonathan not promoting Zion nation, likes Islam, says Abati
The Presidency has dismissed allegations that President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is using his office to pursue anti-Islam agenda and…
Sultan of Sokoto blasts military for fleeing from Boko Haram
Nigeria’s top Islamic leader on Monday accused the military of fleeing when Boko Haram attacks and terrorising civilians, in the…
Buhari submits nomination form, criticizes NASS invasion
General Muhammadu Buhari, a presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday in Abuja submitted his nomination form…
Amaechi scraps discriminatory fees at RSUST
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has abolished discriminatory school…
2015: Dariye, Tallen, 59 others formally defect to PDP
Sixty-one politicians, including Senator Joshua Dariye and former Dep. Governor, Mrs Pauline Tallen, on Monday formally returned to PDP in…
Rivers High Court Chief Registrar abducted
Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Barely 24 hours after the All Progressive Congress, APC, raised alarm that there were attempts to…
Tambuwal: Keyamo accuses police of committing illegality
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerian Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, on Monday said the Nigeria Police Force committed illegality for shutting the…
Our data centre not for cloning PVCs, APC tells DSS
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday rejected the allegation that its data centre in Lagos was used to clone…
Atiku donates N8.5m to Sokoto APC, promises end to poverty
Former Vice President and an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday donated N 8.5 million…
2015 Election: Four Members of Amosun Cabinet Resign
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Four members of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s cabinet today resigned their appointment with Ogun state government. The four members…
Many Lagosians still live In abject poverty, says Ikuforiji
Eromosele Ebhomele Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Monday maintained that most residents of the…
Boko Haram attacks Borno market
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen disguised as traders opened fire Monday at a crowded market in a northeast Nigeria border town,…
5,000 Beneficiaries Receive C of O in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Southwest, Nigeria today presented Certificate of Occupancy (C of O), building plans…
PDP clears Maku, others to contest 2015 guber primaries
The immediate past Minister of Information, Mr Lararan Maku, has said that political parties should not be seen as mere…
Taraba Assembly Speaker resigns
The Speaker of Taraba House of Assembly, Mr Josiah Kente has resigned his position. Kente told journalists on Monday in…