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First Ebola treatment trials to start in west Africa
Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday it would launch clinical trials of three possible treatments for Ebola…
FIFA rules out 2018, 2022 World Cup revotes
A revote into the controversial awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar was ruled out on Wednesday despite widespread…
Synagogue Tragedy: Lagos grants S.Africa clearance to repatriate bodies
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos state government has released the body of 54 South Africans who died in the collapsed building…
Curbing Boko Haram will determine success of 2015 election, says Gov. Aliyu
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger said on Wednesday in Minna that the success of the 2015 general elections would depend…
LAGBUS inducts 40 female bus captains
No fewer than 40 females were on Wednesday inducted as bus captain trainees of the LAGBUS Female Captains Training Scheme.…
Lagos deputy Speaker eyes 5th term
Taiwo Kolawole, Deputy Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday declared his intention to seek re-election into the legislature…
Ebola workers appeal to G20 leaders for more help
Health workers on the frontline of west Africa’s Ebola crisis pleaded with G20 leaders on Thursday for more resources, describing…
Two-year doping ban for Tajik defender Beknazarov
Tajikistan defender Khurshed Beknazarov was slapped with a two-year suspension for doping violations on Thursday after he tested positive during…
Cassava production will hit 51million metric tonnes by 2017
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Federal Government has revealed that its target is to increase cassava production by 2017 to 51 million…
PDP and INEC are Siamese Twins, says Tinubu
National leader of APC and former governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has insinuated that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…
Fayose laments poor power supply to Ekiti
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State on Wednesday in Abuja said that protracted poor power supply to the state was…
Murtala Mohammed’s son set to deliver Kano to PDP
A PDP governorship aspirant in Kano, Alhaji Abba Mohammed, on Wednesday in Abuja, promised to deliver the state to PDP…
2015: Gbenga Kaka, Obadara dump APC for SDP
The three Ogun senators, Adegbenga Kaka, Akin Odunsi, and Gbenga Obadara on Wednesday submitted their letters of defection from the…
Strike by health workers unnecessary, unjustifiable – FG
The Federal Government says the planned strike by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) is unjustifiable, unnecessary and unfortunate. The…
Carrick out of England squad with groin injury
Michael Carrick has pulled out of the England squad with a groin injury, the Football Association said Wednesday. The Manchester…
New evidence proves that Jesus Christ got married
A new book was launched in London on Wednesday claiming to have fresh evidence that Jesus married and had children…
It’s Time To Go, APC Leaders Tell Jonathan, PDP
Jethro Ibileke/Benin National leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday in Benin, told President Goodluck Jonathan and his…
Ex-Diamond Bank CEO, Alex Otti dumps PDP for APGA
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) welcomed former CEO/MD of Diamond Bank, Dr Alex Otti after the banking guru defected…
PDP Asks Tribunal To Dismiss APC’s Petition
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday urged the Ekiti State election petition…
Fashola Offers Recipe For A New Nigeria
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday offered a recipe for the building of a new Nigeria, saying only…
CNPP Tackles Jega on PVC
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) in Lagos state, has said that it had been compelled in all honesty…
We Didn’t Endorse Jonathan – NCP
Damilare Okunola The Lagos state Chapter of the National Conscience Party, NCP, has denied reports that it has endorsed President…
Fire Burns 3 Children To Death
Kazeem Ugbodaga A midnight fire has burnt three children of the same parents to death at Jakande Estate, Mile 2…
Boko Haram: Lt. Col., Others Killed In Mubi
Boko Haram insurgents reportedly overwhelmed Nigerian troops trying to reclaim Mubi in Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, on Tuesday. According to…
250 APC Aspirants Battle For 40 Seats At Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele Over 250 aspirants from the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos state, western Nigeria, are currently fighting for…
Jonathan’s N250 million gift tears traders apart in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The N250 million naira donated by President Goodluck Jonathan to fire disaster victims of Mile One Market,…
Irregularities Mar CVR Exercise in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise that commenced today in Ogun state has recorded a lot of irregularities…
10 feared dead after bomb rocks Niger State
At least 10 people were feared dead on Wednesday after a suspected suicide bombing at a Nigerian teaching college as…
Abiola’s wife sues PDP over Jonathan’s sole candidature
Eromosele Ebhomele Professor Akasoba Duke-Abiola, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and aspirant for the 2015 presidential…
2015: Ogoni, Kalabari will vote party that gives them gov. ticket
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The issue of who becomes the governorship candidate of the two prominent political parties in Rivers state…