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US, China reach ‘understanding’ on IT tariff cuts
The United States and China have “reached an understanding” on an agreement to reduce tariffs on information technology trade, the…
S. Korea ferry disaster captain jailed for 36 years
A South Korean court handed down a 36 year jail sentence Tuesday to the captain of the Sewol ferry that…
8 Indian women die, dozens critical after mass sterilisation
Eight women have died in India and dozens more are in a critical condition after a state-run sterilisation programme designed…
Bus crash in southern Pakistan kills 56 people
At least 56 people were killed Tuesday when a passenger bus collided head-on with a goods truck in southern Pakistan,…
New York relaxes marijuana possession law
People in New York carrying only a small amount of marijuana will not be arrested, Mayor Bill de Blasio said…
Court asked to halt PDP convention
Nnmadi Felix/Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party’s rescheduled national convention may not hold as a chieftain of the party has instituted…
‘Nigerian assassins’ linked with plot to kill Lesotho PM
Lesotho police are investigating allegations that Nigerian “mercenaries” plan to kill Prime Minister Tom Thabane in a bid to further…
My family trapped in Islamic Caliphate, says Alex Badeh
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh said on Monday that his family remains under Boko Haram’s…
US, UN condemn Yobe school suicide bomb attack
International condemnation trailed Monday’s suicide bomb attack at a government boarding school in Potiskum, Yobe, which reportedly killed several students…
PDP gov aspirants protest, decry imposition of candidate
Senator Ibrahim Ida, a Katsina State PDP governorship aspirant, said on Monday in Abuja that the party would lose the…
Brazil welcomes FIFA $100 million World Cup legacy fund
The President of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Jose Maria Marin, Monday welcomed the signing of a memorandum enshrining implementation…
Nigerian power sector to bag WAPIC award
The West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) on Monday announced the nomination of Ughelli Power, Geometric Power and Clarke Energy…
NAFDAC nabs man with 10,000 assorted drinks labels
The National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Monday said a man suspected to be in…
Atiku angry over bombing, deaths in Yobe school
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed outrage over the bombing of the Government Technical Science College, Potiskum, Yobe, by a…
Voters have till January 2015 to take their PVCs, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says registered voters have up till end of January 2015 to pick up their…
APC plans emergency meeting on Tuesday
The All Progressives Congress (APC) may hold an emergency meeting with its elders and members of the National Working Committee…
Nigeria military helicopter goes down in Adamawa
The Nigeria military said one of its helicopters made an emergency landing in the restive northeast on Monday, while witnesses…
Cairn Energy says locates more oil off Senegal
Cairn Energy has unearthed another oil find off the coast of Senegal, the British energy explorer announced on Monday. It…
David Cameron honours Nigerian for promoting African heritage
Oladimeji Adisa, who runs the Osun Foundation, has been honoured by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron for his work…
Police arrest 26 murder suspects in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 26 suspects in connection with the murder of a…
Telecom masts do not pose any health threat, says NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated that telecommunication masts erected in residential areas pose no threat to human health.…
47 students killed in Yobe suicide bomb attack
Boko Haram were suspected of killing nearly 50 pupils Monday in a suicide bombing in northeast Nigeria, in one of…
Explosion rips through school assembly in Yobe
An explosion ripped through a school in northeast Nigeria on Monday, as students gathered for morning assembly before classes began,…
Police investigating Jacob Zuma over home spending
South African police are investigating President Jacob Zuma over a $23 million taxpayer-funded refurbishment project at his rural homestead, according…
NCC committed to protecting telecom consumers, says Official
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is fully committed to the protection of telecom consumers in Nigeria against unfair practices by…
2015: Kwara PDP to procure 200 motorbikes, megaphones
The PDP Chairman in Kwara, Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, on Sunday said the party would procure 200 motorbikes and megaphones for…
Court adjourns case of UK banker on double murder charge
A British banker charged with the grisly murders of two women flashed a smile as he left a Hong Kong…
S. Korea fires warning shots at North border patrol
South Korean troops fired warning shots Monday as a North Korean patrol approached the heavily fortified border inside the so-called…
Three-man multinational space crew returns to Earth
A three-man multinational crew of astronauts returned to Earth Monday aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, after spending 165 days working…
Myles Munroe, his wife die in plane crash
A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, a city on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board,…