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China summit first step to improved ties, says Japan PM
A 30-minute summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping was a “first step” on the road to improving relations between Asia’s…
Klopp hopes freak own goal can boost Dortmund
Jurgen Klopp said he hopes the freak own goal scored by Christoph Kramer to give Borussia Dortmund their first league…
Gunmen kidnap Ribadu’s brother
Gunmen have kidnapped Sani Ribadu, the younger brother of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
INEC denies deleting 1.4million names from Lagos voters’ register
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has described as completely false allegations that it has removed the records of 1.4…
Spain dismisses Catalan independence vote as ‘useless’
Spanish Justice Minister Rafael Catala dismissed a symbolic independence referendum held Sunday in Catalonia in which some two million people…
Misfiring Balotelli back for Italy as Conte names squad for Croatia
Misfiring Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been recalled to Italy’s squad for next week’s Euro 2016 qualifier against Croatia in…
Higuain strike moves Napoli up to third
Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain scored his sixth goal in four consecutive games to secure a precious 1-0 win away to…
INEC extends PVC distribution in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended till Monday the distribution of Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) in…
PVC: Ikuforiji, Pitan, dissatisfied with distribution
Adeyemi Ikuforiji, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Sunday expressed dissatisfaction at the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards…
Residents laud extension of PVC distribution in Lagos
Residents of Ogba and Agege, suburbs of Lagos state, on Sunday applauded the extension of the deadline for Permanent Voters…
Schuerrle to miss Gibraltar, Spain matches
Chelsea’s Germany winger Andre Schuerrle has been ruled out of Friday’s Euro 2016 qualifier against minnows Gibraltar and the friendly…
Juventus demolish Parma 7-0
Parma coach Roberto Donadoni admitted he was left feeling “impotent and embarrassed” after the Serie A strugglers’ 7-0 drubbing by…
Gov Ahmed promises to upgrade traditional rulers in Kwara
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara has said that more traditional rulers will be upgraded in the state as the exercise…
Inconsistent Arsenal lose to Swansea
Arsenal missed the chance to go fourth in the English Premier League after Swansea came from behind to beat the…
Rosberg wins Brazilian Grand Prix
Nico Rosberg kept alive his world title hopes when he won Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate…
Jonathan pays tribute to Onobrakpeya on honour by US museum
President Goodluck Jonathan has applauded the honour conferred on Bruce Onobrakpeya, one of Nigeria’s most renowned artists, by the Smithsonian…
PVC: INEC extends distribution in Kano by one day
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has extended the distribution of Permanent Voter cards (PVCs) in Kano State to Monday,…
Al-Makura promises to track down killers of his aide
Governor Umaru Al-makura of Nasarawa state on Sunday, said those who killed the head driver of the state Government House,…
Glo/CAF Award: Pinnick tips Enyeama, Musa for Africa’s top prize
By Taiwo Adelu President of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick has declared that none of the other…
Man shot dead in struggle to disarm robbers
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A middle aged man, simply identified as Nwachukwu, has been reportedly shot dead last Saturday night while…
Passenger nabbed at airport with cocaine in female shoes
By Simon Ateba Officials of the National Draw Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a passenger at the Lagos airport…
De Bruyne stars as Wolves trim Bayern’s lead
VfL Wolfsburg’s ex-Chelsea winger Kevin de Bruyne produced another top-class performance in Sunday’s 2-0 win over strugglers Hamburg to trim…
Perez stars as Newcastle beats West Brom, moves up
Ayoze Perez’s moment of individual brilliance provided the catalyst for Newcastle’s 2-0 win away to West Browmich Albion on Sunday…
Baines salvages draw for Everton against Sunderland
Leighton Baines’s late penalty earned a point for Everton in a 1-1 Premier League draw at Sunderland on Sunday. Baines’s…
Sudan army denies Darfur ‘mass rape’ report
The Sudanese army on Sunday said a media report that its troops had carried out a mass rape in the…
Obama takes responsibility for Democrats’ election rout
US President Barack Obama has taken responsibility for his party’s crushing defeat in last week’s midterm elections. “We got beat,”…
New video shows inside ‘Boko Haram-controlled town’
A new Boko Haram video obtained by AFP on Sunday shows militants on an armoured vehicle parading down a road…
Africa sets up $28 million Ebola crisis fund
The African Union, African Development Bank and regional business leaders have set up a crisis fund to help areas hit…
Mission Schools: Ex-Deputy Governor seeks agreement with govt.
Amidst controversy over the return of mission schools to their original owners in Kwara, a former Deputy Governor in the…
N3bn Grant: Film makers decry stringent conditions for access
A veteran Nigerian film maker, Eddie Ugbomou on Sunday, expressed concern about the stringent conditions attached to accessing the N3…