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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…
LG boss wants peace between farmers, herdsmen in Jigawa
Alhaji Mahmud Matafari, the Chairman, Kirikasamma Local Government Area of Jigawa on Sunday, appealed to farmers and herdsmen in the…
W.Bank engages 160 refuse disposal contractors in Delta
Benson Ojoko, the Coordinator of the World Bank’s State Employment and Expenditure for Result (SEEFOR) project in Delta, said it…
Trade between Nigeria, UAE not formal, says envoy
Mr Ibrahim Auwalu, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has observed that trade between both countries is not…
Catalonia defies Spain to hold independence vote
Spain’s Catalonia region voted in a symbolic ballot Sunday on whether to break away as an independent state, defying fierce…
Twelve dead in Spain’s worst coach crash
Twelve people died when a coach plunged into a ravine in the Murcia region of southeast Spain, in the worst…
Uduaghan to deliver 150 housing units
The Commissioner for Housing in Delta, Chief Paulinus Akpeki, said that the state government would soon complete the 150 housing…
Obama heads for China after cyberspying row
President Barack Obama headed for China Sunday on a trip that will focus on Washington’s often tense relations with the…
High fees charged by PDP, APC will breed more corruption
Nigeria’s main political parties are charging eye-watering fees from election hopefuls, in a move condemned as undemocratic and a breeding…
Pioneer chairman of Action Congress dies
The death has occurred of the pioneer National Chairman of Action Congress, Alhaji Hassan Zurmi. According to NAN Zurmi died…
Dortmund hit rock bottom in Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmund went bottom of the Bundesliga for the first time in seven years on Saturday with Jurgen Klopp’s team…
2015 Elections: PDP re- jigs timetable for primaries
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The National Working Committee of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reviewed its timetable for the conduct…
Kwankwaso collects PVC, urges INEC to correct errors
Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State on Saturday collected his Permanent Voter Card (PVC) at the Kwankwaso Malamai Primary School…
Only PDP leadership can publish ward congresses results, says Metuh
The National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that only its national leaders are permitted to release…
Army releases over 125 Boko Haram fighters
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, on Saturday handed over another 125 suspected Boko Haram insurgents to the…
PVC: INEC, Jonathan conniving to rig 2015 Elections, says Bola Tinubu
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Jamiu Yisa Following the flawed Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, distribution in Lagos, a national leader of the All…
Mata the hero as Man Utd beat Crystal Palace
Juan Mata came off the bench to earn Manchester United a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace while Southampton have now…
Suarez inspires Barca revival at Almeria
Two assists from Luis Suarez inspired Barcelona to come from behind and snap a two-game losing streak in La Liga…
Police arrest 2 after farmers, herdsmen clash
The Police in Jigawa on Saturday arrested two suspects for involving in farmers-herdsmen clash in Guri Local Government Area of…
Female guber candidate wants APC to imbibe internal democracy
Senator Aisha Alhassan, an All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Taraba on Saturday advised the party to imbibe internal…