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TB Joshua keeps coroner inquest waiting
Prophet T.B. Joshua is running late in appearing at the coroner inquest, set up to probe the 12 September collapse…
Soyinka Slams Jonathan’s Support Group Over Fabrication
Eromosele Ebhomele Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has slammed the Goodluck Support Network, one of the groups championing the re-election…
Boko Haram: Gombe orders closure of schools
Gombe State Government on Wednesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the state, a day after…
France approves takeover of Alstom by GE
The French government on Wednesday authorised the sale of most of Alstom’s energy assets to US group General Electric, clearing…
49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, says UNICEF
No fewer than 49 million Nigerians still defecate openly, Mr Bisi Agberemi, a UNICEF Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist,…
Saudi beheads Pakistani drug smuggler
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani on Wednesday for trafficking heroin hidden in his stomach into the kingdom, the interior ministry…
#MyRoadIsWorseThanYours: Nigeria’s bad roads goes online
The dismal state of Nigeria’s roads is a constant source of exasperation for the long-suffering population but a tongue-in-cheek campaign…
10 NYSC members involved in auto crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin No fewer than 10 university graduates travelling to Bayelsa state from Lagos and Ibadan, Oyo state were Tuesday…
Another Uniben Student Shot Dead
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Less than two weeks after a 300 level student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, was gruesomely murdered at…
Invasion Of Afam-Uku leaves one dead, 4 houses, church burnt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Tension engulfed two communities in Rivers state as unknown persons, at about 1:00 a.m. today, invaded Afam-Uku…
302 aspirants vie for 36 national, state assembly seats in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the 2015 general elections in Edo state, a combined figure of about 302 aspirants have so…
One dead, 50 hurt as train derails in Algiers suburb
A passenger train derailed in an eastern suburb of Algiers on Wednesday, leaving one person dead and 50 injured, emergency…
Obama has offered nearly nothing to his supporters, says China media
China’s state-run media on Wednesday decried Barack Obama as a banal leader who has done an “insipid job”, days ahead…
Two Injured in Double Auto Crash in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two persons were early this morning severely injured in an accident that occured along Abeokuta-Lagos expressway of Sango…
PDP chieftain endorses, campaigns for APC’s Buhari
Alhaji Hassan Mohammed Sheri, a prominent member of the Peoples Democratic Party has openly begun campaigning for General Muhammadu Buhari,…
Woman uses sex to dislodge housewife, takes over home
Cyriacus Izuekwe A man who accused his wife of not knowing how to make love have finally sacked her and…
I Have 30 Boys Who Supply Me Stolen Cars – Car Dealer
Cyriacus Izuekwe Abuja based car dealer, Alhaji Mahmud Abdulakeen Tanko, 48, has confessed that he buys stolen cars from over…
16 dead as Egypt school bus collides with tanker
A bus packed with teenagers on their way to school collided with an oil tanker truck in northern Egypt on…
Voters Card: Amosun charges Ogun residents to come out en-masse
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has called on residents of the state to come out…
Obasanjo saved poultry industry in Nigeria, says DG PAN
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Director General of the Poultry Association of Nigeria, PAN, Mr. Onallo Ankpa has disclosed that if not…
Liverpool stars could remain benched for Chelsea visit, says Rodgers
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers warned some of his star players their place in the side for the visit of Chelsea…
Bronze sculpture sells for nearly $101m at NY auction
A rare 1950 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti sold for nearly $101 million at auction in New York…
Mexico mayor, wife arrested over 43 missing students
Mexican police on Tuesday detained a fugitive ex-mayor and his wife accused of ordering a deadly police attack that left…
Republicans keep US House majority; Senate in play
The Republican party kept control of the US House of Representatives in midterm elections Tuesday, early media projections showed, as…
Obama, post-midterm vote, must re-energize presidency
Six years after sweeping into the White House on the slogan “Yes We Can,” Barack Obama, whose Democratic party is…
FG anti-insurgency efforts satisfactory, says National Council of State
The National Council of State on Tuesday expressed satisfaction with the ongoing efforts of the nation’s security agents toward combating…
UK to return £6.8m of Ibori loot to Nigeria
The United Kingdom government is to return an additional 6.8 million pounds of the confiscated loot of former Delta Governor,…
Boko Haram attack Gombe town, raid French-owned factory
Suspected Boko Haram gunmen launched a series of attacks in Nigeria’s restive northeast on Tuesday, opening fire on troops in…
Nigeria not under siege, says Defence Chief
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Marshal Alex Badeh, has dismissed the insinuation in some quarters that Nigeria is…
Dortmund rout Galatasaray to reach last 16
Borussia Dortmund brushed off their nightmare Bundesliga form to maintain their perfect Champions League record and book their place in…