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Torres scores first goal for Milan at Empoli
Spaniard Fernando Torres scored his maiden goal for AC Milan on his full Serie A debut to help spark the…
Ronaldo hits four as Madrid ease past Elche
Cristiano Ronaldo scored four times as Real Madrid came from behind to move within three points of La Liga leaders…
Liberty Reserve boss pleads guilty to fraud charges
The head of technology for Liberty Reserve, an alternative digital currency used in what authorities called a massive global fraud…
Court rejects Suntai’s attempt to stop medical panel
A Taraba High Court in Jalingo on Tuesday refused to grant the prayers of ailing Governor Danbaba Suntai, asking for…
Edo budgets N157bn For 2015 fiscal year
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state on Tuesday presented a budget estimate of N156.551 billion for the…
Senate not under pressure to save mutiny soldiers – Sekibo
The Senate on Tuesday said it is not under pressure to intervene on the 12 soldiers sentenced to death by…
Senate begins investigation into $9.3m
The Senate on Tuesday began investigation into circumstances surrounding the seizure of Nigeria’s 9.3 million dollars in South Africa. The…
2 fake professors apprehended
Prof. Julius Okogie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), said on Tuesday that the two fake professors apprehended by the…
EFCC has no reason to scrutinize Ekiti finances – Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Tuesday said that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had no reason to…
I can depend on Gov. Suswam – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue as a “dependable governor and an astute administrator” who…
Story of Chibok schoolgirls release false – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has denied reports that over 200 girls kidnapped from a girls’ college in Chibok, Borno State on…
Nigeria records 85 per cent employment in 6 months – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria recorded 85 per cent employment in the first half of 2014. This…
CBN lists challenges to electronic payment system
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has named weak risk management framework and security issues among the major challenges affecting…
Oritsejaforgate: APC reps walk out as PDP members block $9.3m debate
Controversies over the $9.3 million seized from two Nigerians and an Isreali on arrival in South Africa in a private…
PDP youths to work for party’s success in elections
The newly-inaugurated executive members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontiers (PNYF), Oyo State Chapter, on Tuesday pledged to…
Entitlements: Casual PHCN workers get judgment on Oct.15
The National Industrial Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday said it would on 15 October decide on an application filed by the…
6 ships arrive Lagos ports with petroleum products
Six motor tankers laden with petroleum products have arrived at the Lagos ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) said on…
DiCaprio urges leaders to rise to climate challenge
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio brought star power to the UN summit on climate change Tuesday, urging leaders to stop treating…
Lampard could get Chelsea send-off – Pellegrini
Frank Lampard’s loan spell at Manchester City could come to an end with a game at his former club Chelsea…
Obama to speak as US strikes kills 120 jihadists
President Barack Obama will make his first public comments on US and allied strikes on jihadists in Syria at 10…
Ebola death toll climbs to 2,811 out of 5,864 cases – WHO
The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has now infected almost 6,000 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of…
Court halts probe of Suntai’s health by medical panel
A High Court sitting in Jalingo, caital of Taraba state has halted the probe of Governor Danbaba Suntai by a…
7 Notorious Robbers Paraded In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The suspected leader of a robbery gang, Chief Jude Dike, has been arrested by the police and paraded…
Ebola: Nigeria, Senegal get thumbs up from WHO
Two of the five countries affected by the world’s worst-ever Ebola outbreak are managing to halt the spread of the…
No rift between Gov. Shettima, SSG – Borno Govt
The Borno Government on said there was no disagreement between Governor Kashim Shettima and the Secretary to the State Government…
NUPENG loses N10bn to 5 days strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG), says their members cumulatively lost more than N10 billion during the…
Suicide attack kills four in Pakistan
A car bomb suicide attack targeting a senior military officer rocked Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar Tuesday, killing at least…
Algerian troops hunt for French hostage
Algerian troops scoured a mountainous eastern region Tuesday for a Frenchman kidnapped by militants linked to the Islamic State group…
Qatar says not a gas ‘alternative’ to Russia
Wealthy gas producer Qatar has no plans to pitch in as an alternative supplier as Europe seeks to reduce its…
EU condemns China’s life sentence for Uighur scholar
The European Union condemned Tuesday China’s “completely unjustified” life sentence against Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti and called for his immediate…