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Filling stations in Kuje resume sale of petrol
Some filling stations in Kuje Area Council in the FCT, have started selling Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) barely 48-hours after…
Bahrain court upholds five-year jail terms for activists
A Bahraini appeals court Sunday confirmed five-year jail terms imposed on nine Shiites, among them a photojournalist and an online…
Egypt military aircraft crash kills six
An Egyptian military aircraft crashed while on a training mission on Sunday after a technical failure, killing six soldiers, the…
Maina commends Jonathan’s affirmative action
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Saturday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for adhering to…
Sharapova leads tributes as Li Na exits tennis
Maria Sharapova led tributes to Li Na at China’s Wuhan Open Sunday as the local hero tearfully explained her decision…
Aribisala: What Man of God is Chris Oyakhilome?
By Femi Aribisala Christian pastors have become demigods. Their word is law; no questions asked. As Jesus said, they teach…
Ebola: FCT distributes preventive items to schools
The FCT Administration has commenced the distribution of preventive items against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as directed by the…
Nigerian baby cleared of Ebola suspicion in Australia
A Nigerian child who was suspected to have been infected with Ebola has been cleared of the illness in a…
Ghana youths selling their blood for money
To Ghana’s legions of jobless young men, Eric Bimpong has a money-making proposition: sell your blood. Bimpong spends his days…
Tevez on target as Juve defeat Milan
Carlos Tevez scored his fourth goal in the space of a week to hand champions Juventus a precious 1-0 win…
What my mother taught me – Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, has described his mother, Ahaja Aishetu Oshiomhole, as “a strict disciplinarian” who gave him good…
Asa river claims one life, destroys properties
Stephen Oni,Ilorin The Asa river in Afon, headquarters of Asa local government area, Kwara State, has over flown its bank,…
Taraba sets up medical panel to verify Suntai’s health
Mr Josiah Kente, the Speaker of the Taraba House of Assembly, has set up a five-man medical panel to verify…
In Pictures: Jonathan’s condolence visit to Synagogue
President Goodluck Jonathan pays a condolence visit to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos.
President Jonathan And Suspicious Sympathies
I was informed via the social media that President Goodluck Jonathan visited Synagogue church today to commiserate with the church…
Akpabio, Fayose urge PDP members to collect voter card
Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday appealed to members to obtain the INEC permanent voter card ahead…
In Pictures: Jonathan and PDP hold rally in Lagos
Photos By Emmanuel Osodi President Goodluck Jonathan storm Lagos State for PDP’s South-West Sensitisation Rally.
Jonathan thanks PDP for adopting him
President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed gratitude to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for giving him the opportunity to fly the…
2015: PDP will hold primaries in Lagos, say Shelle, Obanikoro
The Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tunji Shelle, said on Saturday that the party would…
50 armed men attack Rivers community, behead youth
Over 50 armed men have invaded Taaba Community in Khana Local Government Area. The Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State…
Ecuador vice president’s father gets 20 years for rape
The father of Ecuador’s vice president was sentenced to 20 years for raping a 13-year old girl, the prosecutor’s office…
West Ham inflicts fresh misery on Liverpool
Liverpool suffered a second successive Premier League defeat after losing 3-1 away to West Ham on Saturday. Brendan Rodgers’s side…
Boko Haram ‘kill several’ as they loot Borno market
Boko Haram gunmen stormed a crowded market in Nigeria’s restive northeastern state of Borno, killing several people and carting away…
NFF elections to hold 30 Sept.
Taiwo Adelu A General Assembly of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has fixed Tuesday 30 September 2014 for the Elective Congress…
Belgium thwarts jihadist attacks
The Belgian authorities have prevented several attacks by jihadist fighters returning home from Syria and by sympathisers with the Islamic…
Cisse’s late double offers lifeline to Pardew
Embattled Newcastle manager Alan Pardew was handed a lifeline as Senegal striker Papiss Cisse scored twice to salvage a 2-2…
Welbeck on target as Arsenal down Villa
Danny Welbeck scored his first Arsenal goal as Arsene Wenger’s side put their disappointing recent form behind them with a…
Ronaldo, Bale lead Real to eight-goal rout of Deportivo
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Real Madrid equalled their biggest ever away win in La Liga with a 8-2…
Abandoned day old baby found in gutter
Kayode Aponmade An abandoned day old baby boy has been rescued from a drainage channel on Holy Timothy Street Aboru,…
Jonathan, Sambo, Ihejirika, El-Rufai Joint Sponsors of Boko Haram
Obinna Akukwe As far as I am concerned, Nigeria’s leader, Goodluck Jonathan, his vice, Namadi Sambo, former Army Chief, Azubuike…