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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…
Guber aspirant hails Jonathan’s transformation agenda
A governorship aspirant in Abia, Uche Ogah, on Saturday lauded President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda, saying it had launched the…
Ebola: UNICEF makes case for Liberia, Sierra-Leone, others
Mrs Jane Giogh, United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) representative in Nigeria, has appealed to countries with adequate human resources…
Yemen clashes ground planes, close schools
Flights to the Yemeni capital were suspended for a second straight day Saturday as the toll mounted from clashes between…
Benue to create 12 local government councils
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue said arrangements had been concluded to create 12 additional local government councils in the state…
Hamilton pips Rosberg for pole in Singapore
Lewis Hamilton snatched a dramatic last-gasp pole position from his Mercedes team-mate and championship leader Nico Rosberg for Sunday’s Singapore…
Victor Moses shines as Kranjcar’s late strike rescues QPR
QPR narrowly avoided their fourth Premier League defeat of the season as a fine late equaliser from Croatia midfielder Niko…
Woman arrested for stripping friend naked in public
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 23-year old woman, Joy Okafor has been arrested by the police for ripping off the cloths of…
Jonathan visits Synagogue as death toll stands at 86
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Lagos, promising to investigate the cause…
Bunkering: Navy destroys 53 illegal refineries
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri, said on Saturday that it has destroyed 53 illegal refineries in Ashafama forest…
Kwara plans Intergrated Power Plant to boost electricity
The Kwara State Government said on Friday that it planned to have an Integrated Power Plant to improve on electricity…
FG announces N213bn bailout facility for power sector
The Federal Government on Friday announced new measures to address financing related issues in the power sector, including a N213…
Eaglets Beat Cross River Champions 1-0
Akpabuyo United, current Cross River state’s league champions, were beaten 1-0 by Nigeria’s Under-17 team, Golden Eaglets on Saturday at…
Ebola: Lagos clears last suspect, affirms Sept. 22 resumption date
The Lagos State Government on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state…
Orji Kalu acquires jet for N11.5b
Chief Orji Kalu, the immediate past governor of Abia state and Chairman of Slok Group of Companies has purchased a…
1000 babies born annually through IVF in Nigeria
At least between 500 and 1000 babies are born through In-Vitro Fertilisation process (IVF), in Nigeria annually, a Fertility expert,…
India court sends 13 men to jail over gang-rape of tribal woman
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a…
Oil workers suspend strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN),…
Asiwaju BAT Returns To Shame His Enemies
By Joe Igbokwe Yesterday, 18 September, 2014, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, His Excellency Asiwaju Bola Ahmed…
One dead as Christ Chosen building collapses
Jethro Ibileke/Benin At least one person have been confirmed dead in a collapsed storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church…
Drunken hunter fights crocodile with an eye-poke
A tipsy goose hunter said Saturday he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile in…