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FirstNation Airline confirms lease pact with Skypower Catering
The FirstNation Airline on Friday confirmed it had subsisting and valid lease with the Skypower Catering Ltd. located at the…
Synagogue: Forensic test needed to identify victims – NEMA
Charles Otegbade, Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said proper forensic test was needed to identify the…
Ogun postpones resumption date of schools to Oct. 8
The Ogun Government on Friday in Abeokuta announced 8 October as the new resumption date for private and public schools…
Assembly minority leader defects to PDP
Alhaji Mohammed Buba, the Minority Leader of the Gombe State House of Assembly, has defected from the All Progressives Congress…
18 IS jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds
At least 18 jihadists from the Islamic State group were killed in overnight clashes with Kurdish fighters in northern Syria…
White House scare after man jumps fence
A man sparked an evacuation at the White House on Friday after he scaled and jumped over a fence and…
LASG releases 2014 promotion letters to civil servants
Dr Olujobi Ososanya, the Chairman, Lagos State Civil Service Commission on Friday said Gov. Babatunde Fashola has approved the release…
Indonesia to punish gay sex with 100 strokes of cane
Gay sex could be punishable by 100 lashes of the cane in Indonesia’s staunchly conservative Aceh province if parliament passes…
Air Force graduates 36 pioneer commercial helicopter pilots
The first set of commercial helicopter pilots trained in the country graduated from the Nigerian Air Force International Helicopter Flying…
FG investigating Synagogue mystery aircraft – Obanikoro
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Minister of state for Defence, on Friday said investigations were ongoing to unravel the mystery of the…
Atiku blasts federal government on security
Atiku Abubakar on Friday derided Goodluck Jonathan’s record on security, vowing that Boko Haram could be crushed easily if politicians…
49 Turks kidnapped by IS militants freed
Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been…
Alao-Akala picks PDP governorship nomination form
Adebayo Alao-Akala former governor of Oyo state and an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday collected the…
Chad accuses UN of using its troops as ‘shield’ in Mali
The Chadian government on Friday denounced the “discriminatory” treatment of its troops in Mali, accusing the United Nations peacekeeping mission…
PDP congratulates Scotland over referendum outcome
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja applauded the decision of Scotland to remain under the colony of…
Amosun, Okurounmu, 303 others honours
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria was among the three hundred and five Nigerians to be…
Scotland rejects independence in historic referendum
Scotland rejected independence on Friday in a referendum that left the centuries-old United Kingdom intact but paved the way for…
Lesotho police, military in early morning shootout
Police and military exchanged gunfire in Lesotho’s capital Maseru in the early hours of Friday, the latest spasm of violence…
German Muslims rally against extremism
Muslims across Germany are holding a day of prayers and rallies on Friday to condemn Islamic extremism and a backlash…
Ebola screening for Nigeria’s Mecca-bound pilgrims
With some 76,000 Nigerian Muslims expected this year at the hajj in Saudi Arabia, organisation was always going to be…
Ebola: States, unions differ on school resumption date
The Federal Government, which directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the country to resume for the next…
Jonathan honours under-performing military chiefs, Omisore, others
President Goodluck Jonathan has again celebrated incompetence by conferring one of the nation’s highest honours on the fumbling service chiefs. And…
Lagos PDP condoles with Synagogue over death of members
The Lagos State Chapter of PDP on Thursday condoled with the Synagogue Church of All Nations over the death of…
US, ECOWAS sign pact on security in Abuja
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and US Agency for International Development (USAID) has signed agreement on countering…
Buhari urges Nigerians to collect permanent voter cards
Former Military Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (rtd.), on Thursday in Gudu, Sokoto state, advised Nigerians to collect and…
Jonathan accepts adoption as PDP candidate, says he’s ‘humbled’
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday accepted his adoption as the sole presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP…
Tambuwal tasks NBA to check electoral law violators
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to step up action ahead of…
Security Council: Ebola threatens world peace
The UN Security Council on Thursday declared the Ebola outbreak a threat to world peace and called on countries to…
Selfishness, greed stalled Olokola Gas Project – Amosun
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state today opened up on the multi-billion Olokola Gas project, which his…
Larry Ellison steps down as Oracle chief executive
Larry Ellison on Thursday stepped down as chief executive of Oracle, handing off the helm of the successful technology company…