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British tumour boy set for treatment in Czech Republic
British boy Ashya King is due to receive treatment for his brain tumour in the Czech Republic, his family said…
Security meeting in Nigeria as Boko Haram attacks intensify
Foreign ministers from Nigeria and neighbouring countries met on Wednesday to discuss Boko Haram, as the militants’ rapid land grab…
No Congress On Thursday, say Giwa’s NFF
Chris Giwa-led Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has declared that there is no congress of Nigeria football holding on Thursday, 4…
Turkey policeman jailed for almost 8 years over protester killing
A Turkish policeman was jailed for seven years and nine months on Wednesday after being convicted of shooting dead a…
Obama vows US will not be intimidated by new beheading
President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday that the United States would not be intimidated by the beheading of a second American…
Fire razes 40 apartments at Police barracks in Lagos
Paul Iyoghojie Fire has razed at least 40 apartments at Ijeh Police Barracks in Obalende, Lagos state. About 40 rooms…
Jonathan’s Friends Are Boko Haram Sponsors-APC
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, has, in a no-holds-barred statement, announced that the sponsors of the…
Marriage Tragedy: Man dumps lady at Ikoyi registry, steals her N4m
Cyriaus Izuekwe Uzor Emmanuel, a 45-year old married man with three kids played a fast one on a 42-year old…
Corruption costs poor countries $1.0 trillion a year
Corruption, fraud and money-laundering cost poor countries a total of $1.0 trillion a year, the anti-poverty organisation ONE said in…
Japan names five women to new cabinet
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe named five female cabinet ministers on Wednesday, leading by example in a country which economists…
Taiwan police smash Chinese multi-million dollar prostitution ring
Taiwanese authorities said Wednesday they busted a prostitution ring exploiting young Chinese women that was estimated to have earned at…
Welbeck says he ‘envisaged’ Arsenal move
England forward Danny Welbeck risked antagonising supporters of his former club Manchester United on Wednesday after admitting that he “envisaged”…
British Ebola victim discharged from hospital
A British nurse infected with Ebola while working in Sierra Leone was discharged from a London hospital on Wednesday after…
Boko Haram has not invaded Ogun, says Police PRO
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy Superintendent Officer, DSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has dispelled rumours that…
NACCIMA faults CBN high lending rates
Henry Ojelu The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA has said that the continued retention…
Ogun private schools kick against new resumption date
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta National Association Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Ogun state chapter yesterday expressed their dissatisfaction at the Federal Government’s…
Diamond Bank boss dismisses governorship ambition
Henry Ojelu The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Diamond Bank Plc, Dr Alex Otti has tactically dismissed…
British envoy dies of heart attack at Lagos airport
By Henry Ojelu The Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Peter Leslie Carter has reportedly died of heart attack…
Pakistan military says 900 militants killed in anti-Taliban operation
Pakistan’s military said Wednesday it had killed more than 900 militants and lost 82 soldiers since the start of a…
Marketers accuse IPMAN of creating kerosene scarcity in S/West
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The internal crisis rocking the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Mosinmi, Sagamu in Ogun state, southwest,…
China celebrates victory over Japan
Chinese President Xi Jinping and all six other members of the Politburo Standing Committee, the country’s most powerful body, made…
French mum reunited with daughter taken by jihadi father
A young French mother whose daughter had been smuggled out of the country by her father arrived home with the…
Federer, Monfils to clash in US Open blockbuster
Five-time champion Roger Federer set-up a US Open quarter-final blockbuster against eccentric French star Gael Monfils on Tuesday as the…
Wozniacki to face Peng for US Open finals berth
Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Peng Shuai will meet for a place in the…
FG launches e-curricular portal
The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja launched e-curriculum portal to aid teaching and learning for senior secondary schools in…
Fire guts15 shops in Lafia main market
Property worth millions of naira have been razed by fire at the Lafia main market on Doma Road. The News…
Another US health worker infected with Ebola
A third American health worker has tested positive for the Ebola virus while working with patients in West Africa, the…
Eleven dead, 27 missing in China rainstorms
Eleven people died and 27 others are missing after torrential rains battered southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, causing thousands of houses…
Voters Registration: Edo monarch alleges plot to disenfranchise Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the commencement of voter’s registration exercise and distribution of voters’ permanent cards in Edo state later…
Doctors’ Strike: Hospital detains mother, triplet over unpaid bill
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Delta state-based fashion designer, Godswill Echenim, has appealed to the Delta state government and the general public…