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FRSC begins 5-day special patrol, deploys 240 personnel
The Federal Road Safety Commission on Monday began a special five days of patrol on three critical highways across the…
Katsina disburses N100m to victims of gunmen attack
The Katsina State Government on Monday began the disbursement of N100 million to victims of gunmen attack in Sabuwa and…
Shettima calls for calm over Boko Haram’s Caliphate
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday advised residents of the state to remain calm following alleged proclamation of Islamic…
Russia says soldiers crossed Ukraine border ‘by accident’
Russian military sources quoted by state agencies on Tuesday said that Russian troops captured by Kiev and shown on Ukrainian…
Peugeot gets approval for China plant
French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen’s fourth plant in China has been approved for the southwestern city of Chengdu by…
US to track jihadists in Syria with spy planes
The United States is poised to send spy planes into Syria to track Islamic State jihadists whose advances have sparked…
Real Madrid off to winning start, Atletico held
Real Madrid got their La Liga campaign off to a winning start as they beat newly promoted Cordoba 2-0 at…
Ask tough questions, US diplomat charges Nigerian journalists
By Simon Ateba Nigerian journalists should begin to ask tough questions that will build and strengthen democracy, Jeffrey Hawkins, the…
Ebola: USAID announces medical aid to Liberia
Eromosele Ebhomele The United States Agency for International Development, USAID, has announced that it airlifted more than 16 tons of…
Attack on Gwoza: Seven policemen rescued
Nigeria Police Force said on Monday that it has rescued seven of its 35 men declared missing after an attack…
170 bodies of African migrants found from Libya shipwreck
Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank…
Jonathan returns to Abuja after visit to Germany
President Goodluck Jonathan has arrived Nigeria after a four-day private visit to Germany, The President arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe…
Auto crashes claim 31 in Osun
Muhammad Husaini, Osun Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, said on Monday that 31 deaths were recorded from…
Ebola: Nigeria reverses the number of cases to 13
Nigeria’s minister of health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu on Monday announced the reversal of the number of confirmed cases of Ebola…
UBA Group appoints Tony Elumelu as Chairman
The board of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) today announced the appointment of Tony O. Elumelu as Chairman, succeeding…
Nigerian soldiers who fled to Cameroun on way back – DHQ
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Nigerian Defence headquarters has described as ‘tactical maneuver’ the fleeing of some 480 Nigeria soldiers who were…
Jonathan salutes Falconets’ spectacular performance
Dame Patience Jonathan on Monday congratulated Super Falconets top scorer, Asisat Oshoala, for winning the Golden Boot and the Golden…
Football greats to kick off match for peace in Rome
International football sensations from Ronaldinho to Messi and Baggio will take to the pitch in Rome next week for a…
Balotelli’s five moments of madness
Mario Balotelli joined Liverpool from AC Milan on Monday. Here AFP Sports looks at five moments of madness from the…
Liverpool completes the signing of Balotelli
Liverpool has completed the signing of Mario Balotelli from AC Milan for a fee believed to be in the region…
Klitschko pulls out of title defence with injury
IBF world heavyweight champion Vladimir Klitschko has pulled out of his title bout against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev on 6 September…
Atletico Madrid manager handed eight-match ban
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has been given an eight-match touchline ban for his conduct in the Spanish champions 1-0…
Saudi set to generate $8.5 bn from hajj
Saudi Arabia could earn $8.5 billion from this October’s hajj, according to a study published on Monday, which predicted that…
Boko Haram: Cameroun Holding 480 Nigeria soldiers
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s neighbour, Cameroun has confirmed that it is holding about 480 Nigerian soldiers who fled to its territory…
APC says Jega assurances offer hope of free, fair elections
The All Progressives Congress (APC) believes that Nigeria can organise truly free, fair, credible and transparent elections in the nearest…
Rwanda arrests army officers in crackdown
Authorities in Rwanda have arrested several senior and former top military figures, an official said Monday, in an apparent crackdown…
Thousands flee to Cameroun after Boko Haram attack
A Boko Haram attack on a border town in northeast Nigeria forced thousands of people to flee on Monday, in…
Hurricane Marie sends pounding waves to Mexico
Hurricane Marie was pounding heavy waves into Mexico’s Pacific coast Monday, where three fishermen went missing after their boat capsized.…
Liberian medic treated with experimental Ebola drug dies
A Liberian doctor treated with experimental American anti-Ebola serum ZMapp has died, the west African nation said on Monday. Abraham…
Obasanjo says Jonathan has stifled the middle class
Former Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo says President Goodluck Jonathan has stifled the middle class just as the military tyrant,…