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Navy applauds Anambra for checking insurgency, bunkering

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday applauded the Anambra government’s plan to position a mobile artillery on the River Niger to…

ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria

An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said on Tuesday, taking the total…

Military will not cede any part of Nigeria to terrorists – DHQ

The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of…

LASU fees, Ebola: Fashola seeks permission to re-order budget

By Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Tuesday urged the state House of Assembly to approve a…

INEC announces 11 October for Adamawa gov. election

The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday said the bye-election to elect a substantive governor for Adamawa State will hold on…

Deserting the military, no different from terrorism – Olukolade

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday described desertion from the military as a crime that was as…

Police get approval to recruit more personnel

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Tuesday that the police has got approval to recruit more personnel…

Sierra Leone seeks experimental Ebola drug

Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it would seek a shipment of a controversial experimental drug to fight an Ebola outbreak…

Robin Williams found hanging from belt – police

First responders called to actor Robin Williams’ home found the Oscar-winning actor dead of an apparent suicide with a belt…

Quarter of world population will be African by 2050 – UNICEF

A quarter of the world’s population will be African within 35 years, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday, as…

Osun Election: We’re attacked because we rejected N14mn bribe – DSS

The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Tuesday that an unnamed political party offered its men N14 million which…

Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…

Ebola: Instant hand sanitizer scarce, expensive

Since the deadly Ebola Virus killed Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria, hundred of thousands of people have improved their personal hygiene…

Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.

By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…

Tripoli police chief assassinated – Security

Hooded attackers shot dead Tripoli police chief Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi in the Libyan capital’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security…

WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs

The World Health Organization authorised Tuesday the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola as the death toll topped 1,000…

Celestial Church pastor appears in court for rape

A 23-year old self-professed Celestial Church prophet, Adewale Adeleke, on Tuesday in Lagos, appeared before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for…

Man kills, roasts mum in Anambra state

Anambra state police command has arrested and detained Ekene Ucheagwu for killing and roasting his mother in Ndikpa Awuka, a…

US to provide $180 mn in South Sudan food aid

The United States said Tuesday it will provide $180 million in additional aid to help feed people facing a looming…

Uganda anti-gay law to be re-introduced in parliament – Speaker

Ugandan lawmakers will vote on reinstating a severe anti-gay law just weeks after it was scrapped by the country’s constitutional…

Ex-militants protest exclusion from amnesty programme

Some former militants in Edo and Delta, who were not captured in the third phase of the amnesty by the…

Bayelsa sets up task force to tackle insecurity in creeks, waterways

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has inaugurated an 11-man task force to police the creeks and waterways across the state…

Anambra winning war against criminals

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra, Mr Anali Chude, has said that the state government is winning…

Job Flight Threatens Nigerian Print Industry

Olugbenga Ladipo, Managing Director, Academy Press, in a chat with Femi Ayodele, talks about the ordeal of indigenous printers and…

‘Men Commit More Crimes Than Women’

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has revealed that women’s involvement in organised…

Egypt’s Sisi visits Putin for arms purchase talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday hosted his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for talks about Cairo’s purchase of advanced…

Osun Guber Poll: Avoid Litigation —LP

The National Chairman of Labour Party (LP), Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, on Monday advised all stakeholders in the Osun gubernatorial election…

Ebola Virus: Do Not Panic —NOA

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged Nigerians not to panic over the outbreak of Ebola virus in the country.…

ASUU Calls For Socialist Welfare State

The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr Nasir Isa, on Monday called for the adoption of a…

S.Africa says 250,000 Zimbabweans can stay, for now

South Africa on Tuesday said around 250,000 Zimbabweans living in the country on temporary visas due to expire this year…