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Black box found at plane crash site in Ukraine

Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine told an AFP reporter Friday that they…

Sri Lanka jails killers of British tourist

A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a…

Nine security personnel killed in Pakistan unrest

At least eight paramilitaries were killed in a gunfight with militants in Pakistan’s restive northwest early on Friday, while a…

Israel army presses Gaza ground assault

Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in an operation to halt rocket fire…

MH17 crash in Ukraine no coincidence, say MH370 relatives

Relatives of missing MH370 passengers said the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine was no mere coincidence, adding…

176 teachers killed in north-east Nigeria

One hundred and seventy-six teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Nigeria’s Borno state since Boko Haram militants…

COEASU suspends seven month-old strike

The Colleges of Education of Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said on Thursday that it had suspended its seven month-old strike…

Tertiary institutions yet to access N100bn intervention fund

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Thursday said the nation’s tertiary institutions had yet to access the over N100…

Registration of northerners in the south an affront – Northern Elders

The Northern Elders Forum on Thursday 17 July condemned the registration of northerners living in some states in the sourthern…

Terrorism: Jonathan approves purchase of military hardware

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of additional funds for the purchase of military hardware, the Minister of State…

World leaders demand UN probe into downed Malaysia plane

World leaders on Thursday demanded an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, which crashed on Thursday with…

Israel tank fire kills 5 in Gaza, including baby

Israeli tank fire killed five people in the Gaza Strip, including a five-month-old baby, early on Friday, medics said. Emergency…

People with HIV living longer – Study

HIV-positive people in the world’s rich countries now live nearly as long as those who don’t carry the AIDS-causing virus,…

Police nab 9 over robbery, kidnapping in Rivers

Tunde Ogunsakin, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, said on Thursday that they had arrested 11 persons in connection with…

Malaysian jet shot down by surface-to-air missile – US

A Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile Thursday but it…

Poverty Eradication: Borno to distribute N135m to youths, others

The Borno State Government, on Thursday, said it planned to distribute N135 million to unemployed youths and vulnerable people in…

8,000 Ekiti APC members now in PDP

A chieftain of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bode Ola, says no fewer than 8,000 members of…

Confusion in Plateau PDP over suspended chairman

Uncertainty has gripped the PDP in Plateau over the confusion trailing the suspension of its Chairman, Dr Haruna Dabin. NAN…

Dead brother of Oba Adetona to be buried today

Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Prince Abdul Rasheed Adesupo Adetona, the immediate younger brother of Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba…

Caretaker members call for removal of Oyo chairman

Some Transition Committee members in the Ibarapa Central Local Government Area of Oyo State have called for the removal of…

4 Tunisian troops killed in deadliest attack on army

Suspected jihadists killed 14 Tunisian soldiers near the Algerian border, officials said Thursday, in the worst such attack in the…

Nigerian army seeks technology to sustain operations

The Nigerian Army says it is desirous of developing indigenous technology that will sustain operational needs of its personnel to…

Aregbesola Splashes N375m On Women

The crowd at the Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, capital of Osun State, southwest Nigeria, on Thursday, comprising mainly of…

My defeat in Ekiti not due to stomach infrastructure – Fayemi

Nkrumah Bankong-Obi Ekiti state governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has debunked insinuations that he lost the 21 June governorship election because…

Ogun Teachers Protest Career Stagnation

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hundreds of Secondary School teachers in Ogun state today stormed the office of the Chairman of the State…

Lagos Teachers Angry With Fashola

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomole Primary and secondary school teachers in public schools in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have expressed…

298 people on board crashed Malaysian flight, 154 Dutch – Airline

There were 298 people, including 154 Dutch nationals, on board the Malaysia Airlines flight that crashed in strife-torn eastern Ukraine…

Erdogan accuses Israel of ‘systematic genocide’ in Gaza

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday launched his most bitter attack yet against Israel over its air campaign…

BBC News to cut 400 jobs in austerity drive

The BBC said on Thursday it will cut 415 jobs from its news department in the latest cost-cutting measures by…

6 Months Maternity Leave For Female Civil Servants

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved six months maternity leave for female public servants who just…