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Cantor loses US House seat in shock upset

In a stunning defeat, number-two House Republican Eric Cantor was ousted Tuesday by a more conservative primary challenger who delivered…

Convention: APC denies zoning arrangement

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked speculations of a zoning arrangement ahead of its national convention scheduled for 12-13…

We shall demand justice in Ekiti – Tinubu

National leader of the All progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has condemned in the strongest terms the attack by the…

Bomb scare: Police shut three markets in Abuja

Fresh panic gripped residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday morning following fears that another attack by…

Ogun declares June 12 Public Holiday

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Government has declared Thursday 12 June 2014 as work free. Secretary to the State Government, SSG,…

Police chase, teargas protesting LASU students

Kazeem Ugbodaga Policemen on Tuesday chased away hundreds of Lagos State University, LASU, students who were protesting the hike in…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Osun Poll: PDP sets up seven-man campaign committee

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun said a seven-man committee had been set up to coordinate its campaign ahead…

300 Oyo delegates for APC National Convention

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State on Tuesday said 300 delegates from the state would be attending the…

Dublin announces full probe into Catholic baby homes

The Irish government said on Tuesday it would launch a full-scale investigation into controversial Catholic homes for unmarried mothers, following…

Jonathan inaugurates 1,000 housing units for police

President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, inaugurated 1,000 housing units for the police at Dakwa, Abuja and urged other security agencies…

Gunman kills one in new US school shooting

A gunman shot and killed a student at an Oregon high school Tuesday, in the latest in a spate of…

Jihadists seize another Iraqi city

Jihadists overran Iraq’s second city of Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province and parts of Kirkuk on Tuesday, in a major…

Oldest Catholic priest laid to rest in Lagos

The oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria, the late Monsignor Pedro Martins, was on Tuesday laid to rest in Lagos amidst…

Diezani nominated as OPEC secretary-general – Iraqi Oil Minister

Iraqi Oil Minister, Abdelkarim al-Luaybi on Tuesday 10 June claimed that Nigeria had nominated Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed…

Five US soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Afghanistan

A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent “friendly fire” accident during clashes with insurgents,…

APC Members Slump In Abeokuta

Some members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday slumped at the June 12 Cultural…

Global Aid To Education Down 10% Since 2010

Aid to education is seriously declining: it fell by just over 6% between 2010 and 2011, and a further 3%…

Jihadists seize Iraq’s Nineveh province

Jihadists Tuesday seized Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, whose capital Mosul is the country’s second-largest city, in a major blow…

Two Russian tourists dead in India bus accident

A bus carrying Russian tourists plunged into a river in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least two and injuring…

Bomb Scare At Wuse Market Abuja

Sola Adeola/Abuja There was bomb scare in Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Tuesday. Residents woke up to see that…

Kano Airport Harassment: ‘I Drove Myself For 5hrs To Abuja’

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has narrated how he escaped from Kano to Abuja on Sunday night when his life…

Teenager Faces Trial For Raping 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday held that a teenager, Avoseh Satingo, has a case to answer…

Sanusi’s Coronation: Protesters Occupy Emir’s Palace

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Newly crowned Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Sarki Lamido Sanusi Lamido is operating from a temporary office in…

Syria begins prisoners release

Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, human rights lawyers…

Angelina Jolie launches fight against rape

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday launched a four-day summit on ending rape in…

UN urges Nigerians to work for safe release of Chibok girls

Said Djinnit, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative to West Africa, on Monday urged Nigerians to close ranks and work toward…

Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew

The highly charged trial of 15 crew members from South Korea’s ferry disaster began Tuesday to shouts of “murderers” from…

Kenyan Muslim preacher shot dead

Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Tuesday shot dead an influential moderate Muslim preacher who was a…

Tinubu Blasts Jonathan Over Chibok Girls

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has decried the Federal Government’s handling of the rescue of over 200 students kidnapped from Government Girls…

8 Arrested Over Ekiti Violence

The Police Command in Ekiti State says it has arrested eight persons in connection with Saturday’s clash that led to…