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Nigeria Police commences special operations against terror

Frank Mba, Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, has disclosed that the law enforcement agency has commenced an…

Yoruba leaders should forge a synergy –Senator Ayo Fasanmi

Funsho Arogundade Frontline politician and Afenifere chieftain, Senator Ayo Fasanmi, has urged fellow Yoruba leaders to forget their differences and…

Fayemi to start teaching at state varsity in October

Governor Kayode Fayemi of western Nigerian state of Ekiti has said he will start teaching at the state-owned university in…

Tunisian leader takes massive paycut

Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki announced on Friday his decision to voluntarily take a two-thirds pay cut as the government grapples…

World Bank gives Bauchi $50m education grant

The Bauchi State Government said it accessed 50 million dollars (N8.5 billion) grant from the World bank for the improvement…

Okon Uya, ex-NECON chairman dies

A former chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, during the Babangida era, Professor Okon Uya, is dead. He…

FUTMINNA students lament lack of accommodation

Returning students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, FUTMINNA, have decried shortage of hostel accommodation and inability to log…

Protesting Malaysians brand Obama enemy of Islam

About 100 Malaysian Muslim activists protested Friday outside the US embassy against the coming visit by President Barack Obama, denouncing…

Crack smoking mayor launches bid for re-election

Toronto’s scandal-plagued mayor Rob Ford, who has admitted to binge drinking and smoking crack, has launched his bid for re-election.…

12 killed in worst-ever Everest accident

KATHMANDU (AFP) – At least 12 Nepalese guides preparing routes up Mount Everest for commercial climbers were killed Friday by…

Outstanding LASPOTECH students get employment, cash reward

Harrison Iyoha Two outstanding students of Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, Adebola Oluwatosin Adedoyin and Tolulope Adeolu Ige, have been given…

News Analysis: Big blow on Nigeria’s military

By Bayo Onanuga Skeptics of Nigeria’s military campaign against the murderous Boko Haram gunmen in Nigeria’s northeast now have a…

Confab dissolves into 20 Committees

The plenary session of the National Conference in Abuja drew to a temporary close on Thursday as delegates get set…

First Earth-sized planet in star’s “habitable zone” found

As­tro­no­mers said they have found an Earth-sized plan­et, out­side our own so­lar sys­tem, or­bit­ing a star at a dis­tance suit­a­ble…

South Sudan: Gunmen storm UN refugee base, kill 20

At least 20 people were killed and another 70 injured by gunmen posing as peaceful protestors who stormed a UN…

Student arrested for swindling WASC exam candidates

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has arrested a 20-year-old student for swindling candidates participating in the ongoing 2014 May/June…

Abducted school girls: Nigeria’s military say they goofed

Nigeria’s military authorities have acknowledged that they goofed over their statement that all but eight of the 129 abducted school…

DSS arraigns kidnappers of Archbishop Kattey

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Three men suspected to be the kidnappers of Bishop Ignatius Cosby Ogborun Kattey, the Anglican ArchBishop of…

APC governors not invited to security summit, says Akpabio

Governors of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC were not invited to the expanded security meeting called by President Goodluck…

Security Summit: APC governors told meeting called off

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has debunked criticisms that its governors shunned an enlarged meeting on security with President Goodluck…

NEMA names 136 injured bomb blast victims

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday in Abuja, released the names of 136 casualties of Monday’s bomb blast…

US city ditches water reservoir after man urinates in it

The US city of Portland, Oregon, is ditching 38 million gallons of drinking water from a reservoir after a teenager…

Obama urges Democrats to be proud of Obamacare

US President Barack Obama told fellow Democrats to stop saying sorry for his health care law Thursday, revealing that eight…

LASU lecturers set to go on strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo Chapter, has threatened to go on strike at…

LAUTECH to graduate 21,647

No fewer than 21,647 students will be conferred with degrees and prizes of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH),…

Chelsea Clinton is pregnant

America’s former first daughter Chelsea Clinton announced in New York today that she is pregnant with her first baby, giving…

Godfather of magic realism, Garcia Marquez dies at 87

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship…

APC aids and abets terrorism – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of aiding and abetting terrorism in the country…

FG should adopt modern approach in fighting insurgents – Sokoto Speaker

Malam Lawali Zaiyana, Speaker, Sokoto State House of Assembly has urged the Federal Government to adopt advanced security approach in…

We’ve not received salaries since December 2013 – LAUTECH doctors

The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso Chapter, has appealed to Oyo and Osun state…