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Italy swears in youngest Prime Minister

Italy’s youngest-ever prime minister Matteo Renzi, 39, and his fresh-faced cabinet were sworn in Saturday, at a ceremony led by…

People power triumphs in Ukraine as leader flees

Ukraine’s emboldened opposition pushed Saturday for Viktor Yanukovych to resign immediately amid reports that the embattled president had fled Kiev…

Birthday boy, Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe after cataract surgery

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe returned home Saturday morning from Singapore where he had gone for routine medical check ups, state…

‘Militiamen overrunning my state,’ cries Gov. Suswam

Governor Gabriel Suswam of the central Nigerian state of Benue said militiamen are overrunning his state, causing destruction of lives…

Arowolo: The journey to the gallows

Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Nigerian high court in Ikeja on Friday, 21 February 2014, sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death…

Senator Kaka: We are resolving Ogun APC crisis

Senator Adegbenga Sefiu Kaka tells ABIODUN ONAFUYE that the crisis in the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress,…

Two men with monkey tails

Akin Obasa Two men are being worshipped in India as incarnations of Hanuman the monkey deity because they have tails…

PDP will Crush APC In Rivers, says Wike

Okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the 2015 elections and even when President Goodluck Jonathan has not declared his intention to…

Zimbabwe to deport porno-charged ex-US congressman

Zimbabwe court strikes out ponographic possession charge A Zimbabwean court dismissed pornography charges against former congressman Mel Reynolds on Friday…

Kukah appointed pro-chancellor for Nasarawa varsity

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa, on Friday, approved the appointment of Bishop Hassan Kukah, the…

Nigerian student murdered in Ghana

Simon Ateba/Yaounde Godwin Ayogu, a Nigerian citizen, and a 300-level student at the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, has…

Tuesday declared public holiday in Plateau

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau state has declared Tuesday, February 25, a public holiday, to enable citizens vote for their…

Court bars Nigerian Police, SSS from arresting Sanusi

Akin Kuponiyi A Nigerian Federal High Court in Lagos has barred the agents of the Nigerian police and State Security…

Service Chiefs Visit Boko Haram Strongholds

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, has embarked on an operational visit to units within 7 Division…

Father, Daughter Burnt To Death

Oluwasanmi Joseph A man identified as Mr. Mathew Adewoye and his 8-month old daughter, Deborah, have been burnt to death…

Arowolo Sentenced To Death For Killing Banker Wife

Henry Ojelu & Irene Nwaro Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Ikeja High Court Friday sentenced Akolade Arowolo to death over…

Buhari says Sanusi’s sack an endorsement of corruption

Muhammadu Buhari (retd) former Head of State and chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC has described the suspension…

Somalia’s presidential palace hit by car bomb, gunmen

The presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, home to the country’s internationally-backed government, was hit by a massive car bomb…

PDP’s Plot To Capture Ekiti Will Spell Doom, says Fayemi

In this interview published in TheNEWS magazine this week, Governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Dr. Kayode Fayemi…

Sanusi: FG denies witch hunt in suspension

The Federal Government on Thursday said that the suspension of the Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, was not…

Jonathan promises to restore History in schools

President Goodluck Jonathan has promised to restore the teaching of history as a subject in primary and junior secondary schools.…

China protests Obama’s meeting with Dalai Lama

US President Barack Obama will host Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the White House on Friday, a…

‘Mafia’ gang led by Chinese business tycoon charged

China has charged with a string of murders and other crimes 36 members of a “mafia-style” gang led by a…

Fashola faults Jonathan over Sanusi’s suspension

Kazeem Ugbodaga Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has faulted President Goodluck Jonathan’s suspension of the Governor, Central Bank of…

Centenerian eyes US Congress seat

A Florida great-great grandfather has launched a campaign to run for the US Congress in November, running on a record…

98 corpses buried in Bama after Boko Haram assault

No less than 98 corpses have been buried in Bama, after the latest attack by Boko Haram gunmen. The official…

9 sleeping kids, 4 others killed by gunmen in Plateau state

Nine children, and four adults were killed by gunmen early today, the latest casualties of the incessant violence in Plateau…

Kwankwaso: Sanusi’s removal designed to hit Kano

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Governor Rabi’u Muhammad Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State, Northwest Nigeria on Thursday faulted the suspension of the Governor…

India to create the 29th state from Andhra Pradesh

India’s upper house of parliament Thursday passed a contentious bill to create a new state by splitting southern Andhra Pradesh…

Video: I will challenge my suspension in court, says Sanusi

Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, removed today by President Goodluck Jonathan as governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank says he will mount…