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Nurse killed after N1.5m ransom paid to abductors

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JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A 43 year-old kidnap victim, Bridget Osawaru, has been allegedly murdered by her abductors after they collected N1.5…

1-2-3 babies for Judith Amaechi at UPHTH

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Wife of the Rivers State Governor Dame Judith Amaechi on Wednesday visited the first baby delivered at the Braithwaite Memorial…

3 clearing agents, trader arrested for N350m drug shipment

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Simon Ateba/Lagos Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three customs licensed clearing and forwarding agents…

3 injured as Shi’ite muslims, Zaria community clash

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The Nigerian Police in the northern city of Zaria, Kaduna State on Thursday averted what could have snowballed into a…

We Are Ogu and not Egun, says group

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Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A minority ethnic group commonly, in western Nigeria, referred to for several centuries as Egun, has rejected…

Central Africa in turmoil over scramble for resources

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(Reuters) – Mariam watched in horror as militiamen burst through the gate of her home in Central African Republic’s capital…

Justice Kawu interred at home

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The body of Justice Sa’idu Kawu, retired judge of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, was buried on Thursday in Ilorin according to…

APC says Jonathan’s letter crosses line of decency

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has deconstructed President Goodluck Jonathan’s response to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s scathing open letter and its…

Jonathan cautions media against sensationalism

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has cautioned Nigeria’s media against misrepresenting what he said, citing the report on his speech on…

Hery Raja leads Madagascar poll

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The favourite of Madagascar strongman Andry Rajoelina was leading run-off presidential polls with two-thirds of ballots counted on Thursday, though…

Reports: Deposed Akure monarch pleads for reinstatement

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The deposed monarch of the western Nigeria town of Akure, Oluwadare Adepoju Adesina, has urged the government of state of…

Kenyatta, Desalegn in Juba for peace talks

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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn flew into Juba on Thursday for talks with South Sudanese…

Chad peacekeepers killed in Central Africa

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Five peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in clashes in the Central African Republic capital, the force’s spokesman said today…

Justice Kawu to be buried today

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The burial rites for retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Saidu Kawu, will take place today in Ilorin, capital…

Trending: You do not own Nigeria, Jonathan tells Obasanjo

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President Goodluck Jonathan continued to seize every opportunity he gets to aim shots at “some Nigerians’ who behave as if…

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood gets terrorist tag

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CAIRO, (AFP) – Egypt’s military-installed rulers declared the Muslim Brotherhood of ousted president Mohamed Morsi a “terrorist” organisation Wednesday, signalling…

FG repatriates 80 Nigerians from Saudi Arabia

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The first batch of 80 Nigerians of the 508 scheduled to be repatriated from Saudi Arabia arrived in the country…

Primate Akinola: My abductors took my shoes, my shirt

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The immediate past primate of Anglican Church, Peter Akinola who was abducted by gunmen in Abeokuta yesterday and…

Pope prays for South Sudan, Syria on first Christmas

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VATICAN CITY (AFP) – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for humanitarian aid access in Syria and “social harmony” in South…

Kwankwaso teaches Okonjo-Iweala how to balance budget

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Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala said Nigeria will be spending 78 per cent of its income on recurrent…

Jonathan drags OBJ to rights body, ICPC, EFCC

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The public spat between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan is far from over. Yesterday, Jonathan asked the…

Energy Minister to resign in Philippine over power supply

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In some countries, ministers quit over failure to do public duty; in Nigeria they stay put in office, even if…

Lawal, ex-commissioner in Lagos dies

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JAMIU YISA Former governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Professor Kunle Lawal, is dead. He was aged 54. It was learnt…

Nigerian state to build hospital to treat snake bites

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The central Nigerian state of Gombe said it had awarded a N500 million(about $3.5million) contract for the building of a…

Political drama in Kano House as Kwankwaso presents budget

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MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The Kano State House of Assembly has received the 2014 budget from Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso. The ceremony was…

Pope Francis marks first Christmas eve mass

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VATICAN CITY, (AFP) – Pope Francis held his first Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican on Tuesday by highlighting the…

Police: Primate Akinola rescued

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Most Rev. Peter Akinola, retired primate of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, kidnapped Tuesday by an armed gang, has been…

South Sudan slides into civil war, ethnic cleansing on the rise

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JUBA (AFP) – Thousands of South Sudanese have been killed in over a week of violence with reports of bodies…

Church roof crumbles on priest during mass

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Christmas Eve mass in a church nestled in the French Alps came to an abrupt end Tuesday when part of…

Army re-enacts Odi massacre in Borno, burns down villages

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A military offensive in northeast Nigeria that killed more than 50 Islamist rebels has destroyed four villages and left corpses…

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