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Supporters of Museveni remove Kampala Mayor

The mayor of Uganda’s capital Kampala was ousted from office by local councillors on Monday after a lengthly power struggle…

Lai Mohammed: Jega’s credibility gone with Anambra poll

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta As controversy continues to dog the 16 November governorship election in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra,…

Sugary Drinks Increase Cancer In Women

Women addicted to sugar-sweetened beverages and carbonated drinks do not only risk obesity, diabetes and heart disease, they also risk…

Israel To Deport African Migrants

The Israeli cabinet has approved measures aimed at deporting thousands of Africans who illegally entered the country and who are…

TUC advocates pay rise for Nigerian workers

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Monday requested the Federal Government to revisit the issue of pay rise…

Fatal abortion: Court rules doctor has case to answer

A Magistrate’s Court in Yaba, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Monday held that a 35-year-old doctor, Edeye Monday, had a case…

Michael Jackson Killed Himself —Doctor

Doctor Conrad Murray, personal doctor of the late King o Pop, Michael Jackson, has disclosed in an exclusive interview with…

300 Gunmen Sack Jos Town, Kill 5

Some 300 gunmen stormed a mostly Christian village in central Nigeria on Sunday, killing five people and burning scores of…

Iyayi’s Burial: ASUU Bars Govt Officials

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has barred government officials from participating in the burial programmes of its former…

12-Year Old Girl Commits Suicide

A 12-year-old girl, Miss Chisom Okechukwu, has committed suicide by hanging herself at her family compound at Nnoche-Uduke Community in…

Court reinstates sacked council chairman in Rivers State

Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt A Nigerian high Court in the oil-rich city of Port Harcourt,Rivers state has reinstated the sacked…

APC begs Bafarawa over visit to Wammako

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have apologised to former Governor Attahiru Bafarawa of Sokoto State for…

Jonathan back home, cancels meeting with G7

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan returned to Abuja from London on Sunday evening and declared that he is “very okay…

President Jonathan Sacks Aide

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday terminated the appointment of Mrs. Aisha Umar as his Special Assistant on Social Development. The…

Hundreds of gunmen storm Plateau state, kill five persons

Some 300 gunmen stormed a mostly Christian village in the central Nigerian state of Plateau killing five persons and burning…

Zimbabwe gives Nigerian traders quit notice

Zimbabwean authorities say they have given foreign shop-owners, mostly Chinese and Nigerian nationals, an ultimatum to shut down their businesses…

APC tackles INEC again: Anambra election a parody

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is not relenting in driving home the message to the Independent National Electoral Commission, why…

Israel slams Iran nuclear deal

Israel said Sunday that a nuclear deal struck Sunday between Iran and world powers in Geneva was “bad” as Tehran…

In Pictures: Polishing shoes for Guinness Records

Some 800 participants celebrate after polishing their leather shoes on a street in Tokyo’s Taito ward, a district famous for…

In picture: Pope Francis gets FIFA Jersey No 10

FIFA president, Sepp Blatter has visited Pope Francis in the Vatican, during which he presents FIFA Jersey Number 10 to…

Iran, world powers agree nuclear deal

GENEVA (AFP) – World powers Sunday agreed a landmark deal with Iran halting parts of its nuclear programme in what…

Boko Haram militants sack village, kill 12

Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed 12 people in Nigeria’s restive northeast, burning homes and stealing cars in an area…

Angolan police kills opposition activist, detains 292 protesters

(Reuters) – Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country…

It’s Official: Tiwa Savage Now Mrs Balogun

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Nigerian music diva, Tiwatope Savage Saturday afternoon officially got married to her beau, Tunji Balogun. At a star-studded…

ASUU wants to meet President Jonathan

Nigeria’s striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rose from a two-day National Executive Council Meeting (NEC) on Saturday in…

Jonathan’s acute abdomen ailment: What it means

Forty-eight hours after President Goodluck Jonathan suddenly fell ill and was forced to skip a meeting Thursday in London with…

2 parties back INEC’s partial poll in Anambra

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), two fringe political associations in Nigeria, have supported…

Akhigbe buried amidst eulogies

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Former Nigerian Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Akhigbe, was Saturday buried in Fugar, Etsako Central local government…

Jonathan had ‘acute abdomen’ crisis , returns Sunday

Doctors who examined and treated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for the sudden onset of severe abdominal pains in London have…

Complainant vows to drop charge if accused swear on Qu’ran

A prosecution witness, Hassana Suleiman, has told a Mararaba Grade 1 Upper Area Court, in the central Nigerian state of…