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Federer, Hewitt, Sharapova crash out on Black Wednesday

Defending champion Roger Federer followed other notable big guns in world tennis when he crashed out of Wimbledon on Wednesday.…

Bank staff arrested for robbery

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Robert Olusegun, a staff of a new generation bank who waylaid a customer and robbed him of N4.7…

3 Hezbollah-linked Lebanese charged with terrorism

Nigeria on Wednesday charged three Lebanese allegedly linked to the militant Shiite movement Hezbollah with terrorism related offences. Five Lebanese…

8 Arrested At Fake Cement Factory

The Nigerian Army Wednesday disclosed that eight persons have been arrested at a fake cement factory in Ewekoro town in…

Robbers Raid Hotel For Dollars

Unidentified gunmen on Monday struck at a popular hotel in Ajao Estate, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, and carted away millions…

How I Esaped From Prison —Re-Arrested Suspect

A former militant leader turned suspected kidnapper, has opened up on how he escaped from Oko Prison custody. The suspect,…

Reps Member Decries Persecution Of Fani-Kayode

Executive Chairman, House Committee on Human Rights, Rotimi Makinde representing Ife Central Constituency in the House of Representatives, has condemned…

The Highway Of Death

Nigerians are not finding it easy on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway writes EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The refusal of both the Federal Government…

Australian PM ousted in party vote

SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia’s former leader Kevin Rudd ousted Prime Minister Julia Gillard as Labor chief in a dramatic internal…

Archbishop prays for Mandela’s peaceful end

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela’s close family on Tuesday gathered to hear a sombre prayer wishing the anti-apartheid icon a…

Tinubu commissions Mokola Flyover Bridge, 2 others

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The sprawling city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, literally stood still on Tuesday, as dignitaries trooped in…

Amaechi vows to lead protest against Police chief, FG

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Nigeria’s Rivers State has vowed that he is just waiting for an…

Politician charged with rape of minor

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria’s central state of Kwara, has ordered the remand in prison of…

UK envoy: No final decision on visa bond for Nigerians

The British High Commissioner in Nigeria has thrown more light on the controversial 3000 pounds bond being proposed as a…

Gen. Useni, ex-Abuja minister faces trial for graft

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Thirteen years after he was first docked before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on an alleged…

The Disease Called Food Waste

Think. Eat. Save. Reduce your foodprint. That’s the theme of World Environment Day 2013. The new food-inspired global campaign focuses…

Panasonic Tackles Power Surge With New Product Range

In bid to constantly remain the home appliance brand of choice among Nigerian consumers, Panasonic has unveiled its new range…

Ahead NGF Meeting: Amaechi Confers With Obasanjo

Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi, is leaving nothing to chance as he…

Another Deathrow Inmate Faces Firing Squad

A prison inmate on deathrow in Benin City, capital of Edo State, southsouth Nigeria, ThankGod Ebhos, will any moment from…

Fashola To Construct 450 Roads By 2015

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says his administration targets completing 450 roads before the end of his second term…

2 Brothers Rent Out R/Parlour For N2m To 100 Tenants

Two brothers, Idowu Usman, 40, and Rasheed Usman, 38, have  been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly…

7 Rapists Jailed 52 Years

Seven rapists have been jailed by various family courts for aggregate 52 years for raping adult female and minor girls…

Jonathan Orders Sack Of Corrupt Civil Servants

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday directed the Head of Service of the Federation to provide immediate solutions to corruption and…

Convicts At Kuje Prison Call For Amnesty

Some convicts at the Medium Security Prison, Kuje, Abuja, on Monday pleaded with the authorities to consider them for amnesty.…

Qatar emir abdicates in favour of son

Qatar emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani abdicated in favour of his 33-year-old son, Sheikh Tamim, on Tuesday, in a…

Fears mount for critically ill Mandela

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – Nelson Mandela spent a second night in critical condition in hospital with his family members, compatriots and…

Ex-Italian PM jailed for sex with under-aged prostitute

An Italian court on Monday sentenced Silvio Berlusconi to seven years in jail and banned the former premier from public…

4 convicts hanged in Benin

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Four convicts who had been on the death row were Monday executed by hanging in Benin City, capital…

£3,000 bond for visa: Britain clarifies policy

Britain confirmed Monday that only visitors deemed to pose a “high risk” of overstaying their visas would need to provide…

Wimbledon Tennis: Nadal crashes to earth on day one

Rafael Nadal suffered Wimbledon humiliation at the hands of Belgian world number 135 Steve Darcis on Monday, a shock first…