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Chechnya leader gives ‘shoot to kill’ orders on Russian forces

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday ordered his troops to “shoot to kill” if they encountered any unauthorised Russian forces…

Xenophobia: AFBA to drag S.Africa to UN Security Council

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin Members of the African Bar Association (AFBA), have threatened to file criminal complaints against the government of the…

Boko Haram chase Nigerian troops from Sambisa

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Nigerian troops were forced to retreat from Boko Haram’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in the restive northeast after a landmine blast…

Murder: Lagos court frees APC chieftain, 2 others

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An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday in Lagos discharged and acquitted an APC chieftain, Dr Tola Kasali, 63,…

3.2 m Nigerians live with HIV

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The Society for Family Health says more than 3.2 million Nigerians are still living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).…

Notorious OLX nanny releases another kidnap victim

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The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday reunited Miss Henrietta Otobo, a 17-year-old kidnap victim with her family, Mr and…

Edo NLC run parallel congress, elect 2 chairmen

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis rocking Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, deepened on Thursday, following the emergence of two factional chairmen at…

Mark visits Buhari, talk strategizes

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Nigeria Senate President, David Mark has paid a courtesy visit to president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. The meeting which…

Fuel subsidy protest killing: Court adjourns to June 25

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A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere on Thursday adjourned to June 25, the hearing in the case involving a…

Peace returns to Durban, South Africa – Consul-General

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Mokgethi Monaisa, Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, says the violence in Durban has come to an end and…

Jonathan orders removal of his campaign posters

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Ahead of the May 29 Presidential inauguration, President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday ordered the removal of the campaign billboards, banners…

Traditional ruler in possession of police rifle detained in Benin

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arrested and detained the traditional ruler of Sasaro, a community in Akoko-Edo local…

France hunt accomplices in foiled church attack

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French police were hunting Thursday for possible accomplices to an Algerian student whose plan to attack churches was foiled when…

Boko Haram regroups en masse in Sambisa

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Boko Haram fighters have amassed in the group’s Sambisa Forest stronghold in northeast Nigeria, as a military offensive tries to…

Synagogue: Coroner to give verdict on building collapse next month

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A verdict on the causes of a deadly church building collapse that killed 116 people in Nigeria’s financial hub Lagos…

Boko Haram Commander killed by Nigerian troops – DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters said a notorious top terrorists’ Commander, Abu Mujahid, was among the terrorists that died during an encounter…

APC To Acting IG: Shun Partisanship, Embrace Professionalism

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the newly-appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, to approach his new task with…

Tributes For Late NIJ Lecturer

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Samson Uwala Lecturers and students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, Lagos could not hold back their tears recently…

ASUP Mourns Chukwumerije

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Damilare Okunola The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has expressed dismay over the demise of Senator Uche Chukwumerije, Chairman…

‘UNILORIN Law Faculty Best In Nigeria’

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Following the cumulative performance of its products in the 2014 Bar Final Examinations of the Nigerian Law School, the Council…

447 Houses In Danger Of Collapse In Lagos

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Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 447 defective buildings may collapse in Lagos as the state government has marked 191 other distressed buildings…

Corps Members Arrested For Selling Ballot Paper

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who served as adhoc staff during the 11 April…

Court throws out lawsuits challenging Buhari’s eligibility

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A Nigerian court Wednesday struck out two suits that disputed the eligibility of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari to stand for election,…

Bank’s Intern Steals Customers’ N53.6m

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Paul Iyoghojie The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a 31-year old graduate,…

Kenya kicks out top anti-corruption officials

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Kenya’s top anti-corruption officials were suspended Thursday following a bitter standoff with parliament and after they alleged widespread graft in…

SERAP drags South Africa to ICC over xenophobic attack

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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Mrs. Fatou Bensouda to use…

APC, Dapo Abiodun challenges Kashamu’s victory at tribunal

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The legal battle to ascertain the real winner of the senatorial seat of the Ogun East Senatorial District…

S.African police say murdered nun, 86, may have been raped

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Police in South Africa were on Thursday investigating whether an 86-year-old nun of Austrian origin found murdered had also been…

Buhari: Expect Changes From June 1

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General Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s President-elect, has said Nigerians should expect change from June 1 this year, noting that his administration…

Pakistan military kills 47 Taliban insurgents

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Pakistan’s military Thursday claimed to have killed at least 47 Taliban fighters in two days of airstrikes in the restive…

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