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FERMA set to tackle defecation on highways

Mr Kehinde Afolabi, a Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) engineer on Tuesday said that the agency was collaborating with the…

FG begs Boko Haram sponsors to stop funding them

The Federal Government has appealed to financiers of the Boko Haram insurgents to desist from sponsoring the terrorists and surrender…

Ekiti Teachers vow not to resume Oct. 8

The Ekiti Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Tuesday called on its members not to resume for…

2015: Gov. Aliyu promises to announce PDP flag bearer

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday said that members of the public would know who the Peoples Democratic Party…

Peter Obi finally defects to PDP from APGA

The former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, On Tuesday formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the…

British troops train ahead of Ebola mission in S. Leone

Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to…

Navy impounds 2,000 gallons of petroleum products

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday in Lagos said it impounded over 2,000 gallons of petroleum products from some suspected vandals’…

$5.7m arms money: Jonathan embarrassing Nigeria globally – APC

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) wants President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently address Nigerians on the serial…

Russians praise ‘Herculean’ Putin on birthday

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of…

Five Afghan gang rapists to be hanged

Five Afghan men are due to be hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women after a trial…

Ponmo consumption is dangerous to health – Leather Scientist

Dr Isuwa Adamu, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zaria, on Tuesday warned against the consumption of…

2015: No rift over consensus candidate – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has dismissed rumours of a rift in the party over the endorsement…

PDP Elders excludes former Minister, lawyer from guber race

The PDP elders’ caucus in Benue South West Senatorial zone has excluded former Niger Delta minster Sam Odeh and Mr…

Myanmar frees 3,000 prisoners, including ex-military chiefs

Myanmar began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners on “humanitarian” grounds, officials said Tuesday, in the latest large-scale amnesty in the…

FG to improve training of Niger Delta Youths – Minister

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Stephen Oru, in Abuja on Tuesday reiterated the ministry’s commitment to empower youths…

EU demands explanation from Spain on Ebola case

The European Union said Tuesday it has asked Spain to explain how a nurse treating Ebola patients in Madrid contracted…

Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of…

Robot cheerleaders, health T-shirts, mind-reading bar unveiled in Japan

Glasses that tell you how to get home, adverts that know where you are looking and a T-shirt that knows…

Gov. Yero urges religious tolerance for sustainable national growth

Governor Muktar Yero of Kaduna state on Monday advised Muslims and Christians to embrace and tolerate one another to guarantee…

Anambra police parade 40 armed robbers, kidnappers

The Nigeria Police operating under the code name “Operation Kpochapu” have arrested suspected fake number plates manufacturers specialised in car…

Pastor who made followers eat grass, now gives them petrol

Pastor Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Christ Ministries, in the South African capital of Pretoria is making his followers connect to…

IS jihadists ‘seize parts of key Syrian town’

Islamic State jihadists pushed into the key Syrian town of Kobane on the Turkish border Monday, seizing three districts in…

In Pictures: The glamorous Ojude Oba festival

Photos By Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu Ode

Ojude Oba 2014: Awujale renews call for Ijebu State

Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-Ode The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona,Ogbagba II has renewed his call for…

Abducted school teacher rescued by police

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The police in Delta state has rescued a kidnap victim, Abemu Gabriel, a school teacher from the hands…

Man, 39, arrested for violating two-year old girl

A 39 year-old man, Gbenga Anaorin, has been arrested and detained by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly having…

Dasuki defends $5.7mn arms transaction in South Africa

Nigeria has denied any wrongdoing over the $5.7million frozen by South Africa in a bank. In a reaction to the…

Boko Haram fires rocket at Cameroon, 8 killed

At least eight persons were killed in Cameroon on Monday in a rocket attack blamed on the Islamist group Boko…

Boko Haram beheads 7 in fresh attack

Boko Haram militants killed seven people early on Monday in the remote northeast of Nigeria, residents and an official said,…

Why I rejected the CON award – Oyegun

Chief John Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said he rejected the national award that…