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16 Ugandan Women Die Of Childbirth Complications Daily

As she lay bleeding to death in Valente Inziku’s arms in a Ugandan government hospital in October 2010, Jennifer Anguko,…

Use your wealth for humanity, Umeh tells rich Nigerians

Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has called on wealthy Nigerians and politicians to use…

Hajj: Last batch of Ogun pilgrims arrives Saudi Arabia

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The last batch of pilgrims from Ogun state early Monday arrived the city of Medina, Saudi Arabia to…

In Pictures: Nigeria troops record victory in Konduga

Five Boko Haram militants surrendered to Nigeria troops in Konduga the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on its Twitter page on…

Ghani named next Afghan president, signs power-sharing deal

Former finance minister Ashraf Ghani was declared Afghanistan’s next president on Sunday, hours after signing a power-sharing deal with his…

University: Jigawa to pay N143m compensation to communities

Jigawa State Government has earmarked N143 million for payment as compensation to farmers whose lands were acquired for the construction…

Awujale, Oba Akiolu are my adopted fathers – Emir of Kano

Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu Ode The Emir of Kano, HRH Muhammed Sanusi II has declared that both the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba…

Lagos shifts school resumption date

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola Sunday announced Monday 8 October 2014 as new date for resumption of schools in…

African First Ladies will continue to support peace – Patience

Mrs Patience Jonathan, wife of the president of Nigeria, assured the international community that spouses of presidents in Africa will…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Oyedepo urges PDP elders to reconcile aggrieved members

Chief Iyiola Oyedepo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Kwara, on Sunday urged the Elders Committee of the party…

Liberia to send 1,000 Ebola beds to Monrovia

Liberia announced plans Sunday for a four-fold increase in beds for Ebola patients in its overwhelmed capital Monrovia, as US…

Boko Haram militants surrender to Nigeria troops

Five Boko Haram militants have surrendered to Nigeria troops in Konduga the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said on its Twitter page…

Survivor of Synagogue church collapse tells of days in darkness

Lying in the rubble of the guesthouse, only able to tell if it was night or day through a tiny…

Hajj 2014: Bauchi airport begins operation

The Deputy Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Sagir Saleh on Sunday, said 530 intending pilgrims in the state left for…

APC warns against plan to postpone 2015 elections

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned those nursing the plan to postpone the 2015 general elections to perish the…

PDP a communist party – Balewa

Son of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa has questioned the decision of the leadership of…

Boko Haram: FG to restore power supply in Borno soon

The Federal Government said on Sunday that it was doing everything possible to restore power supply in Borno, following an…

2015: Tafawa Balewa’s son to contest PDP presidency against Jonathan

Eromosele Ebhomele Son of Nigeria’s First Republic Prime Minister, Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa, at the weekend declared he would…

Roadblocks remain banned, says Police IG

The Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba,said the ban on roadblocks introduced by his predecessor, Muhammed Abubakar in March…

Lagos schools to resume Monday

All is now set for the resumption of school activities in Lagos state following the decision by the Federal Government…

Anambra NUT issues condition for schools’ resumption

The Anambra Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has expressed its readiness for schools’ resumption on September 22,…

Al-Hikmah varsity produces 16 First Class graduates

A private university in Ilorin, the Kwara capital, Al-Hikmah, on Saturday graduated 658 students, with 16 of them bagging First…

Filling stations in Kuje resume sale of petrol

Some filling stations in Kuje Area Council in the FCT, have started selling Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) barely 48-hours after…

Bahrain court upholds five-year jail terms for activists

A Bahraini appeals court Sunday confirmed five-year jail terms imposed on nine Shiites, among them a photojournalist and an online…

Egypt military aircraft crash kills six

An Egyptian military aircraft crashed while on a training mission on Sunday after a technical failure, killing six soldiers, the…

Maina commends Jonathan’s affirmative action

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, on Saturday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for adhering to…

Jonathan goes to New York for UN Assembly

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan left Abuja today for New York to attend the 69th Session of the United Nations General…

Ebola: FCT distributes preventive items to schools

The FCT Administration has commenced the distribution of preventive items against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as directed by the…

Nigerian baby cleared of Ebola suspicion in Australia

A Nigerian child who was suspected to have been infected with Ebola has been cleared of the illness in a…

Ghana youths selling their blood for money

To Ghana’s legions of jobless young men, Eric Bimpong has a money-making proposition: sell your blood. Bimpong spends his days…