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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…

Asa river claims one life, destroys properties

Stephen Oni,Ilorin The Asa river in Afon, headquarters of Asa local government area, Kwara State, has over flown its bank,…

Taraba sets up medical panel to verify Suntai’s health

Mr Josiah Kente, the Speaker of the Taraba House of Assembly, has set up a five-man medical panel to verify…

In Pictures: Jonathan’s condolence visit to Synagogue

President Goodluck Jonathan pays a condolence visit to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos.

Akpabio, Fayose urge PDP members to collect voter card

Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday appealed to members to obtain the INEC permanent voter card ahead…

In Pictures: Jonathan and PDP hold rally in Lagos

Photos By Emmanuel Osodi President Goodluck Jonathan storm Lagos State for PDP’s South-West Sensitisation Rally.

Jonathan thanks PDP for adopting him

President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed gratitude to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for giving him the opportunity to fly the…

2015: PDP will hold primaries in Lagos, say Shelle, Obanikoro

The Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tunji Shelle, said on Saturday that the party would…

50 armed men attack Rivers community, behead youth

Over 50 armed men have invaded Taaba Community in Khana Local Government Area. The Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State…

Ecuador vice president’s father gets 20 years for rape

The father of Ecuador’s vice president was sentenced to 20 years for raping a 13-year old girl, the prosecutor’s office…

Boko Haram ‘kill several’ as they loot Borno market

Boko Haram gunmen stormed a crowded market in Nigeria’s restive northeastern state of Borno, killing several people and carting away…

Belgium thwarts jihadist attacks

The Belgian authorities have prevented several attacks by jihadist fighters returning home from Syria and by sympathisers with the Islamic…

Abandoned day old baby found in gutter

Kayode Aponmade An abandoned day old baby boy has been rescued from a drainage channel on Holy Timothy Street Aboru,…

Guber aspirant hails Jonathan’s transformation agenda

A governorship aspirant in Abia, Uche Ogah, on Saturday lauded President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda, saying it had launched the…

Ebola: UNICEF makes case for Liberia, Sierra-Leone, others

Mrs Jane Giogh, United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) representative in Nigeria, has appealed to countries with adequate human resources…

Yemen clashes ground planes, close schools

Flights to the Yemeni capital were suspended for a second straight day Saturday as the toll mounted from clashes between…

Benue to create 12 local government councils

Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue said arrangements had been concluded to create 12 additional local government councils in the state…

Woman arrested for stripping friend naked in public

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 23-year old woman, Joy Okafor has been arrested by the police for ripping off the cloths of…

Jonathan visits Synagogue as death toll stands at 86

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited the collapsed guesthouse at a mega-church in Lagos, promising to investigate the cause…

Bunkering: Navy destroys 53 illegal refineries

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Delta, Warri, said on Saturday that it has destroyed 53 illegal refineries in Ashafama forest…

Ebola: Lagos clears last suspect, affirms Sept. 22 resumption date

The Lagos State Government on Friday said the last suspected case of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the state…

Orji Kalu acquires jet for N11.5b

Chief Orji Kalu, the immediate past governor of Abia state and Chairman of Slok Group of Companies has purchased a…

India court sends 13 men to jail over gang-rape of tribal woman

An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a…

One dead as Christ Chosen building collapses

Jethro Ibileke/Benin At least one person have been confirmed dead in a collapsed storey building belonging to Christ Chosen Church…

Drunken hunter fights crocodile with an eye-poke

A tipsy goose hunter said Saturday he lived to tell the tale of being attacked by a two-metre-long crocodile in…

Synagogue: Forensic test needed to identify victims – NEMA

Charles Otegbade, Director, Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said proper forensic test was needed to identify the…

Ogun postpones resumption date of schools to Oct. 8

The Ogun Government on Friday in Abeokuta announced 8 October as the new resumption date for private and public schools…