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Voters Registration: Edo monarch alleges plot to disenfranchise Benin

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Ahead of the commencement of voter’s registration exercise and distribution of voters’ permanent cards in Edo state later…

Doctors’ Strike: Hospital detains mother, triplet over unpaid bill

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Delta state-based fashion designer, Godswill Echenim, has appealed to the Delta state government and the general public…

Ebola: Kaduna records first suspected case

A student at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) has been put into isolation at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital,…

Islamic State claims to behead second US reporter

The so-called “Islamic State” released a video on Tuesday showing a masked militant apparently beheading an American journalist and threatening…

Fire guts Big Brother House in S.Africa

Henry Ojelu Fire has gutted the studio of Big Brother Africa (BBA) halting the launch of Big Brother Hotshots. The…

UK to drop arrest warrant against tumour boy’s parents

British prosecutors said Tuesday that they were “taking steps to withdraw” an arrest warrant against the parents of Ashya King…

World ‘losing battle’ to contain Ebola – MSF

International medical agency Medecins sans Frontieres said Tuesday the world was “losing the battle” to contain Ebola as the United…

2015: Alao-Akala to contest Oyo guber election

Former governor of Oyo state, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, would on Thursday formally declare his intention to contest the governorship election…

30 inmates graduate in vocational studies at Agodi prison

No fewer than 30 inmates of Agodi prison in Ibadan have benefitted from the vocational training programmes organised by the…

Saudi arrests 88 in ‘anti-terrorism’ drive

Saudi Arabia has arrested 88 suspected extremists, more than half of them ex-Qaeda detainees who had previously been released, the…

Uganda children ‘taken from families’ to feed overseas adoption boom

Authorities in Uganda have raised fears that the east African nation’s children are being left vulnerable to abuse and exploitation…

Nasarawa govt. awards N1bn contract for Lafia market

The Nasarawa state government has awarded a N1 billion contract for the construction of Lafia international modern market. Emmanuel Jaji,…

Mixed reports as Boko Haram claims another town in Borno

Nigeria’s militant Islamist sect Boko Haram has seized the key northeastern town of Bama after fierce fighting with government forces,…

Ebola: FG Bans Importation Of Bush Meat

The Nigerian governemnt has banned the importation of bush meat into the country following the outbreak of Ebola Disease Virus,…

Why I Killed My Father Over Cigarette —Son

Jethro Ibileke/Benin  A 22-year-old man, Bestman Momodu, has confessed that he killed his father over a missing stick of cigarette.…

Forgive Me, Gov Chime’s Wife Begs Him

Jeminat Adamson The estranged wife of Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Clara Chime, has begged her husband for forgiveness over her…

Africa must tackle scourge of terrorism, leaders warn

African leaders said Tuesday the continent must work together to end the “scourge” of terrorism, amid fears of a growing…

Concerns over food shortages in Ebola-hit nations

The United Nations warned on Tuesday of “grave food security concerns” in the west African countries hardest hit by the…

500,000 displaced by Ukraine conflict – UN

Fighting in Ukraine has forced over half a million people to flee their homes, the UN refugee agency said Tuesday,…

Saudi Arabia beheads 3 Syrian drug traffickers

Three Syrians convicted of drug trafficking were executed by the sword in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, the interior ministry announced.…

Ebola kills 31 people in DR Congo – WHO

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 31 people and the epidemic remains…

Ikimi is a traitor, acting the PDP script… Good Riddance! – Bola Tinubu

I ordinarily would not have responded to Tom Ikimi’s lengthy chronicle of falsehoods, cheap blackmail and abuse. My only reason…

Bus conductor bites off passenger’s ear over N20

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 32-year old conductor, Taye Ajayi has been arrested and charged before Lagos court for biting off the…

Woman arrested for pouring faeces into vendors’ soup

Cyriacus Izuekwe A 45-year old woman, Mrs Adedayo Fashola has been arrested and charged to Isolo Magistrate’s court for allegedly…

Over 7000 groups back Jonathan for 2015 – Alkali

Prof. Rufai Alkali, Special Adviser to the President on Politics, claims there are over 7,000 Goodluck Support Groups (GSGs) across…

Lesotho PM expected to return after ‘coup’

Lesotho’s prime minister is set to return home Tuesday after three days in exile in neighbouring South Africa, as regional…

FCT to clamp down on unpainted cabs

As the 1 October deadline for the registration of unpainted commercial vehicles commonly known as “kabu kabu” approaches, the FCT…

Army reviews curfew in Maiduguri

The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri said on Monday that it had “reviewed upward” the curfew imposed…

Amnesty condemns IS ‘ethnic-cleansing’ in Iraq

Amnesty International has accused Islamic State jihadists of “systematic ethnic cleansing” and mass killings of minorities in northern Iraq, in…

Three injured as Laurent Gbagbo’s party HQ is ransacked

The headquarters of the party of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo were ransacked on Monday, leaving three people injured, a…