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Anti-graft officers raid Hong Kong media tycoon’s home

Hong Kong anti-corruption officials early Thursday raided the home of Jimmy Lai, an outspoken mogul whose media empire is often…

APC: How Prezy Candidate’ll Be Picked —Buhari

Eromosele Ebhomele National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has disclosed that the party’s primaries…

Emir’s Palace Now Boko Haram’s Headquarters

Boko Haram insurgents have begun to relocate from their camp in Sambisa forest in Borno State to captured territories in…

Akunyili Buried

Nkrumah Bankong-Obi The final burial rites for Professor Dora Akunyili, former director-General of the National Agency for Food Drug Administration…

Enugu Assembly approves new deputy governor

The Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed, Ralph Nwoye, as the new deputy governor of the state. The Assembly…

Gaza children left orphaned by bloody war

“She will call me Daddy and Mummy,” insisted 11-year-old Amir Hamad, cradling his infant sister in his arms after the…

Erdogan sworn in as new Turkey president

Turkey’s outgoing premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan was Thursday sworn in as president as opponents who accuse him of authoritarianism after…

Zimbabwe politicians warned against attacking Mugabe’s wife

President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party on Thursday warned party members against bad-mouthing the veteran leader’s wife, following her shock entry…

UN warns of S.Sudan famine after aid helicopter downed

War-torn South Sudan faces possible famine early next year, the UN chief in the country warned Thursday, as aid workers…

LASPOTECH Runs Against Cancer

Sulaimon Mojeeed-Sanni Students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH on 20 August, 2014, had its fourth marathon tagged ‘Race Against…

Knocks For OGD Over Comments On OOU Students’ Protest

Abiodun Onafuye Former governor of Ogun State, who is now a chieftain of  Labour Party, LP, in Ogun State, Otunba…

IS executes ‘dozens’ of captured Syrian soldiers

Islamic State fighters have executed “dozens” of Syrian soldiers it captured during its storming of a key northern air base…

Ebola cases could exceed 20,000 – WHO

The World Health Organization said Thursday it aimed to reverse the spread of Ebola within three months, but warned that…

Ebola death toll rises to 1,552, with 3,062 cases – WHO

The death toll from the Ebola outbreak tearing through West Africa has passed the 1,500 mark while the number of…

Ebola claims first victim in Port Harcourt

Nigeria on Thursday said that a doctor had died from Ebola in the southeastern oil city of Port Harcourt in…

Edo police kill notorious armed robber, smash syndicate

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A notorious armed robber identified as Samson Ahigbe, was Wednesday shot dead by operatives of the Edo state…

Encourage reading culture, SUBEB chairman tells principals

The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) says it has mandated principals in public schools in the state to…

Jang moves into new Government House 5 Sept

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau and his cabinet will move into the newly built Plateau Government House on Friday, September…

Magaji Danbatta, respected Northern elder, dies at 83

A respected Northern elder in Kano, Alhaji Magaji Danbatta, has died at the age of 83 after a brief illness.…

Japan seeks to double budget for disputed islands patrol

Japan’s coastguard is to ask for a doubling of its budget to boost patrols around islands that are the focus…

Lebanon plans law to stem growing child marriage trend

At 13, Samiha left school and the home she shared with 10 people near Baalbek in eastern Lebanon to live…

S. Korea ferry victim’s father ends 45-day hunger strike

The father of one of the high school students killed in South Korea’s ferry disaster on Thursday abandoned a hunger…

Head Niger parliament questioned in Nigerian baby-trafficking case

The head of parliament in Niger will be interrogated as part of a probe into international baby-trafficking, sources said on…

UK police arrest man in Pakistani politician murder case

British police on Wednesday arrested a 30-year old man in connection with the 2010 murder of influential Pakistani politician Imran…

US health worker home after ‘low-risk’ Ebola exposure

A health worker with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has returned to the United States after possible…

Cameroun kills 27 Boko Haram militants

Cameroun state-owned radio, CRTV says its military has killed 27 members of Islamist sect Boko Haram near a northeastern town.…

Namibia rocked as protestor shot dead in rare political unrest

A young woman was shot dead in Namibia on Wednesday in clashes between police and the children of fallen independence…

OBJ, Jonathan meet over insecurity in Nigeria

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan met today in Abuja to discuss nation’s…

Syria’s Assad forms government, appoints 11 new ministers

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad formed a new government on Wednesday, two months after his reelection, leaving key ministries untouched as…

Three Qaeda suspects die in clash with Yemen troops

Three Al-Qaeda suspects were killed in a clash with troops Wednesday in the southeastern Hadaramawt province, the scene of frequent…