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Court Permits Indian Fraud Suspect To Travel Over Illness

By Henry Ojelu An Ikeja High Court has ordered that the international passport of an Indian national, Ashok Isran allegedly…

Russia eyes new airline for Crimea flights

A Russian minister said on Wednesday the government was discussing the creation of a new airline to serve the Ukraine’s…

No Ebola Virus At Seme Border ––NIS Boss

Jeff Ezemadu  The Comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service, Seme Command, Comptroller Domyil Barko, has said that there is no case…

Deep division in Nigeria after teenager murders husband

Many see Wasila Tasi’u as a victim: a 14-year old girl from a poor, strictly Muslim family in northern Nigeria,…

Amaechi, Rivers Police Boss Clash

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Governor Rotimi Amaechi-led Rivers State Government is on a collision course with the state Commissioner of…

Ebola Scare At Orile-Agege General Hospital

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Paul Iyoghojie There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the Orile-Agege General Hospital, Agege area of Lagos, southwest…

Lagos Set To Review Okada Ban

Eromosele Ebhomele Commercial motorcycle riders in Lagos State, western Nigeria, may soon have cause to rejoice as the state House…

Pope calls on UN to stop Iraq violence

Pope Francis has called on the international community and the United Nations in particular to do all they can to…

Germany urges nationals to leave Ebola-hit countries

Germany on Wednesday called on its nationals to leave Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone as the death toll from the…

Spain, Italy struggle with increase in illegal African migrants

Spain and Italy said on Wednesday they had rescued more than 2,300 African immigrants in just over 24 hours, plucking…

Kano women ditch hijab after suicide bombings

Women in north Nigeria’s largest city Kano are abandoning their traditional religious dress after a spate of suicide bombings by…

Humanitarian crisis warning after Boko Haram attack

Hundreds of people who escaped a Boko Haram attack need urgent help, a local lawmaker said on Wednesday, as those…

US wants punitive actions against South Sudan leaders

By Simon Ateba The United States Government said on Tuesday that punitive actions should be taken against South Sudanese leaders…

‘Osun Election True Democracy At Work’

Yisa Jamiu The Chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Area, Jide Jimoh, has described the re-election of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,…

Teenager caught sleeping with dog in Benin

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 19-year old boy (name withheld), was Tuesday arrested at Iguosa, a suburb community in Benin City,…

Navy applauds Anambra for checking insurgency, bunkering

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday applauded the Anambra government’s plan to position a mobile artillery on the River Niger to…

ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria

An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said on Tuesday, taking the total…

Military will not cede any part of Nigeria to terrorists – DHQ

The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of…

LASU fees, Ebola: Fashola seeks permission to re-order budget

By Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Tuesday urged the state House of Assembly to approve a…

INEC announces 11 October for Adamawa gov. election

The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday said the bye-election to elect a substantive governor for Adamawa State will hold on…

Deserting the military, no different from terrorism – Olukolade

Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday described desertion from the military as a crime that was as…

Police get approval to recruit more personnel

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Tuesday that the police has got approval to recruit more personnel…

Sierra Leone seeks experimental Ebola drug

Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it would seek a shipment of a controversial experimental drug to fight an Ebola outbreak…

Robin Williams found hanging from belt – police

First responders called to actor Robin Williams’ home found the Oscar-winning actor dead of an apparent suicide with a belt…

Quarter of world population will be African by 2050 – UNICEF

A quarter of the world’s population will be African within 35 years, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday, as…

Osun Election: We’re attacked because we rejected N14mn bribe – DSS

The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Tuesday that an unnamed political party offered its men N14 million which…

Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…

Ebola: Instant hand sanitizer scarce, expensive

Since the deadly Ebola Virus killed Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria, hundred of thousands of people have improved their personal hygiene…

Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.

By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…

Tripoli police chief assassinated – Security

Hooded attackers shot dead Tripoli police chief Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi in the Libyan capital’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security…