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Dutch police collect DNA from MH17 crash victim families

Dutch police on Saturday sent teams to visit relatives of those killed in the Malaysia Airlines crash in Ukraine to…

Hollande visits future French force site in west Africa

President Francois Hollande wrapped up a three-day west African tour on Saturday with a visit to the future headquarters of…

Indian protesters demand arrests in child rape case

Thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school…

Medical doctors’ demands justifiable – Lawmaker

Ajibayo Adeyeye, Majority Leader, Lagos State House of Assembly, on Friday said the ongoing nationwide strike by medical doctors in…

Toll in Gaza hits 337 on day 12 of war

Israeli air strikes and shelling killed more than 25 people across Gaza on Saturday, among them children, raising the toll…

Christians flee jihadist ultimatum in Iraq’s Mosul

Hundreds of Christian families fled their homes in Mosul Saturday before a jihadist ultimatum threatening their community’s centuries-old presence in…

Merkel, Putin agree on international probe of MH17 crash

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed for an international investigation into the downing of a…

Nine dead, dozens injured in Germany bus crash

At least nine people were killed and 43 hurt on Saturday, police said, as a coach carrying Polish holidaymakers collided…

Online is the future of journalism – Johnson

By Simon Ateba Derwin Johnson, a former American journalist with CNN and ABC News, told Nigerian students on Friday that…

Lawmaker cautions colleagues against removing Al-makura

A lawmaker in Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Othman Bala, has appealed to members not to impeach Governor Umaru…

Stop using youths as thugs, Kwara governor tells politicians

Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara state urged politicians to shun all forms of violence and refrain from using youths as…

Spanish couple arrested in Colombia baby trafficking case

A Spanish couple was arrested trying to leave Colombia with a five-week-old girl they allegedly bought from her parents, Colombian…

Gowon Estate residents spend N1m to fix roads

Gowon Estate Community Development Association on Friday said that it had spent about one million naira to fix roads in…

Oga Bello To Mark 50 Yrs On Stage

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Veteran actor Adebayo Salami, popularly known as Oga Bello, is planning big to commemorate his 50 years in…

Robbers Shoot Alariwo

Veteran musician, Rotimi Goziem Martins, popularly known as Alariwo of Africa, is full of thanks to God after he posted…

Man Kills Sister Over Plot Of Land

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A member of the Eiye Confraternity and Jehovah’s Witness, Adeola Omotayo, 28, has killed his sister, Omotayo Rukayat…

RCCG appeals to doctors to return to work

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has appealed to medical doctors in public hospitals to consider lives lost daily…

Lagos assembly ponders health insurance scheme

Suru Avoseh, the chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Health, said on Friday the committee was proposing a…

Over 7,000 Nigerian students studying in US – Official

The United States Embassy in Abuja says 7,318 Nigerian students are studying in more than 700 universities and colleges in…

23 promoted corps commandants at FRSC

Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, has charged 23 newly promoted Corps Commandants of the…

Boko Haram kill scores in attack on Damboa

Boko Haram gunmen killed many people in an attack in the restive northeast, throwing explosives into residential homes and shooting…

FG explains purpose of 1b dollar loan

The Federal Government has clarified that the one billion dollar loan it is seeking is not only to prosecute the…

Police arrest 22 over impeachment protest in Nasarawa

Police Command in Nasarawa State on Friday said it arrested 22 people in Lafia following violent protest by some groups…

Police shut filling stations, arrest managers

The Nigeria Police has shut down two petrol stations in the Ikorodu area of Lagos and arrested their managers for…

Child obesity in Africa increases from 4 to 10million – UN

The number of obese and overweight children in the world could balloon from 44 million in 2012 to 75 million…

Police Cells Overcrowded

Cyriacus Izuekwe The ongoing industrial action by the Judiciary Staff of Nigeria JUSUN, has resulted in overcrowding in police cells…

FIFA lifts suspension on Nigeria

World football governing body, FIFA on Friday lifted the suspension clamped on Nigeria on 9 July as a result of…

540-year old book sold for over £1m

A 540-year-old book, known as the first to be printed in the English language, has sold at auction for more…

Japan ‘vagina artist’ arrest sparks debate

The arrest on obscenity allegations of a woman who makes art based on her vagina has sparked debate in Japan.…

Ethiopian bloggers, journalists charged with ‘terrorism’

A group of Ethiopian bloggers and journalists detained for nearly three months have been charged with terrorism for having links…