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Police arrest 22 over impeachment protest in Nasarawa

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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

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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

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

Police Cells Overcrowded

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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

Nigeria Must Not Split – US Consul General

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By Simon Ateba In spite of all the religious and cultural differences in the country and the killings by Boko…

Proprietress advocates equal education for disabled children

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By Simon Ateba Children living with disabilities ‎have the same rights to education as do all other children in Nigeria,…

In Pictures: Prof. Olatunji Dare’s 70th Birthday Lecture

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Photos By Emmanuel Osodi A lecture titled: “Memories of Censorship: Struggling For Press Freedom In Africa” in honour of Professor…

IS jihadists kill 90 in Syria gas field takeover

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Jihadists killed at least 90 Syrian regime fighters, civilian security guards and employees when they seized a gas field in…

Lawyers justify JUSUN strike, tell govt. to obey court order

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Lawyers in the FCT said on Thursday that the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) was…

Putin calls for urgent Ukraine crisis settlement after jet crash

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Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for an urgent settlement of the Ukraine crisis as he expressed condolences to Dutch…

Singapore halts destruction of ‘pro-gay’ children’s books

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Singapore on Friday stopped its national library from destroying two children’s books with gay themes following an outcry over literary…

Black box found at plane crash site in Ukraine

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Rescue workers at the crash site of Malaysian airliner MH17 in eastern Ukraine told an AFP reporter Friday that they…

Sri Lanka jails killers of British tourist

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A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were Friday sentenced to 20 years in jai for murdering a…

Nine security personnel killed in Pakistan unrest

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At least eight paramilitaries were killed in a gunfight with militants in Pakistan’s restive northwest early on Friday, while a…

Israel army presses Gaza ground assault

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Israeli troops backed by tanks and warplanes pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday in an operation to halt rocket fire…

MH17 crash in Ukraine no coincidence, say MH370 relatives

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Relatives of missing MH370 passengers said the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jet in Ukraine was no mere coincidence, adding…

176 teachers killed in north-east Nigeria

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One hundred and seventy-six teachers have been killed and 900 schools destroyed in Nigeria’s Borno state since Boko Haram militants…

COEASU suspends seven month-old strike

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The Colleges of Education of Academic Staff Union (COEASU) said on Thursday that it had suspended its seven month-old strike…

Tertiary institutions yet to access N100bn intervention fund

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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Thursday said the nation’s tertiary institutions had yet to access the over N100…

Registration of northerners in the south an affront – Northern Elders

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The Northern Elders Forum on Thursday 17 July condemned the registration of northerners living in some states in the sourthern…

Terrorism: Jonathan approves purchase of military hardware

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President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the release of additional funds for the purchase of military hardware, the Minister of State…

World leaders demand UN probe into downed Malaysia plane

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World leaders on Thursday demanded an international investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner, which crashed on Thursday with…

Israel tank fire kills 5 in Gaza, including baby

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Israeli tank fire killed five people in the Gaza Strip, including a five-month-old baby, early on Friday, medics said. Emergency…

People with HIV living longer – Study

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HIV-positive people in the world’s rich countries now live nearly as long as those who don’t carry the AIDS-causing virus,…

Police nab 9 over robbery, kidnapping in Rivers

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Tunde Ogunsakin, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, said on Thursday that they had arrested 11 persons in connection with…

Malaysian jet shot down by surface-to-air missile – US

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A Malaysian airliner with 298 people on board was shot down over Ukraine by a surface-to-air missile Thursday but it…

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