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50,000 orphans, vulnerable kids benefit from USAID in Nigeria

Simon Ateba The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday ended one of its programmes for orphans and…

Israel accepts Egypt’s Gaza truce proposal

Israel’s security cabinet on Tuesday accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal, a government spokesman said, after a week of the deadliest…

Navy arrests bank manager for impersonation

The Nigerian Navy on Monday said it arrested one Simon Musa for posing as an admiral of the Navy. Parading…

FG appeals to NMA to suspend strike

The ministers of health, employment, labour and productivity in Abuja on Monday appealed to the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) to…

55 jailed for alcohol consumption in Kano

The Kano State Hisba Board on Monday said 55 people were arrested and convicted for alcohol consumption in Kano during…

Thousands flee in Philippines as typhoon strengthens

Thousands of people fled their homes and ships sheltered from heavy seas in the Philippines on Tuesday as the first…

Israel to weigh Egypt Gaza truce, Hamas says no deal

Israel said Tuesday it would weigh an Egyptian truce proposal for Gaza, which has US backing, but Hamas appeared to…

Two dead, 18 missing as boat capsizes off Malaysia

At least two people died and 18 others were missing after an overloaded boat carrying illegal Indonesian immigrants capsized off…

Boko Haram kills 38 in fresh Borno attack

At least 38 people were killed following a raid by suspected Islamist Boko Haram gunmen on a village in northeast…

France steps up security as protesters try to storm synagogues

France stepped up security on Monday after protestors demonstrating against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza tried to storm two Paris synagogues.…

Malala asks Boko Haram to stop misrepresenting Islam

Pakistan education activist Malala Yousafzai on Monday in Abuja asked Boko Haram terrorists to stop misusing the name of Islam…

US offers Egypt late invite to Africa summit

The United States has invited Egypt to an African leaders summit in Washington next month, after initially barring Cairo following…

FG sets up Boko Haram Victims Support Fund

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday announced the constitution of a Committee on Victims Support Fund “to mobilise resources…

Police foils robbery attack on media house, loses officer

The Rivers Police Command has confirmed that two armed robbers were killed when a gang raided the office of Nigerian…

Military fighting terrorism with caution – Minimah

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, said on Monday 15 July that the military is deploying caution in its…

#BringBackOurGirls: 90 Days Since Chibok Girls Were Kidnapped

It’s 90 days since over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamist sect, Boko Haram on 14 April in Chibok village,…

Malala tells Jonathan to meet parents of hostages

Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai on Monday urged Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to meet with parents of the schoolgirls kidnapped…

Over 28,000 Nigerian graduates educated in India

Dr Collins Nyenze, President of the Indian Universities Alumni Association of Nigeria, on Monday said that about 28,732 Nigerians have…

More than 65,000 Chinese nationals in Nigeria

The Consul-General of the Chinese Consulate in Lagos, Liu Kan, on Monday said that there were presently more than 65,000…

South African Nobel Prize Winner, Gordimer Dies At 90

South African Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer, who became an icon through her unique insights into the…

INEC Denying Osun Members Permanent Voters Cards —APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm that its members in Osun State are being denied their Permanent…

We’re 85 Percent Ready For Osun Election —INEC

Simon Ateba The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said on Monday it’s 85 percent ready for the 9 August governorship…

2015: Bakare Calls For Interim Govt

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has…

Traffic Jam Reduces On Apapa Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga & Cyriacus Izuekwe  Sanity is gradually returning to the Apapa axis of the Mile 2-Apapa expressway which has…

How I Almost Killed Myself —Soyinka

Jamiu Yisa Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has revealed how he almost killed himself with a gun out of curiosity at…

Bloody Day: Policeman, 2 Robbers Killed In Gun Battle

It was a bloody day in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, south-south Nigeria, as three persons, including a policeman,…

NSCDC ask Muslims to pray against insurgency

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has urged Muslims to offer special prayers during the holy month of…

Hollande denies influencing justice system in Sarkozy scandal

French leader Francois Hollande on Monday denied having influenced the justice system in a corruption scandal surrounding Nicolas Sarkozy after…

Massive Enforcement Against Illegal Auto Dealers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it will soon embark on massive enforcement against unregistered auto and spare parts…