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French police clear 320 migrants from Channel camps

French police early Wednesday cleared a food handout centre and three squats in the port of Calais occupied by some…

W. African nations in crisis talks as Ebola spreads

Health ministers from across western Africa gathered on Wednesday to plan “drastic action” against the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic as…

Lebanese wife-beater convicted under new law

A Lebanese man who beat his wife has been jailed for nine months in the first such conviction under a…

Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy charged with corruption

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said Wednesday, a dramatic move…

Taliban suicide attack on military bus kills 8 in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber in Kabul killed eight military officers Wednesday in an attack on an air force bus, Afghan…

China bans civil servants, students from Ramadan fasting

China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting,…

Kenyan plane crashes into building, kills 4

At least four people died when a cargo plane crashed into a building shortly after takeoff Wednesday from the Kenyan…

Brazil police break up World Cup-related protest

Brazilian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a protest Tuesday by some 300 people demanding the…

Murdered Israeli teens laid to rest

Israel on Tuesday paid an emotional farewell to three teenagers killed in the West Bank, while vowing to hunt down…

Wole Soyinka Prize: Literary icons to inspire secondary students

Select pupils from secondary schools in Nigeria with keen interest in literary arts will have a golden opportunity to meet…

Court blocks extradition of Nigerian child trafficker to Netherlands

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A federal high court siting in Abuja has struck out an application by the federal government seeking to…

Akarigbo succeeds Awujale as Chairman Ogun Council of Obas

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Akarigbo and Paramount ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo as being inaugurated the new Chairman for…

Man Rapes Neighbour’s 9-Year Old Daughter

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ilasamaja division on Monday, arrested a factory worker, Victor Nkoli for allegedly having carnal knowledge…

S.Korea snubs North’s new peace offer as ‘nonsensical’

South Korea Tuesday rejected North Korea’s proposal that the two sides halt hostile military activities as “nonsensical”, and suggested it…

Thousands stage march for democracy in Hong Kong

Tens of thousands of protesters, some waving colonial-era flags and chanting anti-Beijing slogans, staged a pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong…

Massive strike threatens to cripple S.Africa firms

Nearly a quarter of a million members of South Africa’s largest union downed tools on Tuesday, beginning an indefinite strike…

Huge truck explosion rocks Maiduguri

A truck exploded in a huge fireball in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday when explosives concealed among…

Renowned politician, Umaru Dikko is dead

A renowned northern politician and former Minister of Transportation during the Second Republic, Umaru Dikko, is dead, his son, Bello…

Catholic to build N1.5bn church

Reverend Father Innocent Jooji, the Parish Priest of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Wuse, Abuja, on Monday said that the parish…

Chief of Army Staff assures of end to terrorism

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Monday assured that the Federal Government would eradicate all forms terrorism and…

OAU students seek FG intervention over shut down

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Students’ Union on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to direct the management of the…

US mocks ‘caliphate’ declaration by Iraqi jihadists

The United States said Monday the declaration by Sunni militants of an “Islamic caliphate” on territory they have seized in…

Confab: INEC should adopt electronic voting system

The National Conference Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters has recommended that the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) should…

APC not on ground in Ekiti – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the outcome of 21 June governorship election in Ekiti State showed that All Progressives…

Police uncover human parts market in llorin

The Police in Kwara on Monday said it had discovered human parts market in an uncompleted building in the outskirts…

Will this man lead the world to Nigeria’s kidnapped schoolgirls?

Businessman, Babuji Ya’ari shot into international centre-stage last night as the man who holds the key as to the whereabouts…

Uduaghan urges FG to increase states allocations

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to increase the revenue allocations to states and…

Amosun agrees to demands of striking OOUTH workers

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria has taken steps to end the ongoing strike by the…

No true Muslim will kill innocent people – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday said Boko Haram’s attacks on churches in villages near Chibok, Borno, on Sunday were attempts…

NMA to embark on indefinite strike Tuesday

Ayorinde Oluokun Citizens who depends on public hospitals for healthcare needs are in for another agonising wait as the Nigeria…