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Two Nigerians arrested in S.Africa for scamming Australian

Magnus Ikechukwu Kamah, 38, and Nbubusi Sunday Okeke, 34, have been arrested and charged in South Africa after an attempted…

Wrongfully detained atheist freed from Kano psychiatric ward

A Nigerian man was detained on a psychiatric ward for 18 days because he did not believe in God, a…

India nurses return from Iraq to emotional welcome

A group of 46 Indian nurses held “against their will” in a part of Iraq seized by Islamic militants returned…

Japanese grapes fetch record N890k

Bridal couples at a Japanese wedding hall will have a special treat at their banquet: a bunch of fresh, juicy…

Several killed as suicide car bomb explodes near Somali parliament

Several people were killed when a powerful suicide car bomb exploded near Somalia’s parliament in the capital Mogadishu on Saturday,…

Egypt court sentences Brotherhood leader, 36 Islamists to life

An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 36 other Islamists to life in prison Saturday, and confirmed…

Ukraine claims rebels flushed from main stronghold

Ukraine’s interior minister said on Saturday that most pro-Russian rebels and their top commander had fled their main eastern stronghold…

Taliban sets dozens of fuel trucks on fire in Kabul

Taliban militants set fire to dozens of fuel trucks, which they claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, in an…

In Argentina, dinosaur hunters embark on next phase

A few months ago, Argentine scientists found the remains of a giant dinosaur. Now they look forward to digging up…

Pope Francis to meet sex abuse victims for first time

Pope Francis will meet victims of paedophile priests for the first time on Monday, as a Vatican commission moves to…

Censor board approves viewing of ‘Half A Yellow Sun’

Nigerian censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film “Half of a Yellow Sun” after a more…

Fashola condemns soldiers for burning BRT buses

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has condemned Friday’s mayhem at Palmgrove area on Ikorodu Road in which irate…

Pandemonium as armed policemen invade Edo Assembly

Jethro Ibileke/Benin About 50 fully armed policemen from the Police Mobile Force unit of the Nigerian Police Friday stormed the…

Senegal prime minister sacked

Senegal’s Prime Minister Aminata Toure, who has only been in power since September 2013, has been removed from office less…

Billionaire conservative donor Richard Mellon Scaife dies

Richard Mellon Scaife, a generous donor to US conservative causes and heir to a sizeable banking fortune, died Friday according…

Russian lawmakers pass new bill restricting Internet

Russia’s parliament passed a bill on Friday requiring Internet companies to store Russians’ personal data inside the country in an…

Bosnia floods unearth war graves

The remains of 24 people, believed to be Muslims killed during Bosnia’s 1990s war, were exhumed from several graves unearthed…

Nigerian troops arrest three female Boko Haram members

Nigeria Defence headquarters said on Friday 4 July that in the aftermath of the failed suicide bombing attempt on a…

Lavish Nigerian conman, ‘Fizzy’ jailed eight years

A Nigerian fraudster nicknamed ‘Fizzy’ because of his love for champagne has been jailed for eight years for conning vulnerable…

2 Die As Flyover Collapses In Brazil

A flyover has collapsed on vehicles in the Brazilian World Cup host city of Belo Horizonte, killing two people. The…

Most Lagos BRT Drivers Are Not Fit —Lawmaker

Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Commerce and Industry, Bisi Yusuf, has…

2 Men Face Trial For Throwing Rival Into Well

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arraigned two suspects over the murder of…

Chibok pleads for UN protection from Boko Haram‎

Villagers from Chibok town where Boko Haram Islamists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls on Friday appealed to the United Nations…

Human Rights Lawyer Murdered

Yusuf Muhammed A human rights lawyer Barrister Kunle Fadipe has been murdered in his home in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. He…

German agent suspected of spying for US

An employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence service is suspected of spying for Washington on a parliamentary panel probing US surveillance,…

Soldiers go berserk, set BRT buses on fire on Ikorodu Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga, Tunde Adekeye & Simon Ateba Irate soldiers went on the rampage on Friday morning at Palmgroove area of…

Mother stabs teacher to death in front of students

A female teacher was stabbed to death Friday in front of her pupils at a primary school in the southern…

Cameron’s ex-aide jailed for 18 months for phone hacking

Andy Coulson, a former editor of the defunct News of the World tabloid and en ex-aide to British Prime Minister…

Putin congratulates Obama on Independence Day

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin congratulated US counterpart Barack Obama on America’s Independence Day Friday and expressed hope that bilateral relations…

S.African policemen sacked over videoed immigrant killing

Eight South African policemen have been sacked over the death of a Mozambican immigrant who was shown in graphic video…