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Diezani nominated as OPEC secretary-general – Iraqi Oil Minister

Iraqi Oil Minister, Abdelkarim al-Luaybi on Tuesday 10 June claimed that Nigeria had nominated Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed…

Five US soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Afghanistan

A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent “friendly fire” accident during clashes with insurgents,…

APC Members Slump In Abeokuta

Some members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday slumped at the June 12 Cultural…

Global Aid To Education Down 10% Since 2010

Aid to education is seriously declining: it fell by just over 6% between 2010 and 2011, and a further 3%…

Jihadists seize Iraq’s Nineveh province

Jihadists Tuesday seized Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, whose capital Mosul is the country’s second-largest city, in a major blow…

Two Russian tourists dead in India bus accident

A bus carrying Russian tourists plunged into a river in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least two and injuring…

Bomb Scare At Wuse Market Abuja

Sola Adeola/Abuja There was bomb scare in Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Tuesday. Residents woke up to see that…

Kano Airport Harassment: ‘I Drove Myself For 5hrs To Abuja’

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has narrated how he escaped from Kano to Abuja on Sunday night when his life…

Teenager Faces Trial For Raping 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday held that a teenager, Avoseh Satingo, has a case to answer…

Sanusi’s Coronation: Protesters Occupy Emir’s Palace

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Newly crowned Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Sarki Lamido Sanusi Lamido is operating from a temporary office in…

Syria begins prisoners release

Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, human rights lawyers…

Angelina Jolie launches fight against rape

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday launched a four-day summit on ending rape in…

UN urges Nigerians to work for safe release of Chibok girls

Said Djinnit, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative to West Africa, on Monday urged Nigerians to close ranks and work toward…

Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew

The highly charged trial of 15 crew members from South Korea’s ferry disaster began Tuesday to shouts of “murderers” from…

Kenyan Muslim preacher shot dead

Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Tuesday shot dead an influential moderate Muslim preacher who was a…

Tinubu Blasts Jonathan Over Chibok Girls

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has decried the Federal Government’s handling of the rescue of over 200 students kidnapped from Government Girls…

8 Arrested Over Ekiti Violence

The Police Command in Ekiti State says it has arrested eight persons in connection with Saturday’s clash that led to…

Thailand’s Miss Universe quits after political furore

Thailand’s contender for the Miss Universe beauty pageant has relinquished her crown after she allegedly called for supporters of the…

Boko Haram kidnap over 20 young mothers in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast Nigeria where more than 200…

Retired military officers plead for pension arrears

Retired Army, Navy and Air Force Officers’ Association (RANAO), on Monday appealed to Federal Government to pay their outstanding arrears…

Akunyili: Female President Nigeria never had

The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has described former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili,…

APC members storm Lagos Assembly, call for internal democracy

A group within the Lagos All Progressives Congress, (APC) known as “New Lagos Movement,” on Monday stormed the Lagos State…

Okorocha bans proliferation of political posters in Owerri

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has banned the littering of the state capital with posters during political campaigns. The ban…

NIS arrests seven human traffickers

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Katsina State Command, said it arrested seven people for alleged human trafficking and related offences.…

PDP Congratulates New Emir of Kano

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, today sent a congratulatory message to the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…

Recuperating Zuma misses first cabinet meeting

South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma, who spent time in hospital over the weekend suffering from exhaustion, will miss his new…

Revealed: Ozekhome paid kidnappers N40 million

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Lagos based lawyer and activist, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) paid N40 million in order to secure his release…

Sanusi receives appointment letter, preaches peace and unity

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano His Highness, Sarki Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Monday assumed duties with an…

In Pictures: Sanusi Lamido officially appointed Emir of Kano

His Highness, Sarki Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, on Monday assumed duties with an appeal to…

Independence Blast: No private physician for Okah

Nnamdi Felix/Abuja A Federal High Court siting in Abuja on Monday refused the request of Charles Okah, suspected mastermind of…