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Lagos May Shut Abattoir

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The Lagos State Government has warned that it may be forced to shut down the popular Abattoir Market at Oko-Oba…

Terror Scare: Security Surveillance Intensified

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Security operatives have intensified their surveillance of parts of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, following the raid on the hideout of…

Man, 57, arrested for defiling girl, 8

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JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The police in the Nigerian city of Benin, Edo State, have arrested a 57-year-old man, Raphael Omada, for…

Ribadu faults Jonathan’s ‘No Amnesty to Boko Haram ghosts’

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Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty…

US Consulate: Foreigner kidnapped in Lagos

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A foreigner has been kidnapped in Nigeria’s largest city of Lagos, the US consulate said on Sunday, in an alert…

Nigeria: The Gongs Of War

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13 years ago

By Sonala Olumhense Four men were gathered around the table, each of them reeking of power, affluence and influence. “Gentlemen,…

ACN: Chinua Achebe a global icon for all time

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The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has paid a glowing tribute to renowned Nigerian writer and nationalist Chinua Achebe, who…

China’s leader begins African tour from Tanzania

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Agency report China’s new President Xi Jinping was due in Tanzania Sunday at the start of a three-nation Africa tour…

Rebels in control of Bangui, Bozize vanishes

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Rebels in the Central African Republic fighting to topple President Francois Bozize seized control of the capital Bangui on Sunday,…

Kidnapped female Nigerian journalist freed

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A female journalist at a Nigerian state-owned television station who was kidnapped last week as she left work with her…

Promoters of APC are noise makers, says Jega

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Fola Ademosu The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Saturday, accused the promoters of the grand…

Japanese teenager butchers hated mom

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A Japanese teenager who allegedly killed his mother and chopped her body into pieces has told police he simply did…

Tu Face, Annie Macaulay Wedding in Dubai: In pictures

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The much hyped wedding in Dubai of Tu face Idibia and Annie Macaulay has now happened. They are now Mr…

Chief prison warder, 24 others killed in Ganye attacks

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The police authorities in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria have revealed the death toll in the terrorist attack Friday in…

Puzzles over Russian tycoon’s death in Britain

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Questions surrounded the circumstances of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky’s death on Saturday, with his lawyer saying he may have committed…

CAR rebels enter Bangui, ask Bozize to leave

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Rebel forces in the Central African Republic said Saturday that they had entered the capital Bangui and called on the…

Oduamadi hands Nigeria’s Eagles vital point

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Nigeria, African champions had planned a big mauling of Kenya’s national team, the Harambee stars in the World Cup qualifying…

New Pope meets Old Pope

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Pope Francis flew in for an unprecedented encounter with his predecessor Benedict XVI at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo…

Bad day for Kano terrorists as 2 self-destruct

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MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Two terrorists died Saturday morning as they attempted to bomb a checkpoint manned by soldiers of the Joint…

Lights Out as world marks ‘Earth Hour’

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Sydney’s skyline plunged into darkness on Saturday as the city cut its lights for the “Earth Hour” campaign against climate…

Achebe’s home state wants him buried in Nigeria

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The home state of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the “father of modern African literature” who died this week in the…

Achebe: UNN flies Flags at half staff as Tinubu, others pay tribute

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The authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka have directed all flags to be flown at half staff as precursor…

West Africans tame traffic beast with technology

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ACCRA(AFP) – If you own a mobile phone and spend sunup to sundown watching the traffic pass in Ghana’s capital,…

Profile: The essential Chinua Achebe, father of African literature

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by M.J. Smith, Ben Simon Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, widely regarded as the father of modern African literature, has died…

Zuma: Africa owes Achebe a debt of gratitude

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The South African President, Mr Jacob Zuma, said Africa owes a debt of gratitude to Nigerian author Chinua Achebe in…

UNICAL matriculates 4,522 students

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Only 4,522 of 55,223 candidates who applied were able to secure admission into University of Calabar for the new academic…

South African wives of Nigerians protest in Jo’burg

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Some South African women married to Nigerians staged a peaceful protest on Friday on the streets of Johannesburg. The women,…

Nobel laureates Soyinka, Gordimer mourn Achebe

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Africa’s first Nobel literature laureate Wole Soyinka and a renowned poet, John Pepper Clark, said Friday they have lost “a…

Pardoned General Diya defends Abacha regime

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Fola Ademosu and Jamiu Yisa Retired General Oladipo Diya, former Chief of General Staff and second in command to Nigeria’s…

Injured Taraba governor ‘loses cognition’

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Professor Zakari Aliyu, the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Nigeria’s Taraba State Specialist Hospital on Friday said the ailing Governor…

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