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Bolivia allows child labour from age 10

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Bolivian lawmakers have approved child workers as young as 10 years old, under a new law that lays out specific…

Lindsay Lohan sues creators of ‘Grand Theft Auto V’

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Actress Lindsay Lohan is suing the creators of “Grand Theft Auto V” over a character she contends is an unsanctioned…

Train bomb blast in Egypt injures five

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A bomb blast in a train in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Thursday wounded five people, security officials said,…

US teen charged with trying to help jihadists

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A United States teenager who agreed to marry a fighter from the militant network that is threatening to overrun Iraq…

France wants South Korea ferry owner event scrapped

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has called for a cultural event organised by a businessman wanted in connection with the…

150 killed in Sudan clan battle near oil field

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A battle between rival Sudanese clans near an oil-drilling site killed 150 people and wounded 100 more, state-linked media reported…

Physically challenged man dumped in refuse heap

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A man living with disability and the only child of his late mother, identified as Danjuma, has been…

Confab: Nigeria to adopt new system of government

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The National Conference on Thursday 3 July voted in favour of Modified Presidential System of Government following a recommendation by…

Confab dumps Obasanjo’s national anthem

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The National Conference on Thursday 3 July unanimously adopted a proposal that Nigeria revert to her old National Anthem, “which…

Knocks For FG Over ASUP Strike

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Damilare Okunola & Harrison Iyoha Students of various Nigerian polytechnics have blamed the protracted industrial action by their lecturers on…

Boko Haram Beats US Efforts To Choke Its Finances

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When Washington imposed sanctions in June 2012 on Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau, he dismissed it as an empty gesture.…

‘Boko Haram Can Only Be Defeated If Corruption Ends’

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An Italian nun who has been living in Southern Nigeria for the past 18 years has declared that Boko Haram…

Thai court sentences first anti-coup protester under junta rule

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A Thailand court Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings,…

Google ‘forgets’ stories on BBC, UK newspaper sites

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Google has restricted access to a BBC blog posting and several British newspaper stories under a legal ruling granting people…

Sect Can’t Break Nigeria —Soyinka

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Nigeria is suffering greater carnage at the hands of Islamist group Boko Haram than it did during a secessionist civil…

‘Lagos Not For Politics Of Poverty And Stomach’

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The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has assured Lagosians that it is ready and prepared to…

Omisore Can’t Win Osun Election —Uncle

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Eromosele Ebhomele A Lagos lawmaker and uncle to Iyoola Omisore, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the…

Jilted Graduate Commits Suicide

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young graduate, Oluwatosin Otaiku, has stabbed himself to death because he was jilted by his fiancee. The…

Police Corporal Lynched By Driver

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A driver has lynched a Police Corporal in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southern Nigeria. The incident happened on…

Confab Delegate, Niyi Akintola Suffers Cardiac Arrest

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There was panic at the National Judicial Institute, NJI, venue of the ongoing National Conference, when a delegate from Oyo…

Boko Haram Attacks: Security Beefed Up In Abuja

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Sola Adeola/Abuja Security surveillance over the nation’s capital, Abuja, has increased following recent bomb attacks in the city. Soldiers this…

In Pictures: Freedom House Democracy Lecture

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Photos by Emmanuel Osodi Freedom House Democracy Lecture titled ‘ Nigeria Governance Predicament: Poverty, Terrorism And Democracy’ held in Lagos…

Seadogs call for credible 2015 election

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The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) has called for free, fair, credible and acceptance general election in 2015 saying it…

South Sudan famine within weeks without funding

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Famine will break out in war-torn South Sudan within weeks unless massive funding for food aid is provided, aid agencies…

China to release daily Japanese war crimes ‘confession’

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China on Thursday began publishing “confessions” of 45 convicted Japanese World War II criminals, officials said, in Beijing’s latest effort…

China’s Xi snubs N. Korea with summit talks in South

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China’s president held talks in Seoul Thursday with South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye at the start of a state visit…

11 injured in Gaza raids, rockets strike Israeli houses

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Eleven Palestinians were wounded Thursday when Israel pounded targets in Gaza as militants kept up a volley of cross-border fire,…

Egypt Islamists call ‘day of anger’ to mark Morsi ouster

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood called for a ‘day of anger’ Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the military overthrow of…

Somali lawmaker assassinated, Shebab claims responsibility

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Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab claimed responsiblity for shooting dead a lawmaker and wounding another on Thursday, the latest in a surge…

Saudi MERS: Philippines urges its Muslims to abort Hajj

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The Philippines urged its large Muslim minority on Thursday to reconsider plans to join pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia this year…

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