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‘Qaeda’ attacks kill at least 10 Yemen police

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants, including a suicide bomber, killed at least 10 Yemeni police Wednesday in attacks on security forces in…

Kenyatta arrives at ICC for landmark hearing

Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, where he is to become the first sitting president…

Lai Mohammed, APC know more about Boko Haram – PDP aspirant

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and an aspirant contending for the Lagos state governorship ticket under the…

US to tighten controls on travelers to fight Ebola

The United States will announce tightened controls on international travelers in the coming days to prevent Ebola from spreading on…

Potato grows in woman’s vagina

Nurses in Colombia were shocked when they found potato growing in a woman’s vagina. A 22-year-old woman had placed a…

US court lifts gay wedding bans in more states

A US federal court swept away bans on same-sex marriage in up to five more US states Tuesday, bringing the…

FBI asks for tips on IS group volunteers

The FBI on Tuesday appealed for help tracking people planning to join the Islamic State group in combat, including an…

Health minister adopted as consensus candidate in Ebonyi

Two governorship aspirants in the eastern Nigerian state of Ebonyi, on the platform of the PDP, have dropped their ambitions…

Monarchs urge states to replicate FG’s agric transformation agenda

Traditional rulers in Nigeria have called on state governments to replicate Federal Government’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda in their various states…

Hajj 2014: Ogun pilgrims to be airlifted home from Thursday

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The first batch of pilgrims from Ogun state, southwest, Nigeria will be airlifted back to the country from…

Black family sue New York for $75m over ‘chokehold’ death

The family of a black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by New York police announced Tuesday…

W.African troops ready to destroy Boko Haram

A regional force put in place to counter the Boko Haram jihadist group in Nigeria will start operations in November,…

US court ponders whether Muslim inmate can grow beard

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed whether Arkansas prison authorities can prevent inmates from growing beards over fears they…

FERMA set to tackle defecation on highways

Mr Kehinde Afolabi, a Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA) engineer on Tuesday said that the agency was collaborating with the…

FG begs Boko Haram sponsors to stop funding them

The Federal Government has appealed to financiers of the Boko Haram insurgents to desist from sponsoring the terrorists and surrender…

Ekiti Teachers vow not to resume Oct. 8

The Ekiti Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Tuesday called on its members not to resume for…

2015: Gov. Aliyu promises to announce PDP flag bearer

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger on Tuesday said that members of the public would know who the Peoples Democratic Party…

Peter Obi finally defects to PDP from APGA

The former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, On Tuesday formally defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the…

British troops train ahead of Ebola mission in S. Leone

Dozens of British military personnel are due to fly to Sierra Leone next week to help build medical facilities to…

Navy impounds 2,000 gallons of petroleum products

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday in Lagos said it impounded over 2,000 gallons of petroleum products from some suspected vandals’…

$5.7m arms money: Jonathan embarrassing Nigeria globally – APC

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) wants President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently address Nigerians on the serial…

Russians praise ‘Herculean’ Putin on birthday

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his 62nd birthday roaming the Siberian wilderness on Tuesday, as supporters compared his takeover of…

Five Afghan gang rapists to be hanged

Five Afghan men are due to be hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women after a trial…

Ponmo consumption is dangerous to health – Leather Scientist

Dr Isuwa Adamu, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology (NILEST), Zaria, on Tuesday warned against the consumption of…

2015: No rift over consensus candidate – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has dismissed rumours of a rift in the party over the endorsement…

PDP Elders excludes former Minister, lawyer from guber race

The PDP elders’ caucus in Benue South West Senatorial zone has excluded former Niger Delta minster Sam Odeh and Mr…

Myanmar frees 3,000 prisoners, including ex-military chiefs

Myanmar began releasing more than 3,000 prisoners on “humanitarian” grounds, officials said Tuesday, in the latest large-scale amnesty in the…

FG to improve training of Niger Delta Youths – Minister

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Dr. Stephen Oru, in Abuja on Tuesday reiterated the ministry’s commitment to empower youths…

EU demands explanation from Spain on Ebola case

The European Union said Tuesday it has asked Spain to explain how a nurse treating Ebola patients in Madrid contracted…

Suicide car bomb attack kills 17 in Iraq

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden armoured vehicle into houses used by Shiite militiamen north of the Iraqi city of…