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US comedienne Joan Rivers is dead

Joan Rivers, the acerbic US stand-up comic and television presenter, died on Thursday, a week after being rushed to a…

Credible Candidate Is Our Priority – Delta APC

Jethro Ibileke/Asaba The Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the main priority of the…

Boko Haram violence threatens Nigeria’s future – US

The United States on Thursday said it was concerned by increasing Boko Haram violence and territorial gains in Nigeria, warning…

Boko Haram: ‘Bodies litter’ Bama town – BBC

A lawmaker has told the BBC that bodies littered the streets of Bama, a northern Nigerian town two days after…

Hollande hits all-time low in new opinion poll

Confidence in embattled French President Francois Hollande has plunged to a new all-time low of 13 percent, according to a…

Lagos Speaker to sue Premier Newspaper for alleged defamation

Eromosele Ebhomele The leadership of the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria has threatened to sue a weekly Lagos-based…

Israel charges chief suspect in W.Bank teens’ kidnap

A prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank has been charged with…

Ebola: FRSC will not abandon accident victims

The Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) on Wednesday in Abuja assured Nigerians that its personnel would not abandon victims of…

Artisans express concern over lack of apprentices

Some artisans in Osogbo said youths have become increasingly reluctant to become apprentice in the state. They told NAN in…

Police arrest 19 in New York fast-food protesters

Police arrested 19 people Thursday in New York’s Times Square during a protest by fast-food restaurant workers demanding better pay…

Woman ‘found beheaded’ in garden

A woman was reportedly found beheaded in a back garden in north London on Thursday. Police confirmed that a woman…

US worried over Boko Haram capture of Bama

The United States on Thursday said it was concerned by increasing Boko Haram violence and territorial gains in Nigeria, warning…

Ebola: Ogun pilgrims assured of hitch free trip

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State government has assured all Muslim Pilgrims of their safety against the deadly Ebola Virus, stating that,…

Boko Haram planning attacks on Maiduguri – US official

By Simon Ateba Boko Haram is planning to launch attacks on Maiduguri following the fall of Bama, Borno state second…

OAU, UNILAG Sensitize Students On Ebola

Akintola Lukman & Charles Agu The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has held a sensitization campaign to…

Flush Out Cult Gangs, Fashola Orders Police

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has ordered the Lagos State Police Command to flush out members of various…

‘One Person Commits Suicide Every 40 Seconds’

One person commits suicide every 40 seconds, an avoidable tragedy that fails to grab attention because of taboos and stigma,…

Solve your own crimes, British police tell citizens

Some victims of crime in England and Wales are being told to do their own detective work by the police,…

Sotloff family challenges jihadist killers on Islam

The family of murdered United States journalist Steven Sotloff have paid a moving tribute to “his gentle soul”, as a…

Ebola could spread faster in Port Harcourt than Lagos – WHO

An Ebola outbreak in Nigeria’s oil producing hub of Port Harcourt could spread wider and faster than in Lagos, the…

South Africa ‘refuses’ Dalai Lama visa for Nobel summit

South Africa has refused to grant a visa for the Dalai Lama to attend the World Summit of Nobel Peace…

Nine firms bid for struggling Cyprus Airways

Nine firms have made non-binding bids for Cyprus Airways with Ireland’s Ryanair and Greece’s Aegean Airlines among those still interested…

Experts debate experimental treatments for Ebola

Some 200 experts huddled in Geneva on Thursday to debate experimental treatments for the Ebola virus as the world’s worst-ever…

50 feared dead as bus plunges into gorge in India

At least 50 people were feared killed when flood waters swept a bus carrying a wedding party into a gorge…

S.Arabia executes Pakistani for drug trafficking

Saudi authorities beheaded a Pakistani on Thursday after sentencing him to death for drug trafficking, the interior ministry announced. Izzat…

Hong Kong students plan week long strike for democracy

Hong Kong students announced plans Thursday to hold a week long strike in response to Beijing’s refusal to grant the…

At A Glance: Attacks, abductions by Boko Haram in 2014

Nigeria has suffered a dramatic upsurge in violence claimed by, or blamed on, the armed Islamist group Boko Haram, including…

Taliban attack kills three, wounds 60, in Afghanistan

A Taliban attack on a government compound in Afghanistan on Thursday left three policemen dead and at least 60 people…

Massive blackout hits Cairo

A huge power outage blacked out most of Cairo on Thursday causing major disruption across the city of some 20…

US, S. Korea create army unit to destroy North’s nukes

South Korea said Thursday it would create a combined army unit with the United States, reportedly tasked with destroying North…