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Two infant relatives of pope killed in Argentina accident

Two infant grandnephews of Pope Francis and their mother were killed early Tuesday when their car slammed into the back…

APC warns DSS against arrest of its Borno Chairman

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly warned against the plan by the DSS, acting at the behest of some…

Oyo FRSC arrest 1,950 for traffic offenses

Luka Ikpi, Oyo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), said that the commission arrested 1,950 offenders in…

Saudi top cleric labels Qaeda, IS ‘enemy No 1’ of Islam

Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh on Tuesday blasted Al-Qaeda and Islamic State jihadists as “enemy number one” of…

Military did not commit war crimes, DHQ blasts UK newspaper

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has faulted a British Newspaper report that Nigerian government committed war crimes by terrorising some of…

Ethiopia now Africa’s biggest refugee host

The spiralling crisis in war-ravaged South Sudan has sent nearly 200,000 refugees into Ethiopia, making it Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country,…

Missing Ebola patients found in Liberia

Liberia said Tuesday it had found 17 Ebola patients who had fled an attack on their clinic, sparking a panicked…

I didn’t insult Amaechi, Kwakwanso after defection, says Ribadu

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has finally spoken up on the purported statement were he was believed to have insulted the All…

My defection is for good cause not selfish interest – Ribadu

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission who formally defected from the All Progressives Congress to…

Bomb kills two infants, four adults in Pakistan

At least six people including two infants were killed by a roadside bomb in restive northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, officials…

India court orders release of 14-year hunger striker

An Indian court Tuesday ordered the release of a woman who has staged a 14-year hunger strike in protest at…

Ebola kills 84 in three days – UN

The Ebola virus killed 84 people in just three days, bringing the global death toll to 1,229, the World Health…

Two shot and wounded, 31 arrested in Ferguson

Two people were shot and wounded and 31 arrested Monday in the latest night of unrest in the Missouri town…

Jonathan appoints Oshita DG Peace and Conflict Resolution institute

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday approved the appointment of Prof. Oshita Oshita as the new Director-General, Institute for Peace and…

Jonathan condoles Urhobos’ over Aziza’s death

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday commiserated with the Urhobo people of Delta on the death of the President-General of the…

LUTH resident doctors protest over suspension

The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH-ARD) Chapter, Idi-Araba, on Monday protested the suspension of residency training…

Adamawa gov. poll: Ribadu picks PDP nomination form

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission who formally defected from the All Progressives Congress to…

Ebola: Osun Osogbo festival organisers reject visitors

Organisers of one of Nigeria’s most famous cultural festivals on Monday said they were warning outsiders to stay away because…

Boko Haram hunts victims down, kills 10

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed 10 people who had fled their homes to escape repeated attacks by the insurgents, after…

Fate of Gaza truce in balance as midnight deadline looms

Negotiators in Cairo were pushing Israel and the Palestinians to put a decisive end to weeks of bloodshed in Gaza…

Four more Ebola patients discharged in Nigeria

Ayorinde Oluokun Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, minister of health on Monday announced that four more patients undergoing treatment for the deadly…

Cameroun closes all borders with Nigeria over Ebola outbreak

Cameroun has closed all its land, sea and air borders with Nigeria in a move to help prevent the spread…

Edo Inaugurates Ebola Control Committee

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Rapid Response Committee on Ebola outbreak was inaugurated Monday morning by the State Commissioner for Health.…

Nigerian Ebola Victim Dies In UAE

A Nigerian woman with cancer who died in the Emirati capital had shown signs “that may be consistent with Ebola,”…

Lagos Pirates Feast On Half Of A Yellow Sun Movie

Funsho Arogundade Pirates in Lagos, western Nigeria, have started feasting on multi-million dollar Half of A Yellow Sun, a film…

Stop Mocking White Garment Churches —Otubu

Afolabi Oladele His Eminence Joseph Otubu, General Evangelist, Cherubim & Seraphim Worldwide,  has  called on Nollywood artistes to stop making mockery…

LASU Fees Slash: Students To Get N840m

Kazeem Ugbodaga Following the reversal of students’ school fees, the authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, are making arrangements…

Swiss mayor suspended over nude selfies taken in office

The mayor of the Swiss town of Baden, who is also a member of parliament, was suspended Monday following allegations…

Four Saudis beheaded for drug trafficking

Four Saudi men were decapitated by sword in Najran in the south west of the country on Monday after being…

‎Edo Inaugurates Rapid Response Committee on Ebola

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Rapid Response Committee on Ebola outbreak has been formally inaugurated on Monday by the state Commissioner…