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Kano women ditch hijab after suicide bombings

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Women in north Nigeria’s largest city Kano are abandoning their traditional religious dress after a spate of suicide bombings by…

Humanitarian crisis warning after Boko Haram attack

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Hundreds of people who escaped a Boko Haram attack need urgent help, a local lawmaker said on Wednesday, as those…

US wants punitive actions against South Sudan leaders

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By Simon Ateba The United States Government said on Tuesday that punitive actions should be taken against South Sudanese leaders…

‘Osun Election True Democracy At Work’

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Yisa Jamiu The Chairman of Yaba Local Council Development Area, Jide Jimoh, has described the re-election of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola,…

Teenager caught sleeping with dog in Benin

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By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 19-year old boy (name withheld), was Tuesday arrested at Iguosa, a suburb community in Benin City,…

Navy applauds Anambra for checking insurgency, bunkering

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The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday applauded the Anambra government’s plan to position a mobile artillery on the River Niger to…

ECOWAS official dies from Ebola in Nigeria

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An ECOWAS official has died from Ebola in Nigeria, the West African regional bloc said on Tuesday, taking the total…

Military will not cede any part of Nigeria to terrorists – DHQ

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The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday reiterated the military would not cede any part of…

LASU fees, Ebola: Fashola seeks permission to re-order budget

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By Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state on Tuesday urged the state House of Assembly to approve a…

INEC announces 11 October for Adamawa gov. election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday said the bye-election to elect a substantive governor for Adamawa State will hold on…

Deserting the military, no different from terrorism – Olukolade

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Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Tuesday described desertion from the military as a crime that was as…

Police get approval to recruit more personnel

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The acting Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Tuesday that the police has got approval to recruit more personnel…

Sierra Leone seeks experimental Ebola drug

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Sierra Leone said on Tuesday it would seek a shipment of a controversial experimental drug to fight an Ebola outbreak…

Robin Williams found hanging from belt – police

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First responders called to actor Robin Williams’ home found the Oscar-winning actor dead of an apparent suicide with a belt…

Quarter of world population will be African by 2050 – UNICEF

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A quarter of the world’s population will be African within 35 years, the UN children’s agency said on Tuesday, as…

Osun Election: We’re attacked because we rejected N14mn bribe – DSS

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The Department of State Service (DSS) said on Tuesday that an unnamed political party offered its men N14 million which…

Ebola: Jonathan urges greater cooperation among W/A countries

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President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has called for strategic collaboration among West African countries to control and contain the Ebola Virus…

Ebola: Instant hand sanitizer scarce, expensive

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Since the deadly Ebola Virus killed Patrick Sawyer in Nigeria, hundred of thousands of people have improved their personal hygiene…

Udo man died of Peptic Ulcer, not Ebola – Edo Govt.

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By JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Medical test conducted on the man who died last Sunday at Udo in Ovia South West local…

Tripoli police chief assassinated – Security

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Hooded attackers shot dead Tripoli police chief Colonel Mohamed al-Suissi in the Libyan capital’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday, a security…

WHO approves experimental Ebola drugs

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The World Health Organization authorised Tuesday the use of experimental drugs to fight Ebola as the death toll topped 1,000…

Celestial Church pastor appears in court for rape

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A 23-year old self-professed Celestial Church prophet, Adewale Adeleke, on Tuesday in Lagos, appeared before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court for…

Man kills, roasts mum in Anambra state

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Anambra state police command has arrested and detained Ekene Ucheagwu for killing and roasting his mother in Ndikpa Awuka, a…

US to provide $180 mn in South Sudan food aid

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The United States said Tuesday it will provide $180 million in additional aid to help feed people facing a looming…

Uganda anti-gay law to be re-introduced in parliament – Speaker

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Ugandan lawmakers will vote on reinstating a severe anti-gay law just weeks after it was scrapped by the country’s constitutional…

Ex-militants protest exclusion from amnesty programme

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Some former militants in Edo and Delta, who were not captured in the third phase of the amnesty by the…

Bayelsa sets up task force to tackle insecurity in creeks, waterways

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Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has inaugurated an 11-man task force to police the creeks and waterways across the state…

Anambra winning war against criminals

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The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Anambra, Mr Anali Chude, has said that the state government is winning…

Job Flight Threatens Nigerian Print Industry

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Olugbenga Ladipo, Managing Director, Academy Press, in a chat with Femi Ayodele, talks about the ordeal of indigenous printers and…

‘Men Commit More Crimes Than Women’

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The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, has revealed that women’s involvement in organised…

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