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APC governors helped Aregbesola pay salaries – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osun state on Friday 25 July alleged that governors of Rivers, Lagos, Osun, Edo and…

Boko Haram violence our challenge with polio – Bill Gates

United States philanthropist, Bill Gates has described the violence in northern Nigeria perpetuated by Islamist sect Boko Haram, as the…

85 Syria troops killed in jihadist takeover

At least 85 Syrian soldiers were killed, some of them beheaded, as the jihadist Islamic State took over a base…

At least 76 bodies retrieved from Gaza rubble after truce

The bodies of at least 76 Palestinians were recovered from the rubble across the Gaza Strip in the first few…

Cameroon jails 14 Boko Haram members

A military court in Cameroon has handed down prison sentences of up to 20 years to 14 Boko Haram members,…

Osun Election: Omisore supporters kill APC member

Senator Iyiola Omisore’s political supporters have been accused of killing a member of the opposition party on Friday 25 July.…

Qaeda releases video of US suicide bomber in Syria

Syria’s Al-Qaeda affiliate has released a video of a US suicide bomber who blew himself up at an army post…

Giant crater in Russia’s far north sparks mystery

A vast crater discovered in a remote region of Siberia known to locals as “the end of the world” is…

UN warns of world inaction as South Sudan famine looms

Top UN aid chiefs have begged donors to increase efforts to stave off looming famine in South Sudan, where a…

FG open to negotiation to free Chibok Girls – UN

Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Professor Joy Ogwu, says the Federal Government is still open to negotiation to…

AU Commission plans new approach to Boko Haram

The African Union Commission (AUC) has announced plans to set up a joint task force with four member states to…

Israel and Hamas declare 12-hour Gaza truce

The Israeli military and the militant Palestinian Hamas were set on Saturday to start a 12-hour ceasefire at 8:00 a.m.…

Nigeria: Facts to know about ruthless Ebola virus

The Ebola virus plaguing west Africa, which has killed at least 660 since the worst-ever outbreak began there in January,…

Paris bans pro-Palestinian protest after recent violence

French police have banned a protest against Israel’s Gaza offensive that was due to take place in Paris on Saturday,…

Israel agrees 12-hour Gaza ceasefire

Israel has announced a unilateral 12-hour ceasefire in Gaza starting on Saturday morning, a US official said. “Israel has agreed…

Oyinlola supports Omisore’s ambition -PDP

The Campaign Organisation of Senator Iyiola Omisore, PDP’s governorship candidate in Osun, said on Friday that former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola…

Soldiers, Shi’ite Muslims Clash in Zaria leaves Four Dead

At least four persons have been reported dead after the clash between soldiers and adherents of the Islamic Shiite Movement…

Spanish nightclub shut down over sex-for-drink game

A nightclub on the Spanish holiday island of Majorca where a young woman performed oral sex on several men reportedly…

SSS shuts down office Opinion Poll company

Two weeks to the governorship election in Osun State, armed operatives from State Security Services, SSS have reportedly swooped on…

Jihadists kill at least 50 Syria troops in ambush

Jihadists from the Islamic State group killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers in an ambush on Friday, summarily executing most…

Army chief urges soldiers to maintain high security standards

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Kenneth Minimah, on Friday urged officers and men of the Nigerian Army to…

Liberian with Ebola-like symptoms dies in Nigeria

A Liberian man hospitalised in Lagos with Ebola-like symptoms has died, an official said Friday, without confirming the virus was…

Lagos urges residents to embrace state’s initiative to own houses

Lateef Ibirogba, the Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, on Friday called on Lagos residents to take advantage of…

Enforcement of new drivers licence by FRSC illegal

Some lawyers in Abuja on Friday said that the plan by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to begin enforcement…

FRSC deploys 15,000 personnel, 800 patrol vehicles for Sallah

The Federal Road Safety Commission on Friday deployed 15,000 operatives and 800 patrol vehicles across the highways to ensure a…

Army trains 67 NSCDC personnel on weapon handling

The Nigerian Army on Friday completed a one-month training for 67 personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps…

Terrorism: France commends commission on framework

France on Friday commended the framework developed at the just concluded conference of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) to fight…

Suspect of Kaduna explosion targeted at Buhari arrested

The Defence Headquarters on Friday said that troops in Kaduna have arrested a man suspected to be connected with the…

Wikipedia blocks ‘disruptive’ edits from US Congress

Wikipedia has blocked editing rights from some computers at the US House of Representatives for “disruptive” revisions on the online…