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Hollande denies influencing justice system in Sarkozy scandal

French leader Francois Hollande on Monday denied having influenced the justice system in a corruption scandal surrounding Nicolas Sarkozy after…

Massive Enforcement Against Illegal Auto Dealers

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says it will soon embark on massive enforcement against unregistered auto and spare parts…

LASG Decries Inadequate Land For Wastewater Treatment Plants

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government says inadequate land is one of the major challenges inhibiting the sitting of several…

Former Ukraine president sues EU over sanctions

Former Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych, ousted by pro-Western protests, has filed a suit with EU’s top court against sanctions Brussels…

Bangladesh’s oldest brothel closed after Islamist pressure

Bangladesh’s oldest brothel has been shut down following pressure from local clerics and politicians amid rising conservatism in the Muslim-majority…

Bamidele Aturu, Loss Of A Great Son Of Nigeria

By Mohsin Bukhari/Dubai ‎ Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty, (1898-1963) A.D. was an Irish Roman Catholic priest and senior official of the…

IPMAN decries kerosene scarcity in Cross River

Michael Udofia, the Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Calabar chapter, has expressed concern over what he called…

S. Korea’s youth suicide rate falls slightly

The suicide rate among young South Koreans dipped slightly in 2012, government data showed Monday, offering some encouragement to official…

Pictures: Rihanna celebrates Germany’s World Cup win by lifting her top

Pop princess Rihanna celebrated Germany’s hard earned 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracana by revealing her bra. She posted…

Zoning favours political weaklings

Senator Paulinus Igwe-Nwagu (PDP Ebonyi Central), has said that zoning of political offices are meant to favour political weaklings in…

Osun Poll: INEC to distribute election materials on time

Election materials for the 9 August governorship election in Osun would arrive the state as planned and would be distributed…

Germany wins World Cup, beat Argentina 1-0

Mario Goetze scored a superb extra-time winner as Germany beat Argentina 1-0 to become the first European team to win…

Passenger van crash kills 12 in Pakistan

A passenger van plunged into a ravine in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Sunday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 14…

Abbas wants Palestine under international protection

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is to ask the United Nations to put the state of Palestine under “international protection” due…

Onaiyekan urges religious leaders to live modest lives

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has called on ordained men and women of God to live modest…

2015: Bakare Calls For Interim Govt

The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, SNG, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has…

We will not aid terrorism in Lagos – Arewa

The Arewa community in Lagos on Sunday said that they would neither aid nor tolerate any terrorist activities in Lagos.…

Aturu’s Death: A Tragic Blow To Labour Movement

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has described the death of human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu as tragic blow to the…

Boko Haram: APC Calls For International Probe

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an international inquiry into the activities of the terror group Boko Haram…

Malala, Pakistani girl-child campaigner calls for Chibok girls release

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl-child education campaigner, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has called on Boko Haram…

Ukraine clashes kill 12 civilians

Escalating clashes between pro-Kremlin separatists and Ukrainian forces on Sunday killed 12 civilians and forced the new Western-backed leader to…

Bomb kills seven Algerian troops

A roadside bomb has killed three Algerian soldiers and four auxiliaries in the west of the North African country, the…

Pope promises ‘solutions’ to priestly celibacy

Pope Francis promised “solutions” to the issue of priestly celibacy in an interview on Sunday that raised the possibility the…

Tributes from friends and foes as Soyinka turns 80

Nigeria’s literary icon Wole Soyinka turned 80 on Sunday, with friends and foes alike paying tribute to the first African…

Boko Haram voices support for Islamic State’s Baghdadi, Al-Qaeda

The head of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists, Abubakar Shekau, has voiced support for the extremist Sunni Islamic State (IS) militant…

Boko Haram claims Abuja, Lagos attacks in new video

The head of Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists has claimed responsibility for a June 25 bombing in the capital Abuja and…

Exclusive: Wole Soyinka reflects on his life at 80

Professor Wole Soyinka gives a broader view of his life at 80 in a scintillating interview with the TheNEWS. It’s…

N. Korea fires two more missiles into sea

North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea Sunday, Seoul’s military said, in an apparent show of anger at…

Gunmen attack diving resort on Malaysia’s Borneo island

A policeman was killed and a second kidnapped after heavily armed gunmen opened fire at a Malaysian diving resort off…

Van Gaal says Robben welcome at Man Utd

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal says Arjen Robben is welcome at Manchester United after the Bayern Munich forward helped Netherlands…