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Afghanistan frees US soldier held for 5 years

United States President Barack Obama said Saturday that an American soldier held for half a decade in Afghanistan has been…

Insecurity: Jonathan meets Malian leader, Senegalese Clerics

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday met with the President of Mali, Muhammadou Keita in continuation of consultations to solve the…

LUTH doctors resume strike on June 2

The LUTH, Idi-Araba, Lagos Branch of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), is to resume its strike on 2 June,…

Akinbade emerges LP guber candidate in Osun

Former Secretary to Osun Government, Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, emerged the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) at the party’s…

Pakistan ruling party MP kidnapped

A provincial lawmaker from Pakistan’s ruling party has been kidnapped and is being held for ransom, police said Saturday. Rana…

AU in renewed efforts to rescue Chibok girls

The AU has announced plans to engage the Federal Government and other stakeholders in a meeting, in a fresh bid…

Don’t meddle into politics, Sultan tells traditional rulers

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has warned traditional rulers to steer clear of politics. Abubakar gave the…

Increase tax on tobacco products – Union tells FG

The Association of Public Health Physicians of Nigeria (APHPN), in collaboration with the Nigerian Tobacco Control Research Group, on Saturday,…

Google gets 12,000 requests to be ‘forgotten’

Google received 12,000 requests from people seeking to be “forgotten” by the world’s leading search engine on the first day…

Malaria: Nuclear mechanism against mosquitos underway

The African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE), on Saturday, said plans were underway to use nuclear radiation on mosquitoes to…

Cameron condemns Sudanese death sentence

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Saturday he was “appalled” by the “barbaric” death sentence given to a Sudanese woman…

Sokoto Govt. to sell houses to civil servants

The Sokoto State Government has concluded arrangements to sell houses to civil servants on owner occupier basis, the Commissioner for…

Arms Importation: NSCDC deploys officers to monitor borders

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Sokoto has deployed security men in plain-clothes to the border…

Five suspects in custody over gang-rape, death of cousins

Five men have been arrested over the gang-rape and deaths of two girls found hanging from a mango tree in…

Man bolts with employer’s N1.5m diesel

An employee, Emeka Isicheli, on Friday appeared before an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing his employer’s diesel…

Malawian Example: Banda concedes defeat in presidential election

Malawian President Joyce Banda congratulated her arch-rival Peter Mutharika on Saturday after conceding defeat in the country’s presidential election, following…

Self-proclaimed terrorist arraigned in Lagos

A 27-year old labourer, Francis Mokwe, who publicly proclaimed himself as an insurgent at a banking hall in Lagos, was…

NDLEA nabs Malian with 4kg cannabis

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it had apprehended a 22-year old Malian in possession of…

Six ‘cult’ members held over China McDonald’s death

Chinese police have detained six people for beating to death a woman at a McDonald’s restaurant who refused to disclose…

Don’t mix politics with religion – Wamakko

Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has cautioned Nigerians against mixing politics with religion. He gave the warning on Friday…

Roadside bomb kills 12 in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed 12 civilians, including seven women in eastern Afghanistan Saturday, officials said, the latest violence in the…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Osun PDP suspends ex-governor

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun has suspended Senator Adetunji Adeleke, a former governor of the state. Alhaji Gani…

15 die after ambush on Pakistan border post

A soldier and 14 militants were killed Saturday after an ambush on a border post in Pakistan’s restive northwestern tribal…

N. Korea sentences S. Korean ‘spy’ to hard labour for life

North Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to hard labour for life after accusing him of espionage and setting up…

Alao-Akala’s driver shot dead

Alhaji Alabi Ajikobi, a driver of the former Governor of Oyo State, Adebayo Alao-Akala, was shot dead on Friday by…

APC Reps member sacked by Supreme Court

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday sacked Mr. Orker Jev of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria,…

Mutharika is Malawi’s president elect

Peter Mutharika, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party,was Friday declared winner of Malawi’s disputed presidential election after garnering 36.4 percent…

Corpse of Emir of Gwoza recovered – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday said the body of Emir of Gwoza, who died when gunmen attacked a convoy…

US confirms American carried out Syria suicide bombing

The United States confirmed Friday that it believes a US citizen carried out a suicide bombing within Syria, as had…

Prominent politician sponsoring falsehood against the military – DHQ

The Defence Headquarters on Friday 30 May said that it had uncovered a plot by a prominent politician to embark…