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Clashes in West Bank after Muslim prayers

Clashes erupted in the West Bank Friday after weekly Muslim prayers while security forces deployed heavily around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa…

El-Rufai picks form, says guber aspiration not do-or-die

Malam Nasiru El Rufai, former FCT Minister, on Friday obtained the APC nomination forms to contest for the 2015 governor…

NBA, lawyers fault withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides

Some lawyers in Lagos on Friday faulted the withdrawal of the security aides of the Speaker of the House of…

Gov Suswam swears in high court judge

Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue State on Friday sworn-in Mrs Theresa Shija as a high court judge in the state.…

Bus Driver Jailed For Driving Against Traffic

Kazeem Ugbodaga A driver of a commuter bus, locally called danfo, has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment by the…

In Pictures: Women Arise mark 200 Days of #BringBackOurGirls

Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Women Arise organised a rally to mark 200 days of Chibok girls abduction. The peaceful rally…

2015: Jonathan, PDP stopped me from contesting, says Tafawa Balewa

The son of Nigeria’s first and only post-independence prime minister on Friday said he wanted to run for president but…

Army official announces ouster of Burkina president

An army official claimed on Friday that Burkina Faso’s embattled President Blaise Compaore had been ousted, prompting an outburst of…

Tambuwal sues IGP over withdrawal of security aides

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at about 12:40 pm Friday stormed the federal high…

Three bombs rock Gombe bus station

Three bombs concealed in bags rocked a bus station in north Nigeria’s Gombe state during Friday morning rush hour, the…

8 dead, 34 injured in triple bombing in Gombe

A triple bombing at a bus station during Friday morning rush hour in north Nigeria killed at least eight people…

Rivers Police orders 24 hours surveillance on PDP Secretariat

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state Police Commissioner, Dan Bature, has ordered round the clock surveillance of Peoples Democratic Party,…

New Afghan first lady backs French veil ban

Afghanistan’s cosmopolitan new first lady has backed France’s controversial ban on the niqab, comparing the full veil to “blinders” as…

At least 15 dead in Turkey bus accident

At least 15 people were killed and 28 injured Friday when a bus carrying agricultural workers workers overturned in the…

Israel reopens Al-Aqsa mosque ahead of Muslim prayers

Israel reopened Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday ahead of the weekly Muslim prayers, after a rare closure following clashes…

Ben Murray Bruce to contest for Bayelsa Senate seat

Ben Murray-Bruce, the entertainment business mogul and Chairman of Silverbird group, has promised to work toward the eradication of poverty…
Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, dump party over alleged extortion

Gov. Lawal’s son enters governorship race in Kwara

Alhaji Hakeem, son of late Gov. Mohammed Lawal of Kwara, on Thursday declared his intention to contest for the governorship…

Rivers PDP Secretariat on fire, less than 24 hours after anti-Wike rally

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Secretariat along Port Harcourt/Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt, has been set on…

Zoo in Chile lets you have one-on-one with the lion

Dare you, double dare you, to tickle a lion’s belly. Or touch his menacing claws. A zoo in Chile gives…

Boko Haram kills varsity lecturer and family, stamps authority on Mubi

Islamist Boko Haram militants have seized control of the northeast Nigerian town of Mubi, killing dozens of people and forcing…

Coup in Burkina Faso, army dissolves Compaore’s govt

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore was toppled on Thursday as the army took power after protesters set parliament ablaze in…

US man pleads guilty to trying to help IS group

A US man pleaded guilty Thursday to trying to help the Islamic State jihadist group and now faces 15 years…

Burkina President Compaore says not resigning, open to talks

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore said in a televised speech Thursday that he was not resigning and was open to…

2015: Goodluck Support Group gets 21 vehicles from car dealer

Innoson Vehicles Manufacturing Company Limited on Thursday in Abuja donated 20 buses and a jeep to the Goodluck Support Group…

US spy agencies spent nearly $68 bn in 2014

US spy agencies spent nearly $68 billion in fiscal year 2014, about the same level of spending on intelligence gathering…

TB Joshua did not have approval for collapsed building – Commissioner

A guesthouse that collapsed at the Lagos megachurch of one of Nigeria’s most popular preachers, killing 116, did not have…

FG may seek death penalty against child marriage

A 14-year-old Nigerian girl accused of murdering her 35-year-old husband by putting rat poison in his food could face the…

Nigerians import N3bn textiles annually, says NLC

The Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr lssa Aremu, has said that Nigerians import N3 billion worth…

NY Times narrows losses, sees progress in digital

The New York Times Co. said Thursday it narrowed its losses from the same period a year ago, while touting…

Kwankwas‎o picks APC nomination form

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso on Thursday in Abuja picked the N27.5 million nomination and expression of interest forms to contest for…