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Dublin announces full probe into Catholic baby homes

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The Irish government said on Tuesday it would launch a full-scale investigation into controversial Catholic homes for unmarried mothers, following…

Jonathan inaugurates 1,000 housing units for police

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President Goodluck Jonathan, on Tuesday, inaugurated 1,000 housing units for the police at Dakwa, Abuja and urged other security agencies…

Gunman kills one in new US school shooting

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A gunman shot and killed a student at an Oregon high school Tuesday, in the latest in a spate of…

Jihadists seize another Iraqi city

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Jihadists overran Iraq’s second city of Mosul, the surrounding Nineveh province and parts of Kirkuk on Tuesday, in a major…

Oldest Catholic priest laid to rest in Lagos

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The oldest Catholic priest in Nigeria, the late Monsignor Pedro Martins, was on Tuesday laid to rest in Lagos amidst…

Diezani nominated as OPEC secretary-general – Iraqi Oil Minister

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Iraqi Oil Minister, Abdelkarim al-Luaybi on Tuesday 10 June claimed that Nigeria had nominated Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed…

Five US soldiers killed by ‘friendly fire’ in Afghanistan

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A NATO air strike in Afghanistan killed five US soldiers in an apparent “friendly fire” accident during clashes with insurgents,…

APC Members Slump In Abeokuta

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Some members of the Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday slumped at the June 12 Cultural…

Global Aid To Education Down 10% Since 2010

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Aid to education is seriously declining: it fell by just over 6% between 2010 and 2011, and a further 3%…

Jihadists seize Iraq’s Nineveh province

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Jihadists Tuesday seized Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, whose capital Mosul is the country’s second-largest city, in a major blow…

Two Russian tourists dead in India bus accident

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A bus carrying Russian tourists plunged into a river in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least two and injuring…

Bomb Scare At Wuse Market Abuja

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Sola Adeola/Abuja There was bomb scare in Wuse area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital Tuesday. Residents woke up to see that…

Kano Airport Harassment: ‘I Drove Myself For 5hrs To Abuja’

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Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has narrated how he escaped from Kano to Abuja on Sunday night when his life…

Teenager Faces Trial For Raping 80-Yr Old Blind Woman

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A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday held that a teenager, Avoseh Satingo, has a case to answer…

Sanusi’s Coronation: Protesters Occupy Emir’s Palace

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Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Newly crowned Emir of Kano, northwest Nigeria, Sarki Lamido Sanusi Lamido is operating from a temporary office in…

Syria begins prisoners release

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Syria has begun releasing prisoners from government jails under a general amnesty announced by President Bashar al-Assad, human rights lawyers…

Angelina Jolie launches fight against rape

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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie and British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Tuesday launched a four-day summit on ending rape in…

UN urges Nigerians to work for safe release of Chibok girls

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Said Djinnit, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative to West Africa, on Monday urged Nigerians to close ranks and work toward…

Murder trial opens for S. Korea ferry captain and crew

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The highly charged trial of 15 crew members from South Korea’s ferry disaster began Tuesday to shouts of “murderers” from…

Kenyan Muslim preacher shot dead

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Gunmen in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa on Tuesday shot dead an influential moderate Muslim preacher who was a…

Tinubu Blasts Jonathan Over Chibok Girls

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Senator Oluremi Tinubu has decried the Federal Government’s handling of the rescue of over 200 students kidnapped from Government Girls…

8 Arrested Over Ekiti Violence

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The Police Command in Ekiti State says it has arrested eight persons in connection with Saturday’s clash that led to…

Thailand’s Miss Universe quits after political furore

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Thailand’s contender for the Miss Universe beauty pageant has relinquished her crown after she allegedly called for supporters of the…

Boko Haram kidnap over 20 young mothers in Borno

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Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped at least 20 young mothers near a town in northeast Nigeria where more than 200…

Retired military officers plead for pension arrears

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Retired Army, Navy and Air Force Officers’ Association (RANAO), on Monday appealed to Federal Government to pay their outstanding arrears…

Akunyili: Female President Nigeria never had

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The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has described former Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili,…

APC members storm Lagos Assembly, call for internal democracy

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A group within the Lagos All Progressives Congress, (APC) known as “New Lagos Movement,” on Monday stormed the Lagos State…

Okorocha bans proliferation of political posters in Owerri

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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has banned the littering of the state capital with posters during political campaigns. The ban…

NIS arrests seven human traffickers

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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Katsina State Command, said it arrested seven people for alleged human trafficking and related offences.…

PDP Congratulates New Emir of Kano

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Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni The ruling Peoples Democratic Party, today sent a congratulatory message to the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,…

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