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Education of girls will end child marriage, says UNESCO

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UNESCO marks the International Day of the Girl Child today, with mind-boggling statistics about the implications, in missed opportunities, for…

Anti-chemical weapons group wins Nobel Peace Prize

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The watchdog now overseeing the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for its efforts to…

Nigeria’s Adichie says bestseller helped recall painful past

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Nigeria’s Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the bestseller “Half of a Yellow Sun”, said writing a novel about the Nigerian…

Cash-Gate: Malawi president sacks cabinet

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Malawi President Joyce Banda on Thursday dissolved her entire 25-member cabinet in a move a presidential source said was in…

Pele sued by grandkids for child support

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Two teenage grandchildren of Brazil football legend Pele have sued him for child support, the Diario de Sao Paulo reported…

Family of 10 killed by cattle rustlers

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Armed gunmen suspected to be cattle rustlers have killed 10 members of one family in Kukek Village, Plateau State, central…

Tuesday, Wednesday declared Sallah holiday

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Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday declared October 15 and October 16 as public holiday to commemorate the muslim festival of…

MFM church demolished for road project

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Government of eastern Nigerian state of Enugu has explained the demolition of Mountain of Fire Ministries in the capital city,…

Ex-Detroit mayor jailed 28 years for corruption

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Disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced to 28 years in a federal prison on corruption and extortion charges. The…

Jonathan to attend AU’s special session

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Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a two-day visit to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia tomorrow to participate in an extraordinary session…

In Picture: Ogunlewe retires from Lagos Civil service

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Lagos State Deputy Governor, Hon Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire (right) presenting a certificate of honor to the outgoing Head of Service of…

Saudi confirms new MERS deaths ahead of Hajj

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Two Saudis have died in Riyadh after they contracted the MERS virus, health authorities announced Thursday, as the kingdom prepares…

YabaTech Flouts ASUP Order

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P.M.NEWS Campus Square can report that Nigeria’s oldest tertiary institution, Yaba College of Technology, Yabatech, has refused to join the…

Court Dismisses New PDP Suit Against Tukur

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Henry Ojelu A Nigerian High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State this morning dismissed the suit filed by the Alhaji…

ASUP Strike: ‘We Are Expecting FG’s Response’

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Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Chibuzo Asomugha, has said that the union is waiting to hear from the…

Nigeria’s Unemployed Graduates Turn Kidnappers

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Two unemployed university graduates have been arrested by the police over their alleged involvement in kidnapping in Lagos State, southwest…

KAI Seizes 150 Rams

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Officials of the Lagos State Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Wednesday impounded 150 rams belonging to ram sellers at Ijora Olopa, Lagos,…

Agagu’s Son To Be Flown Abroad

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There are indications that Feyi Agagu, the son of the late former Governor of Ondo State, and his in-law, Femi…

819,118 To Vote In Delta Senatorial Bye-Election

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The National Commissioner Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Dr Ishmael Igbani on Wednesday said 819,118 registered voters would participate in…

Police Shoot SUV Snatcher

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Barely two weeks after the police at Dopemu Police Station in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, smashed a five-man robbery gang at…

APC Targets Registering 2.5m Members In Lagos

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, says it is targeting 2.5 million members during it registration exercise in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…

6 Teenage Students Face Trial Over Cult Membership

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The Ekiti Police Command on Wednesday arraigned six teenagers in an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for belonging to a secret cult.…

Canada’s Alice Munro new Nobel Literature laureate

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Canada’s Alice Munro won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday for her short stories that focus on the frailties of…

Libyan PM freed by abductors

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Gunmen who seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli Thursday and held him for several hours have freed him,…

Amosun gives cash gift to Ogun pilgrims in Mecca

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, has given each pilgrim from the state in Saudi Arabia…

Lagos Climate to change in 2029, with dire consequences

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The climate of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as we know it today, with marked seasons for wet and dry months,…

Ghana bans Boko Haram film

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A vicious would-be suicide bomber is heading for Nigeria’s vast metropolis of Lagos and only a down-on-her-luck prostitute can stop…

Gunmen kidnap Libyan Prime Minister

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An armed group has kidnapped Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. He was kidnapped at dawn on Thursday and taken to…

Nigeria probes Guinea Bissau attack against citizens

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Nigeria is investigating attacks on its embassy in Guinea Bissau and the death of some of its citizens during the…

Solomon Lar, political veteran dies

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The founding chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar has passed away. An announcement by the government of…

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