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Chadian rebel chief surrenders

Chad’s FPR rebel chief Abdel Kader Baba Ladde has surrendered to the Central African army and arrived in the capital…

US Open: Last 8 women standing

Quarter-finals line-up in the women’s singles at the US Open (x denotes seeding): Victoria Azarenka (BLR x1) v Samantha Stosur…

UK varsity plans legal action over visa status

A London university on Monday announced it was launching legal action over the government’s decision to revoke its right to…

NURTW backs Lagos Traffic Law

The new Lagos Road Traffic Law Monday garnered more support from stakeholders in the transport sector as the National Union…

Hajj Commission to issue free SIM cards

The National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) is to issue free SIM cards to all intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year,…

Pastor jailed for stealing $20 sheep

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a pastor, Oloruntoba Ibitoye, to nine months imprisonment for stealing a sheep. According…

Cholera kills 348 in S/Leone, Guinea

A cholera epidemic in Sierra Leone which was declared a national emergency in mid-August has claimed 244 lives and affected…

Patience Jonathan: Aso Rock Keeps Mum Over Health

Aso Rock, the seat of government in Nigeria, kept mum Monday over the whereabouts of Patience Faka, the wife of…

Woman Bites Off Policeman’s Ear

A 36-year old woman, Mrs. Gloria Ugonnaya, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrate’s court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, charged…

Man Caught Stealing Car Blames God

A man who was caught attempting to steal a Sport Utility Vehicle, SUV, during church service at an Anglican Church…

Robbers In Military Uniform Kill Petrol Station Attendant

Armed men dressed in military uniform invaded a petrol station in Calabar on Friday, at about 10am and shot dead…

Traffic Law: Okada Riders Beg For Time

Following the ban on okada riders from plying 475 roads in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, some commercial motorcycle operators, also…

Pregnant Woman, 4 Others Nabbed For Robbery

Members of a  three-man robbery gang  that operate in Lagos and Ogun states, southwest Nigeria have been arrested by men…

Sun Myung Moon, Self-professed Messiah Dies

Sun Myung Moon, a self-professed messiah who claimed millions of religious followers in his Unification Church and sought to become…

Lagos state appoints new accountant-general

Mr Babatunde Fashola, governor of Nigeria’s Lagos state, has approved the appointment of Mr David Olabanji Adewale Sunmoni as the…

Breastfeeding Week Marked In Lagos

Lagos State, last week,  joined the rest of the world to mark the 2012 Breastfeeding Week, an annual event organised…

Judicial Sector Reform: Lagos Ready To Assist Other States —Ipaye

The Attorney General and Commissioner or Justice, Lagos State, Ade Ipaye, has declared the readiness of the state government to…

Corruption Will Kill Nigeria

Retired Justice Mustapha Akanbi, former President, Appeal Court and a past chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, will be 80 on…

The Ageless Fighter

The life of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, now 80, is one of integrity and service to his nation He was sweating…

US Democrats invite Tinubu to Convention

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the Nigeria’s opposition Action Congress of Nigeria will from Monday join the…

PDP denies pact with Governor Oshiomhole

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter on Sunday denied going into secret pact with Governor Adams…

Ndigbo leader wants Jonathan check North’s Hisbah Guards

JETHRO IBILEKE, Benin President Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to check the activities of the Hisbah Guards in Sharia state…

Lottery body stops unsolicited lottery SMS

The Nigerian Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has directed the stoppage of unsolicited lottery text messages on cell phones, its Director-General,…

Kano awards 501 post graduate scholarships

Kano State Government has awarded scholarships to 501 graduates to pursue masters degree programmes in various universities abroad. Gov. Rabi’u…

Mali Islamists execute Algerian diplomat

Islamic extremists said Sunday they have executed an Algerian diplomat who was kidnapped during their takeover of northern Mali, according…

Traffic law: No immunity for Lagos government drivers

There will be no immunity for any LAGBUS driver that flouts the new Lagos traffic law, says the executive director…

Dos Santos declared winner of Angola polls

Angola’s government mouthpiece Jornal de Angola on Sunday declared incumbent Jose Eduardo dos Santos the president-elect, two days after elections…

Ethiopia’s Zenawi in a blaze of glory at funeral

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians mourned Sunday the late strongman Meles Zenawi, in the first state funeral staged for a…

Ethiopia gets set to bury its leader, Zenawi

Ethiopia will bury its long-serving and powerful prime minister Meles Zenawi later today in the first state funeral staged for…

Angola: Dos Santos poised for another landslide victory

President Jose Eduardo dos Santos was poised to extend his 33-year rule Saturday as his party took a hefty lead…