Birthday Party: Zimbabwe’s football boss demands apology from CAF
Phillip Chiyangwa, Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) President, has demanded an apology from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after he was censured for
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BREAKING: Three feared dead as luxury bus plunges into Lagos canal
At least three people including the driver, were killed, while 23 sustained injuries after a luxury bus with registration number Anambra GDD 386
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9 Suicide bombers invade Maiduguri, destroy 13 vehicles
Nine bombers died in Maiduguri between Thursday night and early Friday, in what would qualify as the boldest plan by Boko Haram to
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Strange! Presidency to spend N100m on bullet-proof tyres in 2017
The Permanent Secretary of the State House, Mr Jalal Arabi, during the defence of the Presidential Villa’s 2017 budget, yesterday, before the Senate
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FUTMinna students burn clinic, destroy libraries over student’s death
The students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, have gone on the rampage, setting ablaze the school’s clinic on Bosso
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South Sudan: Labour minister resigns
Uncomfortable with the inconsistency in President Salva Kiir’s leadership, South Sudanese Labour and Public Service minister, Gen. Gabriel Lam, has resigned. He is
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Pakistan names 76 terrorists hiding in Afghanistan
Pakistan army has handed over to officials of the Afghan Embassy, a list of 76 terrorists hiding in Afghanistan. The development came following
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N522bn Paris Club refund: “Probe us if you can”, govs tell EFCC
State governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, in the early hours of Thursday, rose from their meeting, saying they were
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Corruption Scandal: Samsung boss arrested
The heir to the Samsung business empire has been arrested on corruption allegations. Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korea’s biggest
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FAAN officials assault corps members for protesting flight delay
Some officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria at the Yola Airport, Adamawa State, have gone tough on two corps members, Olugbenga
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China builds 7.6kms of bicycle path in the air
It is called the ‘skycycle’ path. China’s first bicycle path in the air, at a length of 7.6 kilometres, have started a trial
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Missing former Olympic swimming champion found
Former Olympic swimming champion, 36-year-old Grant Hackett has been found by police in Australia’s Gold Coast after going missing. The former swimming champion
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China: Xi, ex-Supreme Court judge jailed
A Chinese court on Thursday jailed for life Xi Xiaoming, a former senior judge Supreme People’s Court, after finding him guilty of corruption,
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3rd suspect in Kim Jong Nam’s death arrested
Malaysian police have arrested a third suspect in its investigation in the death of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of Kim Jong Un,
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Ozekhome, SAN, urges court to defreeze his account
Chief Mike Ozekhome, a Lagos-based lawyer and Rights activist, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to vacate an interim order freezing
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PHOTOS: Fire razes buildings, vehicles in Onitsha
An inferno, on Wednesday night, razed down a filling station, 15 vehicles, and some nearby buildings along the Upper New Market Road, Onitsha,
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2019: Atiku, Lamido may clash over PDP presidential ticket
There are indications that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and a former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, are making moves towards clinching
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Nigerian Bizman, Bashir Ishaq, charged with $1m fraud
Bashir Ishaq Bashir, alongside his companies, Leda Greenpower Consortium, Leda Greenpower Nigeria Limited and Leda Consortium Limited have been charged before Justice S.E. Aladetoyinbo
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Trump drops appeal of travel ban suspension
President Donald Trump’s administration dropped Thursday its appeal of a court ruling that suspended his travel ban targeting refugees and seven Muslim countries
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Judge orders permanent forfeiture of Diezani’s $153m to FG
Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the permanent forfeiture of a sum of $153,310,000, which was said
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National Population Commission conducts mock census in Gombe State
The National Population Commission (NPC) in Gombe State has commenced it’s mock census, the third phase of Enumeration Area Demarcation (EAD) in preparation
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Heartbreak: Woman admits committing adultery
An estranged husband, Alex Imukoro, on Thursday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his marriage because of the adulterous
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Pastor Ashimolowo’s Church under criminal probe in London
The City of London police are investigating an alleged fraud involving a former Premier League footballer who lost £3.9 million from a British
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Burundi’s Nkurunziza shuns peace talks
The government of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi has said it will not attend peace talks scheduled to resume in Tanzania today, although
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Australian catholic church pays $212m to sexual abuse victims
Australia’s Catholic Church paid 276 million Australian dollars (212 million dollars) in compensation to thousands of people who were victims of sexual abuse
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Israel-Palestine: Trump rejects two state deal
President Donald Trump rejected the long-established US framework for Middle East peacemaking at a White House visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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CCTV exposes how Rivers police killed painter by roadside
A painter, Mr. Ese Akpan, had told his family on Tuesday that he was going out to get the money owed him by
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Police arrest Omoni, kidnap kingpin
The Police said they have arrested “a notorious and vicious” kidnapper, linked with recent major kidnapping incidents in Lagos-Ogun axis. The suspect Joseph Omoni, 38
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UK Visit: “The Buhari I saw is healthy”, says Saraki
Senate President Bukola Saraki, who led a team of National Assembly leaders to visit President Muhammadu Buhari in London, said at the end
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Noose tightens on Akpabio as EFCC seizes wife’s school.
A school allegedly belonging to Unoma Akpabio, the wife of the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has been seized
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