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Friday, 31 July 2015

President Buhari Appoints Mohammed Kari As Commissioner For National Insurance Commission.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Mohammed Kari as the Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the

A middle-aged woman is currently recuperating in a Lagos hospital, after robbers stormed her rented apartment on the Lagos Island,

Russian President Vladimir Putin "personally ordered" the killing of Alexander Litvinenko, the inquiry into the former spy's death has

One of Nigeria popular movie actor Mufutau Sanni popularly called Ajigijaga is dead, the actor died in the early hour of today in Oko

A vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus has led to 100%protection and could transform the way Ebola is tackled, preliminary results

President Muhammadu Buhari said Friday in Abuja that with the formation of a stronger regional coalition, Nigeria and neighboring

Rival cult clash has claimed two lives in Ebute Metta area of Lagos,

Breaking News: Six Stabbed At Jerusalem Gay Pride.

Six people have been wounded in a stabbing at the Gay Pride parade in Jerusalem, according to the city's ambulance service.

US police are investigating after four Confederate flags were found on the grounds of a church near the Martin Luther King Jr Center in

There was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ court after a 30-year old man arrested for stealing a 4-year old girl turned out to be the father

Boko Haram Islamists slit the throats of 10 fishermen in villages near Baga on the shores of the Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, a

The Taliban have appointed a successor to Mullah Omar, their leader who was reported dead by the Afghan government on

India has carried out the execution of Yakub Memon, the man convicted of financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings.

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The authorities of the Nigerian Army have redeployed 334 senior

Cameroon will send around 2,000 extra troops to the north of the country to fight Boko Haram, the Nigerian jihadist movement

A lorry in central Mexico has ploughed into a religious procession,

The Nigerian Air Force has announced on Wednesday that it has succeeded in blocking routes through which petroleum products

The national publicity secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC) have clear air over the allegation by PDP that the new DG of the

FIFA Crisis: Michel Platini 'Would Not Change FIFA'

Liberia Football Association president Musa Bility says fellow Fifa presidential candidate Michel Platini is an "unacceptable" choice.

A mysterious piece of plane debris washed up on the French Indian

This is a very tough time for Yussuf Biodun, a barber, and his hawker wife, Kehinde, as one of their children, Mutiyat, is battling

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari began a two-day visit to Cameroon on Wednesday in a bid to soothe fractious ties between

Windows 10 marks a "new era" for personal computing, Microsoft's

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have commenced preliminary

Taliban leader Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan, a

The Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday in Abuja honoured Dr Victor Olalusi who scored 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point

News coming in now from the palace of Ooni of Ile Ife says the King is still very much alive and that he is going to attend one his

After Chelsea's preseason win over Barcelona Tuesday night, Jose Mourinho gave a scathing reply to the wife of Rafa Benitez, who

One of Nigeria top monarch Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade the

President Buhari Appoints Rtd Brigadier General Boroh As New Niger Delta Coordinator.

Brigadier-General P.T. Boroh (rtd.)

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General P.T. Boroh (rtd.) as the Coordinator of the

At least 25 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants in raids on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning on

A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected a prayer by five senators opposed to the emergence of Bukola Saraki as the Senate

Nigeria's new President Muhammadu Buhari is set to make his first official visit to one-time enemy Cameroon Wednesday to ease

An American jailed for 30 years for spying for Israel is to be freed in November after the US granted his parole, according to his

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Monday, said the Peoples Democratic Party government of former President

A court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of deposed leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, and eight others to death

Femi Gbajabiamila has emerged as the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives after he settled his dispute with the

Crime: 16 Years Old Boy Slaughtered Neighbor Son In Ijanikin, Lagos.

Tragedy struck in Ijanikin area of Lagos State south-west Nigeria

The former special adviser on media to Former president Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati as put up an article on his official twitter handle

People in Nairobi on Sunday gave a muted and measured response to US President Barack Obama's firm support for gay rights during

A 10-year-old female suicide bomber has killed 19 persons in a

Kurdish forces in Syria have accused Turkey of repeatedly

A woman who was apparently cheating on her husband was reportedly busted at a baseball game in Atlanta by a pair of eagle-eyed sisters sitting right behind her.
Last week, Delana and Brynn Hinson posted images on social media showing what appeared to be a woman sexting someone who is not her husband. The Hinson sisters say the woman's spouse had been sitting next to her at the time, watching a game between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers at Turner Field.