Niger, Chad launch offensive against Boko Haram
Forces from Niger and Chad have launched a ground and air offensive against militant group Boko Haram in north-eastern Nigeria, officials say. The campaign is said to be targeting militants in Borno...
View ArticleKaka scores on MLS debut
Kaka scored a late equaliser for 10-man Orlando as they drew 1-1 with New York City in a meeting between the MLS newcomers Mix Diskerud put the visitors in front with a superb curling strike, before...
View ArticleEgypt: Roadside bomb kills 3 soldiers
Three Egyptian soldiers were killed Monday and three others critically wounded in a roadside bomb attack in the restive Sinai Peninsula, police and medical officials said. Egyptian security forces...
View ArticleChad, Niger troops sack Boko Haram from Damasak
Troops from Chad and Niger have freed two towns in northern Nigeria previously held by Boko Haram militants, the first gains made in a joint offensive launched at the weekend, Niger military sources...
View ArticleMbeki, Abdulsalami, Buhari in closed door meeting
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki, and former Head of State,Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Monday met with the All Progressives Congress APC, presidential candidate, Maj-Gen. Muhammadu...
View ArticleAPC, Buhari lied to Nigerians – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (Rtd) no longer have moral rights to participate...
View ArticleUS Court rejects cases on Guantanamo detainee treatment
The Supreme Court on Monday spurned two appeals involving U.S. treatment of Guantanamo Bay detainees, barring a Syrian man from suing the United States over alleged torture and blocking the release of...
View ArticleUS freezes 7 Venezuelan officials assets
President Obama’s order puts sanctions on 7 Venezuelan officials, freezing their US assets, bans them from entering US. Details later…
View Article‘FG spends N100bn on education annually’
Nigeria’s Vice President (VP), Namadi Sambo has said that the Federal Government spends about 100 billion naira annually on educational projects across the Nigerian Universities. The VP, at a...
View ArticleSiasia unsatisfied with Dream Team VI in Gabon victory
Head coach of Nigeria’s U23 male national team, Samson Siasia has expressed displeasure over his side’s poor show in their 2-0 win against Gabon on Saturday in Abuja. The Dream Team VI defeated their...
View ArticleDollar hits 12-year high against euro, yen
The dollar hit multi-year highs against the euro and yen and emerging markets were under mounting pressure on Tuesday, as the prospect of the first rise in U.S. interest rates in almost a decade stoked...
View ArticleOsun civil servants protest unpaid salaries
Civil servants in Osun State turned out in mass on Tuesday in protest of non-payment of five months salaries by the state government. The workers, who were led by the Chairman of the Trade Union...
View ArticlePakistan lifts death penalty moratorium
Pakistan has lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in all capital cases, officials said Tuesday, after restarting executions for terrorism offences in the wake of a Taliban school massacre. The...
View ArticleBlatter turns 79, as Prince Ali gathers more support
Sepp Blatter celebrated his 79th birthday on Tuesday as one of his rivals for the FIFA presidency obtained some high-level support for his bid to be the most powerful person in world football. Prince...
View ArticleJonathan appoints new Sure-P chairman
Mr Ishaya Dare Akau’s appointment, as the new SURE-P chairman, was announced on Tuesday in a statement by the spokesman for the President, Dr. Reuben Abati. The Presidency said the appointment was in...
View ArticleBomb explosion rocks popular Maiduguri monday market
A suspected female suicide bomber killed at least six people on Tuesday in Maiduguri, capital of Nigeria’s Borno state, military and hospital sources said, three days after a multiple bomb attack in...
View ArticleCar bomb kills 4, injures 20 in Afghanistan
At least four people were killed and 20 wounded Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew up his car outside a police station in the capital of Afghanistan’s restive Helmand province, officials said. A...
View ArticleArmy foils Boko Haram attack on Gombi town
The Nigerian Army has repelled Boko Haram terrorists, killing an unspecified number, in their attempt to enter Gombi town in Adamawa State on Monday evening. One soldier was wounded during battle. “The...
View ArticleVarsity students expelled over racist chant
Two University of Oklahoma students were expelled Tuesday over their alleged “leadership role” in a racist chant by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members, a decision that President David Boren says...
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