A Catholic priest in the German town of Krefeld has been sentenced to six years in prison on 25 counts of child abuse, the District Court...
The Naira, at the Interbank market, on Thursday gained 80 kobo to the dollar, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says. The apex bank, in a...
The Federal Government said it had uncovered plans by some unscrupulous Nigerians to hijack and hand over Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to female suicide bombers to...
The Defence Ministry on Thursday said Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram killed 31 people when it burnt three mosques in northern Cameroon. Defence Minister Edgar Ngo’o...
The U.S. government said it has taken a new, though preliminary step to encourage commercial development of the moon. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on...
Five Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri have tested positive to HIV/AIDS after they were screened for malaria and HIV/AIDS. The exercise was conducted on Wednesday...
The Plateau government on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza, saying that it had destroyed seven poultry farms affected by the bird flu in the...
A Trans-Asia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board, on Wednesday plunged into a river shortly after taking off from a downtown Taipei airport,...
Muslim clerics have globally condemned the burning to death of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State (ISIS), describing it as un-Islamic. They said that such a...
Health workers on Tuesday resumed duties in government-owned hospitals in Lagos after suspending the 11-week old strike, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The workers,...
Liberian Government said the it has commenced a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines, involving thousands of volunteers, as part of an effort to slow the spread...
Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Tuesday said the Federal Government had approved the design of a rail line project from Abuja to Lokoja in furtherance of government’s...
Sokoto State Government has approved the sponsorship of 131 students for various courses abroad, Gov. Aliyu Wamakko said. Wamakko disclosed this during a fare well ceremony...
A unit of the African Union said on Tuesday in London it was developing outbreak and epidemic insurance for African sovereigns. It said this was as...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), on Tuesday in Abuja endorsed the candidature of President Goodluck Jonathan in the Feb. 14 presidential election. The National Publicity of...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Tuesday that research conducted by two U.S. agencies had recored 2014 as the hottest year since 1880. The...
Former President Ibrahim Babangida has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a dependable leader for the country. He stated this on Tuesday when he played host to...
An Abuja Federal High Court on Tuesday fixed Feb. 11 for hearing in a fresh suit seeking to disqualify President Goodluck Jonathan from contesting the Feb....
The Supervising Minister of Health, Khaliru Alhassan, on Monday advised Nigerians not to panic over the outbreak of Avian Influenza, saying the situation was under control....
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday in Abuja received the Forensic Audit report on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) from the international auditing firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers. He...
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