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Saturday, September 20th, 2014
TB Joshua President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday morning paid a visit to the site of the collapsed six-storey building of the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos. The President said the primary purpose of his visit was to condole with the founder of the church, Temitope Joshua and the families of the more […]
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Saturday, September 20th, 2014
An Indian court on Saturday sentenced 13 people, including a village headman, to 20 years in jail for gang-raping a tribal woman as a punishment for “dishonouring” her community. The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped on orders from tribal village elders who objected to her relationship with a man from a different community. The attack took […]
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Friday, September 19th, 2014

There are strong indications that efforts of the Federal Government to ensure amicable settlement of issues surrounding the $9.3m seized by South Africa have failed. South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority, in an email to our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday, said that the matter was still under criminal investigations. There were reports on Wednesday that […]
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Friday, September 19th, 2014
Scotland rejected independence on Friday in a referendum that left the centuries-old United Kingdom intact but paved the way for a major transfer of powers away from London. Despite a surge in nationalist support in the final fortnight of the campaign, the “No” secured 55.30 percent of the vote against 44.70 percent for the pro-independence […]
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Friday, September 19th, 2014

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu arrived Lagos yesterday. On his arrival, the former Lagos State governor quickly dismissed insinuations that he was ill. He said he was never admitted in any London hospital, wondering where his “detractors” got the information that he was very ill – a rumour […]
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Africa & World Politics, Aviation, Headlines
Friday, September 19th, 2014
By Okey Ndiribe The Federal Government has summoned the Egyptian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Ashraf Salama, over the ill-treatment meted out on a Nigerian teenager, Master Joshua Kunle Abdulazeez, by Egypt Air. An official of the airline had torn the teenager’s Nigerian passports in Istanbul, Turkey, while on his way to Ukraine to resume studies […]
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Friday, September 19th, 2014
Johannesburg – The number of South Africans known to have died in the collapse of a multi-storey megachurch in Lagos last week has risen to 84, Pretoria’s high commissioner to Nigeria said Friday. “The number has risen from 67 to 84, with more bodies discovered on Thursday,” Lulu Mnguni told AFP, adding that the toll […]
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Africa & World Politics, American Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 19th, 2014
US President Barack Obama congratulated Scotland Friday on its “full and energetic exercise of democracy,” as he welcomed the result of its historic referendum rejecting independence from the United Kingdom. “We have no closer ally than the United Kingdom, and we look forward to continuing our strong and special relationship with all the people of […]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki The Federal Government was aware of the move by two Nigerians and an Israeli to purchase arms in South-Africa, The PUNCH’s investigations have revealed. A security source told one of our correspondents that the $9.3m seized from the two Nigerians and an Israeli in Johannesburg Airport on Monday, were […]
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2014
• People rush to line up at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare seeking work from the anticipated Ebola related jobs in Liberia…on Tuesday. | credits: Washington Post Is West Africa still a part of the African Union? That is the question in the minds of individuals and stakeholders who have observed the AU’s silence in the wake […]