One of the four French hostages freed after 10 months in captivity in Syria said Saturday he was “very happy to be free”, Turkey’s Dogan News Agency reported. Didier Francois, smiling broadly and wearing a long beard, spoke briefly to a journalist at…
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Rescuers searched Mount Everest for bodies Saturday as authorities ruled out hope of finding any more survivors from an avalanche that killed at least 12 Nepalese guides in the deadliest accident ever on the world’s highest peak. Four sherpas were still…
The Peoples Democratic Party has called on Nigerians, irrespective of religious affiliations to use the occasions of Good Friday and…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday accused President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of politicizing the nation’s…
Governors of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday maintained that they were duly informed that Thursday’s expanded meeting of the…
Chaplain of the Aso Villa chapel, Ven. Obioma Onwuzurumba, on Friday, said despite the prevailing situation in the country, nobody…
President Vladimir Putin on Saturday said nothing should impede the normalisation of relations between Russia and the West, after ties hit a post-Cold War low due to the standoff over Ukraine. “It does not depend on us. Or does not only depend on us…
As any vehicle licence holder may be able to tell you, there are many classes of UK driving licence. Each…
Russia said its military is massed on Ukraine’s doorstep and warned against further US sanctions as a deal struck with Washington appeared to stall because of intransigence by Moscow-backed rebels in the former Soviet republic. A threat by US President…
A drone strike Saturday killed 15 Al-Qaeda suspects and three civilians in Yemen’s central Baida province, a stronghold of the extremist group, a security official said. The jihadists were travelling in a vehicle towards the southern Shabwa province…
The effort to find missing flight MH370 is at a “very critical juncture”, Malaysia’s transport minister said Saturday as authorities mull whether to reassess a challenging search of the Indian Ocean seabed that has so far found nothing. “The search…
Linda was ripped off for $8,000 all because she believed Greg was whom he said he was. Linda, from North Carolina, was nabbed by an online crook who promised her love. This year, 17 (possibly more) such victims have reported a dating scam that has cost…
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has described as unjustifiable a 40 per cent reduction in the federal allocation being…
Governor Seriake Dickson has described the incessant breakdown of Law and Order in the rural communities of Bayelsa State as…
SOME BUSES AFFECTED BY explosion AT NYANYA MOTOR PARK IN Abuja ON MONDAY (14/4/14). The car containing the bomb that…
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Onikan Station, Mr. Adekunle Awe, who was accused of having carnal knowledge of…
Mr Yakubu Attah, Assistant Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday said that Bauchi zone RS 12…
The Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said that Nigerians must unite against evil that is currently threatening the…
15 April 2014 – With the deadline for the globally agreed development targets fast approaching, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called…
15 April 2014 – The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today voiced deep concern…