A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Saturday, a day after a similar seismic shock spooked the sprawling Californian metropolis. The building housing AFP’s office on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood swayed gently after the latest temblor,…
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The European Union on Saturday signalled that it is ready to deploy its delayed peacekeeping force to help put down the escalating crisis in Central African Republic, after obtaining additional backing for the mission. The troops were due to deploy…
One of the world’s longest railways — a “modern-day silk road” — covers some 11,000 kilometres (24,000 miles) en route from the Chinese megacity of Chongqing to Duisburg, a key commercial hub in western Germany. On Saturday, as part of his landmark…
The death toll from several weeks of protests that have paralyzed Venezuela rose to 39 on Saturday after two more people died in separate incidents, Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez said. Rodriguez said on VTV public television that in San Cristobal…
Vatican police on Saturday apprehended an American and a Dutch man who were trying to deposit billions of euros and US dollars in fake bonds in the Vatican bank. The men were stopped by the police when they approached one of the guarded gates at the…
A construction worker at Sao Paulo’s troubled World Cup stadium was killed after falling from a stand on Saturday, bringing the number of deaths at the venue to three. The workman, named as Fabio Hamilton da Cruz, fell eight metres (26 feet) as he helped…
Chairman of the National Conference, Justice Idris Kutigi, on Thursday, expressed shock over the death of a delegate, retired Assistant…
The National Treasurer of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Association, PTD, Abdullahi Haruna, also known as 63, has been abducted by…
Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has appealed to the Federal Government to fast-track the rehabilitation of all bad federal…
No fewer than 40 patients suffering different kinds of heart diseases have undergone successful open heart operations at the…
FROM LEFT: MANAGING DIRECTOR, TRANSMISSION COMPANY OF NIGERIA (TCN), MR MACK KAST; TCN DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, MR SOLA AKINFEMIWA; CHAIRMAN, MR…
Although the Ekiti State gubernatorial election is still three months away, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, flag- bearer, Mr. Ayo…
There were strong indications yesterday that Capital Oil and Gas boss, Ifeanyi Ubah, has dumped the Labour Party, LP, for…
FROM LEFT: PDP DEPUTY NATIONAL CHAIRMAN, MR UCHE SECONDUS; CHAIRMAN, PDP RIVERS, MR FELIX OBUAH AND SUPERVISING MINISTER OF…
The new airport built by the Bauchi State Government has been named after the first Prime Minister of the Federal…
In a bid to stem the ugly tide of violence by Fulani Herdsmen in some parts of the country, the…
The House of Representative has called on the federal government to set up a judicial panel of enquiry into the…
Two months after he was arrested by the police for allegedly instructing a member of his church, Ikechukwu Egbo, to…
Gunmen recently invaded a secondary school in Awhire-Agbarha-Otor, Ughelli North Local Government Area, Delta State, kidnapping two teachers and one…
A 34-year-old man was yesterday caught with 120 grammes of heroin hidden in his anus at the Murtala Muhammed International…