Amnesty calls on UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes

2014 was a year of "catastrophic" conflict, said Amnesty, with large-scale destruction such as in the city of Kobane in northern Syria Continue reading the main sto Amnesty International has urged the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in cases where...

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Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan: Tide turned against Boko Haram

Nigeria's president is standing for re-election on 28 March Continue reading the main s Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has said the tide has "definitely turned" against militant Islamists as regional forces recapture territory. His comments came hours after Boko Haram militants were blamed...

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Football Club Cups: Pillars, Wolves, Dolphins to play on Saturday

Nigeria’s other flag-bearer in the CAF Champions League, Enyimba FC, will depart Nigeria on Friday for Benin Republic, where they will defend a 3-0 first leg win over Buffles du Borgu in Cotonou, All three Nigerian clubs hosting continental club matches this weekend will play their games on...

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Burkina Faso snubs Keshi, names German new coach

Keshi was among the three-man shortlist from the initial 38 pencilled down for the job. AFCON 2013 winning coach, Stephen Keshi, has been overlooked as Burkina Faso named German trainer, Gernot Rohr, as new handler of their national football team.Rohr replaces Belgian Paul Put, who parted ways with...

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Stars descend on London for Brit Awards

Sheeran, Smith and Swift (l to r) will all perform during the ceremony Continue reading the main s Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Taylor Swift will share the spotlight at this year's Brit Awards, which take place at London's O2 arena later. The multi million-selling trio will each perform, while Sheeran...

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Omotola’s son slumps at US Embassy

He was said to have been revived with first aid treatment administered on him before he was rushed to hospital for proper treatment The last son of Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, on Mondayslumped at the United States of America Embassy in Lagos. The incident reportedly caused...

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Imagine this "PASTOR CAUGHT WITH N609m drugs: May God forgive our pastor'Members Said.

While some members said they had already asked God to forgive Raji for dipping his hands into the devil’s pie, another set implored the NDLEA to release him for he is philanthropic and used to feed many of them in the church. Some members of the Eternal Order of Cherubim and Seraphim, Abanishe Street,...

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FAAC: FG, States, LGs share N500.1b for January here in nigeria.

“NNPC has paid the sum of N776 million it owed the Federation Account and remitted an additional amount of N4.4 billion, totaling N5.195 billion. The Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda, said the federal, states and local government areas shared N500.1 billion revenue for the month of January...

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Toronto police investigate mystery tunnel to nowhere

The underground site was built by someone who "had expertise in structural integrity", police say Toronto Police are asking the public to help identify the purpose of a bunker 10ft (3m) underground found near a Pan-Am Games venue. "There is nothing to suggest criminality," Deputy Police Chief...

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Fayose: APC should produce original Shekau

Fayose challenged the APC to produce the original Shekau, since the party knows that the Federal Government was presenting a fake one. The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the claim by the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation that the Federal Government...

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Beauty without bleaching, by Evelyn Igwe

But permit me to say that it is a wrong idea about beauty. I’m convinced that God has introduced the notion of beauty. When you see beauty, you see good health. Those who are healthy tends to be more beautiful. Beauty is in who you are not what you rub on your body or eat, or even wear on your body. We...

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Delta: Court jails man 35 years for gang-raping 17-year-old girl

Although, the convict in his defence on Tuesday denied the three count charge of conspiracy to commit rape, rape and demanding with menace, but Justice Nduka Obi averred that the prosecution was able to establish the essential ingredients of the offence against the accused An Asaba High Court on...

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TRAIN CLASH IN CALIFORNIA" NO ONE HAD DIED IN THE ACCIDENT SAYS THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE VENTURA COUNTRY FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Police in Oxnard, California, say the crash was first reported at 05:44 local time. A helicopter from a local television station showed emergency responders treating multiple people. A spokesman for the Ventura County Fire Department told the broadcaster that it is believed no one had died in...

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