At least 26 people were killed on Tuesday in a car bombing near a military base north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Al Jazeera television reported. The Doha-based broadcaster added that at least 30 people were injured when the car exploded in Taji, aro...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday donated 36 vitamin A test kits to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to intensify inspection of fortified foods. Dr Davis Omotola, Nutritionist, UNICEF, w...
A 42-year-old trader, Abdul Bello, was on Tuesday arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly pulling the private part of a man while fighting. Police prosecutor Adefisayo Adesida told the court that the accused on Aug. 10,...
Hundreds of protesters chanting ``Murderer Israel’’ gathered outside an Istanbul court on Tuesday at the start of a trial of a group of former Israeli military commanders. The military commanders were charged over the 2010 killing of nine T...
The importation of rice has ``seriously'' undermined local production of the commodity, says the Sokoto State Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr Jabbi Kilgori. Kilgori, who made the statement during a visit to the Distric...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has tasked African leaders on the need for robust economic reforms aimed at sustainable growth and human development in the continent. A statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Kelechi Onyemaobi, the Head of Co...
The President of the World bank Group, Dr. Jim Yong Kim, has tasked the international community to rise up to its challenges to combat climate change which he said is responsible to all the natural disasters across the world. In his opening rem...
There are many political insiders who have a lot riding on Today’s elections, ranging from Ben Bernanke to Nate Silver to Debbie Wasserman Schultz. The election results, of course, will play a huge role in determining the fate of President O...
President Obama’s healthcare law isn’t just a big issue in the 2012 presidential campaign, it’s on the ballot directly in a handful of key states. Republican candidates have worked hard to make “ObamaCare” a ...
Mitt Romney edges President Obama in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, but the race is markedly tighter than it was when Hurricane Sandy forced Gallup to suspend its polling operations last week. Romney takes 49 percent support over Oba...
New Jersey Governor, Mr. Chris Christie has finally dumped the candidate of the Democratic Party and the incumbent, Mr. Barrack Obama just as he said that he would vote for the Republican's candidate, Mitt Romney in Tuesday's election. &...
Malawi’s Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara on Monday said that laws criminalising same sex sexual conduct in the country had been suspended pending a decision on whether or not to repeal them. Kasambara said in a statement that he wanted debate on...
Electricity Consumers Association, Sokoto State chapter, on Monday, demanded the payment of N1 billion as compensation from the PHCN for allegedly disrupting electricity supply to the state in the last three days. Electricity workers in the state...
The Sokoto State Chief Judge, Justice A'ishat Dahiru, on Monday restrained the PHCN from disrupting power supply to any premises within the state. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that with this development, PHCN is expected to restore ele...
The Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, on Monday said he would never beg any player to feature for Nigeria in the national team. Keshi told newsmen in Abuja while reacting to insinuation by football fans that he was literally begging Osaze Odemwingie, ...