Palestinian killed after alleged stabbing attack
Al Jazeera A Palestinian man was shot dead after allegedly stabbing an Israeli policeman in the Damascus Gate area on Sunday. According to Israeli police, the 38-year-old Palestinian from the West Bank...
View ArticleLagos promises improved safety measures for residents
Sesan Olufowobi The Lagos State Government says it will continue to make the safety of Lagosians its priority and will never abandon them to any fate that befalls them. The government also reiterated...
View ArticleWe’re prepared for gov poll –REC
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission has stated its preparedness to conduct Saturday’s governorship poll in Bayelsa State. The state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner,...
View ArticleYou’re our ‘incoming gov’, Jonathan’s kinsmen tell Sylva
Traditional rulers and chiefs from former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Saturday referred to Chief Timipre Sylva as the “governor-elect and the incoming...
View ArticlePollsters insist Sylva will defeat Dickson
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa A non-governmental organisation, Election Frontline, has insisted that former Governor Timipre Sylva will beat the incumbent Governor, Seriake Dickson, in this Saturday’s...
View ArticleNembe communities back Dickson, laud projects
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, rounded off his tour of communities across the state in Nembe on Friday, sending the entire Nembe town into a frenzy as a large...
View ArticleFour LGAs yet to receive PVCs –INEC
Simon Utebor, Yenagoa There are strong indications that this Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State may suffer some hitches. It was learnt that four out of the eight local government areas...
View ArticleDolphins beat Angola’s Maculusso
Pius Ayinor Nigerian league champions Dolphins started their African Champions Cup for Women campaign with an 85-58 defeat of their Angolan hosts Maculusso late on Saturday. It was Day 2 game in the...
View ArticleEtoile beat Pirates to lift Confederation Cup
Tunisia’s Etoile Du Sahel beat South Africa’s Orlando Pirates 1-0 in the second leg of the African Confederation Cup final in Sousse to triumph 2-1 on aggregate, BBC reports. Captain Ammar Jemal scored...
View ArticleU-23 AFCON: Nigeria beat Mali 3-2
Idris Adesina A lacklustre Nigeria U-23 team on Sunday won their first group match of the 2015 CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations with a 3-2 victory over Mali at the Stade de Caroline, Mbour, Senegal. A...
View ArticleVictorious Tyson targets Klitschko rematch
Tyson Fury insists he is already relishing a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko, AFP reports. The 27-year-old Fury shook up world boxing on Saturday by securing a unanimous points win over Klitschko to...
View ArticleSenegal 2015 will help Osimhen – Bosso
Idris Adesina Former Flying Eagles coach, Ladan Bosso, has hailed Chile 2015 FIFA Under-17 World Cup revelation, Victor Osimhen, tipping him for a good performance at the ongoing CAF Under-23 Africa...
View ArticleOkuneye, Canidlish win Arco t’tennis
Idris Adesina Gbolahan Okuneye and Lynn Canidlish emerged as winners at the Arco Group Plc Table Tennis Championships at the Ikoyi Club 1938 on Friday. Okuneye defeated Seye Oki 4-3 to win the men’s...
View ArticleDirectors appeal judgment on Ogun steel company
The directors of an Ogun State-based steel rolling company, BSS Steel Rolling Mill Limited, have appealed the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos which barred them from accessing the funds...
View ArticleCourt dismisses suit seeking creation of Christian courts
Ramon Oladimeji A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed a suit filed by Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) against the Attorney General of the Federation and the National Assembly over non-creation of...
View ArticleWorld Bank supports Oyo on waste management
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The World Bank Urban Development and Resilience Specialist, Salim Rouhana, said the bank would provide necessary support for the government of Oyo State in the area of waste...
View ArticleObama, Hollande pay respects to Paris attack victims
AFP US President Barack Obama joined French leader Francois Hollande to pay respects to the victims of the Paris attacks at the Bataclan concert hall early Monday, hours before the official opening of...
View ArticleEU, Turkey sign deal to stem migrant flows
Xinhua The European Union clinched an agreement with Turkey on late Sunday, offering 3 billion euros in aid and more promising access for Ankara’s membership to the bloc, to trade for massive reduction...
View ArticleIsraeli police kill Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem
Al Jazeera Israeli police have shot a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem on a day of violence in the city that left two people wounded and another Palestinian man killed. The fatal shooting overnight of...
View ArticleWorld leaders gather in Paris for UN climate talks
Al Jazeera World leaders are gathering in Paris for the UN climate conference known as COP21, aimed at forging a deal to limit global warming to 2C. Heads of 147 state and government are in the French...
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