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A member of the Kano Emirate Council and Waziri of Kano, Sheik Isa Waziri, is dead.
Read MoreKANO, July 6, 2013 (AFP) – Gunmen believed to be Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group killed 42 people, mostly students, in an overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday.
Read MoreAnti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela remained in a critical condition in hospital on Monday, leaving millions in South Africa and across the world fearing the worst.
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Uruguay striker Diego Forlan celebrated his record 100th appearance by scoring the winner as the South Americans beat Nigeria 2-1 to keep their Confederations Cup hopes alive here Thursday.
Read MoreTHE remains of an 82-year-old retired Inspector of Police, Elder Samuel Ekhoruyimen, who was allegedly abducted by some youths of Ewudu village in Ovia North- East Local Government Area of Edo State have been discovered in a forest near the village.
Read MoreTertiary institutions across the country, yesterday, declared that they could only admit 704,000 students out of more than 740,000 candidates who are qualified to be given admission for the 2013/2014 academic year having scored 200 and above.
Read MorePension money withdrawn from a second generation bank by a 24-year-old woman for the upkeep of his ailing father mysteriously turned to pieces of newspapers after she alighted from a commercial taxi in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
Read MoreStarting line-ups in the Confederations Cup Group B match between Tahiti and Nigeria at Estadio Mineirao in Belo Horizonte.
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Vincent Enyeama (capt); Efe Ambrose, Godfrey Oboabona, Kenneth Omeruo, Uwa Echiejile; John Mikel Obi, Fegor Ogude, Sunday Mba; Agmed Musa, Nnamdi Oduamadi, Anthony Ujah
Read MoreNelson Mandela’s wife Graca Machel thanked the world on Monday for its messages of support for the ailing anti-apartheid icon which she said had eased “the burden of anxiety”.
Read MoreNelson Mandela is showing a “sustained” improvement after more than a week in hospital battling a lung infection although his condition remains serious, South African President Jacob Zuma said Sunday.
Read MoreBy Abdulsalam Muhammed Security agents have detained an Ukrainian cargo plane at the Kano International Airport for carrying suspected military hardware. Vanguard gathered that investigation is ongoing on the owners and the destination of the cargo. This is coming few weeks after weapons believed to belong to Hezbollah was uncovered in a building belonging to
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With a flamboyant opening ceremony, Brazil raised the curtain on the Confederations Cup on Saturday, despite protests prior to kick-off at Brasilia’s newly-renovated Estadio Nacional.
Read MoreModerate cleric Hassan Rowhani has won Iran’s presidential election, the interior minister announced on Saturday, ending eight years of conservative grip on the nation’s executive.
Read MoreLOKOJA —The General Manager, Kogi Investment and Properties Limited, KIPL, Alhaji. Moses Ado Okino has said that Nigerians needed about 17 million houses to address the issue of accommodation in the country.
Read MoreOne of Nigeria’s oldest surviving highlife musicians, Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar died, yesterday morning in Lagos.
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