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Some 127 Ghanaian detainees in Libya have arrived in Ghana after government facilitated their release from the Libyan authorities. The returnees who are illegal migrants landed at the Kotoka International Airport by two flights, Air Libya and Afriqiyah...

Nigeria and Libya will expect to face growing pressure from their counterparts in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to end their exemption from production cuts and accept an output quota, when ministers meet on Thursday (today) for a closely...

Former Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala was pictured in the field in Laos with Gavi and the Gavi board participating in vaccination, maternal and child health campaign in the village of Nasala with H.E Prof Bounkong Syhavong, Minister of Health and ministry...

At least five people were feared dead in an attack Wednesday night by Boko Haram insurgents on Wuna village in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The attack came days after about 50 persons were killed in a similar attack on a Mosque in...

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday and Sunday join other Heads of State in Aqaba, Jordan, to review strategies in fighting terrorism, and reinforce joint security structures that will be more proactive in preventing attacks. The Special Adviser...

The pioneer and coordinator of the reactive group "our mumu don do" ,charlie boy, has led a protest to Libya embassy in Abuja. This is sequel to the news about slave trade and the maltreatment of Nigerians by the Libyans. Charlie boy was spotted at the...

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has on Wednesday announced the suspension of its 15 day-old strike it embarked on Nov. 19. The President of ASUP, Usman Dutse made the announcement in Bauchi during a press conference held at the Abubakar...

One of the terrestrial PayTv service providers, Communication Trends Limited (CTL) in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Wednesday lost property worth millions of naira as a mysterious fire engulfed their property. The source of the fire incident at the...

A man who went to the doctor in India complaining of abdominal pain was found to have nearly 12 pounds of metal objects in his stomach. Maksood Khan, 28, a rickshaw driver from Satna district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, was admitted to Sanjay...

THE Federal Government has declared Friday, 1st December, 2017 as public holiday to mark the Eid-El-Maulud Celebration. A statement by Engr Abubakar Magaji, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, in Abuja on Wednesday, stated that the Minister of...

The Nigeria military on Tuesday, arrested a Boko Haram commander and rescued 212 hostages in Borno State. Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka UsmanDirector Army Public Relations, said four members of the terror group were killed after a serious exchange...

Police officer disrupted the watch night service of the House of Bethel Ministry located at Anwomaso-High Tension, a suburb of Kumasi and arrested the Head pastor, Reverend Kwame Takyi for excessive noise in the wee hours of last Saturday morning. The...

Swedish Reality TV star, Fredrik Eklund and his husband, Derek Kaplan, have welcomed twins together, a baby boy and a baby girl and the couple named their son and daughter Fredrick and Milla respectively, multiple sources have confirmed. The proud father...

Sixteen men arrested last month during a crackdown on homosexuality by the authorities in Egypt have been sentenced to three years in prison. A court in Cairo found 14 of them guilty of "inciting debauchery" and "abnormal sexual relations" on Sunday....

A 35-year-old man, Bosede Abiodun, on Tuesday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged theft. The defendant of no fixed address is standing trial on a count charge of theft. The prosecutor, Sgt. Monica Ikebuilo, told the Court that,...

The UK on Tuesday lifted a ban on commercial sex workers donating blood, an official said. The Department of Health ( DOH ) announced new changes to rules on blood donation, saying it will maintain the safety of the blood supply and will enable more people...

As December 2 draws close, political parties in Akwa Ibom state are getting set to vote their candidates into various positions in the forth-coming Local Government elections. Akwa Ibom, mainly controlled by the PDP, has witnessed series of events since...

Earlier today, the award winning governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano donated some patrol vans and motorbikes to the Security Agencies in Anambra State to help in policing the state.It's no more news that Anambra state is the safest state in...

The Gays and Lesbians community in Zimbabwe are thrilled by the resignation of former president, Robert Mugabe. Recall that Mugabe in his 37 years in power, strongly opposed all acts of homosexuality and even had fights with some European governments...

Rogers Yakubu's grandfather, who has been an idol worshipper for the past 47 years, converted to Christianity recently and he gave the reason for the change of heart. Source: LIB TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE NEWS UPDATES TO YOUR EMAIL FOR FREE, DO WELL TO SUBSCRIBE...

Twelve of the 30 pioneer medical students of the University of Abuja ( UNIABUJA ), who enrolled in 2005, failed their final examinations, an official has said. Mr Waziri Garba, Deputy Registrar UNIABUJA in charge of Information and Publications, made...

Twitter has reckoned with the fact that a day-long block of one of the New York Times's accounts was imposed in error. The @nytimesworld team, which covers international events, has about 1.9 million followers and is recognised by the social network as...

Myanmar’s powerful army chief has told Pope Francis there is “no religious discrimination” in the country during talks at the start of the pontiff’s delicate visit to the majority-Buddhist nation that has been accused of “ethnic cleansing” against its...

Countdown to the end of the 21 day -grace granted by Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for armed youths to surrender their arms. On Monday (yesterday), at Ajapa Community in Ese-Odo Local Government Area, armed youths submitted their arms...

A young South African man has professed his love for his gay partner and says he's willing to go to hell just for him. Vuyolwethu Vee Sithathu posted loved-up photos of himself and his male partner on various Facebook posts and made it known that the...