Year: 2014

Pres. Jonathan gets new Nigerian e-passport

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday, launched the reclassified Standard Nigerian e-Passport, a 64-paged travel document, which…

Russia defiant in face of historic Western sanctions

A defiant Russia dismissed Wednesday unprecedented Western sanctions over Ukraine after Brussels and Washington unveiled…

India court convicts 10 over school fire that killed 94 children

NEW DELHI- A court in India on Wednesday found a headmistress and nine others guilty…

Team Nigeria Claim More Medals

Team Nigeria's wrestlers added to the country's medal haul at the ongoing 2014 Commonwealth Games,…

S.Africa extradites German priest on sex abuse charges

A German Catholic priest accused of sexual abuse of children in his native country and…

Zhou Yongkang: oil man whose well of power finally ran dry

Embattled former top Communist Zhou Yongkang rose through China's state oil industry to become the…

Sony to delist shares from London Stock Exchange

Sony said Wednesday it would de-list its shares from the London Stock Exchange after 44…

Three Jewish youths arrested over Palestinian beatings

Three youths were in custody over the savage beating of two Palestinians by a Jewish…

150 feared trapped in landslide in India village: rescue official

A major landslide on Wednesday struck a village in western India following heavy monsoon rains,…

Build holding bays to break Apapa logjam, Obanikoro tells Fashola

Nigeria's Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro has urged the government of Babatunde Raji…