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The Federal Executive Council yesterday approved the purchase of N9.2bn worth of cooking stoves and ‘wonder bags’ for rural women under the National Clean Cooking Scheme. Speaking with state house correspondence after the FEC meeting, the Supervising Minister of Information, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammed said the scheme which is a federal ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Dieziani Alison-Madueke has been elected the first female president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She was elected today at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria. She replaces former president of OPEC, Libyan Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman ...

A 25-year-old man, Eje Ebi, has been hacked to death by a cobbler, Adesina Osinowo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the victim was hacked with machete in the head and hand when the suspect wanted to dispossess him of some money he was taking ...

Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, who is running for president in the 2015 elections, just displayed his Igbo-speaking skills on Twitter.

Donald Trump is ranting yet again. In his latest Twitter outburst, he seems to be blaming U.S President Barack Obama for the Ferguson riots over the Michael Brown case. See his tweets:

Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka,has revealed � he is a cancer survivor.Speaking today at a press conference at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State,he said he was first diagnosed in December 2013 and after serious treatment and medications,he was cancer free last month on �October 28. He said �For ...

Atiku Abubakar, whose birthday it is today, said he will be spending his birthday with family, as they celebrate his wife, Jennifer Jamilah Abubakar, call to bar.

This happened this morning around the Aboju area of Festac. A group of men had captured and killed a huge snake..This snake is really huge

. MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola on Sunday, made some allegations against the president, including that the security system in Aso Rock was saturated with Israeli security operatives, while Jonathan had chosen to marginalise the North as was seen at the national conference. But the President in his reaction explained ...

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has called on the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, to write a letter to members of Boko Haram to stop their attacks just as he did to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Pastor Oritsejafor ...

The Ugandan baby who was viciously assaulted by a maid in a video that went viral last week has recovered from her injuries and is back in the arms of her parents. According to Ugandan NTV report, the house-help, 22year old Jolly Tumuhirwe faces up to 15 years in jail ...

Watching this nanny violently assault this little girl, kick her like she was a ball, step on her like she was a carpet, slap her like they were of the same age was a painful, heartbreaking thing to do. Makes you question if being a working mum is worth it ...

Since the news of the arrest of alleged rapist Prince Daniel Okereke was made public yesterday, read story here if you missed it . It seems this is not his first time as more victims come out and tell their story. Here are some mails sent to blogger, Linda Ikeji ...

75 year old Pa Muse Alabi is �currently at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the Oyo State Police Command, for defilement of a 13-year-old girl (name withheld) allegedly committed by the old man, and which has resulted in pregnancy. Crime Reports learnt that Pa Alabi was doing carpentry work ...

Arionla, a 300 level student who alleged that she was raped by a man, later identified as the cousin of former Director�General of the Nigerian Stock Ex�change(NSE), President, Ndi Okereke-Onyuike. The suspect, Prince Daniel Okereke, 37, was alleged to have lured her into his home at Mende, Maryland, Lagos, subdued ...

President Obama made a blockbuster announcement on immigration that got a lot of Americans divided. In his new plan, about 4.5 illegal immigrants in the US will now be able to get legal status and allowed to apply for work permits. This applies to only those who have no criminal ...

In a post titled The Pot-bellied Creek Haramite And His Direct Threat, which he posted on Facebook, former Aviation minister Femi Fani Kayode slammed River State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, calling him a cultist, house boy and monkey.� ”If the PDP rig the election in 2015 we will not go to ...

According to students who tweeted the pic, the snake caused commotion at the school but was eventually killed by the brave ones amongst them

According to Sahara Reporters, another military helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Airforce crashed in Damare, near the Federal University of Technology in Yola, Adamawa State, around the same spot where the last helicopter crashed on November 14th. The military is yet to say anything about the crash and no word ...

A team of medical personnel are battling to save the life of Mrs. Mary-Ann Oguezuonu, a female teacher at Obosima Secondary Technical School, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, who was brutalized by irate male students of the college. Reports emanating from Obosima revealed that the students attacked the ...