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Firefighters in Eastern China performed a near miracle earlier today by rescuing a newborn baby who had been flushed down the toilet! Miraculously the baby was still alive when found. In the disturbing images, workers can be seen cutting the sewage pipe away, revealing the desperate screams of the baby. ...

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today suspended Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, from its fold after an emergency meeting.. A statement issued by the party’s national publicity secretary, Olisa Metuh, reads: The National Working Committee at its emergency meeting on Monday, 27 May, 2013 considered ...

She was commissioned as a Combat Flying�Officer�alongside 126 others who finished the Direct Short Service Course 2010/2011 Cadets of the 325 Ground Training Group at the NigerianAir Force�Base, Kaduna. Present at the winging ceremony (badge decoration) was the then Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice MarshalMohammad�Dikko Umar who described her ...

She is my soul-mate and we love each other deeply. ‘It’s no one’s business as to what we do with our personal lives. A pair of Pakistani women have made history as the first Muslim lesbian couple to get married in the UK. Rehana Kausar, 34, and Sobia Kamar, 29, ...

Tragedy was yet averted today, Sunday May 26, 2013 when the building of a Lagos strip club, Ocean Blue collapsed. The club, located on 14, Opebi Street lost half of its two-storey-ed structure when it collapsed. Eye witnesses say the incident which happened at around 1:20pm startled the neighbours. An ...

23 young ladies�who wanted their�unwanted pregnancies terminated, have reportedly died after they drank some herbal concoction�from a native home in Delta State LeadershipNg reports�Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, the state police commissioner, who confirmed the discovering of the illegal home, said no fewer than 23 females whose unwanted pregnancies were terminated, died ...

Rivers State governor and current chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Rotimi Amaechi has been reelected Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) by state Governors at a meeting which held this evening inside the Rivers State Governors Lodge in Abuja. Governor Amaechi defeated Plateau State Governor, Jonah David Jang ...

Those who made above 1.00 but below 1.5 grade points for the 2011/ 2012 session were asked to repeat. The acting Vice Chancellor of IMSU, Professor Ukachukwu Aloysius Awuzie said the Senate of the Institution initiated the measure in order to encourage seriousness. Professor Awuzie explained that they want to ...

Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed. I have two daughters with Masters Degrees and they are unemployed. They have been at home for more than a year and I cannot get a job for them.

The other Woolwich killer has been�identified�as Michael Oluwatobi Adebowale, 22, of Greenwich, southeast London . Like Michael Adebolajo, he’s also a British�citizen of Nigerian descent,though not much is known about his family. More info about Michael Olumide Akinbiyi Adebolajo . He was born on December 10, 1984, at Kings College ...

  KATMANDU, Nepal An 80-year-old Japanese mountaineer became the oldest person to reach the top of�Mount Everest�on Thursday. Yuichiro Miura, who also conquered the 29,035-foot peak when he was 70 and 75, reached the summit at 9:05 a.m. local time, according to a Nepalese mountaineering official and Miura’s Tokyo-based support ...

Policemen attached to Ilemba Hausa division in Lagos State have arrested a couple and two others who allegedly specialized in abducting children between ages one and four years and selling them to barren women and motherless homes in the eastern part of the country. So far, about seven children reportedly ...

He was just 25years old and has been identified as Lee Rigby.He just started his Army career and had recently �served in Afghanistan with the Royal Regiment of Fusillers. He was walking towards the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich when he was run down by a car on the pavement ...

Unconfirmed reports reaching us and circulating over the social media has it that the authorities of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB may end reducing the general UTME cut-off mark for admission into various tertiary institutions in the country. If this happens, this would definitely be as a result ...

�The Government of Lagos State Nigeria has started the initial phase of the construction of 4th Mainland Bridge, a 26km state of the art bridge designed to link Ikorodu to Eti Osa Local Government Area. In an interview with THISDAY, Lagos State Commissioner of Works and Infrastructer, Dr Obafemi Hamzat ...

Michael Mujahid Adeboloja has reportedly been identified as one of the London attackers, the man in the video alone. Word is that he is a Muslim convert. His muslim�name Mujahid means�”one who fights Jihad.” Someone claiming to be his friend identified him on Twitter. Jeremy says he is a Nigerian ...

A female Arik staff was arrested yesterday Tuesday May 21st at Heathrow airport London for allegedly carrying cocaine worth about N180 million. Temitayo Olubunmi Daramola was arrested with�6kg of cocaine while another hostess Delita Abibimgbi was arrested for having 60 packets of cigarettes in her possession. The max limit of ...

The Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Christian Tettey Yehonu, has directed authorities of the Synagogue Church of all Nations to quit hosting revivals at their Spintex auditorium in Accra. Speaking to Citi News, DCOP Yehonu noted that the stampede that occurred at the weekend could have been avoided if ...

Woman bathed with acid by rejected lover 23 year old Blessing Ikhumhi, a student of Edo State School of Health Technology was bathed with acid by her ex-boyfriend Cyril Okosun after she ended things with him. According to the story by Guardian, On March 23rd 2013, Cyril asked to speak ...

The body of Late Prof. Chinua Achebe’s arrived in Nigeria today and was received ceremoniously by government officials at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. The body has since been moved to Enugu, where it was received by his elder brother, Chief Augustine Achebe, other family members and state government officials. ...