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Pro-Gun activists in the US want outspoken CNN host and British national, Piers Morgan, deported from the country following anti-gun comments he made in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. Close to 70, 000 people have signed the petition demanding that Piers be deported immediately because according to them ‘He ...

Our president came under serious criticism from Nigerians after he posted his Christmas message on his Facebook page yesterday. See what he wrote below… I want to seize this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones a merry Christmas and a happy New Year in advance. I feel the ...

3 blood brothers, a female cousin and a friend who all came from Lagos for Xmas drowned and died in the Omambala river at Umuezeanam, Anambra west, yesterday as they were swimming for fun having. God will give their families fortitude to bear the loss See picture below Share your ...

A little squeeze may be all that it takes to prevent malignant breast cells triggering cancer, research has shown. Laboratory experiments showed that applying physical pressure to the cells guided them back to a normal growth pattern. Scientists do not envisage fighting breast cancer with a new range of compression ...

Mayan scholars have updated their doomsday prophecy, and are now of the opinion that the world would end on September 3, 2015, instead of yesterday. A new critique, published as a chapter in the new textbook �Calendars and Years: Astronomy and Time in the Ancient and Medieval World� argues that ...

Two explosions rocked the northern city of Kano this morning leaving residents with fear and apprehension. The first one, which occurred at about 8:00am shattered, the Airtel office located at the Mallam Kato area within the heart of the commercial city. An hour later, our correspondent heard another explosion bringing ...

Fire is presently ravaging the Lagos head office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). An eye witness who confirmed the fire incident said both the federal and state fire fighters have been contacted but they are yet to arrive. the source also said the ...

The Europa League draw for the first round is done, and it’s thrown up some interesting ties. Zenit St Petersburg vs. Liverpool is probably the most alluring, but Borussia Monchengladbach vs. Lazio and Tottenham vs. Lyon should also be enticing contests. BATE Borisov v Fenerbahce Inter Milan v CFR Cluj ...

The round of 16 has been set, and there are more than a few interesting match-ups here. The undoubted tie of the round is Real Madrid vs. Manchester United, but there are also some other intriguing games to be played, with Shakhtar Donetsk taking on Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal facing ...

An electrical fire�was on Thursday morning�reported at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. An eyewitness said the fire emanated from some cables, which apparently melted under heat. This led to a blackout in the airport terminal while fire fighters deployed swiftly in the affected area to quench the inferno. ...

“Whilst I feel tongue tied that we are witnessing another ‘air mishap’ that has taken the lives of fellow Nigerians, I am utterly shocked to hear of the jubilation in certain Northern political quarters and muslim youths in Kaduna State. Just too too cruddy and it is beyond the fugacious ...

President Barrack Obama of the USA has been named Time magazine’s man of the year for 2012.

Principal, Ajuwon Senior High School, Ajuwon, Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State, Rev. Olufunke Oladeojobi, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly conducting virginity tests on the pupils. �PUNCH Metro�learnt that Oladeojobi, who was described as a strict disciplinarian, by her pupils called in a nurse and jointly carried ...

Malam Mukailu Naibi of Keke Village, Kaduna, whose wife allegedly starved him of sex for two years, on Wednesday demanded N1. 2 million as compensation from the wife�s parents before an Abuja Area Court. Naibi, while testifying at the resumed hearing of the case, told the court that the amount, ...

Was he under a spell? Or is he suffering from some form of mental or psychological trauma? The questions are many on the lips and minds of many who heard the news of a Nigerian student (names withheld) enrolled in one of the numerous tertiary institutions in Ghana who sliced ...

Parents of Navy Lt. David Adeyemi Sowole, 32, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Navy helicopter that crashed on Saturday sat forlorn at their 28, Akintoye Street home, mourning their son and breadwinner. He died along with five others, including Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. ...

Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria�s President wept in Kaduna yesterday when she paid a condolence visit to Mrs Amina Yakowa, wife of Gov. Patrick Yakowa, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. �I am sorry I am crying because I am a woman; I know what she (Amina) is ...

After thanking Nigerians, the government and the Police, she also narrates how her mother suffered in the hands of her kidnappers for 5 days. Thank God mama is back. � I can�t give all the details because we don�t want to compromise on-going investigations. � But I can tell you ...

The last picture of Governor Yakowa and Andrew Azazi on their way to the crashed helicopter.

As the nation mourns the tragic helicopter crash that ended the lives of Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi, alongside four others, Nigerian Prophet, T.B. Joshua has revealed how he prophesied the fatal crash. On Sunday 16th December 2012, speaking to a live ...