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A 53-year old grandmother,�Giwa Ayoka Sikirat has been arrested by Nigeria’s anti-drug agency with 1kg of cocaine, hidden in her hair….she was apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja, while on her way to Pakistan. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said in a statement: �The suspect, ...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said contrary to the call by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III, his administration would not grant members of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram amnesty. Jonathan who spoke at a town hall meeting held in Damaturu as part of activities earmarked for ...

Have an extra �3.5 million? In the market for a human foot made of gold? Well this is your lucky day, friend, because Japanese jeweller Ginza Tanaka is putting a 25-kilogram (55 lbs.) pure gold replica of Lionel Messi’s left foot on sale at that, low, low price of �3.5m ...

A resident of the town, Adekoya Boladale, said in an update on his twitter handle (@Adekoyabee) that the fire started around 9 p.m. from the wood (pako) market in the town, spreading fast to other parts of the community Fire had engulfed the community area and presently spreading across to ...

A woman was mauled to death by a lion as she made love to her boyfriend in the Zimbabwe bush, it was reported today. Sharai Mawera died yesterday after the beast pounced as she enjoyed a romantic al fresco moment with her unnamed partner. The My Zimbabwe news website reported ...

Six AK 47 assault rifles, some ammunitions and bomb making devices were found following an operation by the Nigerian troops in the home of a serving politician, Hussain Dei Dei near Dalet barrack in Kawo area of Kaduna city. A press statement from Nigeria army division 1, internal security force, ...

The tale of Dennis Rodman’s bizarre visit to North Korea got a little stranger on Monday, when the former NBA star’s visit to Pyongyang became a topic at both the White House and the State Department. At press briefings in both buildings, Obama Administration representatives spoke with caution about the ...

Publisher of the popular Christian Daily devotional book Daily Manna and Pastor of Our Daily Manna Mountain Prayer Ministry Pastor Chris Kwakpovwe has been dragged to court by his wife Dolapo for impregnating his secretary and also fathering another child by name Tijiri out of wedlock. The man of God ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader’s 14-year rule of the South American country, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised speech. The flamboyant 58-year-old leader had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in ...

The bodies of Toheeb Adedokun and Tajudeen Falilu who suddenly went missing two months ago, have been discovered in Ketu area of Lagos, Punch reports. It was reported that the missing children were suspected to have been kidnapped when all efforts to locate them proved abortive. However, the corpses of ...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has given succour of $10, 000 (about N1.5million)to Mr. Anslem Odo, a journalist with the Voice of Nigeria, VON, who is suffering from kidney failure and needs about N7million for surgery. Atiku, who made the donation through the Head of his Media Office, Mallam Garba ...

Malik Obama is running for Governor of the province of Siaya. President’s sibling is accused of attacking two of his TWELVE wives and seducing a schoolgirl. Now he’s using his White House links to launch his own bid for power”: 55-year-old Roy Abong’o Malik Obama, half-brother of the U.S. President ...

The GSM phone belonging to the late singer, Damino Damoche has been recovered by the police. Following the investigations on the alleged cult-related murder that happened last Thursday at the Lagos State University, Ojo, officers of the Ojo Police Division say they have gotten a trail that may lead to ...

Rowland Jide Macaulay an ordained pastor and founder of House of Rainbow Church a gay church he founded in 2006 has decided to return to the country and re-open it despite all the�threats.. Read his stance below “For me I have always been gay and I never became gay. I ...

The commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra State was thrown into heavy pandemonium on Saturday, when a billionaire couple, who just returned home from abroad, were consumed in an inferno that broke out in the commercial city. The unfortunate incident occurred in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Boniface Ndubuisi, a ...

oodluck Jonathan has announced the setting up of a programme designed to assist the movie industry in the country and enhance its viability. The programme, tagged Project Nollywood, is worth N3 billion. The president disclosed this during a dinner he held in honour of Nollywood stars to mark the 20 ...

The Ojota Studios facility, which is home to both M-Net and SuperSport productions went up in flames two days ago. And the cause of the fire is still being investigated. These pictures of the studios in ruin were taken today and in one of the pictures, you can clearly see ...

Barely 24 hours after he told Vanguard that he had served his country meritoriously and it was time to retire to serve his family, Kwara State Police Commissioner, Mr Chinwike Asadu, was murdered by assassins, Saturday night. His body was riddled with bullets 100 metres from his home after seeing ...

Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized yesterday morning with suspected gastroenteritis. Otherwise known as �stomach flu”. The condition is an inflammation of the stomach lining that causes rather unroyal and unpleasant symptoms. All of the queen’s official engagements for the week have been postponed or cancelled, but a palace spokesman said ...

Enugu State Governor, Sullivan Chime has been flown abroad again following complications on his health condition. Governor Sullivan Chime returned to Nigeria two weeks ago after spending four months in hospital abroad and since he returned, the governor has been incommunicado leaving speculations that his return in the first place ...