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At least 10 people were killed today after a female suicide bomber blew herself up at the Federal College of Education Kontagora in Niger state today November 12th. One of the students of the school, Mary Okafor who spoke with AFP, said they were all at the library reading for ...

Here are some photos from President Jonathan’s Declaration for 2015 re-election at Eagle Square, Abuja yesterday. Below is the full text of president Jonathan’s declaration speech today Nov. 11 at the Eagle’s Square Dear Compatriots: 1. Four years ago, precisely September 18, 2010; I stood in this Eagle Square, to ...

In another sad development, A bomb blast today claimed the lives of 47 children and injured 97 at Government Science Technical College, Potiskum. Musa Ibrahim Yahaya � a 17-year-old student at the school who was being treated at the hospital for head wounds told AP “We were waiting for the ...

A CNN video producer has committed a major faux pas by accidentally replacing the name �Osama” with �Obama” in the following caption �Seal who Claims he Killed Obama Under Attack.” According to Sydney Morning Herald, the error occurred over the weekend, during the Erin Burnett OutFront show, and the topic ...

A bomb went off this morning November 10th during Assembly at the Senior Science Secondary School Potiskum, Yobe state, an all boys school. The bomber is believed to be a student who was on the assembly ground with other students. At least 20 students were killed while several others were ...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two teenage boys, Gideon Harrison and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, for allegedly having sex with each other in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Punch learnt that while Harrison is 19 years old, Ezeorji is just 14. The two boys were arrested on October 23 by ...

Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped Mallam Sani Ribadu, a junior brother of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. The younger Ribadu was kidnapped on his farm along Fufore, about 15kilometres to Yola. It was learnt that he went to his farm on Sunday evening for ...

Bestselling author, internationally acclaimed motivational speaker and �leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries, Dr Myles Munroe, his wife Ruth and daughter Charisa died in a plane crash in Grand Bahama. According to the Associated Press, the 36 executive jet reportedly struck a crane �at the grand Bahama Ship Yard ,exploding on ...

The Chief Medical Director of the First Consultant Hospital where the first case of Ebola was diagnosed in Nigeria, says as an organization, they are struggling to float after reopening for business last month. In an interview with Tribune yesterday, Dr Benjamin Ohiaeri said himself, his staff and their families ...

Two persons were feared dead and 20 others injured in a stampede at the entrance of Akwa Ibom International Stadium on Friday during its inauguration yesterday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that crowd control was a difficult task in spite of the road blocks mounted some kilometres away ...

Roman Catholic Priest, Rev Fr Francis Agantem Eworo of the Ogoja Diocese in Cross Rivers state, has signified interest in running for governor of the state in the 2015 general election.� At a media parley held recently, Rev. Fr Eworo told newsmen that he intends to contest on the platform ...

A Nigerian and chemical Engineer, Ogbonnaya Kanu, also known as Foto Dadi, has broken a record as the first man to ride a motorcycle from Lagos to South Africa. Kanu who is the first and returning Vice President of the Association of Nigerian Motorcycle Clubs, has ridden motorcycles in 26 ...

According to the news reaching us from Bauchi State confirmed a deadly bomb blasts went off today and left many dead. The bomb explosion occurred at a Bank building located in Azare, Bauchi state, Nigeria. The targets were people collecting their salaries.

Come tomorrow Nov. 7, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godwin Akpabio, will lead the government and people of Akwa Ibom state in opening the Akwa Ibom International Stadium aptly nicknamed the Nest of Champion. The truly amazing sporting edifice is an Olympic Sized stadium is a 30,000 capacity ultra ...

The Director General of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko, announced that about 3.2 million Nigerians are living with the HIV virus but that about 40% of that number are not aware of their status. He said this at the 2014 NACA/MDG medical outreach ...

Governor Fashola has declared Friday November 7, as holiday for all public servants in the state, so that they can collect their Permanent Voter Card (PVC) from INEC. Distribution of the PVCs holds from Friday, 7 till Sunday, November 9. He also appealed for the private sector to close early ...

The identity of the Navy Seal who shot terror chief Osama bin Laden dead in the special force’s most famous operation at Abbottobad, in Pakistan has been revealed, on 2 May 2011. His name is Rob O’Neill, 38, (pictured above), a highly-decorated veteran who quit after 16 yrs service. O’Neil ...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the South-West has urged the investigators of the Synagogue building collapse to treat Pastor T. B. Joshua with dignity and respect. Sun reports that during a press conference on the state of the nation in Lagos,Archbishop Magnus Adeyemi Atilade, warned against any attempt ...

An eyewitness just sent in this photo. It happened at Ojota, in Lagos close to Tipper bus stop. The LAWMA truck failed brake and crushed this man who was walking by the side of the road. The driver of the truck was nearly lynched by touts but opmesa saved him ...

Five members of the Peoples Democratic Party lost their lives on Saturday November 1st after a boat they were riding in capsized in the Ekeremor water ways in Bayelsa state. The party members were on their way to Yenogoa from Ekeremor Local government area where they had gone for the ...