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As part of cautious efforts taken to combat insecurity, the United States has warned all its citizens to avoid travelling to Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Plateau, Gombe, Yobe, Kaduna, Bauchi, Borno, and Kano states during this festive period. The United States also restricted its officials from visiting any of the 19 ...

Super eagles player and West Brom playmaker, Osaze odemwingie has been slammed with a life ban from the super eagles after he posted some insultive comments on micro blogging website, Twitter. Unhappy at being left out of the provisional 32-man squad that will begin camping in Faro this week, Osaze ...

Governor Abdul Aziz Yari’s magnificent home (You see only part of it), which he acquired a few months back, is situated on Owena Close, off Ehiopia Street, Maitama, Abuja. They say the house is worth over N500 million. His people aren’t doing so well in his state.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The Enugu State government Sunday, debunked the rumours making the round that governor Sullivan Chime has passed away. Chime was reported by some publications to have passed on at an Indian hospital on Saturday, after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Chucks Ugwuoke ...