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A South African court this morning found Henry Okah guilty of terrorism charges leveled against him by the Nigerian government. The judge, Neels Claassen, pronounced Mr. Okah guilty on all the 13- count charge for which he was arraigned. The sentencing has been fixed for January 31st or February 1 ...

“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” with these words, President Obama constitutionally began his second term in office ...

Guinness is offering all Nigerians a chance to be a part of history by coming out to demonstrate support for the Super Eagles in a BIG WAY! Naija, are you READY to make HISTORY? It’s time to be part of history; it’s a record breaking attempt by Nigeria. We are ...

“Life has been unfair to me”. This was the statement that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through�psychological trauma�following�an act of gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos. Chidi, as gathered, left his�home town�in Izzih local government area of Ebonyi state ...

Four persons were killed yesterday as gunmen, believed to have laid ambush, opened fire on the convoy of the Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero who was on his way back to the palace after attending a Quranic competition in the city. Though Bayero, a highly revered traditional ruler in ...

?The Nigeria army has commenced their deployment in Mali with arrival of the first batch of a projected 1200 strong force landed in mali on board the Lockhead C130 military transport plane from Kaduna. The Nigeria army kitted in desert fatigue, blast helmet, our Made-in-Nigeria DICON-Marom Dolphin flak jackets � ...

On the way to an ECOWAS meeting in the Ivory Coast, President Goodluck Jonathan’s plane was diverted to Lagos where he made a surprise visit to the police college in Ikeja. Sources say that even his top aides were taken unaware by the unscheduled stop. The police authorities were also ...

The much awaited golden jubilee of the University of Lagos� convocation, scheduled to hold between Thursday (today) and Saturday has been postponed indefinitely. Though, the reason for the postponement was not disclosed to the public, sources claim that the development was caused by President Goodluck Jonathan�s insistence to rename UNILAG ...

Obehi �Biggie Smallz� Omokhegbe, the CEO of Chup Knuckle Entertainment, is dead. The photographer and businessman, passed on yesterday afternoon, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he was rushed to. Omokhegbe had complained of stomach ache and started vomiting before he fainted. He is survived by a wife ...

Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Olusola Obada, Tuesday caused a stir when she slumped at the celebration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja where President Goodluck Jonathan, along with other top government officials and members of the diplomatic corps had gathered to honour Nigeria�s fallen heroes. The ...

A sugarcane seller is presently on the run, for stabbing his 19-year-old customer, Umaru Abdulrahaman, to death on Wednesday morning in Wadata, Makurdi town, Benue state. Local media reported that the teenage customer, a resident of 20 Kano street, Wadata, was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by the sugarcane seller ...

The heat is on!!! Three finalists have emerged in the MTV VJ Search competition. The finalists are Ada Ogunkeye (26), Ehizojia Okoeguale (25) and Kemi Owatemi (22). Ada, on-air personality on 92.3 Inspiration radio describes herself as an �opinionated, impulsive giggle-bot, natural hair lover, dancer, and all round dude�.�� According ...

Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has agreed to take over the same role at Bayern Munich starting in the summer, according to the Champions League’s official Twitter feed. The club confirmed the move. Guardiola left Barca last summer after four extremely successful seasons, which saw the Spanish boss win 14 ...

After decades of fighting for the formal recognition and acceptance of their products just like western medicine, traditional medicine practitioners appear to have now won the heart of the government. This was as the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, Wednesday disclosed that his ministry was in the process of ...

Naija’s Most Wanted, a musical concert often staged as one of the top notch events during the Calabar Christmas Festival has never failed to live up to its billing as one of Nigeria’s top-flight music concerts. The 2012 edition which was sponsored by Diamond Bank Plc, was graced by top ...

Die Hard director, John McTiernan has lost his appeal to have a one-year prison sentence overturned for lying to the FBI in a wiretapping case. The 62-year-old was sentenced in 2010 after pleading guilty to lying over hiring a private investigator to wiretap a film producer. He had been free ...

EMIBRIAN – LKT’s [Alaye Mi] Manager and Edlyne Records’ A&R manager is dead� He died in the afternoon of Tuesday, 15th, January 2013. Although the cause of his death is still not known and has not been made public but NV gathered that Emibrain died exactly a month to his ...

The 49th annual Ofala Nnewi Festival recorded a large turnout of top government officials, within the state, alongside highly placed industrialists among whom were Dr. Obinna Uzoh, the CEO Gocuz Group. Ofala Nnewi is an important festival and cultural heritage considered� very dear to the good people of Nnewi. MTN�s ...

The Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo state and chairman of Obat Oil, Oba Fredrick Obateru Akinruntan, made history�last week�as the first black person�to buy�the 2014�model�of Bentley. The Oba didn’t just buy it, it was specially customized for him, according to sources close to him. The new ride, which arrived ...

If you don’t know Sat Guru Maharaj Ji, then I can’t help you…:-) Below is what he told Sun Newspaper in a recent interview… Quote me: all of them (pastors) use juju. How can a pastor touch somebody and he falls down? That one is juju at work. Our people ...