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Organisers of the annual�Big Brother Africa�reality TV show have announced that auditions for the 2013 edition of the show�will begin in January 2013. Managing Director of M-Africa,�Biola Alabi, says the �next edition will feature housemates whose activities will provide the audience with happiness, hope, anxiety, friendship, love, arguments and fights. ...

It was an emotional President Goodluck Jonathan who paid tribute to his former National Security Adviser (NSA), General Andrew Owoye Azazi, yesterday at the state funeral mass held in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The former NSA who died two weeks ago in a helicopter crash at Okoroba area of ...

A mild drama occurred on Wednesday, when security personnel attached to Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and Senator Chris Anyanwu, representing Imo East senatorial district, engaged each other in an assault that caused �security breach” on both personalities. While the governor claimed that his convoy was assaulted by the ...

Journalists in Maiduguri that the gunmen arrived at the warehouse on foot, pretending to be customers before gunning him down. Narrating the incident, the witness said �A group of four teenagers arrived the warehouse on foot and met Girigiri, 58, attending to his business. After a short while, two of ...

The Lagos State Government has given out 140 transformers that cost N975m to members of the State House of Assembly, ministries, agencies and parastatals to boost energy generation. Commissioner for Rural Development, Cornelius Ojelabi, at an event to mark the handover in Badagry, said the transformers were a fulfillment of ...

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We had earlier announced the unveiling of Congo based VMK�s Africa designed Elikia smartphone. You can read the post here: VMK unveils Congo designed Android Elikia smartphone VMK�s Elikia smartphone has officially launched. According to the company�s C.E.O.,�Verone Mankou,�VMK wants to be for Africa what Apple is for the U.S. ...

The multi million naira Hilltop Mansion of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is presently on fire. The house located in Abeokuta is the official residence of Chief Obasanjo. The cause of the fire is still unknown

The Cross River Government spent over N1.5 billion on the going carnival in Calabar, the Chairman of the Cross River State Carnival Commission, Mr Gabe Onah, said on Thursday. Onah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar that the money was spent on facilities and logistics for the ...

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 ...

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 ...

American Chris Brown may have really fallen in love with everything in Nigeria, from d Artistes, to the Big Mansions, to our Shows and finally to our “women”, From sources, we learnt that breezy hooked up with one of Naija’s Hottest Video Vixens Venita Marie aka Veezee (She hails from ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

The Enugu state governor, Sullivan Chime has been reported dead by a news source, a few hours ago in India. The Governor of the Coal city state had been away in India for medical reasons. May his soul rest in peace More to follow shortly as we get more information

By Susan Candiotti and Michael Pearson, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) – In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, a gunman opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, 20 of them children, police said. The suspected gunman, who was not identified by police, also ...

Ace presenter and producer, Mr. Kenny Ogungbe has been appointed Managing Director of the premier radio station in the country � RayPower FM�Network and FAAJI 106.5FM. This was contained in a statement signed by Johnson Onime, Director, Corporate Communication and Planning, DAAR Communications Plc, the operators of RayPower FM Network, ...

FOUR persons standing trial over the kidnap of the father of a former Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, Chief Arthur Okowa, were Friday sentenced to 45 years each, bringing the total number of the jail term to 180 years. In addition, they are to serve their jail with ...