Buhari And Osinbajo Decorated The Service Chiefs Today [PICTURES]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday decorated all the military chiefs who were recently hired by the current dispensation. The new service chiefs are, Major...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kill 6, Lose 12 Fighters In Overnight Cameroon Raid
YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Boko Haram militants massacred six villagers in Cameroon before the overnight attack was repelled by government soldiers, who killed 12 of the Islamist fighters, a defence ministry...
View ArticleFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter Says He Has Cancer
Washington (AFP) – Former US president Jimmy Carter said Wednesday that recent liver surgery has shown he has cancer, and that it has spread. The 39th president, now aged 90, underwent an initially...
View ArticleNiger Delta Ex-militants Say Their N65,000 Stipend ‘Is Too Small’
Former leaders of the now defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta say their monthly N65,000 stipend is too small. The ex-MEND leaders, under the guise of the Leadership, Peace and...
View ArticleEbola Could Be Defeated By End Of 2015: WHO
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be completely over by the end of the year if efforts to root out new cases are kept up, the WHO chief said Thursday....
View ArticleHalf A Million Catholics Want The Pope To Condemn Gay Unions As Unnatural
Vatican City (AFP) – Nearly half a million Catholics have signed a petition urging Pope Francis to condemn same sex unions as unnatural and rule out allowing divorced believers who remarry to receive...
View ArticleSouth African Schools Will Begin Teaching Mandarin In 2016
Johannesburg (AFP) – South African state schools will introduce Mandarin lessons next year in a bid to bolster cultural relations with China, its largest trading partner, a government official said...
View ArticleAdamawa Just Announced N200m For ‘Prayer Warriors’ To Help Its Fight Against...
The Adamawa State Government on Friday announced that it has earmarked N200 million to engage prayer warriors in seeking divine intervention towards ending the state’s lingering security challenges....
View ArticleEmirates Will Begin Flying The World’s Longest Non-stop Route From 2016
Emirates Airline is set to operate the world’s longest non-stop commercial flight starting 2016 between Dubai and Panama City. The Chief Executive Officer of the airline, Ahmed-bin-Saeed al-Maktoum,...
View ArticleOsinbajo Said The Late Ooni Made All Yoruba People Proud As Aregbesola Misses...
Osun governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, was absent at the interdenominational service held for the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade on Friday, despite a squabble between the occasion’s organisers...
View ArticleOsinbajo, Mimiko, Omisore, Others Attend Ooni of Ife’s Funeral (PHOTOS)
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo attended the interdenominational funeral service of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade. The service was held at Enuwa Square, in the palace of the Ooni of Ife on...
View ArticleINEC Chairman Says She Isn’t Buhari’s In-law As Has Been Alleged
The acting chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Amina Zakari would have been toast by now if bashing by an opposition party could kill. She’s been accused by the PDP of being a...
View ArticleService Chiefs Storm Borno, Declare: “We Have No Choice But To End This...
A day after they were charged by the President to end the insurgency in three months, the nation’s military chiefs stormed Borno, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency, to make that assignment a...
View ArticleThis Senator Is Wondering If Buhari Is Looking For Angels From Heaven To Make...
Matthew Urhoghide who represents the Edo South senatorial district in the Senate, doesn’t understand why it’s taking President Muhammadu Buhari so long to name his cabinet, even though the...
View ArticleThe FRSC Says If You Are Caught Drunk While Driving Henceforth, You Are So In...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is worried that Nigerian drivers binge on alcohol a little too much for their own good. And tanker drivers are the biggest culprits, the FRSC has said. The...
View Article#HistoryClass With Cheta Nwanze: The Burma Boys
Today, August 15, is celebrated as VJ Day in the UK, the day Japan surrendered and ended World War II. Today’s #HistoryClass is about a largely ignored group of warriors in that war, who fought in...
View Article#AbiaTribunal Orders INEC To Certify Election Documents
The Abia governorship election petition tribunal has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Umuahia to comply with the Supreme Court’s prescription on certification of...
View ArticleThe Lost Art Of The Eye F*ck: Why Eye Contact Is Still The Ultimate Foreplay
By Zara Barrie It was 2 am in the East Village on a mid-winter’s Saturday night. Outside the weather was wickedly ablaze with a teeming, tempestuous blizzard. I was in the dark downstairs area of a...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo Is Already Teaching His Son How To Show Off His Abs [LOOK]
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo is no stranger to showcasing his abs for the camera — or to finding a girl’s cell phone and inviting her and her best friends to a posh dinner in Vegas. And by...
View Article#InCaseYouMissedIt: Did Robert Mugabe Really Fire His Defense Chief For...
According to Twitter user, Alex Tackie, the answer is yes. We have to admit we are pretty late to the party on this one. In a tweet that was posted on August 13 and which has garnered over 1,000...
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