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Stephanie Linus’ award winning movie, DRY, recently made a debut in Gambia with a well-attended screening during the African Youth Summit Banjul Plus 10. The movie was not only well received and greeted with a standing ovation afterwards, but was lauded by all and further opened up the conversation around maternal health care and Fistula […]

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution. The government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this on Thursday in Abuja after declaring […]

Tangaru Ramazanova, 25, was found with multiple stab wounds in the city of Kizlyar in Russia’s south-western Republic of Dagestan. Her body had been wrapped in plastic and dumped in grassland close to the Terek River. According to the police, she was stabbed for infecting her partners with HIV. The victim was known locally for […]

The 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin, has confirmed Wednesday attack on a military houseboat in Ejere community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta. Capt. Jonah Unuakhalu, Assistant Director, Public Relations Unit of the Brigade, made the confirmation in a press statement issued on Thursday to newsmen in Warri. He said that six persons […]

Scientists have taken a “very positive step” towards creating a universal vaccine against cancer that makes the body’s immune system attack tumours as if they were a virus, experts have said. Writing in Nature, an international team of researchers described how they had taken pieces of cancer’s genetic RNA code, put them into tiny nanoparticles […]

A new group, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, on Thursday vowed to launch six missiles, shut down Nigeria’s satellite system and enforce a ‘no flight’ operation within the country’s airspace from Tuesday next week. The group, which said it was working closely with the deadly Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed responsibility for the […]

Haruspice’ Musings shared this touching story of a first class graduate whom he found being beaten up by two men at Area 1 park, Abuja. Read below… “I have been feeling sore since yesterday following a heart-breaking scene I witnessed at the popular Area 1 Park. Struggling to stop rains of punches on his face […]

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President Muhammadu Buhari’s scheduled one-day visit to Ogoni land, Rivers State, Nigeria for the flag-off of the Ogoni land clean up has been cancelled. The President will now be represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the event. No reason has been given for the cancellation. The oil-producing Niger Delta has been hit by a […]

As the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defies solution, its  Board of Trustees (BoT), on Wednesday, formally took over the administration of the party pending the amicable resolution of the crisis. Addressing the establishment staff of the National Secretariat of the party and newsmen in Abuja, on Wednesday, the BoT chairman, Senator Walid […]

Niger Delta Avengers, citing the unfair allocation of oil blocks as part of their major grievances blew up Nembe Brass to Bonny trunk line belonging to Agip and Shell about last Saturday. This is the latest in the economic war that has reduced Nigeria oil production from 2.5million to 1.5million barrels per day. Delta State […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday evening, returned to the country from his long overseas trip aboard an Air France flight. The former president, who landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State, at 6.00pm local time, was received on arrival by different groups led by the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC). Jonathan’s former Special […]

At the 3rd Annual Vintage Red Ball Gala & Awards Night held in London on Saturday, May 7, beautiful Edo state first lady, Iara Oshiomole, was the cynosure of all eyes as she stylishly stole the show with her classy look. The event was to celebrate the living & fallen heroes serving Nigeria in the […]

Oluwatosin Ashunwo (L) stabbed to death by David Ogundele (R) In a story that could be likened to a movie, a man has stabbed to death his crush while also severely injuring her mother. According to Punch reports, 45-year-old David Ogundele, an engineer, who was deeply obsessed with 30-year-old Oluwatosin Ashinwo, stabbed her multiple times […]

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between a 42-year- old pastor and evangelist, Racheal, and her businessman-husband, Mr Joseph Aduwo, after 10 years of unresolved marital crises. According to Vanguard, the President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, who gave the verdict, cited frequent fighting between the man and his […]

A woman who was apparently fed up with her boyfriend’s way of life has taken a drastic step to end her nightmare. The woman put up her boyfriend for sale on Facebook and made the deal even sweeter by offering him to willing buyers for free! Identified as Corinne Slade, the woman listed her ex […]

“Hello Prof, I apologise for my email intrusion. I am one of your young avid readers and followers in Nigeria and I just wanted you to clarify something I saw recently on your Wall. If you are hosted in what you call “capitalist restaurants” by some of your wealthy friends when you come home, are […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, indefinitely, after a star witness for the prosecution failed to show up at the court. The tribunal announced the decision on Wednesday. Mr. Saraki’s trial was on May 25 adjourned till Wednesday, for the cross-examination of the witness, Michael Wetkas, to […]

“He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick. I am a professed and an active Buharist and I […]

Golfers at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Florida, were shocked when they spotted an incredibly huge alligator casually strolling across the course. A golfer Charles Helms was able to get a video of the huge alligator as it emerged and moved across the field. According to locals, the gator is a common sight around […]