Ethiopian marathon runner dies, four others seriously injured after being hit by a truck in Addis Ababa (Photos)

A group of Ethiopian distance runners were hit by a truck while out running in Sululuta, north of Addis Ababa, on Saturday, March 26. A total of nine people were injured, five seriously, including one fatality. Yonas Mekonnon of Rehoboth Athletics, agent for the group says the following people were the most injured: Ashagre Girma-25-years-old. […]

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Army denies report on alleged rebellion against Boko Haram war commander

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a report titled: “Angry soldiers Block, Release GOC Over Food, Water Shortage”, which claimed that the troops that liberated Alagarno Forest in Bauchi State blocked the Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brigadier General VO Ezugwu, for failing to adequately cater for their welfare. According to the Acting Director, […]

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Fine girl and star, Tiwa Savage rocks fans at Pepsi co-sponsored Gidi Festival

Pepsi Ambassador Tiwa Savage once again showed why she is Nigeria’s  most sought after female artiste by delivering a performance to remember at the just concluded Gidi Fest which was co-sponsored by leading soft drink Pepsi. Energetic and scintillating, she wowed the audience that thronged the Eko Atlantic Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos for this year’s […]

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Oil prices back to square one, now at its rock bottom in at least 8 years

Oil prices took one of their biggest hits of the year Friday as pressure from Riyadh’s response to a production freeze was doubled by weak U.S. labour figures. Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia, poured water on a fire set by talks of a production freeze from Russia and members of […]

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Omotola knocks PHCN, Lagos state government over its new reckless tax law

In a series of tweets on Friday afternoon, actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, berated the services of PHCN in the Ikeja area of Lagos. She also took a swipe at the Lagos state government over the new Tax law where everyone including domestic staff are to pay taxes. She feels the government doesn’t do enough to demand taxes. […]

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No negotiation and no surrender, Boko Haram declares in new video

Boko Haram, the insurgent group that has held Nigeria by the jugular for over 6 years has denied any suggestions that it would surrender, according to new video released Friday. Recently, their shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a rare message looking dejected and frail. Shekau, who has not been seen on camera for more […]

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Governor’s daughter, Abi Kola-Daisi gets hateful comment on IG. See how she reacted

Daughter of the Governor of Oyo state, Abisola Kola-Daisi posted a photo of herself reading a mag and drinking some vitamin C because she was battling a kind of cold. And just like that, an IG user lashed out at her saying she lives an extravagant lifestyle while the people of Oyo languished in squalor. […]

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Beautiful Indian TV actress, Pratyusha Banerjee commits suicide (Photos)

The Indian entertainment industry is in shock. The hashtag #PratyushaBanerjee  is the number trending topic in the country right now. Television actress Pratyusha Banerjee, known for her role in popular TV series Balika Vadhu, committed suicide today Friday April 1st. A Mumbai police officer said the 24-year-old was found hanging from a ceiling fan at […]

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Biafra, Buhari and The Easter Day Rising (Part 2), By Femi Fani-Kayode

Thankfully under President Goodluck Jonathan the Igbo managed to do better than at any other time in our history. As a matter of fact this was so much the case that Nigerians from other parts of the country, particularly the Yoruba and the Hausa-Fulani, often sulked about it and openly complained. Jonathan had a soft […]

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Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Timi Frank says APC now has two factions

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of APC, Timi Frank, on March 31 told journalists in Abuja, that their are now two factions of the party in existence. “I spoke in Bayelsa about what is going on in our party but they did not take me seriously. Very soon, the crisis will happen at the national […]

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Buhari must stop needless foreign trips, Nigerians are suffering –Fayose

The Ekiti State governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has called on well-meaning Nigeri­ans to prevail on President Mohammadu Buhari to stop his needless foreign trips, describing the president’s trip to the United States of America on Wednesday for the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, while Nigerians are suffering at home as, “joke of the year.” The governor […]

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New York Nurse Loses License For Taking Picture Of Patient’s man-hood

An upstate New York nurse with the last name Johnson surrendered her license after she snapped a picture of an unconscious patient’s man-hood. The New York Education Department announced it granted a request from Fulton resident Kristen Johnson, 27, to surrender her nursing license. The department said Johnson “did not contest the charge of moral unfitness […]

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PDP chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff asks Buhari to take anti corruption war to APC members too

National chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, have sharply disagreed over the way the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government is being prosecuted. While Modu Sheriff decried what he called the one-sided focus of the anti-graft war, Odigie-Oyegun countered […]

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Obasanjo, PDP chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff seen together at a function in Enugu

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Enugu had a nice time with dignitaries, including the acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, where he charged state governors in the country to increase the tempo of their performances in their respective states so as to alleviate the suffering […]

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