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The world’s most elusive fugitive is still on the run after breaking out of jail 60 years ago. John Patrick Hannan used knotted bedsheets to scale the walls of Verne Prison , Portland, Dorset, in December 1955. Hannan, who holds the world record for longest escape from custody, disappeared without a trace and would now […]

44-year-old Mohammed Raees Makani who has been a car mechanic for fifteen years from India has no formal education and cannot read or write but this has not stopped him from accomplishing a scientific feat of epic proportions. He claims to have designed a car that runs on water. He has been modifying an 800 […]

Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, is so grateful to God that from being an usher at the Glo CAF awards in 2007, she is now someone to reckon with in the industry. The actress stated that after being an usher for the telecom giant in 2007, she later became a guest at the awards in 2012 […]

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and some leading lawyers in the country have disagreed with the Presidential Committee on anti-corruption led by Professor Itse Sagay over President Muhammadu Buhari’s insistence that the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu who are […]

Mr. President, as one of your most loyal and faithful subjects who has nothing but the utmost respect for your person and your office, I am constrained to write you this open letter. This is because there are issues I believe are important for you to clarify and to come clean on. I say this […]

There was palpable tension in Ile-Ife, Osun State, yesterday in the ongoing screening of candidates for the selection of Obalufe of Ife as deputy to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye, Enitan Ogunwusi. The position became vacant after the demise of the late Obalufe, Oba Solomon Omisakin in 2015. Obalufe is the traditional ruler of Iremo, […]

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka’s ‘prophecy’ alleging plots by corrupt politicians to assassinate President Muhammadu Buhari as “sensationalism and rumour peddling.” The ‘prophecy’ should “therefore should be seen for what it truly is – delusional fantasy,” HURIWA said weekend. A statement signed jointly by the National […]

Somali military today Sunday, January 3, executed a soldier by firing squad after he was convicted of killing a civilian. He was strapped to wooden posts in scrubland and riddled with bullets. Military court assistant, Abdullahi Husein Mohamed told journalists on the spot that Mahiye Dyayow, 26, was convicted of killing a civilian in the […]

Somali terror group Al Shabaab has released a new video featuring a footage of Donald Trump’s controversial call to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. The video released in English and Arabic by the al-Qaida affiliated terror group on Friday criticizes racism and anti-Muslim sentiment in America and features footage of Republican presidential candidate, Donald […]

The western culture has taken over and over-shadowed Africa but that is to continue to show our inferiority complex. Look at this picture and be the judge whether it is African or un-African. Credit: Yetunde Babajide|Facebook

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye; Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode; Wife of General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Mrs. Foluke Adeboye and General Overseer, The Redeemed Christian Evangelical Mission (TREM), Bishop Mike Okonkwo, all at the Y2016 […]

My plan was to write about my expectations in 2016 but I’m still finding it pretty difficult to con­ceive nice things about this economy. Why can’t people use their cards abroad? Why do our teen­age children have to go hungry in Europe because we can’t send them money for their rent and food? And add […]

Foluke Daramola-Salako shared these photos on her Facebook page. That’s her husband and two kids. See more of their beautiful pictures below:

The son of Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed, was among firefighters at the Address Hotel where fire broke out shortly before Dubai’s New Year Eve fireworks display. The image shared on twitter shows the Sheikh dressed in firefighter gear among other Dubai Civil Defense officers. This should be a lesson for Nigerian former Heads […]

Twins in San Diego are getting some attention because, though born just minutes apart, one has a birthday in 2015 and one in 2016. Jaelyn Valenica was born New Year’s Eve at 11:59 p.m. Her twin brother, Luis Valencia Jr., arrived at 12:01 a.m. on New Year’s Day. KGTV-TV reports that the babies were due […]

How much of Nigeria’s budgetary allocation should go to the education sector? The answer should be a 100 per cent – and that is only a start. This, of course, is not practicable for obvious reasons. Besides, we know that reducing the problem with education in Nigeria to funding is dubious diagnosis. Notwithstanding, education in […]

I have been accused of being too negative in my reviews. You have accused me of ignoring the positives and focusing only on the stupid, the tragic, the evil, the disgusting, the fake and lying entertainers. OK, my critics: I have heard you. I have repented. What better time to turn a new leaf than […]

The home of Chief Lazarus Dim, native of Osumenyi in Nne­wi South Local Gov­ernment Area, Anambra State is now clothed with grief and filled with sorrow following the tragic end of his son, Sam Belonwu Dim, a Lagos-based busi­nessman, who was killed by a drunk police sergeant on Sunday, December 27, at Uruagu Nnewi, during […]

Prophet Olagunju w h o s e predic­t i o n about the vic­tory of Presi­dent Mohammadu Buhari in the 2015 general election was widely ap­plauded for its accuracy on both the outcome of the poll and the margin of votes between the APC presidential candidate, Mohamma­du Buhari and other candidates, also predicted that the […]

Bukola Taiwo modeled as a young girl in the late eighties and early nineties before leaving the shores of this coun­try for greener pasture. Coming back, she noticed the industry has expanded with the prolifera­tion of designers in Nigeria. Still in shape with the right curves, she decided to go back to her first love, […]