The Boko Haram Islamic sect has made good its threat to attack Southerners living in the North as no fewer than 20 people from both the Igbo and Yoruba extractions were murdered in Mubi, Adamawa State between Thursday night and yesterday.
Eight other people, including six Christian worshippers, were killed and several others wounded in a Deeper Life Church in Gombe State just as an 80 year-…
Arsenal are lining up a January swoop to land Argentina forward Matias Suarez. The Anderlecht star has caught the eye of Arsene Wenger's team of scouts and they are ready to make a bid.
Suarez is rated at just under £10million by the Belgian side but it is unlikely that the Gunners would be prepared to pay that much. Wenger has tempted legendary striker Thierry Henry back…
President Goodluck Jonathan with Prof. Jeffrey Sachs , Special Adviser to the UN's Sec Gen. United Nations, UN has commended President Jonathan for withdrawing the subsidy on petroleum products, describing it as “a bold and correct policy”.
Speaking during a visit to President Jonathan at the State House, Abuja, the Special Adviser to the United Nations’ Secretary General, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, said the funds from the removal…
Enraged youths, numbering over 2,000, armed with battleaxes, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons went on rampage, Friday, sacking and inflicting injuries on over 50 Muslims at the Hausa quarters, Sapele in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State.
A northern security guard was shot dead in a separate incident by a gang of armed robbers that attacked a school in Sapele on Thursday.
It was gathered that…
Justin Timberlake is finally taking the plunge and has reportedly proposed to his long term girlfriend Jessica Biel. The Bringing Sexy Back star got engaged in late December in Jackson, Wyoming according to Us Weekly, and he’s “never been happier” with the actress.
Timberlake, 30, picked the romantic proposal spot because he knew it was something Biel, 29, would love. “Justin knows how much she loves snowboarding…
Police in India say they have arrested two people who are suspected of sacrificing a child. It's believed the girl was murdered and her liver was offered to gods to improve crop growth.
Police chief Narayan Das told AFP: “A seven-year-old girl was sacrificed by two persons superstitiously believing that the act would give a better harvest.”
Lalita Tati’s body was found in October one week after her…
* A breakthrough that could help infertile men have biological children Scientists created lab-grown sperm by successfully simulating the environment found in testicles with the jelly in a Petri dish — a “breakthrough in male fertility,” they say.
Researchers in Germany and Israel were able to extract germ cells – those found in testicles — from mice, and use them to create actual sperm, which turned out…
Taliban routinely check cell phones to see where loyalties lie The wrong ringtone can get you killed in the unpredictable and dangerous world of Afghanistan. Thugs at Taliban checkpoints will often check the cells of travelers for hints of their allegiance. If your ringtone is Lady Gaga, for instance, the militant group might view it as pro-American and react with hostility or even deadly violence.
As a result,…
Nollywood star actress, Mercy Johnson Okojie has emerged the most searched Nigerian celebrity on Google in 2011
President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, yesterday told Christian faithful across the country to protect themselves, their property and churches in any way they could, against any attack, even as he asked Muslim leaders to call their people to order.
Oritsejafor stated this when he paid a visit to St Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, the scene of the Christmas bomb blast at Madalla, Niger State. Oritsejafor,…