Suicide bomber missed MTN Nigeria office target

Kano – Two suspected suicide car bombers attacked the offices of two major telecoms companies in the volatile northern Nigerian city of Kano on Saturday, police and the army said.One of the attackers blew himself up when he rammed his car into the office gate of the Airtel mobile phone company, setting the building…

Bomb Blast In Kano Airtel Office

Reports say that a suicide bomber, Saturday, attacked telecom service provider, Airtel’s office in Kano. The office is located within the Business District, opposite Malam Kato Square in the metropolis.

It is not immediately clear how the bomber gained entry into the heavily fortified Airtel headquarters that has been under the protection of…

This Day In History: The First African American Governor in the U.S. Takes Office

This Day In History: December 9, 1872

On this day in history, 1872, Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback became the first person of African American descent to serve as the governor of a U.S. state.  Pinchback was born the son of a freed slave (African-Cherokee-Welsh-German descent) and her former…

Box Office: ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 2′ earns $71.2 million on Friday

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The final Twilight film got off to an expectedly huge start at the box office on Friday.

In its first 24 hours (well, really it’s first 26 hours including Thursday night shows) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 grossed a massive $ 71.2 million — just a touch behind the $ 71.6 million earned on Breaking Dawn…

Israel Destroys Hamas Prime Minister’s Office

JERUSALEM — Israel retaliated for Palestinian rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with five airstrikes before dawn on Saturday on the Gaza City offices of Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of Hamas — the militant Islamist group that governs

Oshiomhole takes oath of office for seco…

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, on Monday, in Benin took the oath of office for a second term and pledged to re-dedicate himself to the development of the state.

The Chief Judge, Justice Cromwell Idahosa, administered the oath on the governor and the deputy governor, Dr Pius Odubu.

Oshiomhole further pledged to give tertiary…

8,000 Babies Delivered In 2011 Were From Nigerian Mothers – UK’s Office For National Statistics

New figures released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics show that 24% of babies born in the UK last year (2011) were born to women who were born outside the UK.

The ONS said that ‘the increase in the proportion of foreign births to non-UK born mothers living in the UK illustrates how the demographic make-up of the UK is changing.’

It added that understanding the…

Boko Haram Can’t Force Me Out Of Office – Governor Yakowa

Gov. Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State on Thursday said that he would not resign his position because of the spate of bombings by Boko Haram sect in the state.

Yakowa said this at the PDP National Headquarters in  Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen.

The governor said that the state government was on top of the situation, adding, “let me say to you out rightly that I will not resign. There is absolutely no reason for me to resign.’’

“We are…

‘Argo’ finally tops box office with $12.4M

LOS ANGELES—It took three weeks, but “Argo” finally found its way to the top of the box office.

The Warner Bros. thriller from director and star Ben Affleck, inspired by the real-life rescue of six U.S. embassy workers during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, made nearly $ 12.4 million this weekend, according to Sunday studio estimates. “Argo” had been in second place the past two weeks and has now…

Atiku Kicks Off Preparation for 2015, Renovates Campaign Office

Atiku Kicks Off Preparation for 2015, Renovates Campaign Office

Atiku Abubakar

Strong indications have emerged that former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar is warming up to roll out his machinery for the 2015 presidential election.

His campaign office at Jabi district in Abuja, which was never really closed and had operated on a…