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Picture: Nigerian actress who escaped from prison after death sentence recaptured

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, June 1st, 2017

Rabi Ismail, a Nigerian actress who escaped from prison about six years ago, after being sentenced to death has been recaptured. The actress escaped from lawful custody in Hadejia Prison on December 16, 2011. According to the spokesperson for the Prisons authorities, Francis Enobore, Ismail was recaptured by the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian […]

Schools nationwide to teach Maths, Science subjects in indigenous languages – Minister

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Thursday, June 1st, 2017

The Federal Government says primary and secondary schools in the country will soon start teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in indigenous languages. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, said this at the inauguration of the inter-ministerial committee in the teaching of Mathematics and Science subjects in Local languages in Abuja on […]

Four reasons ladies block their ‘Last Seen’ on WhatsApp

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Thursday, June 1st, 2017

Four reasons ladies block their ‘Last Seen’ on WhatsApp Whatsapp is a popular messaging app owned by Facebook. It has helped to a very large extent in bridging the communication gap among friends and persons who are dating. This said, you must have observed that many girls block their ‘last seen’ on the messaging platform. […]

Opinion: Life as a Nigerian: The dark side

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Japheth Omojuwa At the receiving end of all that happens or does not happen to Nigeria is the average Nigerian. It is a tough job to be a Nigerian. Things you ought to take for granted as a bonafide human being are deemed special, and abnormal realities have become so normalised we even at times […]

Gunmen Kidnap House of Rep Member on Abuja-Kaduna Road

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

– A member of the House of Representatives Hon. Garba Durbunde has been abducted. Durbunde who is representing Sumaila/Takai Federal constituency of Kano State, North West Nigeria was reportedly abducted Tuesday along Kaduna-Jere Road while travelling from Abuja to Kano. The abductors are said to have contacted the Lawmaker’s family. Meanwhile, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of […]

Normalcy returns to Calabar after Navy, police clash

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Cross River, Headlines, Navy, Nigerian Police, State News Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Mudiaga Affe, Calabar Normalcy has returned to Calabar, the Cross Rivers State capital after a clash between Navy and the Nigerian police in a part of the city on Tuesday. Addressing journalists after an Emergency State Security Council Meeting in Calabar, Governor Ben Ayade, urged the citizenry to go about their legitimate businesses. Ayade said, […]

Kano: Woman sets husband, self ablaze weeks after wedding

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, Sex and Relationship, State News Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Tragedy struck in the ancient city of Kano on Monday when a newly wedded woman set her husband and herself ablaze in Kano over alleged infidelity. The woman was said to have lit a petrol keg in their No 54 Middle Road residence in the Sabon Gari area of the city, which exploded, engulfing herself […]

Australia Plans Passport Ban for Convicted Pedophiles

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sex and Relationship Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Australia will introduce tough new laws in an attempt to crack down on child sex tourism in what the government has described as a “world first.” In a statement, the Australian government said the new rules would ensure child sex offenders cannot travel “to vulnerable countries where they are out of sight and reach of […]

Deserted streets as sit-at-home protest begins in Nnewi, other towns

Posted by admin Biafra, Headlines, South-East Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

Videos showing deserted markets and roads in the eastern part of Nigeria have emerged. A sit-at-home call was made by pro-Biafra groups, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The groups had on Monday morning staged a procession in Owerri, the Imo State […]

South Africa: Three women gang-rape man for three days

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Sex and Relationship Wednesday, May 31st, 2017

The South African police are hunting for threewomen who allegedly gang-raped a man for three days after they had drugged him. According to his statement to police€š the 23-year-old man from Nellmapius€š east of Pretoria€š said his horror began on Friday when he took a taxi along Solomon Mahlangu Drive towards Pretoria CBD. The police […]