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Picture: First made-in-Nigeria phone debuts

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

AfriOne Limited, on Friday, inaugurated its manufacturing and assembly plant for made-in-Nigeria phones and other technological devices. PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESION-KUTI More than 15 years after Nigeria joined the global system for mobile (GSM), the first made-in-Nigeria phone has finally debut, thus throwing the country into the growing league of communication gadgets manufacturers. The phone, which […]

Pictures: Kentucky: Cute college couple commits suicide two days apart

Posted by admin American Politics, Headlines Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Photos of a cute college couple, Mercedes Shaday Smith and Markeice “Mari” Brown went viral online for a very sad reason. They committed suicide just two days apart. Mercedes, a student of Withrow High School, Colombia Kentucky was found dead in her room at the McCandless Hall hostel on April 20. It was gathered […]

Cameroon ends internet shutdown on orders of President Paul Biya

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, April 22nd, 2017

Image captionBusinesses such as this one were badly hit by the internet ban Internet services in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions have been turned back on three months after they were cut off following protests. People were delighted when online access was restored in both regions on Thursday at around 19:00 GMT, a BBC correspondent in Bamenda […]

Niger gov lays claim to seized N6bn

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, Headlines, Niger, State News Saturday, April 22nd, 2017

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, on Friday claimed that the N6bn that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission traced to a former commissioner in the state was stolen from Niger State Government account. Bello made the claim in an interview with journalists shortly after joining President Muhammadu Buhari for the two-raka’at Juma’at […]

Things your spouse doesn’t need to know

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Saturday, April 22nd, 2017

Tunde Ajaja Usually, when a man and woman meet newly, whether they have a long term relationship in view or not, the conversation often revolves around knowing basic things about each other, like schools attended, number of siblings, travel history, philosophy of life, hobbies, parents’ occupation and other things of interest. This does not only […]

Picture: Ugandan pastor burns thousands of members’ bibles, says its misleading

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, April 21st, 2017

An Ugandan pastor has reportedly asked his followers to gather their bibles together and set them ablaze. According to reports, Aloysius Bugingo, who is the Head Pastor of House of Prayer Ministries, Kampala, Uganda ordered the members of his congregation to gather hundreds of Bibles together and set them on fire. Bugingo said that […]

Picture: Nigerian-born former England defender, Ehiogu dies

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, April 21st, 2017

Former England and Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu on Friday died at the age of 44, after suffering a cardiac arrest at Tottenham’s training centre a day before. The news of Ehiogu’s death was confirmed by his former team in a statement. According to John McDermott, Tottenham’s Head of Coaching and Development, Ehiogu died in […]

Video: Pastor caught on camera headbutting church members

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, April 21st, 2017

A video showing the strange way one pastor handles his church members has surfaced online. The footage opens with the preacher dancing to loud music, obviously part of the program as church members make monetary contribution in a basket provided beside some buckets. The headbutting action began after some of the congregants decided to […]

30 Man U fans electrocuted in Calabar

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports, State News Friday, April 21st, 2017

n a developing story, over 30 people are feared dead at a football viewing centre in Calabar, the Cross River State capital after being electrocuted by a high tension cable that reportedly fell on them. Channels TV reported that the football fans were at the centre to watch a UEFA Europa League quarter-final match between […]

Video of policemen collecting bribe in Lagos goes viral

Posted by admin Headlines, Nigerian Police Friday, April 21st, 2017

An undated video showing some officers of the Nigeria Police Force collecting bribes has gone viral. In the video, which lasted 18 seconds, the police officers could be seen collecting bribes from drivers of commercial buses, popularly known as danfo in the Lagos metropolis. An analysis of the video showed the incident may have […]