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Pope Francis surprised 20 former prostitutes on Friday by knocking on their door in Rome and popping in for a chat. The Argentine, who has repeatedly described the human trafficking behind much prostitution as �a crime against humanity”, sat down with the group, including four women from Albania, seven from ...

Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola had a recent interview with BBC in their ‘Hardtalk’ series and it was quite explosive. He was asked questions on boko haram resurgence, Niger-Delta Avengers, poor economy, power supply and his ₦100 million website. [youtube YFRTJ3YLv7A 300 250]

South Africa has overtaken Nigeria to become the biggest economy on the African continent.. According to Bloomberg ,using the gross domestic product at the end of 2015 published by the International Monetary Fund,the size of South Africa’s economy is $301 billion at the rand’s current exchange rate, while Nigeria’s GDP ...

Fr. Ejike the controversial Catholic priest of the Adoration Prayer Ministries in Enugu, who threw his support for Muhammadu Buhari during the 2015 presidential elections, has criticized the Nigerian president over the level of hardship facing the country, although the Holy Ghost priest heaped some of the blame on former ...

Pope Francis has said he will not label Islam as ‘terrorism’ because it would be unfair. On Sunday, on a flight back to the Vatican after a five-day visit to Poland, the pontiff was asked by reporters why he never mentions Islam when condemning terrorism or violence as with the ...

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor EA Adeboye has condemned pastors that grow beards. According to Vanguard, he said �I don’t want to see any of my pastors looking like fellows from the training camps of Al-Qaeda.” He said older people who try to go along ...

The tussle for the seat of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship has intensified as the chairman of Africa Independent Television (AIT), Chief Raymond Dokpesi has categorically stated that he will not step down for anyone. Dokpesi reiterated his plans not to step down in a meeting with members of the ...

Lagos Police just released a statement about the ongoing Saga about #SaveMayowa. Read the statement: The Lagos State commissioner of police Cp Fatai Owoseni has directed full scale investigation into the report that the *Save Mayowa Campaign* is a fraud. Founder of Lifestake foundation Ms Aramide Kasumu and two members ...

The Turkish government has appealed to the Federal government to close down the 17 Nigerian-Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) in Nigeria, saying they all belong to Fetullah Gulen accused of sponsoring the July 15th failed military coup in Turkey. Turkish High Commissioner to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, disclosed this while hosting the ...

Two of Muhammadu Buhari’s ambassadorial nominees underwent a screening at the Senate on July 26th struggled to recite the National Anthem and the Pledge during their screening. The nominees, Ibrahim Isa from Niger state and Vivian Nwunaku Okeke from Anambra state mixed up the National Anthem and pledge when the ...

Pope Francis missed a step and fell to the ground Thursday as he walked on an open-air platform to celebrate Mass at Poland’s holiest shrine of Jasna Gora. In a dramatic moment, the 79-year-old Francis, walking in his long robe with an incense holder in his hand, did not notice ...

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he placed three ministries in the care of former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola . Many people and several groups had criticized the Buhari for assigning the portfolios to Fashola , arguing that it would overwhelm ...

​Francis Taiwo, a Celestial Church of Christ pastor who starved and kept his nine-year-old son in chains for months, has been arrested. The 40-year-old pastor was apprehended by the police from the Onipanu division on Sunday at his church � CCC, Key of Joy Parish � in Ajibawo, Atan, in ...

The City People 2016 awards took place in Lagos yesterday and was attended by Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, Abbah Folawiyo , Hilda Dokubo, Eniola Badmus, Adunni Ade and a host of others. More photos 

The representative of the Lagos-Central Senatorial District in the Senate, Oluremi Tinubu, says as a Christian she has forgiven her Kogi-West counterpart, Dino Melaye, for abusing and threatening her. Tinubu, however, said would not be intimidated by anybody and that she would continue to fight for her right. She said ...

Jose Mourinho has picked his top three players of all time and has left out compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo. The manager picked Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Pele as his top three. When asked to pick, Mourinho said (via Daily Express): �For me the top three players in history are Messi, ...

Donald Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, who is hoping to be US next First Lady gave her first major address before the nation yesterday night at the Republican National Convention, and many were impressed until they realized the former model plagiarized a number of lines from first lady Michelle Obama’s speech ...

25-year-old University student from Kaduna, Mubarak Abdullahi supposedly built a helicopter at home that can allegedly fly up to seven feet. The people who shared the info on Facebook claim he used scrap aluminum and parts from a Honda Civic, an old Toyota and from the remains of a crashed ...

Musiliu Obanikoro who has been in serious mess with the current government for some time now, he has reacted to reports that is wife was arrested by officials of the Department of State Security. He released a statement to clarify that his wife was invited for questioning and not arrested ...

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo gushed about his wife, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo via a facebook post, as she celebrated her birthday. He showered all kinds of sweet words on her as he celebrated her on her special day. Mrs Osinbajo who clocked 49 years old yesterday is the grandchild of ...