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Some persons suspected to be cult members, on Sunday, invaded the female hostel of Benue State University, Makurdi, rapping no fewer than 20 female students in the process.According to Dailypost,�the gang members stormed the Technical Block of the female hostel about 10.00pm, beating and raping the girls, before carting away ...

While addressing children at an event she organized to mark the 2014 Children’s Day at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja today Dame Patience aka Mama Peace said: �It is bad to abuse our country and the President because God has made him the head. The Almighty God ...

The�students�of Adamawa�state University�are in fear after they have received several letters over the past two weeks, from who they believe are boko�haram.Initially they felt it was a prank until the latest letter which was attached with a pound of flesh and dripping blood.A source has told�SaharaReporters�that the letters are believed�to ...

On his last day in the Holy Land, Pope Francis prayed at the Western Wall, the holiest site in Judaism, before an emotional hug with two old friends ��a Muslim leader and a rabbi. Francis stood at the Wall for more than a minute and a half, most of the ...

Nigeria’s Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshall Alex Badeh� said that the Nigeria military has been able to locate the 200+ girls abducted in Chibok on April 14th but will not use force to rescue them because that could put the girls in great danger as the insurgents could kill ...

The Spiritual Leader of One Love Family, Guru Maharaj Ji, has said that he has the power to cure the ailing former NAFDAC boss, Dora Akunyili of her medical problems. Speaking with City People, he said �It is pretty sad that you all look down on me but I am ...

According to Punch,�One of the�football�lovers at the centre, Muhammed Ibrahim, said over 400 youths were watching the match when the incident happened. �The viewing centre is large. Television sets were placed at various points and it was crowded and�in fact, over 400 of us would have been killed had the ...

Mr. Chris Ishe, a teacher at Kent Academy, Miango, Plateau State, lost his wife,daughter and sister-in-law to the Jos Bomb Blast on 20th of May. He told Punch his heart breaking story below: That morning, we all woke up quite early to have morning devotion. My wife then said she ...

Barely a week after 2 separate bombs killed over 120 in Jos, another bomb blast rocked Jos City .The blast occurred at a football viewing centre,Bauci road,where many gathered to watch the European Champions League final between Atletico vs Real Madrid Match….The University of Jos as well as the staff ...

The United Nation Security Council committee yesterday May 22nd blacklisted Islamic sect Boko haram after the Nigerian government on Wednesday May 21st�made a request�asking for the sect to be blacklisted.� A�statement released by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power says the move was to help close all ...

Two men � children of the unidentified elderly woman who was almost lynched by a mob in the Ajegunle area of Lagos after being accused of witchcraft � have identified the victim as their mother. And according to them, the octogenarian was not a witch, but a victim of nature ...

He said it in a speech delivered on his behalf by the FCT minister, Olajumoke Akinjide, to a team of #BringBackOurGirls campaigners, led by a former Minister�of Education, Oby Ezekwezili….. He said �It is wrong and most unfair to suggest that there was a slow�reaction�to this kidnapping. As Commander-in-Chief, Mr. ...

The Defence Headquarters has released a statement denying the by a Kaduna-based cleric, Dr. Ahmad Gumi, that there is genocide going on in Borno where security forces/vigilante groups round up young men and kill them in a field for allegedly being Boko Haram members. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has found ...

These are some faces of the students of University of Jos who lost their lives in that unfortunate �bomb�blast�two days ago.Their school mates circulated the�photos�.Among them are Mike Ogbole ,Milli, Vivian, Lydia, Francisca . May their souls rest in peace

  Renowned�Muslim cleric, Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Mahmud Gumi, shared these disturbing photos�early morning today�on his Facebook page and according to him, allegedly, these are civilians rounded up in a genocide in Borno State. He is asking for this crime to not go unpunished, that the international community should institute an ...

After the infamous video where the first�lady�was weeping over the missing Chibok girls, a statement attributed to Wole Soyinka read When you marry an illiterate woman as a wife, you will definitely make stupid decisions like jonathan’ In a�new release�by him, he says he never said anything like that … ...

Deborah Peter a�15 year old girl�from Chibok survived the Boko Haram slaughter of her�family in2011 after witnessing her dad and brother killed and asked to lie between their corpses .She told her story to U.S. House lawmakers ,House Foreign Affairs Committee�on Wednesday “My name is Deborah Peter and I am ...

Michael Olukoya, the president of Nigeria Union of Teachers has directed all its members across the country to sit at home today, Thursday, May 22, 2014 in protests of the over 200 missing chibok school girls. Mr Micheal Olukoya also said 173 teachers have been killed in Borno and Yobe ...

Ahmed Atiku, one of the sons of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar recently graduated from the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Adamawa State, which is run by his father. He’s pictured above receiving his certificate from his dad.

The United States has deployed 80 American military personnel to Chad to assist in the search for more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram last month, President Barack Obama told Congress on Wednesday. Obama wrote in a letter to House Speaker, John Boehner, and Senate President, Pro Tempore ...