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A painted portrait of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, doing her homework fetched $102,500 at an auction on Wednesday in New York. And according to Malala, the proceeds will be donated from her Malala Fund to Nigerian nonprofits that focus on education for ...

Report reaching us �that an unidentified object laying in front of union homes in oluwole market central Lagos is causing scare amongst pedestrians and motorists. The object is made up of 3 cylindrical objects wrapped in a kind of shiny paper. Some people in the area spotted three wrapped parcels ...

The terror fugitive behind the Nyanya bombing, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche who was declared wanted by the Nigerian Police Force has been arrested.�This was announced today in Abuja at the National Briefing Centre, located at headquarters of National Orientation Agency (NOA). The coordinator of the national briefing centre, Director General of ...

Unconfirmed reports say the riot started yesterday evening when a Muslim student who was saying his prayers was disrupted by one of the porters in the male hostel … plus other irregular enforced school rules and security misunderstandings. The students went on a rampage destroying school property.

Former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili has commenced continuation of her treatment in India. A statement on Wednesday night by her Media Adviser, Mr. Isaac Umunna, said the former National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) boss is to be treated of an undisclosed ...

Yesterday morning on the 3rd mainland Bridge in Lagos, this Hyundai Car went up in flames after the engine caught fire.. According to eyewitnesses, other drivers tried to help put out the flames with fire extinguishers but failed as they watched the vehicle burn to ashes… Fortunately no life was ...

According to�Premium Times,�the insurgents had repeatedly attempted to attack Kalabalge, an agro-nomad community near the Cameroon borders, but failed to gain entry into the village on each attempt.A vigilante member told premuim times on phone �We have told them (Boko Haram) that they cannot take their attacks to our village ...

54 out of the 130 girls shown in the 27minutes video released by Boko Haram yesterday, May 12th, have being identified by their parents, Premium Times reports In a video viewing session which took place at the office of the Chief of Staff to Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State, ...

The Ambassador of Togo to Gabon, Essohanam Adewui, was found dead alongside his girlfriend after their car plunged into the sea in LibrevilleThe unfortunate incident occurred on Saturday as they reportedly returning from a night club when he drove into the sea. Togolese Government responded via a communiqué from the ...

The Times of London put this photo above making a mockery of our President, it was drawn by their political cartoonist, Peter Brooks.

It was a moment of joy and excitement last Friday as the pupils and teachers of Community Nursery/Primary School in Magodo, Shangisha area of Lagos State welcomed eminent personalities to their midst during the commissioning and handing over of Seven (7) Blocks of 2 & 3 Classrooms (fully furnished with ...

  According to a BBC Africa report, the Minister of Special Duties says the Nigerian government is ready to negotiate with Boko Haram to bring back the abducted girls. This is differnt fro what Abba Moro said yesterday

  Some schools in Owerri — especially around Nekede did not open today. According to reports, a lion escaped from the Nekede Zoo in Owerri, the Imo State capital last night so children are advised to stay back home for safety reasons. The State’s local radio station Orient FM made ...

UNAIDS is willing to give Nigerian supporters club 2 million condoms for their stay in Brazil during the world cup, but Rafiu Ladipo the President-General of NFSSC said 2 million condoms will only be good for a day and not the purported 31days they are booked to stay, because Nigerian ...

The Nigerian government has rejected conditions set out by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau for the release of more than 200 schoolgirls held hostage by the Islamists. Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned by Shekau in a new video that the girls may be released once Nigeria ...

33 year old Oyoma Edewor was shot dead on Saturday night by Sgt. Otene Godwin in the Festac area of Lagos. Find the release, signed by the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer Ngozi Braide, below.. Shooting Incident: REF: F/NO.355272 Sgt. Otene Godwin The Lagos State Command has arrested one Sgt. ...

The governor of Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of the 276 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group, Boko Haram on April 14thGovernor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military for verification. He added that he does not think ...

�Boko Haram has just released a video showing some of the kidnapped Nigerian girls .The 27-minute footage �released to AFP shows about 130 girls wearing Hijabs and reciting the Quran as they make Islamic declarations . Sky news aired some screenshots from the video and Shekau also said that they ...

A police Sergeant attached to the Festac command in Lagos�on Saturday, May 10th, 2014 allegedly wasted the life of�a promising young man, 33 year old Oyoma Edewor, a Building Finishing Contractor over �Egunje”. And according to reports, this is the third time this kind of case will be reported in ...

According to Ihechukwu Njoku, a�freelance Nigerian journalist ,�nearing the end of the service yesterday,�during the time Joshua’s ‘Wise Men’ were ministering ‘deliverance’ to people, an aggressive young man dressed in a shabby suit was ushered forward. �I am one of the Boko Haram,” the man declared to the wise man, ...