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Responding to the nation-wide�outrage expressed on the said passage of a Bill legalising child marriage, the Senate said its decision last Wednesday was �wildly misinterpreted, misreported and totally taken out of context”. It denied any wrongdoing. Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who heads the constitution review committee, said this yesterday: ...

Scene of the crash that claimed the life of the first lady mother yesterday, may the soul of all the victims rest in perfect peace. We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your comments

A Cambridge University educated research scientist is so desperate to live the life of a wheelchair-bound person she is prepared to pay a doctor help her become disabled. She wears leg braces and uses a wheelchair, even though her legs are healthy. Chloe spends most of her time in a ...

There was anxiety in Port Harcourt on Monday as news of the death of Mrs. Iwari-Oba, the mother of the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, spread in the Rivers State capital. The mother of Mrs. Jonathan was said to have been involved in a ghastly motor accident along Elele ...

Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has finally opened up; he accused President Goodluck Jonathan of turning the PDP into a �one-man show” and of condoning �impunity and authoritarianism” in an effort to ensure his re-election in 2015 at all cost… Amaechi, in an interview he granted the Financial Times of ...

Parishoners of Saint Benedict Catholic Church, Ubiaja, Esan South LGA, Edo state said they saw an apparition of Virgin Mary. They said she appeared on the wall of their church yesterday, and they took photos. We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your comments

Bundles of mint-fresh dollars, valued at over $250,000 (about N40 million), which disappeared late last month from Governor Godswill Akpabio’s bedroom at the Akwa Ibom state governor’s lodge in Asokoro, Abuja, have been recovered intact. SaharaReporters, had last month reported that the missing dollars, kept in drawers in the governor’s ...

When the English press called upon the footballing gods to give them a manager that would keep every tongue wagging, the gods answered. The answer: Jose Mourinho. Back in England after a bittersweet stint in Spain with Real Madrid, the Special One is back for a second time with Chelsea. ...

A former Super Eagles player, Pius Oleh, was today found dead in his car garage in Michigan, USA. A close friend of the former footballer said he suspects Pius might have inhaled excessive carbon monoxide, which might have led to his death. Until his death, he worked with IT dept ...

An uncompleted building collapsed in Ishaga road, Surulere this morning. When I got to the scene, some part of the house was still standing as you can see in the picture above, while rescue team were struggling to bring out the bodies of the builders trapped in the building. Four ...

Mrs Abike Dabiri is a former broadcaster and now a member of the Nigeria Federal House of Reps representing Ikorodu Constituency in Lagos State.

18 years old Anna Ebiere Banner representing Bayelsa state has emerged the 2013 winner of the 26th edition of the prestigious MBGN crown. She also carted away the price for the ‘Best Traditional Attire’ and gets to represent Nigeria at the Miss World 2013 contest in faraway Jakarta, Indonesia on ...

By Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima Nigeria has many uncountable problems and none of them is early marriage. As a matter of fact early marriage is the solution to about half of our problems. For those who wonder if I can give my daughter(s) out in marriage at the age of ...

This is simple logic….Makes alot of sense. “If we can wait for calves to turn to cows, kids to turn to goats and chicks to turn to hens b4 eating them, why can’t we do same for girls?” We would love to know your thoughts on this post. Drop your ...

Barely two weeks after the bloody clash at the Rivers State house of assembly and Nigerians still trying to recover from their nightmares comes another shocker from the National Assembly as the senators reviewing the constitution some days ago voted in a law for underage girls into marriage. Below is ...

An early morning inferno, Thursday, razed a warehouse belonging to Coscharis Group located at the Kirikiri Industrial, Mazamaza,� Area of Lagos State, destroying property worth billions of naira. The warehouse was used for storing computer equipment, Abro Petrochemical products, vehicles and inverter batteries, auto spare parts, motorcycles and tires. Eyewitnesses ...

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State yesterday raised the alarm that his life was in danger. He cited the presence of strange policemen and intelligence operatives around his lodges in in Port Harcourt and Abuja without his consent as reason for fears over his safety. The governor raised the alarm ...

For the first time, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, gave an indication that she might be behind the crisis rocking Rivers State as she opened up on a plethora of grudges she is nursing against Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. � Mrs. Jonathan spoke in Abuja on Wednesday during a ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state Wednesday dissolved his over 70-man expanded executive council. The dissolution which left most of the officials speechless was announced to the cabinet members during the weekly state executive meeting. Affected in the dissolution are all Commissioners, Political Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and all Special ...

Four northern governors were stoned at the Port Harcourt International Airport as they arrived the state capital for a solidarity visit on the governor, Rotimi Amaechi. Also stoned was Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka who was also visiting the state for the umpteenth time. Incidentally, Soyinka has been a very frequent ...