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And �Americanah” comes dangerously close to the �exaggerated histrionics” and �improbable plots” that she ascribes to Nigerian, or Nollywood, films. When readers of �Americanah” first meet its Nigerian-born heroine, Ifemelu, she has come a long way in life. She holds a fellowship at Princeton. She is �the absolute love of ...

  Violence had rocked the Ago Iwoye campus of the Olabisi Onabanjo University on Monday. As early as 7.30 am, students had stormed the gates of the institution which they succeeded in locking. Only to reportedly have two students of the�university shot dead with several others wounded following an ongoing ...

The scramble for “Holy Water” from the popular Nigerian pastor, Prophet TB Joshua, by desperate people looking for emergency miracle out of their problems has led to a tragedy in Ghana. At least 4 people have been confirmed dead in Pastor T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church Of All Nations in Spintex ...

A 28-year-old man, Ayodele Olaoye, who was allegedly kidnapped by a lady, Esther Phillips, he met at a Club in Opebi, Lagos, has narrated his ordeal before an Ikeja High Court. Esther was said to have conspired with six others to commit the alleged offence.The other suspects are Patricia Nna, ...

BABS The Catholic Church in Nigeria pulled out as a member of the Association few months ago due to some irreconcilable differences between it and CAN. The Director of communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, Rev Fr Tom Asen, who disclosed this on Sunday, in Abuja as part of the ceremony ...

Following a request by star winger Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich FC have decided to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena for the Muslim players and fans. The German football club agreed to a request to build a mosque in the Allianz Arena stadium to serve its Muslim players and ...

The Lagos State Government on Friday said it had just employed 70 women as truck drivers, as part of efforts to empower women in the state. The Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, announced this at a news conference in Ikeja today organised to mark Governor Babatunde Fashola`s sixth year in office. ...

Shaniesha Forbes, 14, (pictured above) was killed by her 20 year old boyfriend who then burnt her body and dumped her remains on a beach just because he thought she was pregnant. Below is how�New York Post�is reporting it: The family of the 14-year-old Brooklyn girl who was allegedly killed ...

The state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, MrAdemorin Kuye, gave the figure at a news conference organised to mark Gov.Babatunde Fashola`s sixth year in office. He said the figure was derived from a research recently conducted by the Ministry of Budgeting and Planning, which showed that the residents ...

Nigeria on Wednesday pledged a donation of two million U.S. dollars (about N320m) in support of agricultural development and conduct of free and fair elections in Mali. Vice-President Namadi Sambo made the pledge in Brussels at the International Donors Conference on the Development of Mali, organised by the EU, a ...

A terrible accident occurred today around 5pm at Ijoju, Sango Ota, that left two people dead. A trailer used in conveying sharp sand crushed an Okada man and his female passenger while they were trying to cross the road. The bodies were left there for a bit before it was ...

The clock will start ticking again on Fox’s real-time thriller 24. The network on Monday confirmed plans to restart the action thriller, which starred Kiefer Sutherland as counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer and ended its eight-season run in 2010. The new season, one of two “limited series” Fox plans for 2014, ...

Dear compatriots, 1.��� It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts of the country, particularly in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most recently Bayelsa, Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa states.� These unfortunate events ...

Mr. Shem Obafaye, the former Lagos State Commandant of NSCDC, who made the �My Oga at the top” mantra a phenomenon, has finally resumed in his new office as Oyo State Commandant of the NSCDC. Obafaye, who was replaced by Mr. Adesuyi Clement from Oyo State Command after his now ...

    The Manchester United defender has acted early to rule out the possibility of being named in Hodgson’s squad after a damaging incident in March that saw Ferdinand reject an international recall for the World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Montenegro. Ferdinand informed the�England�manager of his decision to ...

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BlackBerry announced today that it will open up its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) instant-messaging program to iOS and Android users for free, with new clients coming for those platforms later this summer. We will make BBM available as the premiere multi platform messaging solution all around the globe, and even better, ...

� THE Imo State Police Command has recovered the remains of a 78-year-old woman, Mrs. Lucy Osigweh, who was declared missing in 2003. Making the revelation, yesterday, state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina, disclosed that the woman’s lifeless body was found in a large cupboard inside a shrine located ...

A co-ordinated attempt to carry out a major robbery operation in Onitsha, Anambra State was recently foiled by officers and men of the Anambra State Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS). Amos Chieku, Ndubuisi Uche, Chibuike Alakwachi, Ugochukwu Igbokwe and Nonso are five members of the gang currently assisting police authorities ...

Over 50 mourners were killed yesterday Sunday May 12th in Benue State by Fulani herdsmen who attacked them as they buried their dead. The herdsmen stormed Okpachanyi village in Agatu local government area of the state and opened fire on the mourners, killing at least 50 of them. Others escaped ...