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The Anambra State government is pushing for the late novelist,�Chinua Achebe�to be buried in his home town. Although the family has not announced their burial plans yet, on Saturday, spokesman for the governor of Anambra�Mike Udah, said the idea of him being buried outside his community is totally ruled out. ...

Nigeria’s richest pastor and self-styled bishop, David Oyedepo, has made a glistening addition to his business empire by floating Dominion Air. Oyedepo, who a few years ago ignited debate on flamboyant Christianity by acquiring his fourth private jet, is the owner of Dominion Publishing House, Covenant University and an elite ...

The man in his late 40s, who refused to utter a word despite the hysteria his presence generated, was almost lynched by a mob but for the intervention of police and other security agents. The man, whose name could not be ascertained as of press time, was discovered to possess ...

Fear gripped many residents of Lagos �on Thursday �when news �filtered in that troops numbering about 100 stormed terror suspects’ hideouts in Ijora, a �densely populated part of the city. The soldiers, who were assisted by men of the State Security Service, were �believed to have acted on a tip-off. ...

Driving in Lagos with tinted windows is against the law but some people do it because they get away with it. But not anymore says the Inspector General of police. He has directed state commissioners of police to start seizing cars with tinted windows and prosecute the car owners henceforth. ...

Obadare, the leader of Christ Apostolic Church and later founder of the breakaway World Soul-Winning Evangelistic Ministries (WOSEM) ministry, died at home in Nigeria, according to his New York-based son, Pastor Abraham Obadare Jnr. The legally blind prophet, who once commanded thousands of worshippers, was aged 83 We would love ...

Professor Chinua Achebe, 82, is dead. Achebe, one of the best fiction writers in recent memory, died in his USA base, according to reports yet to be independently confirmed .�He was born on November 16, 1930, and had been in hospital in recent days.�Achebe is best known for his classical ...

Members of the National Youth Service Corps may have to wait longer for an upward review of their monthly allowance as the Federal Government has said it has no plan for such at the moment, Dailypost can authoritatively report. The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier ...

A�wooden boat carrying 166 people, which left Oron in Cross river State and heading to Gabon,�capsized�on Tuesday.�Out of the 166, only two made it out alive. The passengers of the boat were mostly Igbo traders who were travelling to Gabon and sources say they boarded the wooden boat because it ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, 13 March, 2013 arraigned Akinluyi Akintunde (a.k.a Akin Cindy) before Justice Bolaji Yusuf of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan on a two count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and possession of documents containing false pretence ...

Some men are animals, any man that beats up his woman is a coward and should step into the ring and fight his fellow man. The woman above was beaten by her husband and she is currently in a ward in the Teaching hospital in Calabar where doctors are battling ...

NIGERIA Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nasarawa State command, on Monday, arrested 62 fake corps members at another fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp at Tammah village, in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the fake orientation camp was to operate for ...

Controversial and outspoken Super Eagles striker, Peter Osaze Odemwingie, has once again taken to Twitter to vent, accusing his club of trying to �ruin my career”. The West Brom player, is evidently frustrated about the way Baggies are treating him, ever since he tried to force a transfer deadlin move ...

Kano State has been thrown into pandemonium as a bomb went off at New Road, Sabon Gari area of the city. A witness said the bomb exploded at the hub of a commercial Luxury Bus�park usually filled with commuters going from�Kano�to the South. Another witness said an Improvised Explosive Device, ...

The Federal Government, yesterday, lifted the suspension imposed on Dana Airlines last Saturday, after a meeting among officials of the airline, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and Aviation Ministry in Abuja. Consequently, the airline will resume flight operations today, according to the airline management last night. Government, however, insisted on ...

In a� bid to improve the country’s economy and to avoid being a dumping ground for western countries, the Federal Government has banned the importation of a lot of materials which could be made of Nigeria or may lead to waste. The full list is: Import Prohibition List Live or ...

NYSC authorities�have defended their action on the de-camping of one Miss Tolulope Ekundayo, after she refused�to wear trouser at the Sagamu Orientation Camp in Ogun. Remember her story, right? Well, here’s what the NYSC Coordinator�in Ogun State, Mrs. Theresa Anosike said really happened: “We had to decamp a corps member, ...

Former Super Eagle’s player Sunday Oliseh is making big rounds as he lands a spot as an appointed member on Football governing body FIFA’s technical study group amongst other duties. The former captain turned to his official Facebook.com page to share his joys as he posted the great news. sunday ...

Read his story: 39-year-old security guard, Andrew Wardle, was truly born�without a penis. His mum, who was just 17 at the time, was unable to cope and made the painful decision to give him up for adoption. Andrew was eventually taken in by a loving couple from Wales�and luckily for ...

The Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, PDPGF, Godswill Akpabio, yesterday gave out the sum of N6million for lunch � N1 million each to all the state chairmen of the party in the South South region. Akpabio, who has been courting controversy in the ...