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President Barrack Obama of the USA has been named Time magazine’s man of the year for 2012.

Principal, Ajuwon Senior High School, Ajuwon, Ifo Local Government Area, Ogun State, Rev. Olufunke Oladeojobi, has been quizzed by the police for allegedly conducting virginity tests on the pupils. �PUNCH Metro�learnt that Oladeojobi, who was described as a strict disciplinarian, by her pupils called in a nurse and jointly carried ...

Malam Mukailu Naibi of Keke Village, Kaduna, whose wife allegedly starved him of sex for two years, on Wednesday demanded N1. 2 million as compensation from the wife�s parents before an Abuja Area Court. Naibi, while testifying at the resumed hearing of the case, told the court that the amount, ...

Was he under a spell? Or is he suffering from some form of mental or psychological trauma? The questions are many on the lips and minds of many who heard the news of a Nigerian student (names withheld) enrolled in one of the numerous tertiary institutions in Ghana who sliced ...

Parents of Navy Lt. David Adeyemi Sowole, 32, the co-pilot of the ill-fated Navy helicopter that crashed on Saturday sat forlorn at their 28, Akintoye Street home, mourning their son and breadwinner. He died along with five others, including Kaduna State Governor Patrick Yakowa and ex-National Security Adviser (NSA) Gen. ...

Patience Jonathan, wife of Nigeria�s President wept in Kaduna yesterday when she paid a condolence visit to Mrs Amina Yakowa, wife of Gov. Patrick Yakowa, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. �I am sorry I am crying because I am a woman; I know what she (Amina) is ...

After thanking Nigerians, the government and the Police, she also narrates how her mother suffered in the hands of her kidnappers for 5 days. Thank God mama is back. � I can�t give all the details because we don�t want to compromise on-going investigations. � But I can tell you ...

The last picture of Governor Yakowa and Andrew Azazi on their way to the crashed helicopter.

As the nation mourns the tragic helicopter crash that ended the lives of Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Yakowa and former National Security Adviser, Andrew Owoye Azazi, alongside four others, Nigerian Prophet, T.B. Joshua has revealed how he prophesied the fatal crash. On Sunday 16th December 2012, speaking to a live ...

The Enugu State government Sunday, debunked the rumours making the round that governor Sullivan Chime has passed away. Chime was reported by some publications to have passed on at an Indian hospital on Saturday, after battling an undisclosed ailment for some months. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Chucks Ugwuoke ...

The Enugu state governor, Sullivan Chime has been reported dead by a news source, a few hours ago in India. The Governor of the Coal city state had been away in India for medical reasons. May his soul rest in peace More to follow shortly as we get more information

Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and former National Security Adviser Andrew Owoye Azazi apparently died in a helicopter that crashed today in Bayelsa State, a reliable source has told SaharaReporters. Governor Yakowa and Mr. Azazi, a retired military general who served as chief security adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, ...

By Susan Candiotti and Michael Pearson, CNN Newtown, Connecticut (CNN) – In one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history, a gunman opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, 20 of them children, police said. The suspected gunman, who was not identified by police, also ...

It has just been confirmes that the kidnapped mother of Nigeria’s finance minister, Professor kamene Okonjo has been freed by security forces in Delta state. Professor Okonjo was kidnapped by dare-devil kidnappers from her home� on December 9 2012 while attending to workers fixing her palace gate

After 13 months of pregnancy, a woman in Ekiti finally gave birth to a baby with anencephaly in Ekiti. Anencephaly is a medical condition caused by a neural tube defect, which causes the baby to have frog-like features. Children born with this condition lack the forebrain which is responsible for ...

The General overseer of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that there’s still hope for the country, stating that God is about to restore and rebuild Nigeria. Daddy G.O, as his congregation would address him made this declaration today in one his sermons delivered ...

Two Nigerian police officers who were not at their assigned posts at the home of the mother of the country�s finance minister when she was kidnapped are being probed for misconduct. �They were supposed to be on duty at the palace, but they were not there,� police spokesman Charles Muka ...

The Teachers� Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, have attributed partially the cause of the mass failure witnessed in various examinations for primary and secondary school students to youth corps members who are posted to teach without relevant qualifications. The Director of Operations of the Council, Steve Nwokocha, made the declaration ...

Ace presenter and producer, Mr. Kenny Ogungbe has been appointed Managing Director of the premier radio station in the country � RayPower FM�Network and FAAJI 106.5FM. This was contained in a statement signed by Johnson Onime, Director, Corporate Communication and Planning, DAAR Communications Plc, the operators of RayPower FM Network, ...

Gunmen,shot the Head of Department of Public Administration, University of Calabar, Mr. Felix Akpan, an Associate Professor, at a relaxation joint and also killed the gateman while escaping. Akpan and some officials of the University of Calabar, were said to be at a meeting with some representatives of a first ...