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  One Chibueze Njoku of Umuekwunne community in Imo state has been arrested for setting his pregnant sister-in- law, Mrs Uloma Njoku ablaze for allegedly maltreating his dog. The suspect was said to have set his victim on fire for pouring a cup of water on his dog. According to ...

Earlier this morning, Forbes gathered a recent report on a woman (Isabel�dos Santos) who is now�believed�to be the richest black woman�in the world, displacing the Nigerian�business�mogul, Folorunsho Alakija that got the position few months ago from Oprah Winfrey. Over the past few years Isabel�dos Santos, the oldest�daughter of�Angolan President Jose ...

26-year-old NYSC member, Samuel Udeh, was on Tuesday sentenced to two months imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti Federal High Court for possessing 50 grammes of Indian hemp. The prosecuting counsel, Iliya Waji, told the court that Udeh was arrested on November 19, 2012 with 50 grammes of the illicit drug. Waji ...

Shocking: See How Much Money Super Eagles Will Get If They Win Africa Cup Of Nations The winner of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations tournament will bag $1.5million as well as bragging rights until the 2015 tournament. The Confederation of African Football will spend $10million on prize money as ...

Reseachers at the University of South Carolina found the support and accountability provided by posting to the social networking site made a difference in how much weight people lost. Although the two groups in the study – one that tweeted and one that didn’t – lost the same amount of ...

One Mrs. Esther Ogunsalu, who resides beside an RCCG church located at 4, Sogunle Street, Abule Onigbagbo Estate, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, has dragged the church before an Ikeja high court over noise pollution. The 79-year-old accused the church, Chapel of Victory of disturbing her peace ‘while conducting ...

Nigerian billionaires planning to buy private jets have been stopped from doing so as the Federal Government has suspended the importation of private airplanes, helicopters and other lighter aircraft into the country. Sources in the Ministry of Aviation said the suspension, which took effect a few months ago, would continue ...

A South African court this morning found Henry Okah guilty of terrorism charges leveled against him by the Nigerian government. The judge, Neels Claassen, pronounced Mr. Okah guilty on all the 13- count charge for which he was arraigned. The sentencing has been fixed for January 31st or February 1 ...

“I, Barack Hussein Obama, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,” with these words, President Obama constitutionally began his second term in office ...

Guinness is offering all Nigerians a chance to be a part of history by coming out to demonstrate support for the Super Eagles in a BIG WAY! Naija, are you READY to make HISTORY? It’s time to be part of history; it’s a record breaking attempt by Nigeria. We are ...

“Life has been unfair to me”. This was the statement that greeted this reporter as he approached 19-year-old Chidi Okolie, who is currently going through�psychological trauma�following�an act of gang-rape on him, Monday, in Badagry area of Lagos. Chidi, as gathered, left his�home town�in Izzih local government area of Ebonyi state ...

Four persons were killed yesterday as gunmen, believed to have laid ambush, opened fire on the convoy of the Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero who was on his way back to the palace after attending a Quranic competition in the city. Though Bayero, a highly revered traditional ruler in ...

?The Nigeria army has commenced their deployment in Mali with arrival of the first batch of a projected 1200 strong force landed in mali on board the Lockhead C130 military transport plane from Kaduna. The Nigeria army kitted in desert fatigue, blast helmet, our Made-in-Nigeria DICON-Marom Dolphin flak jackets � ...

On the way to an ECOWAS meeting in the Ivory Coast, President Goodluck Jonathan’s plane was diverted to Lagos where he made a surprise visit to the police college in Ikeja. Sources say that even his top aides were taken unaware by the unscheduled stop. The police authorities were also ...

The much awaited golden jubilee of the University of Lagos� convocation, scheduled to hold between Thursday (today) and Saturday has been postponed indefinitely. Though, the reason for the postponement was not disclosed to the public, sources claim that the development was caused by President Goodluck Jonathan�s insistence to rename UNILAG ...

Obehi �Biggie Smallz� Omokhegbe, the CEO of Chup Knuckle Entertainment, is dead. The photographer and businessman, passed on yesterday afternoon, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, where he was rushed to. Omokhegbe had complained of stomach ache and started vomiting before he fainted. He is survived by a wife ...

Minister of State for Defence, Mrs. Olusola Obada, Tuesday caused a stir when she slumped at the celebration of the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja where President Goodluck Jonathan, along with other top government officials and members of the diplomatic corps had gathered to honour Nigeria�s fallen heroes. The ...

A sugarcane seller is presently on the run, for stabbing his 19-year-old customer, Umaru Abdulrahaman, to death on Wednesday morning in Wadata, Makurdi town, Benue state. Local media reported that the teenage customer, a resident of 20 Kano street, Wadata, was repeatedly stabbed in the chest by the sugarcane seller ...

The heat is on!!! Three finalists have emerged in the MTV VJ Search competition. The finalists are Ada Ogunkeye (26), Ehizojia Okoeguale (25) and Kemi Owatemi (22). Ada, on-air personality on 92.3 Inspiration radio describes herself as an �opinionated, impulsive giggle-bot, natural hair lover, dancer, and all round dude�.�� According ...

Former Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola has agreed to take over the same role at Bayern Munich starting in the summer, according to the Champions League’s official Twitter feed. The club confirmed the move. Guardiola left Barca last summer after four extremely successful seasons, which saw the Spanish boss win 14 ...