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Many passengers escaped death when two trains collided in Lagos on Wednesday. Four people were however injured. It was learnt that the accident was due to the absence of signal operator at the Mushin Station terminus in Lagos. An eyewitness, who identified herself simply as Bisi, said when one of ...

Possibly one of the more unexpected products at Maker Faire Africa this year in Lagos is a urine powered generator, created by four girls. The girls are Duro-Aina Adebola (14), Akindele Abiola (14), Faleke Oluwatoyin (14) and Bello Eniola (15). The generator is on display at an exhibition in Lagos ...

A 21-year-old student has been hospitalised, after she was allegedly pushed down from the third floor of a building in Lagos, following a disagreement with a man she met on the social network, Facebook. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akabugu Nkiruka sustained multiple injuries, including a pelvis fracture, ...

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Obama beat Romney after nabbing almost every one of the crucial battleground states. Romney conceded in Boston ...

Four people were killed on Friday evening in Damboa, a southern community in Borno State, in fresh attacks by suspected Boko Haram members. Also, a local government secretariat and a fire service station in the community were burnt during the attacks. The incident occurred barely four hours after the killing ...

It wasn’t quite as eye-catching as her husband’s pro-Obama rhyme at an Ohio rally, but Beyonce posted a note on her official Tumblr expressing gratitude toward the president one day before the election. Signed by the pop star, Beyonce’s letter praised Barack Obama as a leader and wrote that “you ...

Nollywood actor, Pete Eneh, has lost one of his legs to illness. Doctors at Parklane Hospital Enugu had no choice but to amputate one of his legs in order to save his life. The veteran actor was said to have sustained some kind of injury last year, and because he ...

After weeks of controversies, Mr. Abubakar has been kicked out of the deputy governor�s seat in Taraba State. The Taraba State House of Assembly on Thursday removed the state�s Deputy Governor, Sani Abubakar, from office on allegations of fraud and abuse of office, ending weeks of sparring between Mr. Danladi ...

Caf has published the shortlist for the 2012 African Footballer of the Year award composed of 10 players, including current holder, Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure. The five nominees for the Best African Player on the continent were also released alongside other categories for which winners will be announced at ...

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that two death row convicts in the state deserve to die, saying he owes no apology over his stance which he said was in exercise of his duty as governor. In a robust defence of his position, Oshiomhole, in an� interview, said ...

•Ndigbo in no hurry to return to North �Uwazuruike •Returnees recall horror tales •‘I saw family of four wiped out’ •‘I saw a pregnant woman disemboweled, her baby’s head cut off’ •‘I’ll never go back to the North’ Following the recent ceasefire by the Boko Haram Islamic sect, the Ezeigbo ...

A tanker filled with petroleum products exploded on top of a major bridge in Kano at the weekend, setting ablaze a number of motorcycles near the scene of the incident. Several persons within the vicinity of the accident escaped death by the whiskers, as they barely�jumped�to safer locations before the ...

HELL was let loose in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State following a violent clash between members of Agbarho Security Task Force and suspected gamblers which left five persons dead. Sunday Vanguard gathered that one Ovuoke Ojo, 28, a native of Ekrerhavwe-Agbarho, was shot dead by members ...

One of Nigeria’s most popular fashion designers, Remi Osholake known as Remi Lagos passed on in London on saturday after battling with cancer. She was 51 years. Rest in peace Remi Diva

Nigerian soldiers who stormed four areas considered Islamist strongholds in the northeastern city of Maiduguri shot dead about 40 young men, residents and a morgue attendant told AFP Friday. �Soldiers came in large numbers and asked all of us out. They segregated the young from the old…All we heard were ...

The Lagos State Government is to turn the site of the June 3, 2012 Dana plane crash into a memorial of the victims of the accident. Governor Babatunde Fashola said this during the presentation of 2013 budget proposal to the state’s lawmakers on Wednesday. He said, �Our agreement to dedicate ...

Gunmen killed the retired general at his residence. Nov 2 (PREMIUM TIMES) � Gunmen shot dead a retired general and a northern elder statesman, Mamman Shuwa, on Friday in Maidugri, the Borno state capital. He was reportedly shot around 11:30 a.m. Witnesses said the retired general was shot multiple times ...

The Director of Dams in the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, has vindicated Cameroon for releasing excess water that caused massive flood, affected about 22 states of the Federation and left thousands of Nigerians Homeless. The Director during his visit to the project site of Otukpo multipurpose dam in Benue ...

A new book by Lord Sebastian Coe has revealed that FIFA president Sepp Blatter thought English football was being ‘run by idiots’ prior to the failed 2018 World Cup bid. Coe was an important part of England’s bid process which only garnered two official votes and he admits that the ...

Reports say the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has offered a ceasefire giving certain conditions for its workability. The group was said to have demanded that the federal government arrests the former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. Ali Modu Sheriff is also reported to be on the ...