7 Christians And 1 Pastor Sentenced To Death For Mocking Islam Prophet

An Egyptian court convicted in absentia on Wednesday seven Egyptian Coptic Christians and a Florida-based American pastor, sentencing them to death on charges linked to an anti-Islam film that had sparked riots in parts of the Muslim world. The case was seen as largely...

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Reps Threaten To Order Okonjo-Iweala’s Arrest

The House of Representatives, yesterday, threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over her refusal to honour invitations from its Committee on Pensions. Members of the committee also want the Finance Minister to explain...

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My Son Did Not Kill His Wife – Mudashiru Arowolo

Akolade Arowolo who is standing trial at the Ikeja High Court for allegedly stabbing his banker wife Titilayo Omozoje to death last year, opened his defence with his witness, Mudashiru Arowolo telling the court that the deceased only had three wounds on her body. In his witness,...

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Outrage as 85-yr-old man allegedly defiles 12-yr-old girl

THERE is outrage in Okesa area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, following allegations that an 85-year old man, Pa Samuel Oladipupo, allegedly raped a 12-year old girl identified simply as Esther. Oladipupo, who is now being detained by the Ekiti State police command...

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NYSC Member Gets 8-month Jail Term For Internet Fraud

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced a member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), Ibok Benneth, to eight months imprisonment for attempting to commit internet fraud. 30-year-old Benneth who is currently undertaking his one-year mandatory service at Afikpo...

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Wendy Williams' shoe makers in China demand payment

Media celebrity Wendy Williams’ failure to pay for 12,140 pairs of shoes that carry her logo has wreaked havoc on the owners of a small manufacturing firm in China, their lawyer charges.  The owners of Max Harvest International Holdings went into hiding this month after...

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CONFUSION: Are These Elbows Or Nippl*s? Facebook Can’t Tell (PHOTO)

The people who police Facebook are looking like boobs after confusing a woman’s elbows for her nippl*s. The photo, which shows a blonde woman in a bathtub with her elbows on the side, was actually part of an experiment by a Tumblr blog called Theories of the Deep Understanding...

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Plateau Pub Shooting: Death Toll Rise To 10

The death toll from Monday night’s shooting at a drinking spot at Heipang in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State rose to 10, yesterday, as two of those hospitalised later died. The increase in the number of deaths worsened the tension generated by the killings...

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Tony Anenih Summoned by House Committee over N1.8 Billion Collected for Failed Road Contract in 2006

Former chairman, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and former Minister of Works of the nation, Chief Tony Anenih has been summoned by the House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts to defend his actions on a sum of N2.3 billion allegedly spent on...

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PHOTO: Dutch Arranging Fake Weddings For Nigerians Jailed

A 45-year-old Dutch woman has been jailed for four years for organising nine sham marriages, involving Nigerians living in the United Kingdom. Diana Olivieira flew the brides over from Holland to the North West for the ceremonies. They all married Nigerians so that they and...

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Crisis in Ojukwu’s family escalates

THE  silent war between Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, and Directors of Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL, who are brothers of her late spouse, has blown open as both parties have dragged themselves before High Courts...

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Man Arrested In Lagos For Pouring Acid on Fiancée

A man has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly pouring acid on his fiancée, Chika Egbo and a yet to be identified Okada rider at Ikotun area of Lagos State. David Suleiman who is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department,...

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Unilag Team Wins Google Contest

Three University of Lagos (UNILAG) students, have won the Google Apps Developer Challenge for the Enterprise/Small Business Solutions category in sub-Saharan Africa. The students: Bolutife Ogunsola, Michael Adeyeri and Willie Aniebiet, created the Form+ application software;...

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37-Year-Old Mother Gives Birth To Her 16th Child And She Already Wants Another

A 37-year-old supermum Sue Radford now has nine sons and seven daughters since welcoming little Casper into the world just over a month ago – in a labour that took just 16 minutes. But incredibly, being Britain’s biggest family alone is not enough for Sue, who told...

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Bomb Manufacturing Factory Located In A Rice Farm Uncovered In Mubi

Joint Military Operation overseeing security of Mubi, Adamawa State has uncovered another bomb manufacturing factory located in a rice farm, bringing to three the number of such factories uncovered by the security operatives. The Brigade Commander, 23 Armoured Brigade, Nigerian...

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19-year-old Employee Found Dead In Swimming Pool: Hotel Manager, Four Others Arrested

Controversy now surrounds the alleged murder of master Wisdom Felix Edu, who until his death was a staff of Treasureland Hotels, Ediba Road, in Calabar Municipal Council of Cross River State. Curiously, the tree beside the swimming pool where his body was discovered was said...

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Two Killed, One Injured As Building Collapses In Lagos

Tragedy struck some few hours ago when two kids born of the same woman died after a building they were in, collapsed at 26, Jakande Estate, Isolo Lagos. A National Emergency Management Agency source said the mother of the children was also injured. NEMA, Red Cross, Civil Defence...

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Yemen military plane crash kills 10

A Yemeni military plane has crashed in the capital, Sanaa, killing all 10 people on board, officials have said. The Antonov came down in an empty market in the al-Hassaba district as it tried to make an emergency landing after one of its engines failed. One resident said there...

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Einstein’s Brain Reveals Clues to Genius

Einstein’s brain had extraordinary folding patterns in several regions, which may help explain his genius, newly uncovered photographs suggest. The photographs, published Nov. 16 in the journal Brain, reveal that the brilliant physicist had extra folding in his brain’s gray...

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Presidency officials call Jonathan a liar

Abuja -  Two presidential officials have accused President Goodluck Jonathan of lying to Nigerians  at the presidential media chat, Todaysgist reports. The officials, who craved anonymity defended the presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, who made policy announcements...

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