Nigerian Female Professor Wins $100,000 UNESCO Prize

A Nigerian female scientist has bagged a prize of $100,000, as one of the winners of the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards in Physical Sciences. Professor Francisca Okeke, the first female Head of Department, University of Nigeria Nsukka bagged the 2013 Laureate award for her significant...

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Robbers Who Invaded Lagos Airport Arrested

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended the robbery gang that raided Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, three weeks ago, killing two policemen and injuring several others in the process.  Reports say the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Special...

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Bloody Easter As Gunmen Kill 20 Villagers In Kaduna

It was a bloody Easter celebration in Ataka village in Kaura Local Government of Kaduna State turned as gunmen, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, raided the area in the early hours of Sunday, killing over 20 residents. Several other people who were said to have sustained varying...

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"GATE TO HELL" Discovered In Turkey

Archaeologists in Italy recently announced that they have found a “gate to hell” amongst ruins in southwestern Turkey.  The site, now called Pamukkale, was found in the ancient Phrygian city of Hierapolis. It is known as ‘Pluto’s Gate.’It is believed that the cave was celebrated...

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White House Releases APRIL FOOL's Message (VIDEO)

On Twitter this morning, the White House tweeted this message: "At 10:00 a.m. ET, the White House will release a special video message from the President."  In the video (below) posted on WhiteHouse.gov, a small boy dressed in a suit stood at a White House podium...

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Psych Ward Patient Found With 17 Baggies Of Cocaine Between His Butt Cheeks

A patient at a psych ward in Bronx, New York, was found holding 17 bags of what is believed to be cocaine between his butt cheeks on Thursday night.  The staff first rushed to this patient when he began yelling and screaming. They proceeded to give him a shot in his...

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Sick Pimp Forces 13-Year-Old Runaway To Tattoo His Name On Her Eyelids

When a 13-year-old prostitute tried to leave her pimp, the Miami man forced her to tattoo his street name on her eyelids.  The teenager now has her torturer’s nickname, Suave, on her right eyelid. On her left eyelid, she was inked with the word House, suggesting that...

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Female Student Expelled From Medical School For Wearing Hijab

An unnamed third-year student from Muslim-populated Dagestan had been expelled from the city’s medical school for wearing a headscarf, a local TV station in Krasnoyarsk city reported. Russian prosecutors are now looking into the case following the reports. “After the TV report...

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My 'Oga At The Top' video is finally here!

If you haven't seen this video, please watch and cringe. The Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) Mr Obafaiye Shem can't tell his organisation's web address. And when he eventually gave the web address, he gave the wrong one. Wa...

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Craigslist killings: Richard Beasley found guilty

Richard Beasley The mastermind of a plot to lure men to their deaths with bogus jobs ads on the Craigslist website has been found guilty of aggravated murder. Richard Beasley, 53, could now face the death penalty after being found guilty of murdering three men in Ohio. His...

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Jumia feeds 1,500 destitute and less privileged.

Nigerians who can conveniently feed themselves on a 3 square meal should be thankful and know that millions of Nigerians cannot even afford 1 meal in a country so blessed with human and natural resources. Jumia has taken the initiative to reach out to the less fortunate Nigerians...

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Police Foil Bank Robbery In Lagos

 An eight-man robbery gang met its waterloo yesterday as its members were arrested during an attempt to raid a new generation bank in Lagos.The incident occurred at Abule-Egba, an outskirt of Lagos about 2:30pm. We gathered that the robbers, numbering eight, who were...

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FIFA Writes NFF Over Claims Of 'Lesbain Ban' From Super Falcons

International Federation of Football Association FIFA has written Nigerian Football Association NFA over claims of banning lesbians from playing national football. Dilichukwu Onyedinma, chair of the Nigerian Women Football League (NWFL), was quoted as making the statement:...

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Father K*lls 3 Months Old Baby Through Oral S**x...Gets 2 Life Sentences

A 28 year old father Steven Deuman Jr has been sentenced to 2 life terms in prison for causing the death of his 3 months old daughter while he was oral raping her. In August 2011, Deuman's infant daughter, Evelynne Deuman, was found dead with a condom in her mouth. Deuman said...

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Nigerian Serial Car Snatcher Faces Trial

Sunday Fatokun A man, Sunday Fatokun, 41, alleged by the police in Lagos to be the ring leader of a five-man car snatching gang that operates in Lagos and Oyo states, has been arrested and is now facing trial. Fatokun who has been on police wanted list since 2009,  allegedly...

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Power Gens Pack Up At MMA Airport

Power cuts have caused series of near-tragic landings at the Lagos airport, in southwest Nigeria, over the past few days, passengers aboard the lucky planes have said. And the two electricity generators serving the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have broken down,...

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Shekau’s Boko Haram beheads ‘informant’ in new video

The leader of Nigeria’s Boko Haram denied any ceasefire deal with the government in a video obtained Tuesday in which a man accused of being an informant appears to be beheaded on camera. Abubakar Shekau also makes no mention of kidnappings in the video, including last month’s...

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Gunmen target Nigerian bank

 Gunmen killed eight people in an attack on a police station and a bank in north-eastern Nigeria, a witness and a security official said on Tuesday, in an area frequently targeted by Islamist militants.    The attackers stormed the town of Gwoza...

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26-year-old hides cocaine in sandals, bag (PICTURED)

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arrested 26-year-old Igwe Ogbonna for possessing 630 grammes of cocaine hidden inside two pairs of sandals and his luggage. The discovery was made at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos while Ognonna...

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Nigeria: Broadcast Regulator Closes Down Radio Station

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a decision by Nigeria's media regulatory body to shut down a radio station in connection with a broadcast that questioned the local government's motives in an anti-polio vaccination program. The federal government-run National Broadcasting...

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