JUST IN:Ex-PS dumps PDP for APC
The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lost another member to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Former permanent secretary with the Nasarawa State Read more
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Breaking:Boko Haram Kills 27 In Borno Highway Attack
No fewer than 27 people have been reportedly killed and several others injured in an ambush attack by suspected boko haram terrorists in Gajibo village Read more
Bribe:Court convicts three ex-police officers, commits one to jail
disclosed that the convicted officers are Tajudeen Olalere, Akanmu Kabiru and Omotosho Lawrence, but just Kabiru was committed to three years in prison by the Read more
PDP mocks Buhari, FG over Nigeria Air
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Friday has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the federal government to perish the thought of trying to use the ‘unveiling’ Read more
Meet first Miss Nigeria, ever beauty 86 year-old Grace Oyelude
Nigeria’s Twitterati gushed on Wednesday over the enduring beauty of 86 year-old Grace Oyelude, first Miss Nigeria in 1957. Sixty one years after winning the Read more
The Painful Story of India and Pakistan Partition by Britain 70 years after
In August 1947, around 12-15 million people fled their homes from one side of a new border within the former British colony of India to Read more
How Gandhi’s last day was photographed – Video
In January 1948, French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson took the last photos of Gandhi before the Indian leader’s assassination. Those images, and the ones of the Read more
Ogoni widows sue Shell over military crackdown
The widows of four men executed by Nigeria’s military regime in 1995 are suing oil giant Shell for alleged complicity in a military crackdown. The Read more
THE DISGUISED CHANGE; ISLAMIZING NIGERIA WITH THE TURKEY STRATEGY
History doesn’t lie. | Before the advent of Islam in the history of the Persian Empire, Christianity was the national religion of Turkey. As a Read more
Egypt discovers 3,000-year-old tomb of nobleman
Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed the tomb of a nobleman from more than 3,000 years ago, the latest in a series of major discoveries of ancient Read more
The inflammatory telegram that pushed the US into World War One
When Congress finally gave its approval to go to war in April 1917 it was a decision most observers at the time regarded as unavoidable. Read more
Surgeons grow ear on arm and transfer to head
Plastic surgeons from a hospital in Xi’an, capital of northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, have successfully transplanted a regenerated ear from a patient’s arm to his Read more
Hitler’s birth house to be demolished
The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be razed and a new building will be erected in its place, Austrian Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka Read more
Nigerians hold 50th memorial service for late Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, father of late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu
The 50th Memorial Service of Sir Louis Odumegwu Ojukwu, one of Africa’s notable millionaires and father of the late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Read more
USA marks the 15th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks
The United States is marking the 15th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, when al-Qaida terrorists hijacked four planes and flew them into the Read more
Jerusalem Biblical Temple floor designs ‘restored’
Archaeologists in Jerusalem say they have for the first time reconstructed likely designs of a Biblical Jewish temple floor using original fragments. Experts reassembled pieces Read more
Video: Mandela’s oldest TV interview discovered
What is thought to be the first TV interview with the anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela has been discovered, the Nelson Mandela Foundation says. The clip lasts Read more
Name Aso Rock after Gen Aguiyi Ironsi, Ohanaeze youths urge Buhari
UMUAHIA—FIFTY years after the first military coup d’état which tragically claimed the life of the then Head of State, Late General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi Ironsi, Read more
Ogundipe: A Victim Of Principle
Brigadier Babafemi Olatunde Ogundipe, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters and Ironsi’s Second in Command(2ic) died a sad man, five years after he survived the coup. Read more