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Ugandan woman sets world record, gives birth to 38 kids at 37 years old
No Comments 562 Views | by Liz Ajala
A 37-year-old Ugandan woman, living in Kabimbiri village, Mukono District, outside of Kampala, has made a world record for having 38 children. Read More…
Rufai, others decry absence of sports personalities’ posters from Lagos at 50
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Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai is not happy with Lagos State government over the missing posters of sports men and women on the street of Lagos, as the state is celebrating its 50th anniversary in grand style. Read More…
SSS in recruitment scandal – Katsina 51, Akwa Ibom 5; Kano 25, Lagos 7 — SEE FULL LIST
No Comments 230 Views | by Liz Ajala
Nigeria’s internal secret service, the State Security Service (SSS), is enmeshed in a recruitment scandal following the exposure of a shocking lopsidedness in the composition of the new officers recently absorbed into the agency. Read More…
My case against Punch reporter — Buhari’s CSO, Bashir Abubakar
No Comments 237 Views | by Liz Ajala
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief Security Officer, Bashir Abubakar has defended his decision to expel a reporter for The Punch from the State House, saying journalists have a responsibility to be patriotic in reporting matters of national importance. Read More…
German parents sue Facebook because it won’t grant them access to their dead daughter’s account
No Comments 302 Views | by Liz Ajala
A Berlin mother has sued Facebook in the hope of getting access to her dead daughter’s social media account to search for answers on whether or not her child’s death was an accident. Read More…
Kaka is the highest paid player in the MLS
No Comments 386 Views | by Liz Ajala
Brazilian star Kaka is the highest earner in the MLS, with a host of former stars of European football making up the rest of the top 10. Read More…
Why we failed to rescue Chibok girls – Jonathan
No Comments 218 Views | by Liz Ajala
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has explained that his then government was committed to the release of the abducted Chibok girls, but said there was a different feeling as at then about him by the insurgents who constantly referred to him as an infidel. Read More…
World Vaccination Week: Dangote, Bill Gates speak on efforts to end polio
No Comments 333 Views | by Liz Ajala
In a push to eliminate polio in Africa and rid the world of the disease, Aliko Dangote and Bill and Melinda Gates foundations have engaged more than 138,000 vaccinators to conduct vaccinations across five African countries in the Lake Chad area. Read More…
ANALYSIS: Strangled for refusing hubby sex, rising violence against Plateau women
No Comments 283 Views | by Liz Ajala
A man returned to his house at 1 a.m., insisted on having sex with his wife that had spent the whole day at the farm while he caroused about the town. The woman complained she was tired and begged for more time to rest, so as to be better ready to fulfill her filial duty. Read More…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Granted Bail
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, bail on health grounds. Read More…
Abuja Quintuplets: Head of Service explains accommodation for family, job for dad
No Comments 269 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Monday said her statement on a job for the father of a set of quintuplets was misreported. Read More…
Fraudster impersonates Ooni on Facebook to defraud two U.S.-based ladies of N.6m
No Comments 271 Views | by Liz Ajala
A suspected Internet fraudster, Abiodun Joseph, who impersonated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, on his Facebook account and defrauded two Nigerian ladies based in the United States of America (USA) of various sums of money, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command. Read More…
First made-in-Nigeria phone debuts
No Comments 321 Views | by Liz Ajala
More than 15 years after Nigeria joined the global system for mobile (GSM), the first made-in-Nigeria phone has finally debut, thus throwing the country into the growing league of communication gadgets manufacturers. Read More…
Now you can buy TV ads through Google’s DoubleClick
No Comments 293 Views | by Liz Ajala
Google is announcing that advertisers can now buy traditional TV advertising through the DoubleClick Bid Manager. Read More…
Whistleblowing Alone Will Not Win The Anti-Corruption War By Malcolm Fabiyi
No Comments 353 Views | by Liz Ajala
To the best of my knowledge, I was the first Nigerian to call for a whistleblowing policy as part of the solution for Nigeria’s corruption problem. Read More…
Federal Government votes $190 million for Ogoni clean-up
No Comments 338 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Federal Government has earmarked $190 million towards the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Ogoniland.Senator Magnus Abe, representing Rivers South East Senatorial district revealed this in Port Harcourt at the weekend. Read More…
‘Diet drinks triple risk of stroke’
No Comments 362 Views | by Liz Ajala
Researchers have shown that adults who have at least one diet drink a day are three times more at risk from a stroke or dementia. Read More…
‘How low drug production impedes epidemic control’
No Comments 395 Views | by Liz Ajala
The inability of the Federal Government to manage disease outbreaks in the country, occasioned by the lack of political will and low capacity in local drug manufacturing, poses a serious threat to citizens’ well-being and the nation’s economic growth. Read More…
Oprah Winfrey conquers acting fears in ‘Henrietta Lacks’
No Comments 306 Views | by Liz Ajala
Before Henrietta Lacks died of cervical cancer in 1951, doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore removed some of her cancerous cells to grow outside her body in a petri dish. Read More…
SHOCKING: Why Nigerians can’t receive more than 4,600MW of electricity no matter volume generated – Official
No Comments 235 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Association of Power Generation Companies, APGC, Thursday, said it has the capacity to generate 12,000 MW to reduce the electricity needs of Nigerians. Read More…
Nigeria police arraign 53 for allegedly attending gay marriage
No Comments 307 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Police on Wednesday arraigned 53 persons, who were allegedly arrested during a gay marriage, before a Magistrates’ Court in Chediya-Zaria, Kaduna State. Read More…
Fresh HIV/AIDS breakthrough
No Comments 317 Views | by Liz Ajala
Scientists have confirmed Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) can survive in another less-explored type of white blood cell. Read More…
NERC to set recapitalisation guideline for power sector investors
No Comments 305 Views | by Liz Ajala
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), is set to release a minimum recapitalisation level required to be met by core investors in the power sector. Read More…
The Emir Of Kano’s Support For His Daughter Slapping A Boy Has Got Everyone Talking
No Comments 311 Views | by Liz Ajala
Emir of Kano and former CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who once said that those who think he’s a problem, should wait for his children, has disclosed why he supported his daughter, Read More…