Nationwide Blackout Hits Bangladesh

A massive nationwide electricity blackout hit Bangladesh on Saturday — leaving Dhaka and other cities looking like ghost towns, with homes, businesses and shops plunged into darkness.

Another military officer announces self as Burkina Faso’s Head of State

Another military officer, Col. Isaac Zida, former Presidential Guard to ousted President Blaise Compaore, has announced he was assuming responsibility as the country’s Head of State.

Egypt Jails 8t Men For 3years Over ‘Gay Marriage’

An Egyptian court jailed eight men for three years Saturday over a video prosecutors claimed was of a gay wedding, which went viral on the Internet.

Ex-Burkina president Compaore in Ivory Coast

Deposed Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore is currently in a luxury hotel in Ivory Coast’s capital Yamoussoukro, witnesses said Saturday.

Confusion trails PDP ward congresses in Enugu

The PDP ward congresses were enmeshed in confusion in Enugu State on Saturday following conflicting reports from two “emerging factions’’ of the party in the state.

Boko Haram Leader Shekau Sends Video Message To Nigeria

Abubakar Shekau sends a news message to Nigerians. Snapshot from a video: Reuters

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau ridiculed Nigeria’s official claims about the cease-fire deal, stated that such agreement had never existed and it was not possible, confirmed that the Chibok girls had been forcefully married off after conversion to Islam.

LOL…Patrick Obahiagbon Blows Grammar on Withdrawal Of Tambuwal's Security Detail

Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon  popularly known for his complicated choice of grammar took to his facebook page to share his opinion.

Eligibility: More Hurdles for Jonathan

Son of the former Prime Minister, Abdul Jelili Tafawa Belawa who was denied presidential nomination and expression of interest form of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened court action to challenge the decision of the national leadership of the party.

Boko Haram Says Schoolgirls 'Married Off'

Boko Haram's leader, Abubakar Shekau, has said the 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from the remote town of Chibok in Nigeria's northeast in April have converted to Islam and been married off.

Youths Display 41 Decapitated Heads of Slain Boko Haram Terrorists

Forty-one decapitated heads of Boko Haram Islamic fundamentalist group members were displayed in Biu, Borno State by youths after a fierce battle for the town where the youths and the military had an upper hand.

Download New Single "Onto By" by Lima

In recent years the Nigerian Music Industry has been on the move with various artistes emerging trying to make a difference. It is no news to us when new, young and talented upcoming artistes release their singles to register their names in the minds of the Nigeria populace.

Just how blind is love?

You must have heard the cliché at least once: “Love is blind.” What does it really mean and just how blind should love be? I decided to investigate. I suspected that responses will be varied and I was not disappointed. My finding is that the phrase is amoebic; it means different things to different people, though with some common denominators.

My Blood Is Black Says Zambia’s White President

Guy Scott, the first white person to rule Zambia since independence from Britain in 1964, said though his skin was white, his blood was black.

BREAKING NEWS: BOMB BLAST ROCKS GOMBE

A Blast at the Central Park in Cross, Gombe, Gombe STate has resulted in the death of death of "many people:, a senior State Security Service (SSS)

Keshi Must Go - Fans

With Stephen Keshi in line to return as Super Eagles coach, fans have shared their views on this latest development.

I Go To Beer Parlour Every Friday – Fayose

Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the ‘common man’ in the state.

Robbers Who Can Change Engine Chassis Numbers Arrested

Five armed robbery suspects, who specialise in snatching cars and changing their engine chassis numbers with special markers, have been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS),Lagos State Police Command.

Chinedu Ubachukwu wins GUS 11, Hear What He Has To Say

Twenty-four-year-old Chinedu Ubachukwu has emerged winner of the 11th season of Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS), which ended last night.

How Boko Haram Captured Mubi

Some fleeing residents of Mubi, Adamawa State’s second largest town, recounted yesterday how it was taken by Boko Haram fighters.

Unizik Students Produce Race Car

Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has recorded yet another landmark breakthrough recently when five of her students produced a formula 1 car.

I Closed my Night Club Because I Want to Repent

Popular Lagos socialite and Movida night Club boss, Akeem Shodeinde, in an interview with Encomium Magazine, disclosed that the reason for the closure of his night club is not for debt reasons, but to enable him attend to his health issues and a means of rebranding and giving his life to Christ.

Man Commits Suicide Over N1,000 Theft

A 32-year-old man, Mr. Simon Mbam, of Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has committed suicide after he was tortured by some villagers for allegedly stealing N1,000 from a shop in the market.

Nigerian Soldiers Working For Boko Haram As Spies Arrested

Soldiers in Nigeria’s military may be working as moles for Boko Haram, giving the terrorist group vital information about the military’s strategies and tactics.

Nigerian Artistes Express Their Disgust Over Assault On Female Ghanaian Artiste By Manager

Reports have it that an Accra-based budding soul singer, Lady Jay, also known as Nancy, was attacked by her manager following an alleged disagreement between them over money.

Why I Stay Away From APC Special Convention - Atiku

Former Vice- President and leading presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has explained his decision to stay away from Wednesday’s Special Convention of the party.

TB Joshua Gets Arrest Warning Over Lagos Church Building Collapse Evidence

A coroner on Wednesday threatened popular Nigerian preacher TB Joshua with arrest if he failed to testify at an inquest into the deaths of 116 people at his church.

Suspected Cultist Kills 2 in Bayelsa

Suspected cultists have killed two persons in separate attacks that occurred on Tuesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa.

Business Man Bags 10years Inprisonment

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of a Lagos Federal High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old businessman, Onyemaechi Chibuzor, to 10 years’ imprisonment with hard labour for drug trafficking.

Italian Priest Who Admitted To Sexually Abusing A Teenage Girl Hangs Himself In Sacristy

An Italian priest who admitted to sexually abusing a young teenage girl hanged himself in the sacristy — the cleric’s changing room in his church — the diocese of Santa Croce in northern Italy said Wednesday.

Nigeria's First Lesbian Wedding Takes Place In Lagos

The end times are finally here. Some of the things we used to say can never happen in Nigeria are beginning to unfold and unfurl before our very eyes. And the latest is the marriage between two lesbians! Yes, two ladies just got married in this country.

Gunmen Kidnapped and Kill Expatriate

Tragedy hit construction giant, Julius Berger, at the weekend, as gunmen attacked two vehicles conveying its two expatriate workers,  killing one and abducted the other.

How youths can become successful entrepreneurs, by Adesina, Utomi

The inability of Nigerian youth to set their priorities right is responsible for their inability to run successful enterprises.

How They Raped and Abused Us

Boko Haram insurgents routinely rape and abuse girls and women they abduct from Borno and Yobe States, forcefully marrying some and sending others to the frontlines to fight Nigeria’s security forces, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

Armed Robbers Send Letters To Residents, Demanding “End Of Year” Gifts

Stuff just got scary for residents of the Igando area of Lagos State! They are now living in fear after armed robbers wrote to them last week demanding “end of year” gifts!

25 Year Old Woman Kills Husband With A Cutlass

25 year old Blessing Onyibe Nwogbagami, (pictured above) has been arrested by men of the Ebonyi state Police command for killing her husband, Mr Onwe Nwogbagami, near their home at Ojegbe Amike Ugbodo, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

Delta State Woman Held Captive for 9 years By Lover

A woman from Delta State (names withheld) who was kidnapped nine years ago by her lover has miraculously regained her freedom.

The woman who lived in the Ikotun Egbe area of Lagos stepped out of her lover’s house with her four children for the first time in nine years. The woman said to be a grad­uate and speaks fluent English narrated her ordeal to the people in the area who gathered around to have a glim of her.

Happy Reunion: Father Who Abandoned His Children In School For 8 Years, Reunites With Them

Emotions ran wild on Friday when Segun Adepegba, the father of the three children abandoned in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, finally reunited with his children.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye Condemns Marriage???????

Contrary to what the bible says that a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye condemned marriage in his new book titled “Journey to Marriage”.

FG To Ban Commercial Motorcycles Nationwide

The use of motorcycles as commercial means of transport in Nigeria, popularly known as ‘Okada’ or ‘Achaba’ may soon be banned throughout the country.

Picture Of The Day: Jonathan, Oritsejafor, Oyedepo pray for Nigeria in Jerusalem

President Jonathan, Gov Obiano, CAN President, Bishop Oyedepo praying at Mt. Tabor

Chibok Girls: Facts Behind their release

“The government is bandied about like a ball”- Cicero (106-43 BC).

The current efforts by the Nigerian Government to rescue the over 200 girls taken by members of the Boko Haram fighters from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, in Borno State, on April 14 this year, could itself be described as a war of some sort. But after many strident but failed attempts to liberate the captives from their captors, it has become clear to the Nigerian security men that the job requires more than bullets, tanks and fire but more of serious intelligence to keep the malevolent but ingenious men at bay.

Six Kidnapped Policemen Killed in Bayelsa

Six policemen who were kidnapped over the weekend by dare-devil pirates operating along the creeks and waterways of the Niger Delta have been killed.

FACE OF THE CHILD PAGEANTRY KICKS OFF - MEET THE CONTESTANTS

The concept of organizing an Intellectual Pageant that is related to Children’s Welfare and Development is to select an intelligent, creative, outspoken and good looking personality amongst feminine youths to emerge as an ambassador representing the interest of the Nigerian Child.

The contest FACE OF THE CHILD INTELLECTUAL PAGEANT (THE NIGERIAN CHILD AMBASSADOR) is a national event opened to all eligible and interested young Ladies above the ages of 18 who applied to represent any state of their choice in the Federation.  Organized by The Child Rights Brigade International and Helpline Foundation Abuja (HFA)

One of the contestants, born on November 16^th 1991, the last and only daughter in the family of four. Ejiodu Queen who hails from Delta State and a student of Banking and Finance at the Ebonyi State University represents Delta State in this competition (MISS DELTA).

In an interview with Kelly Justice Blog (KJB) when contacted, the 23years old Miss Delta said;