Obasanjo takes delivery of Made-in-Aba shoes. Pledged to step up the promotion of Made-in-Nigeria products.

This is the way forward. If our leaders are using made in Nigeria products, our economy would have been the best in the world. Local producers would have employed many young talents roaming the street today. It is a good thing. Please let us buy made in Nigeria products.

Giant sinkhole in Japan repaired in matter of days

In the end, it disappeared almost as quickly as it had appeared. A giant sinkhole which swallowed a chunk of road the length of a city block in the southwestern Japanese city of Fukuoka has been filled mere days after it appeared, a testament to Japanese engineering and efficiency.

After the sinkhole appeared on November 8, subcontractors worked around the clock to fill in the 30 meter

I can't be intimidated with detention says Fani Kayode as he vows to fight on

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode has been released from Kuje Prisons in Abuja where he was remanded after his arraignment on fresh N26 million fraud allegation. Fani Kayode was released after fulfilling the bail conditions of N50m bail bond and one surety imposed by Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Unknown Gunmen abduct retired principal in Bayelsa

Some unidentified gunmen have abducted a 72-year-old retired principal named Chief Sunday Festus, in Bayelsa State yesterday. He was adopted by a four-man gang in his residence at Bomo clan, in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state on Monday.
Leigh his son said that his father, who is diabetic, was critically ill when his abductors whisked him away to an unknown destination.

Some unidentified gunmen have abducted a 72-year-old retired principal named Chief Sunday Festus, in Bayelsa State yesterday. He was adopted by a four-man gang in his residence at Bomo clan, in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state on Monday.
Leigh his son said that his father, who is diabetic, was critically ill when his abductors whisked him away to an unknown destination.

A Mother of Two caught stealing at a supermarket

A Zimbabwean woman has been arrested by vigilant security men who caught her stealing from a supermarket. The lady, who is identified as Charmaine Manenji, is said to be a mother of two.
She was publicly shamed after she was caught with the items which she hid with her. Charmaine confessed

Shocking: Mother-of-three, 28, who had never taken drugs died after she took just ONE puff of a deadly cocktail of legal highs called 'Insane Joker' and 'Exploded', believing they were harmless

Stephanie Brown (left and right), 28, became 'overwhelmed' by the legal highs and collapsed at her home in Greater Manchester after just one puff, despite never having taken drugs before. The chemicals 'Insane Joker' and 'Exploded' had been bought by school friend John Reynolds lawfully from shop Mega Bargains in Leigh (inset), just one month before

Chest amazing! Amber Heard wears lacy cutaway gown as she makes rare public appearance at Glamour Women Of The Year Awards

She has been slowly making her way back into the limelight after her divorce from Johnny Depp.

And on Monday Amber Heard looked to have, for now, place the incident behind her as she attended the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in Hollywood. (see more photos after the cut)

Russian boy and girl, both 15, livestream shootout with police after running away together and even post photos on Instagram before killing themselves

The boy, named Denis (seen firing out of the window in the horrifying footage), had shot the mother of the girl, who was named Katya, in the leg. The teenagers said they feared decades in jail if they surrendered. On a Periscope live stream, Katya is seen stating: 'We have zero options.' And Denis added: 'If we don't

Obasanjo wanted life presidency, not third term, Atiku insists

Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has insisted that ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo wanted to pave the way for a lifetime presidency and not just a third term in office.

Atiku said this in an interview with a quarterly magazine published by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Zero Tolerance.

US forces may have committed war crimes in Afghanistan, says ICC

US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said in a report.
"Members of US armed forces appear to have subjected at least 61 detained persons to torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity on the territory of Afghanistan between 1 May 2003 and 31

Thousands of girls and women in India are sold into marriage and often face a lifetime of abuse and hardship.

The first time Muklesha was sold, she was just 12 years old. Her buyer was a man in his 70s.
Marriage and a baby quickly followed. But, three years later, the man died and Muklesha was again put up for sale. This time, her buyer was a horrific abuser. "He didn't feed me. He'd take me to the fields and stuff my mouth with mud and then beat me," she says. Muklesha is one of thousands of India's slave brides - girls and women sold into marriage, often destined for a lifetime of

Murder in of Catholic Nuns Burundi

On a Sunday afternoon in early September 2014, Sister Bernadetta Boggian drove into the compound of the Catholic convent where she lived in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, and called out to her fellow nuns. There was no sign of the other elderly sisters who lived in the convent, so Sister Bernadetta went to find Father Mario Pulcini, the head of the mission, to ask if he had seen them. He tried phoning them, but there was no reply. So they walked across the shady compound to the nuns’ quarters, where they found the curtains drawn.

New Zealand plans rescue of tourists stranded by earthquake

New Zealand on Tuesday began a rescue operation of about 1,000 tourists and hundreds of residents who remain stranded in the coastal town of Kaikoura after a powerful earthquake cut off train and vehicle access.
The defense force said it had started to ferry people out by military helicopter at about 9 a.m. A navy ship that left from Auckland is due to arrive in the area on Wednesday morning.

Foreigner slits woman’s throat on Lagos church premises

A national of Burkina Faso, Laday Wendipanga, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly killing one Adepeju Disu.

Wendipanga was said to have slit Disu’s throat with a knife while she was asleep on the premises of Holy Cross Cathedral on Lagos Island.

Not done, the suspect reportedly inflicted several cuts on the body of the victim and dragged her corpse to a

NNPC Records N17.18bn Loss In September

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has reported a trading deficit of N17.18 billion for the month of September 2016, translating to 46 per cent increase in deficit value when compared with N11.22 billion deficit reported in August 2016.

The Corporation blamed the declining financial performance on decrease in revenue generation from the

This is True Love

This woman lost her physical look after a severe burning but the husband never thought of leaving her. He rather said he married her soul and not body. I hope young people will learn from this

Photos: President Buhari Arrival In Marrakech, Morocco for UN Climate Change Conference and his Welcome

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President Barack Obama Finally Speak On The Wide Spread of Protest Across the United State

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Photos: Lt Gen TY Buratai earlier today visited troops at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital & 7 Div Hospital

The war against Boko Haram has caused so many casualties among Nigerian soldiers. It is the only internal war that has claimed so many Nigerian soldiers' lives. These ones are on hospital beds receiving treatment. See more photos after the cut

Happy 62nd Birthday Condoleezza Condi Rice

Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second