Six Cameroonian Troops Killed In Boko Haram Attack

Boko Haram terrorists launched an attack on an army base in the Lake Chad area on Monday that left six Cameroonian soldiers dead, according to a report by AFP.

“Boko Haram attacked a base of the Mixed Multinational Force on the island of Darak (on Lake Chad) at around 22:00 on Monday,” a military source

Breaking: CAF Best African Player gong: Mahrez, Mane, Aubameyang, 2 others shortlisted

They include Mahrez of Leicester City, Aubameyang of Dutmund, Mane of Liverpool, Islam Slimani of Leicester CIty, Mohamed Salah of AS Roma

The UN peacekeeping force in Central African Republic (CAR) said Tuesday one of its bases had come under fire during clashes between rival groups, prompting its troops to respond.

The violence erupted on Monday between rival factions of the so-called former Seleka Muslim rebel group in the town of Bria, 400 kilometres northeast of Bangui, MINUSCA said in a statement.
“The MINUSCA base was targeted by some elements of the FPRC before they were driven out of the area by retaliatory

TIME Person of the Year results so far: Trump 11% Assange 11% Putin 7% Modi 5% Erdoğan 3% Sanders 2% Clinton 1%

Voting is still ongoing but for now, Donald Trump is leading as the Person of the year in 2016

Egyptian court annuls ex-President Morsi's life sentence, orders retrial

Egypt’s Court of Cassation on Tuesday annulled one of two life sentences handed down against the former president Mohamed Morsi after his removal in 2013 by the army.
The court also called for a retrial in the case that revolves around allegations that Morsi was engaged in espionage activities for Palestinian movement, Hamas, AFP news agency reports.
A judicial source and a lawyer of Mr. Morsi told

PHOTOS: Women Protest at the Court against alleged $15m loot against former Nigerian First Lady, Patience Jonathan

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Michael Ballack, Former Bayern and Chelsea Player has voted Cristiano Ronaldo ahead of Gareth Bale and Lionel Messi

Michael Ballack today declared his vote for the world best footballer of the year. According to him, he has voted Cristiano Ronaldo as the best player in the world. Followed by Gareth Bale and

A Hundred days plan of President Elect Donald J. Trump

He has already won the election. Now he is already talking about what he will do in his first hundred days in office.

Trump said that on his first day in office, he would issue a notice that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership, negotiated by outgoing President Barack Obama involving 12 Pacific Rim nations.

He said he would  scrap

I'm already Zimbabwean president - Mugabe's wife

First Lady of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, has reportedly told a powerful bloc in the ruling Zanu-PF party that she was already the president of the country because she ‘plans and does everything

AY’s ‘A Trip to Jamaica’ sets new record

A Trip to Jamaica, the most recent movie by popular Nigerian comedian and filmmaker, Ayo Makun aka AY, has broken the record previously held by his 30 days in Atlanta movie to become highest grossing Nollywood/Hollywood movie in Nigerian cinemas. An excited AY shared the news with his teeming Instagram fans today.
He wrote, “The movie has beaten the box office revenues of all the big budget Hollywood Titles released in 2016 here in Nigeria. This includes Batman Vs. Superman, Captain America, Suicide Squad, London Has Fallen, Gods Of Egypt, Transporter, Doctor Strange, Tarzan, Magnificent 7, and Central Intelligence. Thanks to you all for going to the cinemas to see Nollywood movies.”
According to the Executive Director of Filmone Distribution, Moses Babatope, the movie has raked about N168 million revenue at the box office.
He said that the movie has also set a new benchmark in Nollywood as the first film to hit N35m in its first weekend and the first film to hit N62m in its first week.
“The movie is currently the fastest film to generate N100m in 17 days, and the fastest film to generate N150m in six weeks,” he said.
Mr. Babatope had earlier hinted that Nigerian films have so far performed better in the box office in 2016. According to him, aside from Ay’s, A trip to Jamaica, Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strike, grossed N67 million from cinema viewings. Other box office Nollywood hits include Kunle Afolayan’s The CEO which made N60 million (includes figures from Ghana.), Fifty – N44 million (January to March 2016 only) and Ghana Must Go – N32 million.

Nigerian footballer sets new world record

Chinedu in the commercial city, Lagos set a new world record for distance traveled on bicycle with a football on the head, 103.6km. In a show of determination and skill, Chinedu was able to navigate the above distance with a ball placed in the centre of

Rivers Rerun: APC alleges PDP, Wike planning to plant incriminating materials in homes, offices of APC leaders

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has responded to Sunday’s press release by Jerry Needam on behalf of the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Felix Obuah in which the PDP Chairman claimed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, and some of its leaders in Rivers State are plotting the arrest

1.6bn scam: EFCC re-arraigns Diezani’s associate, Omokore, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday re-arraigned a close associate of a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Jide Omokore, and others on nine counts of criminal diversion of about $1.6bn alleged to be part of proceeds of the sales of petroleum products belonging to the Federal Government. Omokore was re-arraigned before

Ada Ehi Moses very excited to end the year with numerous awards

The gospel Artist, Ada as fondly  called in the gospel music industry and a household name in the Believers World is happy that her songs attracted numerous awards and over one million people watching her videos on youtube. Some of her songs that gave her award to wrap the year in

A statue of Ibra has been raised in the capital city of Sweden

 

Ibra is very excited After 20 years of hard work he got a statue in the capital city of Sweden. Who else. Super proud, happy, emotional, wow and thank you Sweden. The prolific striker took to

12 primary school kids killed and 23 more hurt after bus taking children as young as five home overturns and slams into tree

Firemen struggled to pull the victims from the wreckage after it smashed into a tree.

Five were confirmed dead at the scene, while 23 children rushed to hospital where a sixth later died.

The school bus was the only vehicle involved in the accident,

Presidency blasts Galadima, says Buhari won’t be alone in 2019

The Presidency last night blasted a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Engineer Buba Galadima for saying that President Muhammadu Buhari would be alone in 2019.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, described Galadima’s assertion in an exclusive interview

Customer brutally battered after asking a prostitute if he could pay for sex with a boiled egg

 

Moses Mushonga, 28, had walked up to the young lady in Mvurwi, Zimbabwe. Firstly he manhandled her, leaning into her bra and touching her breast. This did not endear him to the 23-year-old, called Chipo, but to add insult to injury,

Cultists kill Army officer, Civil Defence Officers, civilian in Rivers

After many weeks of respite, Ogba-Egbema – Ndoni Local government area of Rivers state yet again suffered blood letting as six people have been brutally killed.
The development is a set back to effort of the newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairman, a renowned Lawyer, Osi Olisah and the government’s Amnesty Programme to restore

Recession worsens as GDP contracts by 2.24% in Q3

The economic recession has worsened as the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 2.24 percent in the third quarter from the -2.06 recorded in the second quarter of this year.
This is the third consecutive quarter that the Nigerian economy slumped with massive job cuts across different sectors as oil revenues and