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by Staff writer   Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for refugees rejected by U.S. President Donald Trump. Canada will take you, Trudeau says. He also intends to …

by Staff writer Around 1.8 million people are at risk of starvation in Nigeria, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. They are mostly victims of Boko Haram insurgency …

President Trump’s most far reaching action since taking office plunged America’s immigration system into chaos on Saturday, not only for refugees but for legal U.S. residents who were turned away …

Islamist militant al-Shabab fighters have launched an attack on a Kenyan military base in southern Somalia. The al-Qaeda-linked group says it has killed more than 50 soldiers and seized military …

by Nida Blundell I am a retired 70 years old woman. I have two grown-up sons; one is 48 and the other 43. Both have disowned me within the last …

by Esomnofu Ebelenna In Nigerian private schools, everything is possible. If you can spare some minutes, I shall justify the validity of this assertion by telling you all the dramatic …

by Staff writer   Something we will definitely keep missing about former US first lady Michelle Obama is her supreme grace and unique sense of style. Here are 7 pictures …

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by Staff writer U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for …

by Staff writer Donald Trump’s vow to tighten US borders and deport illegal immigrants is already being enforced as 92 immigrants of African origin were sent packing recently. The immigrants …

by Staff writer Foremost Nigerian singer, 2Face, also known as 2Baba, has called on Nigerians to join him in a nationwide protest against the Federal Government. According to the artiste, …

by Zeus I was at Ikeja City Mall yesterday when suddenly a guy and a girl came and sat next to me. I was so shocked when the girl started …

Florence Onyebuchi “Buchi” Emecheta was a Nigerian novelist who had written more than 20 books, including Second-Class Citizen (1974), The Bride Price (1976), The Slave Girl (1977) and The Joys …

by Staff writer Mr Sunday Olaosebikan on Wednesday approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to end his seven-year-old marriage to his wife, Mutiatu, for allegedly demanding for money before …

by Staff writer In West Africa’s biggest economy, the monetary policy rate has been at a record since July 2016, despite pressure from government officials, including Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, …

by Alanna Vagianos Masturbation can benefit your health by helping you sleep, relieving stress and simply being more comfortable with your body, says Dr. Lauren Streicher, an Associate Professor of …

by Shehu Idris There I sat, my face buried in my palms. My body trembling, fingers stiffened.   There I sat, expecting the result that would mire my life. Sweat …

by Staff writer The world has never known a trillionaire before. But financial experts are now saying it is possible. And, most likely, that first trillionaire would be Microsoft co-founder …

Spirit of the Dead – 1 Dr Titi came by to see Gloria. Both women had been colleagues sometime in the past, before Titi resigned from her job and went …

by Jyri Jokinen This is never an easy question to answer. The best I can say is: it depends. Abortion is never good, but it is sometimes better than the …

Saturday Night Live writer Katie Rich mocked Barron Trump, the youngest and most low-profile of President Trump’s children, in a tweet during the inauguration on Friday. It elicited widespread outrage, …

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said that the number of internet users in Nigeria’s telecommunications networks dropped to 91,910,341 in December 2016. The telecommunications industry umpire made the disclosure …

by Staff writer Nigerian petroleum marketers have proposed a new pump price of N165 per litre for petrol, Nigerian Leadership reports. The marketers claimed that the subsisting price of N145 …

To hold off unwanted visitors, a landlady in Lagos resorted to surrounding her home with nails fixed into slabs of cement. According to Tori.Ng who first shared the news, the …

Police in Nigeria on Sunday said they had arrested 65 people at a demonstration of support for US President Donald Trump organised by pro-independence activists in the country’s south. The …

Participants of the controversial Ponzi scheme MMM have taken to the streets in Delta State to protest over their unpaid financial investments. The protesters, many of whom are market women …

by Gloria Ezeh When I asked Iyke who Gift is, all he said was, ‘Forget her, she’s not important.’ Over the years, many things has kept me glued to Iyke. …

by Staff writer No, don’t! Never you try it. *** Cedit: @BombAssBam! Follow him on Twitter here- https://twitter.com/BombAssBam

Inspired by the lyrics of the song “Don’t go” by Jon Tarifa, Spiros Lena created this tribute video for one of the world’s coolest presidents! We love you, Barack!

You probably have read about the man with the largest penis in the world. Mexican Roberto Cabrera is credited with having the largest penis in the world and he now …

ECOWAS troops halted their march into Gambia Thursday night to give former president Yahya Jammeh, one more last chance to leave Banjul. Jammeh has up till noon to leave, in …

  A full system collapse occurred yesterday evening at 6.00 pm as Nigeria’s power generation recorded zero megawatts of power supply for hours. The daily operational report from the Nigeria …

All roads still look bleak for the participants of the popular Ponzi scheme MMM as more time pass without people getting paid. Nigerian MMM participant who claimed his father is …

Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia to ensure Adama Barrow assumes power as the country’s new president, a Senegalese army spokesman has said. It comes shortly after Mr Barrow took …

by Chijioke N. Abanya I’m an African, a Nigerian to be precise. On a first glance, Africa should have it all. From a teeming supply of natural resources to a …

A Brazilian woman stabbed her 17-year-old son to death because he was gay after two thugs she hired to kill him failed to do so, police said. Tatiana Lozano Pereira, …

Ghana’s new president, Nana Akufo-Addo has approved and authorized the deployment of a combat team of 205 troops to Gambia to enforce the result of the Gambia’s disputed election. Revealed …

by Staff writer A new species of moth has been named after Donald Trump, partly because the President-elect’s hairstyle resembles the moth’s distinctive yellow and white scales. The tiny creature, …

Gambia faces the prospect of military intervention by regional forces after a last-ditch attempt to convince Yahya Jammeh to step down as president failed. Jammeh, who lost a December 1 …

by Staff writer Nigerian man who insulted US first lady, Michelle Obama for not having a male child has been suspended from his job. According to him, the backlash he …

Thousands of foreigners in The Gambia, most of them tourists, have trooped to the airport, aiming to leave the country immediately for fear of an imminent crisis.   *** Image …

While MMM participants are still celebrating its return from a one month hiatus and the unfreezing of their accounts, the scheme has once again put its members in some sort …

  Nigeria’s newest warship NNS Unity is reportedly sailing towards Gambia now. In a new report by BBC, the NNS Unity, is sailing towards The Gambia ahead of a possible …

  A Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a refugee camp, killing more than 100 people, a government official has said. The incident took place in Borno state in northeastern …

by Staff writer A Ghanaian refugee who almost died during a trek to cross the U.S – Canada border into Manitoba on Christmas eve will lose all of his fingers, …

by Staff writer The easiest way to get a rich boyfriend… “Lookatew! You will not go and find work now abi?”

by Staff writer   An 85-year old Texas woman has been arrested by local law enforcement after being caught on film kidnapping one of her neighbor’s cats with which she …

Popular Ponzi scheme MMM Nigeria surprised both participants and backbiters last week when it finally reopened all suspended accounts. However, Mavrodians, the name of account holders in MMM Nigeria, are …

by Staff writer A zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) in Australia has become the first recorded case of a shark switching from sexual to asexual reproduction. In April last year, Leonie …

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that religion will kill the country if it is not tamed. Soyinka stated this in Abuja on Thursday at the presentation of a …

Twitter girl @EmolsArt took to her Twitter page to narrate why she will never cook for a man again: See her Tweet post below…   Afang is a kind of …

The African Union has said it will no longer recognise The Gambia’s President Yahya Jammeh as the country’s leader from next Thursday, when his term ends. AU warns of “serious …

Today’s Google doodle celebrates late Nigerian novelist Flora Nwapa. Florence Nwanzuruahu Nwapa (best known as Flora Nwapa) was a Nigerian Igbo author. Acknowledged as the first African woman novelist to …

The Confrontation All through the night, Georgina remained awake, planning. Mr Iyke has gone to work in the morning leaving her and Gloria alone in the house when the confrontation …

by Douglas J An armed robber breaks into a house and finds Daniel and Ngozi sitting together. He said to them: First of all, let me know the names of …