Boko Haram kills 15 in Maiduguri

Maiduguri - Suspected militants opened fire in a remote town in northeast Nigeria, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and a security source said. The attack on Monday night targeted Kautikari, near the Cameroon border, just 10 kilometres (6 miles) from the village of Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April. They remain captives. "The were about twenty, well-armed....

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Nigerian man sentenced to death by hanging for drug trafficking in Malaysia

A 37 year old Nigerian man, Ibe Godwin Uzochukwu has been sentenced to death by hanging in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after he was found guilty by a Malysian high court for trafficking 2,150.4 grammes of methamphetamine. He was arrested with the drugs at KL International Airport (KLIA), Sepang in 2011. According to court documents, Ibe was arrested with the banned drugs upon his arrival at...

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Timetable and Schedule of activities for 2015 general election

Above is INEC Timetable for the 2015 General Elections. Found it on Premium Times. See the rest of it after the cut.. . ...

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Coup attempt foiled in The Gambia

There was a failed coup attempt by presidential guards in The Gambia today Dec. 30th. According to reports, some presidential guards stormed the presidential palace in Banjul, the country's capital and shot sporadically in the air. The whereabouts of Gambia's president, Yahya Jammeh is said to be unknown but many believe he is in Paris or Dubai. An army source who spoke to AFP said the...

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Lola Omotayo Okoye shares throwback photos of herself

Awww, she was such a pretty young woman...this was when she was in her 20s. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}...

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Barcelona can kiss goodbye to La Liga and the Champions League until 2017

Things could not get any better for Real Madrid right now. Their victory over San Lorenzo in the Club World Cup final 10 days ago was their fourth trophy in 2014, adding to the Copa del Rey, Uefa Super Cup and, of course, the fabled 10th Champions League crown. They are top of La Liga with a game in hand, setting all kinds of records at home and abroad, and Cristiano Ronaldo is almost...

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Twitter user Toks Olagundoye engaged to man she met on twitter

Twitter user, Toks Olagundoye is engaged to a man she met on Twitter. Aww, congrats to her! When I tell you people to be taking your DMs seriously...y'all will be laughing at me. OK o...:-). More photos of the couple after the cut... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}...

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Braless Rihanna parties in just bikini bottoms and sheer top aboard yacht

The Bajan singer wore nothing but bikini bottoms and a sheer black embroidered top with no bra as she partied on board a luxury mega yacht in St. Barths yesterday. See more photos after the cut... (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); ...

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Not again! AirAsia plane carrying 153 people overshoots runway in Philippines

Two days after an AirAsia airliner carrying 163 people plunged into the sea, another one carrying 153 passengers overshot the runway at an airport in the Philippines today December 30th, forcing passengers to disembark the aircraft on emergency slides. The incident occurred at Kalibo Airport in Aklan province in Philippines according to a journalist Jet Damazo-Santos who was...

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