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Dr. Mike Okonkwo, Presiding Bishop, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, Lagos, has called on Nigerians not to lose hope because 2016 is going to be the year of ‘All Sufficiency’ in spite of the daunting socio-economic challenges facing the nation. According to him, this would be possible because the country has a great future as laid out by God. This was contained in his New Year message tagged “2016, Year of All Sufficiency.” READ Archive:   Buhari now live at Teslim Stadium, Lagos ready for Presidential Campaign rally He also called on every Nigerian to always go to God in prayers, and not lose hope, because the worst thing that can happen to any person or nation is not to have hope. “If you lose hope, then there is no point living at all, but since there is hope and a place to run to, then, it is best we seek refuge in that place and be sure of tomorrow,” he said. He also urged Nigerians to put their trust solely in God because “we are going to branch out of every ...

FG said it was expecting telecoms giant MTN to meet a deadline for paying a record $3.9 billion fine which expires Thursday, despite the South African operator challenging the penalty in court. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s telecoms regulator, had in October fined the firm for missing a deadline to disconnect 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards, citing security concerns in a country plagued by frequent kidnappings and an extremist Islamist insurgency Boko Haram. It imposed a whopping $5.2 billion fine, later reduced to $3.9 billion (3.6 billion euros) following an appeal by MTN.

A massive fire has engulfed a 63-storey luxury hotel near the site of Dubai's New Year's Eve fireworks display. The blaze ran up at least 20 storeys of The Address hotel near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper. The Dubai government said there had been 14 minor injuries, one person was moderately injured and another suffered a heart attack due to overcrowding and smoke at the site.

Its almost 2016 and judgement has been made today. In its judgement today, Thursday, Dec. 31, the appeal court pellatred the swearing of Otti as governor of Abia state. A Court of Appeal in Abia has ordered the incumbent Governor of the state, Mr Okezie Ikpeazu , to vacate his seat as it declared the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Mr Alex Otti, thewinner of the State's Governorship election. In its judgement today, Thursday, Dec. 31, the appellate court ordered the swearing of Otti as governor of Abia state.  Updates will be given shortly

New Year celebrations are in full swing across the globe, with Sydney ringing in the start of 2016 with a spectacular fireworks display.

lusola Fabiyi and Ade Adesomoju,  Abuja Operatives of the Department of the State Security Service have re-arrested a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). He was re-arrested at the gate of the Kuje Prison, Abuja, while he was about leaving the prison after meeting the bail conditions set for him by a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja.

Hundreds of people have been forced out of their homes by floods in the latest episode of severe weather that has killed more than 40 people in the US over the past week. Four days of storms sent rivers in Missouri to record levels, killing at least 13 people and closing hundreds of roads.

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria will hold his first media chat on December 30, Wednesday, at the State House, AbShar President Muhammadu Buhari

Share by emailAn Islamic State leader with direct links to the alleged Paris attacks mastermind has been killed in an air strike in Syria.

SAN FRANCISCO — Picture this: You're texting with your friends as you're leaving work when you remember you completely forgot to organize dinner. So, without leaving your messaging conversation, you find a pizza delivery place, order an Uber home and check your bank's account balance. That convenient future is right around the corner — in fact, it's already starting to happen. If it happens at full speed, as some predict, we're looking at an end to our current clumsy toggling between apps, mobile search and texting. What's known as  "conversational commerce" brings your shopping experience into where you spend most of your time — messaging apps

Apple has unveiled a larger iPad tablet, a TV box with its own app store and new iPhones that can detect how firmly their screens are being pressed. The firm suggested the iPad Pro was suited to work tasks, video games and both editing and watching movies

Part of the fun in following the tech scene is that there's always so much new stuff to read about. And 2015 has been a very busy year indeed. Its highlights have included a series of mega-launches, including

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) With the emergence of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan. Dir: Bryan Singer With: Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi 2.  Add to WatchlistIndependence Day: Resurgence

Samsung's next major smartphones could launch in February and come in two sizes, according to news reports Monday.

The Apple Watch was released 8 months ago and it has been met with a wide array of responses from users. The device presented a new dilemma for Apple. Instead of something like an iPhone, which

Head of Department (HoD) of Dramatic Arts of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Foluke Ogunleye, is dead. She died in a ghastly motor accident on Sunday.

The Lagos State Police Command says it has contacted the International Police over a runaway murder suspect, identified only as Sunday, who allegedly stabbed his 21-year-old girlfriend, Cecilia Joseph, to death in the FESTAC Town area of the state. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Friday, Christmas Day, in the lovers’ rented apartment on Waterside Street in the Lakeview Estate, Phase 2, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the duo had a fight during which Sunday allegedly grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed Joseph in the neck and in the stomach. Neighbours, who learnt of the attack after Sunday had fled the house, were said to have reported the matter at the FESTAC Police Division. It was learnt that the policemen came to the house and took Joseph to the Isolo General Hospital, where she was confirmed dead.

The Federal Government has said the transmitters for Radio Biafra, which has been accused of spreading secessionist agenda and campaigning for the carving out of a Biafra Republic from Nigeria, were found to be installed on MTN masts in Enugu and Anambra states.

According to Report, Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has promised that his administration will not sack any teacher from the state civil service.

According to Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, who gave the assurance after visiting the complex  in Lagos stated that the Federal Government won’t sell the National Arts Theatre. He, however, said “we are not averse to a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement that will add value to the iconic (National Theatre) complex.”

The terrorist sect, Boko Haram has left people in troubled Maiduguri anxious and frightened after unleashing female suicide bombers on the Borno State capital. Over 60 persons have been killed in attacks by the insurgents in the last 24 hours on the town. Many of the attacks were from female suicide bombers smuggled by the insurgents into the town after confrontations with the military believed to be a decoy. A member of youth vigilance group who spoke anonymously to our correspondent, noted that the armed confrontations of the sect with the military was nothing but diversionary as the main plan was to smuggling female suicide bombers into the troubled town. He said there were diversionary attacks at Alidawari and Jiddari Polo areas on Sunday evening. He explained at Alidawari, the military engaged the terrorists in an attack where four corpses were initially seen on Sunday night. He, however, said that nine other corpses were found in surrounding bushes on Monday morning....

The Iraq army claims to have captured the key city of Ramadi, in a major victory against Islamic State. After encircling the city for weeks, the Iraqi military made a final push to seize the central administration complex on Sunday. Iraq's counter-terrorism forces raised the Iraqi flag above the complex on Monday, according to a military spokesman. The final stronghold for IS in Iraq is Tikrit "Yes, the city of Ramadi has been liberated," joint operations spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said in a statement broadcast on state television. A US defence official said it was so far unable to confirm the Iraqis' claims. Video: Iraqi Army Retakes Key City The capture of Ramadi, capital of mainly Sunni-Muslim Anbar province in the Euphrates River valley west of the capital, would deprive IS militants of their biggest prize of 2015. The Iraqi army had already retaken the city of Tikrit from the jihadists in the spring. The final stronghold for IS...

The Ogun State Police Command says it arrested 116 armed robbers across the state in the last six months. The state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, stated this at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, adding that the command was fully prepared for the Yuletide.

The Ogun State Police Command says it arrested 116 armed robbers across the state in the last six months. The state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, stated this at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, adding that the command was fully prepared for the Yuletide.

A Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Wednesday, nullified the election of Sunday Aghedo, representing Ovia South West in the Edo State House of Assembly, on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Guinness Nigeria Plc has approached a Lagos High Court in Igbosere to challenge the N1bn fine imposed on it by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control. The company urged the court to perpetually restrain NAFDAC from publicly discussing, analysing or providing any information to the

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, said the Federal Government voted N500 billion to tackle unemployment and provide care for the vulnerable. The minister said this during a courtesy visit by the Rwanda High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Stanislas Kamanzi in Abuja. He said the Federal Government was determined to face the menace of unemployment squarely, especially among youths in the country.

More than one million migrants and refugees have entered Europe this year, according to an intergovernmental organisation. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the million mark was crossed on Monday - a more than a four-fold increase in comparison with last year. The actual number of arrivals recorded as having entered the continent

Reports coming in from Rivers state ahead the re-run election indicate that there is tension following an accusation made by the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the All Progressives Congress (APC).According to This Day report, the state’s chapter of the PDP in a statement issued on Monday, December 21, by its media adviser, Jerry Needam, accused the APC of illegally retrieving permanent voters cards (PVCs) from residents in readiness for the incoming re-run gubernatorial election in the state.The state chairman, Felix Obuah, said the party had already alerted relevant security agencies on the alleged move of the APC in order to curb it. Obuah went further to explain that the APC under the guise of conducting the party’s membership registration in the state had been dispossessing members of the public their PVCs. He urged the state’s security agencies to arrest those involved in the illegal act. “Mindful of the criminal implication of the act, and the danger it poses ...

The presentation of the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced. The budget presentation which began this mornin

In one of his most vicious attacks yet against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump used a sexually derogatory remark in reference to her and said that her bathroom break during the last debate was "disgusting." During a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Trump referred to Clinton's performance in the 2008 election. "Even a race to Obama, she was gonna beat Obama. I don't know who would be worse, I don't know, how could it be worse?" he told the crowd. "She was favored to win and she got [expletive], she lost, I mean she lost," he told the crowd. "But I watched her the other night, it was hard, it was really hard because there were a lot of other things on better, including reading books and reading financial papers which I actually enjoy reading.” The GOP frontrunner also attacked Clinton for taking a bathroom break during the most recent Democratic debate. "I know where she went, it's disgusti...

THE Court of Appeal, in Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in the three appeals and cross appeal that emanated from the judgment of the Taraba State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Abuja because of the security concerns in the North Eastern region of the country. The tribunal had, in its judgment, sacked the governor of the state, Mr Darius Dickson Ishaku of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the ground that he was not sponsored by

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has explained how procurement of arms for the nation's armed forces was compromised under the last administration, saying that his administration was taking urgent and appropriate actions to restore order, due process and probity to the processes. Speaking at a meeting with the British Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Mich

Striking doctors of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, on Monday, vowed not to resume duties, just as they dismissed sack threat by Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, describing it as a “huge joke.” Medical doctors in all Osun State medical facilities have been on strike since Monday, September 28, 2015 to push for the implementation of CONMESS and relativity payment among other demands. But, Aregbesola, through a statement issued by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Human Resources and Capacity Building, Mr Sunday Olajide, over the weekend, gave the striking doctors till Friday, December 25, 2015 to return to work or be sacked. However, while addressing journalists on the issue at the premises of LAUTECH yesterday, the chairman, Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Dr Owolabi Adeyinka, said the allegation against the doctors that they were being paid salaries, despite being on strike, was untrue. He contended that resident doct...

Six US troops have been killed in a suicide attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The bomber rammed a motorbike laden with explosives into a patrol of NATO and Afghan forces near the US-run airfield, which is 30 miles north of Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place at 1.30pm local time. NATO has not released the nationalities of its dead troops, as policy requires identification to come from their home nations, but a US official said the troops killed were American. The official also

Infinix Mobility the No.1 online smartphone brand in Africa today introduces its latest flagship of ZERO series — ZERO3. With 5.5 inches Full HD display, Mediatek Helio X10 octa-core processor, 20.7 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front camera with flash, 3GB RAM and 4G network Infinix ZERO3 has all specifications expected from a premium smartphone.

Report gathered that no fewer than 20 suspected cultist were reported to have raped four undergraduate students of the Delta State University, Abraka. One of the victims, identified as Cecilia of the Sociology Department, was among the four girls who allegedly surrendered themselves to be molested by the suspected cultists. Some reports have it that the girls were ambushed and raped on Saturday evening while returning home from a church service. While the other girls were said

Abuja High Court presided over by Justice Peter Affem has ordered that former National Security Adviser, Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) should be remanded in Kuje prison pending when he meets the conditions of his bail. Dasuki alongside Attahiru Bafarawa, former Sokoto State governor; Bashir Yuguda, former minister of state for finance, Shuaibu Salisu, and Sagir, Bafarawa’s son, were on Monday granted bail in the sum of N250 million each and were asked to provide two sureties in like sum as well as deposit their international passports at the court.The judge, while granting the accused persons bail, held that: “bail was not about setting anybody free but the primary essence of bail is to ensure that the accused person attends trial”. While adjourning the case till February 2 and 3 2016, Affem said the offences the accused persons were alleged to have committed were bailable. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had last Wednesday charged the accused persons on a 22-count of co...

MTN, One of the Nigerian Telecom Companies has hired Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), A.B. Mahmoud and five other senior advocates to handle its suit against the federal government and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the propriety of the $3.9billion fine imposed on it by the NCC. Olanipekun, Mahmoud and five other SANS – Tanimola Molajo, Dr. Gbolahan Elias, Oladipo Okpeseyi, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, Dr. Oladapo Olanipekun – through an originating summons, are challenging the powers of NCC to impose the fine on it. MTN is urging the court to quash the fine because the NCC does not have the constitutional power to impose such a fine on it. The NCC had in October this year slammed the South African telecom giant with a fine of $5.2billion for allegedly failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers and set a deadline of December 31, 2015, for the payment of the said fine. The commission later reduced the initial fine by 25 p...

MTN, One of the Nigerian Telecom Companies has hired Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), A.B. Mahmoud and five other senior advocates to handle its suit against the federal government and the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) before the Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the propriety of the $3.9billion fine imposed on it by the NCC. Olanipekun, Mahmoud and five other SANS – Tanimola Molajo, Dr. Gbolahan Elias, Oladipo Okpeseyi, Prof. Fabian Ajogwu, Dr. Oladapo Olanipekun – through an originating summons, are challenging the powers of NCC to impose the fine on it. MTN is urging the court to quash the fine because the NCC does not have the constitutional power to impose such a fine on it. The NCC had in October this year slammed the South African telecom giant with a fine of $5.2billion for allegedly failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers and set a deadline of December 31, 2015, for the payment of the said fine. The commission later reduced the initial fine by 25 p...

Sepp Blatter has told Sky News that his eight-year ban for misconduct "hurts" and reiterated he has never done anything wrong. In an interview with Sky's Paul Kelso, FIFA's suspended president denied turning a blind eye to corruption and said he cannot be held responsible for the actions of others. FIFA's ethics committee has banned Blatter and UEFA President Michel Platini from football-related activities for eight years.

The former president Goodluck Jonathan is set to undergo questioning from operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the notorious arms deal scandal. t Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan  Reports suggest that the anti-graft agency may secretly write to the ex-president whose name it claims has consistently come up in the investigation into the scandal. The former national security adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), was reported to have said he disbursed funds from his office based on the instructions of the former president. An EFCC source said the agency has no plans to invite the former president but “we may write him to tell us his own side of the story because his name has been coming up in our investigations?” The Punch reports. The former president Goodluck Jonathan is set to undergo questioning from operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the notorious arms deal scandal.

It's not a simple business getting to Syria on a Russian military jet. To start with, you have to take the long way round. They no longer fly over Turkey after one of their jets was downed by a Turkish F-16. As a result, our transport plane, which was carrying a small group of journalists to the Russian airbase in Latakia, had to take a considerable diversion. But the funny thing was, they seemed really glad when we arrived. The Russian military cloaks just about everything it does in secrecy - and their activities in Syria are no exception. Play video "16 Dec: Russian Raids 'Help IS'" Video: 16 Dec: Russian Raids 'Help IS'

The marriage between Nigeria and oil can best be described using the title of the faculty lecture by Professor Akin Iwayemi in 1993, ‘Oil: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly’. You get from oil whatever you bargain for. I have divided my presentation into something similar to the story of the Israelites: The coming of Moses and the Deliverance from Egypt - the hope of the Promised Land: Journey out of Egypt: the law given, broken and the consequences; expecting the new messiah; diversification to the Rescue; the coming messiah: My vision of growth – balancing the role of oil and non-oil sectors and the way forward. The coming of Moses and the deliverance from Egypt The Holy Book wrote about the Jews spending 430 years in slavery in Egypt. They were oppressed and denied their basic rights. They groaned and cried and the Lord heard their cries and sent Moses to deliver them from captivity and take them into the Promised Land that He (God) had covenanted with their forefathers. After the de...

THE Federal Government has condemned the incident that occurred at the Bauchi Airport Saturday, describing the incident as unacceptable. The incident, which went viral on many social media networks, involved a Bauchi bound chartered Aero contractor flight which took off from Abuja. According to information gathered, passengers on board the flight disembarked on landing at Bauchi airport with the help of a ladder as against the accepted use of gangway. The development has generated condemnation and affront to safety. Feelers from the Ministry of Transportation have indicated that the incident has caused a national embarrassment.  “The Federal Government is frowning at the incident. Even though the airport is

THE Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has thrown its weight behind the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) which has vowed to resist the planned layoff of over 1,000 employees of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Accusing the Federal Government of embarking on 'shadowy restructuring' of the NNPC, the forum said in a statement issued by its Coordinator, Onaiwu Osaro in Abuja on Sunday, that the plan to sack the over 1,000 employees according to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, was based on a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari. It said it was ironic that a regime that touted job creation as one of its major policies would engage in clandestine mass sack of Nigerians without recourse to consultation with labour unions such as NUPENG and PENGASSAN.

The suspicious device found on an Air France flight was a false alarm, say the airline's officials. The flight from Mauritius to Paris was forced to land in the Kenyan city of Mombasa after a device, suspected to be a bomb, was discovered in a toilet on board. The plane was forced to land in Mombasa The Boeing 777, carrying 459 passengers and 14 crew members, was evacuated safely by emergency slides. Kenyan police spokesman Charles Owino said Air France flight 463 was heading to Charles de Gaulle airport when the pilots requested an emergency landing at the Moi International Airport at 12.37am. He said "a device suspected to be an explosive" had been found "in the lavatory". Passengers were escorted from the airport to the coastal city of Mombasa

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Friday, ordered all its members to embark on indefinite strike over the planned retrenchment of over 2,000 staff of University Unity Schools. The association said that the indefinite strike would commence on December 24, 2015. While describing the planned retrenchment as

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By Alex Rossi, Senior Correspondent, in northern Syria Refugees fleeing Islamic State's self-proclaimed capital in Raqqa have told Sky News the terror group is committing genocide as its grip on the city weakens because of coalition airstrikes. We meet Mazlan, who has just fled from the city, in an area controlled by the secular People's Protection Units (YPG) - a Kurdish militia fighting IS. He is terrified and will only speak to us wearing a disguise. He tells me IS fighters murdered his uncle after accusing him of being a spy. :: Kurdish Forces 'Need Ammunition' To Fight IS "They made a false accusation against him and they beheaded him and they didn't deliver us back his corpse - this is the hardest thing for me," he said. 1/25 Gallery: IS Fighters Pushed Back In Northern Syria Gallery: IS Fighters Pushed Back In Northern Syria "Always every day they make accusations. Atheist, or spy of the regime, so they can behead pe...

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Air raids and rocket attacks on a Damascus suburb by Syrian government and Russian forces kill dozens of civilians. Sunday morning [Mohammed Badra/EPA] Dozens of civilians were killed in attacks by Syrian government and Russian forces on Sunday in Syria's Damascus suburbs, sources told Al Jazeera. Ahmad, a n officer from the Douma branch of the Syrian Civil Defence department, told Al Jazeera  that government air strikes and rocket barrages targeted Ghouta district in the Damascus suburbs. "At least 41 civilians, including nine children, were killed in the attacks on Douma alone, another 250 have been injured," he said. "A school named al-Hosn al-Basri was targeted. The principal of the school along with four students were killed in the attack. Injured students have been taken to the nearest medical points."

Anonymous posted a video message Friday telling Donald Trump his plan to keep Muslims from entering the country is helping ISIS recruitment. Has Donald Trump awakened a mighty giant? The vigilante hacking collective Anonymous -- known for attacking ISIS, the Westboro Baptist Church and agricultural biotech giant Monsanto -- said Friday it is targeting Donald Trump, the leading Republican contender for president of the United States. Shortly after the proclamation, the website for the candidate's New York Trump Tower reportedly went offline. A representative for Anonymous, speaking in a YouTube video , said the hackers targeted Trump because he proposed banning Muslims from entering the country, a policy position that drew condemnation and controversy throughout the week. Trump's statements and policy positions up to now have inspired outrage, blog posts and memes, all of which have become standard fare in American politics. Now, Anonymous has turned its hacking ...

Enquiry to serve sentimental interest — EKITI PDP By Dapo Akinrefon & Rotimi Ojomoyela Lagos—Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State yesterday accused the Federal Government of plans to use a military panel to upturn his victory. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Fayose, who faulted the military panel headed by Maj-Gen Adeniyi Oyebade to look at the roles of the military in the June 21 governorship election in Ekiti said that “The military report holds no water in law.” The Nigeria Army constituted a Board of Inquiry, BoI, to investigate the alleged involvement of its personnel at last year’s governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states. Also, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State said that it had been vindicated that the military panel on Ekiti and Osun states was set up for sentimental interest rather than a guide to democratic practice in Nigeria.” Fayose said; “You will recall that after I won the election, there was this effort to stop the sweari...

A time lapse of the dawn unveiling of the Soyuz FG rocket that will blast Tim Peake, Timothy Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko to the International Space Station Like much of the Soviet-built Baikonur space complex , launch pad No. 1 - or “Gagarin’s start” as it has been known since 1961 - is more about gritty functionality than space-age glamour. A platform suspended over a vast pit scooped out the steppe, the superstructure bears the weathering of successive punishing winters, and the railway tracks cutting through the concrete surface are worn by dozens of heavy spacecraft and fuel tankers. The Soyuz is scheduled to travel with the crew of Timothy Kopra of the U.S., Yuri Malenchenko of Russia and Timothy Peake of Britain to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 15 (Photo: REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov) Blast off: Tim Peake's ISS journey starts in 01 : 06 : ...

Dasuki is said to have received a sum of $47 million from the Central Bank of Nigeria, supposedly to be shared among the PDP members. Details have emerged as to how former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki distributed N10 billion in allegedly looted funds to members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and others.

There were three terrorist attacks in in the world in one week carried out by ISIS and Boko Haram: They were in Beirut (Lebanon), Paris and Bamako (Mali). The magnitude, character and location of the Paris attacks captured all the media attention and managed to suck the air out of anything else that happened that same week. In Paris, the planning by at least four groups had been meticulous. Much of the preparation originated in Brussels, Belgium. Many of the terrorists have now either died, been captured or killed but some are still not accounted for as of this writing. Saleh Abdelsalam, thought to be the brains of the operation is still at large. As a result, for much of last week, Brussels was a “dead” city. Everything was shut down, streets were deserted as people were encouraged to stay home because large gatherings were likely to be targeted. Life did not “go on.” President Hollande of France whose job performance ratings had been very low, rose to the occasion a...

The Nigerian Artiste, who is extremely private, got married two days ago December 10th in Kaduna. Congrats to her. See another photo:

The accord negotiated at UN talks in Paris will be a "historic turning point" if it is adopted, France's foreign minister says. An "ambitious and balanced" deal on climate change will limit warming this century to "well below" 2C, according to France's foreign minister. Laurent Fabius said the accord negotiated at United Nations talks in Paris would be a "historic turning point" if it is adopted by the delegates from more than 190 nations. He added: "The world is holding its breath, it's counting on all of us." :: What Will Happen As The World Gets Warmer? As well as the 2C target, the deal, which would be legally binding and is meant to take effect in 2020, include...