UNN 2013/2014 PRIMARY ADMISSION LIST IS OUT, DOWNLOAD THE LIST HERE

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka has released its primary admission list click here to view the l...

Yasin Bhatkal: India Mujahideen 'top militant' arrested

Yasin Bhatkal is one of the most wanted men in India   Police in India have arrested Yasin Bhatkal, the alleged head of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) militant group, which has been blamed for a string of recent attacks, officials say. The group is thought to be behind deadly blasts...

'Boko Haram fighters' kill vigilantes in Borno, Nigeria

  Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 20 members of vigilante groups trying to fight back against the group in north-east Borno state. The deaths occurred in two separate attacks on Sunday and Monday, said residents and a military official. Boko Haram has waged...

DR Congo unrest: UN strikes against M23 near Goma

A new UN brigade has the mandate to neutralise and disarm the rebels Continue reading the main story UN forces have launched air strikes on rebel positions near Goma, the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman has said. The UN had used "attack helicopters...

US marks Martin Luther King 'I have a dream' speech

Martin The US will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March for Jobs and Freedom, the civil rights rally at which Martin Luther King Jr made his historic "I have a dream" speech. President Barack Obama is to mark the occasion in Washington DC with an address from the same spot. ...

N31m WAEC fee stolen in Ogun, govt panel alleges

By DAUD OLATUNJI ABEOKUTA— A panel of enquiry set up by the  Ogun State Government to probe the alleged mismanagement of  N200  million paid by the government for West African Examinations Council, WAEC, fees, has submitted its report indicting some government officials of stealing N31 million. The panel, while presenting its report, yesterday, said that  some ...

We want Suntai to speak to the people – Taraba youths

Jalingo – The Acting Governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, has lauded the people of the state for turning out peacefully to welcome Gov. Danbaba Suntai back to the state. Also the youths in the state have asked that Governor Suntai speak to the people so as to assataine his ability to return to work as the governor. Umar made the commendation in a short address on Monday in Jalingo. He...

Electricity: FG borrows $1.6bn from China bank, others

By Ben Agande Abuja — Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, yesterday, said the investments recorded in the telecommunication sector since the introduction of the mobile telephone services in the country would be dwarfed by investment in the power sector, once the ongoing reforms...

MADONNA IS THE WORLD'S TOP EARNING CELEBRITY

Madonna's MDNA world tour made $305m (£196m) last year  Pop star Madonna was the world's top-earning celebrity over the past year, trumping the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg. The 55-year-old Material Girl made an estimated $125m (£80m) thanks to her MDNA tour, clothing...

Facebook to compensate users for sharing details on ads

Approximately 614,000 Facebook users whose personal details appeared in ads on the site without their permission will each receive a $15 (£9.65) payout. The names and pictures of an estimated 150 million Facebook members were used in Sponsored Stories, but only those who responded to an email from the site earlier this year will be compensated. Privacy organisations will also receive...

GIRL OF SEVEN SHOOTS FRIEND TO DEATH

A seven-year-old South African girl has shot dead her friend, aged six, with her grandfather's revolver while playing at a farm, police say. A murder case has been opened after the dead girl, a daughter of a farm worker, was shot in the face, reports say. The alleged killer's grandfather...

Liberia students all fail university admission exam

Liberia education system is said to be in a "mess"   Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year's university admission exam. Nearly 25,000 school-leavers failed the test for admission to the University of Liberia,...

Kenyan trio in 'wife-sharing' deal

Two Kenyan men have signed an agreement to "marry" the same woman. The woman had been having affairs with both men for more than four years and apparently refused to choose between them. The agreement sets out a rota for Sylvester Mwendwa and Elijah Kimani to stay in her house and...

Darfur peacekeepers missing in Sudan floods

Four peacekeepers are missing in Sudan's Darfur region after being swept away by floods, a UN official has said. The peacekeepers were escorting an aid convoy when a "powerful current" swept them away, Rania AbdulRahman told the BBC. Another two peacekeepers were found alive by...

Wayne Rooney: Time for 'The Wanted One' to make his choice

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SYRIA DENIES USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPON

 "no country in the world would use a weapon of ultimate destruction against its own people" Syrian foreign minister Walid Mualllem said Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has said he rejects "utterly and completely" that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons. He was speaking...

Syria crisis: UN inspectors' convoy hit by sniper fire

$render("hypertabs","hypertab"); Unidentified snipers have opened fire on a convoy of UN experts investigating suspected chemical weapons attacks in Syria's capital, the UN has said. One car was shot at "multiple times", forcing the convoy...

Genevieve Nnaji Makes Elle Magazine?s International Superstars List

Posted by Femi Katin Top actress Genevieve Nnaji made the Elle Magazine's International Superstars -Next Big Crossover Acts list. According to the report, Genevieve is one of the most powerful actresses in Africa and is created for putting Nollywood,...

you're A Fool--Annie Macaulay Tells Fan Who Vowed To Kiss Her

Some overzealous fans are gradually making some Nigerian celebs loose their tempers on social media networks. Few days ago, it was Wizkid who got into the trap and today, it is the wife of 2Face Idibia, Annie Macaulay. After posting her recent picture online taken with her...

Genevieve Nnaji Needs A Man, Says I Want My Own Mr Right

Posted by Femi Katin I had this innocent but interesting interview with Genevieve Nnaji long before the stardom. I must confess that I stumbled on the tape again only days back, and while wading through my archives. I’ve transcribed and extracted...

Quality Nigerian Husbands will be Scarce by 2023

One of the Quality Nigerian Husband and his family The National Council of Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria on Thursday warned against the alarming drop of male-child in education. With the drop, the group noted that in the next 10 years, there would be a scarcity of quality husbands...

Baga again: Boko Haram kills 44 in reprisal attack

(Sun News)-As NEMA takes relief to displaced villagers From TIMOTHY OLANREWAJU, Maiduguri In what appeared like another reprisal attack by Boko Haram, Baga again  witnessed another orgy of violence as no fewer than 44 people...

Syria crisis: US weighs military options

Bridget Kendall reports on extremely distressing footage which is continuing to emerge, including that of a Syrian filmmaker Continue reading the main story Syria conflict Tent city Chemical claims assessed ...

Okorocha Rochas, Ngige Chris in Raid in Anambra

In what took residents of Awka, Anambra State capital like a  storm, Governor of Imo State Owelle Rochas Okorocha and the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Chris Ngige yesterday caused heavy traffic gridlock when the duo arrived the state for a road show. Governor...

Shetland helicopter crash: Four dead named

They were Duncan Munro, 46, from Bishop Auckland, Sarah Darnley, 45, from Elgin, Gary McCrossan, 59, from Inverness, and George Allison, 57, from Winchester. Three of the four bodies have been recovered. Police Scotland confirmed 14 others were rescued. The Super Puma L2 helicopter...

Pandemonium in Bodija Market as Yoruba, Hausa traders clash

(Gbenga-Sun news)There was pandemonium at the popular Bodija Market in Ibadan, Oyo State on Friday when Hausa and Yoruba beans traders clashed. The traders of the two ethnic stock clashed over disagreement on the sale of beans in the market. As a result of the confusion, traders and customers hurriedly...

South Sudan President Names His Vice

South Sudan President Salva Kiir has appointed James Wani Igga as his deputy, state radio has announced. Mr Igga has been speaker of parliament and a commander in the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), the ex-rebel group that now runs the country. He succeeds Riek Machar, who...

Enugu Int’l Airport: Land owners plan protest over compensation

 As first official Intl flight lands today Land owners whose property were acquired by the federal government for the expansion and upgrading of the Enugu International Airport are ready for  showdown with the Federal Airports...

ASUU Strike- FG Urges Lecturers to return to class

•Strike being prolonged by lecturers –Anyim The face-off between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has worsened even as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim on Friday...

Terry G: Call me Lucifer!

(Sun News) BY tony Ogaga Erhariefe Gabriel Oche-Amanyi, popularly known as Terry G ranks among the most celebrated entertainers in the country. However, he is controversial, which makes people to see him in different light. The talented musician...

Buhari, govs, other leaders at APC meeting in Abuja

From FRED ITUA, Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled its agenda, saying it was out to effect change in the leadership of the country. In a well-attended meeting in Abuja, which had more than 2, 000 supporters present,...

Child Trafficker Nabbed …Bought 2-day-old baby for N1.2m

From JUDEX OKORO, Calabar Efforts by Cross River Immigration Service to check passengers along Nigeria waterways have yielded positive results as the Command has nabbed a Cameroonian woman for allegedly trying to traffick  a two-day-old...

Reps dismiss Ezekwesili’s N1trn claim

Oby Ezekwesili (Sun News)-The House of Representatives yesterday dismissed claims by former minister of education, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili that the National Assembly has gulped over N1trillion in the last eight years. The lower chamber said the former minister was engaging in ‘flight of fancy,’ urging...

IBB, greatest Nigerian leader

Of recent, there has been a raging controversy over the greatest Nigerian leader from independence to date. The dynamics of Nigerian government and administration in our 53 years of independence  produced a variety and diversity of leaders, both civilian and military. However, each leader...

Hopes dashed on ASUU strike

Lecturers reject govt’s N130bn offer By SAM OTTI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday foreclosed another hope of ending its ongoing nationwide strike, as it described the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led Committee on Earned Allowances as a smokescreen to deceive the union and ...

UN troops in DR Congo shell M23 rebels near Goma

UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched an offensive, shelling positions held by rebels near the eastern city of Goma. The UN was responding to shelling from M23 rebels on Thursday that had killed five residents in Gom...

deadly floods affect 300,000 people - WHO

More than 300,000 people across Sudan have been affected by floods that have killed nearly 50 people in August, the World Health Organization has said. It said the region around the capital Khartoum had been particularly badly hit and was experiencing the worst...

Congo's Gen Dabira arrested in France over 'massacre'

Gen Dabira A general from Congo-Brazzaville was briefly arrested in France and has been put under formal investigation for crimes against humanity, officials say. It relates to the disappearance in 1999 of about 350 refugees who returned to Brazzaville from the neighbouring Democratic Republic...

Israeli jets bomb Lebanon target after rocket strike

Israeli jets have bombed a target south of Beirut a day after rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel. They targeted a "terror site" near the coastal town of Naameh, between Beirut and Sidon, the Israeli military sai...

Obama: Syria chemical weapon claim a 'grave concern'

US President Barack Obama has said the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria in an attack on Wednesday is a "big event of grave concern". Mr Obama said the US was still seeking confirmation such weapons were used, but if proved true the situation would "require America's attention". ...

Abubakar Shekau of Nigeria's Boko Haram 'may be dead'

Nigeria's militant Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during...

Egypt Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie held

The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, General Guide Mohammed Badie, has been arrested in Cairo, Egyptian officials say. Reports said he was detained at a residential flat in Nasr City. A state of emergency is in force in Egypt amid turmoil following a crackdown...