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Terrorists belonging to the extreme Islamist group, Boko Haram, today bombed a bar and brothel located near a major military base in Mubi, Adamawa State. Preliminary reports disclosed that at least sixty people died in the attack at the location popularly known as "Kaban". Two security sources in the area told SaharaReporters that a horrendous explosion rocked the bar and brothel which usually teems with civilian and military patrons. The explosion happened close to 6 pm. , both sources said. One of our sources said none of the casualties was a soldier, but the other stated that it was too early to determine whether any of the dead were soldiers. The bombed facility is a short distance away from the headquarters of the Special Operations Battalion (SOB) of the Nigerian army in Mubi. The battalion is at the center of the Nigerian government's counter-offensive against Boko Haram's increasingly daring attacks on military and civilian targets. Soldiers based in...

50 days after the seizure of the over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram, civil rights activist, Shehu Sani, yesterday, raised the alarm on the fate of the victims. Sani, who was at the forefront of two failed bids to broker peace between  Boko Haram and government, told Sunday Vanguard that the prolonged abduction of the girls by the Islamist group could dramatically alter the fate and orientation of the girls. According to Sani, the longer the girls were  kept   by their captors, the higher the potential of their being hypnotised and brainwashed to accept radicalism and terrorism. ”But the danger of keeping these girls, without either using negotiation or force to free them, is that, everyday these girls are being brainwashed by the insurgents,” the former negotiator said. ” If we are not careful, the Chibok girls that would come out of captivity would not be the same girls that went into captivity. They would be indo...

Sudanese lessons for Nigeria on terror’ Sudan Ambassador, Dr. Tagelsir Mahgoub Ali, speaks on the lessons for Nigeria from his country’s insurgency I will like to know the role of Sudan in the arrest of the Nyanya bomb blast suspect? Sudan learnt from Nigeria that one of the people involved in the explosions was in Sudan.  So the  security personnel in Sudan started the search for the suspect and arrested him.  Arrangements are on, through the Interpol, to hand the suspect over to Nigeria. What are the steps Sudan is taking to make sure insurgents in Nigeria don’t flee to Sudan? In the embassy, whoever comes for visa, we do necessary checks through our security department to make sure they don’t have connection with terrorist organisations. In Sudan, the African Islamic University is an international institution with students from all over the world studying there; we never had such incidence before where a student  was involved in terror. The suspect appare...

Nigeria has been implicated in yet another football match-fixing scandal, with the revelation that the friendly match between the Super Eagles and North Korea on the eve of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was doctored. The allegation, published by the New York Times, opens a fresh can of worms in a series of claims that Nigeria has featured prominently for years in the dubious art match-rigging. Nigeria won the friendly against the North Korean side by 3-1. Besides the result, that match also grabbed the headlines over a stampede that occurred before the commencement of the exhibition game, as hundreds of South Africans and other fans trooped to the stadium to catch a glimpse of the Eagles. It now turns out they were served a script worked out by a gambling syndicate. The New York Times said South African officials allowed a notorious Singaporean syndicate, Football 4U, to pick the referee for that match. Fixing games has serious profit implications for Asia’s largely unreg...

Now they are behaving like newly weds. Kim and Kanye were photographed putting up a rare public of affection as they attended Kanye's stylist wed ding today a t Ploskovice Castle in Czech  Republ ic.  They even dressed alike in  matching outfits. 

22 year old Nigerian man Uyobong Ukonne (pictured above) has been missing in New Jersey since last Sunday May 25th after drowning on a rafting trip with friends on the Delaware River, police say. Uyo, who had just graduated from New Jersey City University with a degree in chemistry, had been rafting down the river at 1pm with friends when he took off his life jacket and jumped into the water to swim. His friends say after he went into the river, he surfaced once, sank again and disappeared. His friends said he'd told them he wasn't a good swimmer before attempting to swim in the 20-foot, cold river (pictured right). Police say search & rescue began almost immediately but he wasn't found. Since Sunday divers have been combing through the river foot by foot searching for Uyo, who is now presumed drowned, Joe Hinkes, the chief ranger of the Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River said. As of today, his body has still not been found. Uyo had lived in the US fo...

Three brothers today confessed to attacking and killing young cousins, 15 year old Pushpa (pictured left) and 14 year old Murti (right), who were found hanging from a tree on Wednesday May 28th. (Read the story  here ) The crime provoked national outrage after it emerged that police in Katra village initially refused to investigate the girls' murder due to their low-caste status. Murti's dad has paid tribute to his daughter, saying she was a keen English student. Vigils have been held around the country to remember the girls and call for justice over their killings.- UK Daily Mail

There are many rough girls in Nollywood but it seems Anita Joseph is leading the pack. She is not an actress that would get up close and personal with you without some emotions running real wild! Unlike most women who are blessed with either the front or back, Anita has both in abundance and when she isn’t throwing them at you, you just feel they are somehow reaching out to you anyways. lols! She knows that her assets are causing damage to men and this is what Anita had to say: "My backside is hotter than my b00bs, even though I have both in good measure. Guys find them hard to resist. A guy once tapped my ass and when I turned, he just ran away. My backside has such effects on men". Check out photos of the stuffs she is made of below...

Tuface is becoming a family man. He and his family had a nice dinner with Tiwa & TeeBillz recently. Cute!

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said President Goodluck Jonathan’s failure to immediately order the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, spoilt the chances of rescuing them. The sect had abducted some female pupils of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14. The group later released a video where its leader, Abubakar Shekau, threatened to sell the girls. According to Obasanjo, the President did not believe the pupils were truly abducted until after 18 days. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, which was aired on Saturday, ex-president Obasanjo said, “On the kidnapping or abduction, the President did not believe that those girls were abducted for almost 18 days. If the President got the information within 12 hours of the act and he reacted immediately, I believe those girls would have been rescued within 24 hours, maximum, 48 hours. “Don’t forget, they are almost 300 girls. The logistics of moving them is something (del...

Information flying around in the media is that Branama Queen, Kefee, is not herself at the moment and that she is now at the emergency ward of a hospital in Las Vegas in the United States of America where she is on life support after she suffered brain issues in a near-death medical emergency on a flight late last week. Sources say her situation is critical and she is now in coma. Whatever is wrong with her, we wish her well!

Authorities of Christ Embassy International have denied reports of break-up between the Senior Pastor of the church, Chris Oyakhilome, and his wife, Anita. (Read It HERE ) The church described online media reports that the marriage had crashed as “make-up stories.” In a post on a Facebook account opened by Anita’s supporters, ‘Where is Rev. Anita Oyakhilome?’ the senior pastor was quoted as saying there was an ongoing domestic issue with Anita. The recipient of a call made to the official contact line of the church, who identified herself simply as Pastor Mercy, said the report was false. She said, “It is not true; it is a rumour. All these things are make-up stories.” A post on the Facebook page purported to be the summary of Pastor Chris’ speech with United Kingdom-based pastors and deacons of Christ Embassy at the Bermondsey branch of the church on May 16, 2014, stated that, “I am here for your concerns about the ongoing domestic issue with my wife and I know it affects...