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Pres. Jonathan pictured all dressed up representing his Ijaw roots at his campaign in his homestate, Bayelsa today February 6th. Continue to see more photos.. .

A Canadian university is offering fans of Cristiano Ronaldo the opportunity to take a course on the Real Madrid star. The University of British Columbia Okanagan is enrolling for a fourth-year sociology module on Ronaldo due to his popularity and influence on Portuguese and global society. Luis LM Aguiar, associate professor of sociology in UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, said: "Sociology is nothing if not the delving into the processes of structuring identities and experiences and exposing the social forces that push these processes. "In this case, I'm interested in how Ronaldo has been used to construct several discourses about who he is, what makes him distinct as a footballer, what is his relationship to Portugal, Madeira (his hometown) and indeed Portuguese identity." During the semester-long course, students will examine the stereotypical image of Ronaldo and the Portuguese diaspora. "Ronaldo i

May or may not be true but ISIS is claiming female American aide worker who they've been holding hostage for a while, 26 year old Kayla Jean Mueller was killed today February 6th during Jordan's retaliation airstrikes on the group in Northern Syria. ISIS claimed the woman was being held in the building pictured right and shared pics of it's destruction, claiming it was destroyed by Jordan's airstrike "The failed Jordanian aircraft killed an American female hostage. No mujahid was injured in the bombardment, and all praise is due to Allah.” the group said in a statement released on their site. ISIS had been demanding $6.6 million for Kayla's release. She's the last American held by the group. Jordan had promised to destroy ISIS and step up airstrikes after the group released the shocking video of the brutal killing of their pilot. Kayla's alleged death hasn't been verified by independent sources.

The police have arraigned 25-year-old painter, Hamzat Afeez, for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl in the Egbeda area of Lagos State. He was arraigned on one count of rape at the Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court. Punch Metro had reported how Afeez allegedly took the victim’s younger sister into his room while their mother washed clothes in the house. The victim was said to have followed Afeez into his room in a bid to play with her sister.Our correspondent was told that the suspect raped her.She was said to have narrated the incident to her parents, who alerted policemen from the Gowon Estate Police Station. The suspect, in an attempt to cover up the case, offered to compensate the victim’s family with N100, 000 as payment for her medical bills. He was said to have been subsequently granted bail by the police.After our correspondent reported the incident, the Lagos State Government and a non-governmental organisation, Project Alert on Viole

This accident happened this evening around the Ijesha area of Lagos. According to an eye-witness, the truck ran into two Keke's parked with passengers.  

Photo taken on August 5th 1968 - shows a mother feeding her 5 months old son, while holding her 4 year-old daughter during the Biafra war. The daughter died a few hours after this pic was taken. Photo credit: SeeMe See Nigeria/FFSA

Nineteen giant bombs have been discovered by the Adamawa state police. According to the police, the bombs were found hidden in a bush in the state, Punch reports. It was gathered that the bombs were ready to be detonated by suspected suicide bombers in some strategic places of the state capital.  When contacted, the state’s Police Commissioner, Gabriel Adeji, confirmed the bomb-haul in Yola.  ThisDay reports that the police CP said the bombs were uncovered inside the bush of Song Local Government area of the state following an intelligence report.  He noted that the police had been trailing the activities of the insurgents following media reports last week that some suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were planning to bomb the state capital.  On Thursday, February 5, they got a hint from an informant on the whereabouts of the bombs.  He added that the bombs had the capacity to bring down a ten storey building and also kill sev

Here is Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo as Head of state and Gen. Mohammadu Buhari as Minister of Petroleum Resource and Energy commissioning the Warri Refinery in 1978. 

Giving back! Footballer, Didier Drogba shows off the first clinic in Abidjan, Cote Ivoire which his charity Foundation has almost completed. He wrote;  " Happy to announce our 1st clinic in Abidjan is nearly finished. We will host next charity ball for the foundation on 18th April in London - more info soon! #didierdrogbafoundation"

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it will meet with chairmen and secretaries of all registered political parties, and Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs tomorrow Saturday 7th, to decide whether to go ahead with the general elections billed for February 14 and 28. A statement released by Mr Kayode Idowu, the spokesperson of INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, states that after the meeting, “the Commission will address a press conference to brief the nation on its decision with regard to whether or not the general elections will hold as currently scheduled”. Full statement after the cut... On Thursday, February 5, 2015, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, was invited to brief the National Council of States (NCS) on the preparedness of INEC to conduct the 2015 general elections. He made a presentation titled “ Preparations for the 2015 General Elections: Progress Report .’ The Na

 The former Niger Delta militant pictured at president Jonathan's campaign rally in Bayelsa this afternoon. More photosbelow

According to AFP, Boko Haram members this afternoon launched their first attack in Niger Republic. They attacked Basso, a border town with Nigeria. A resident of the town who spoke with AFP said; "We can hear the sound of weapons all around the town, often very near our windows. There is the noise of heavy weapons and of light arms, making our houses shake,". It is not clear whether Boko Haram were battling against Niger's security forces or troops from Chad, also stationed at Bosso.

Meet M rs Mary Nzimiro, one of the first Igbo female millionaires who financed her husband’s successful political ambition in 1951. Photo credit: Life Magazine/@SeeMeSeeNigeria

Press statement from Musiliu Obanikoro's office...read below. Our attention has been drawn to an audio recording released  on Thursday  by Sahara Reporters, an online news website. In the audio recording, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro is presented as having a conversation alongside current Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, Senator Iyiola Omisore amongst other names purportedly identified by Sahara Reporters as participants in the said meeting. Continue... But these are the facts: 1. That Senator Obanikoro wishes to state categorically and emphatically that you will never find him anywhere in the world talking about rigging an election in favour of anyone. The context of the conversation being reported by Sahara Reporters has been deliberately concocted, manipulated and misrepresented to achieve a predetermined narrative. Nowhere in the purported recording did Senator Obanikoro mention directly or indirectly a plan to rig the Ekiti State elections as the Sahara

According to twitter user, Muyiwa Adekeye, soldiers this morning attacked El-Rufai at the junction of Ahmadu Bello Way & Rabah Road in Kaduna, & also seized a gun from his police guards. Senior army officials however intervened and solved the situation quickly. See more tweets below

Press statement from the office of the Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose... Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the audio clip released by the All Progressives Congress (APC), through  its media organ, SaharaReporters as fake, saying; he never held any meeting with anyone to rig the June 21, 2014 election, suggesting that his voice & those of others could have been faked using technology like Natural Voices. He said the audio clip was APC's new calculated attempt to discredit the election results, having failed woefully both at the poll and the tribunal. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi said in a statement issued on Friday that the APC would have used the audio clip as evidence at the tribunal if it was genuine. He said; "Nigerians should be reminded of how the APC people lied in 2007 that they recorded how the governorship election was rigged even in the palace of the Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe, bu

Royal House of David Ministry’s Prophet Godfrey Gbujie yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan will be the last civilian president to rule Nigeria before another civil war breaks out. He said the nation “is at the crossroads of the last phase of 20 years reign of demons beginning from 1995-2015.” According to the  Nationalmirroronline ,the prophet, who claimed to have predicted the deaths of former military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha and President Shehu Yar’Adua, told newsmen in Owerri that neither Gen. Muhammadu Buhari nor Goodluck Jonathan would be president in 2015. “Buhari has a mission divinely imposed on him, but he shall not rule this country again; even if he wins, God has not determined him to find His favour. Jonathan is the last elected president of this country,” he stressed. He refuted the possibility of military take-over, saying no military coup will succeed against the Jonathan administration. However, he said “a loyal milit

A gang in the Ketu area of Lagos State has tortured to death a 68-year-old man, Nasirudeen Ajawesola, for allegedly hitting a resident of the area with a fetish ring. It was gathered that the resident, who could not be identified as of press time, subsequently fell unconscious. The incident happened on Osokoya Street, Ketu.The police were, however, able to apprehend a member of the group, Abiola Ogunmola, who was the elder brother of the resident. Punch  Metro gathered that on the fateful day, the deceased’s first son, a vulcaniser, had ran home to call his father to report that he was being forced to participate in a community work going on in the area. When Ajawesola arrived at the scene, an argument was said to have started, which led to a fight. In the ensuing confusion, Ajawesola allegedly slapped the brother of the suspect with a fetish ring. The victim was said to have fallen down and became unconscious. Our correspondent was told that

  Former CPC vice presidential running mate ,Pastor Tunde Bakare has alleged when he was Buhari's mate he was asked to sign his resignation letter before the elections..In essence, if they had won the 2011 presidential elections, he would have stepped down for someone else. His shocking revelation was made on Channels TV programme, Straight Talk With Kadaria. Those who know the truth knows what happened .It was not stepping down that was the issue.It was resigning on paper with my signature to sign as vice president of Nigeria ..And I said, no I can't do that .I can resign as Tunde Bakare, a candidate..I can't resign as Vice president of an office not occupied .. That was not even the issue with me.I was not ready to commit pejury, to sign an office I'd not occupied " Watch below

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered 19.8 kilogrammes of dried weeds, said to be cannabis sativa, from two friends; 30-year-old Sandra Ebere and Maureen Obidike, 33. Punch  Metro gathered that the suspects were arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State during the screening of passengers on an Etihad flight en route to Dubai, United Arab Emirate. It was learnt that the drug was packaged into about 80 parcels and concealed inside foodstuffs and bottles.Our correspondent gathered that Ebere, who studied Economics, told investigators that her travel agent in Dubai directed her to smuggle the drug as a prerequisite for a free visa. She said, “I used to export foodstuffs to Dubai since 2012. Each time I go to Dubai, I stay for two months and come back because I have no permanent visa. I came to Nigeria since December 2014 to spend the Christmas and New Year holidays at home. While I was preparing to go ba