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In yet another sickening video by ISIS, ten men were placed on explosives and blown up.The men who looked elderly were led to a location in Afghanistan,where explosives had been planted in the ground, they were forced to kneel on the explosives after which the vile ISIS killers, took to their heels and then blowing them up. Before dying, each of the prisoners were forced to admit their offences before being brutally murdered. The victims were also condemned to death for helping the Afghan government counter the longstanding insurgency in the troubled country,

Former governor of Cross River state Donald Duke says former President Jonathan told him and former president Obasanjo he never wanted to be the Vice president of Nigeria when he was selected to be the running mate to late President Umaru Yar'Adua for the 2007 general election. Donald Duke said this in an interview with news magazine, The Interviewer "You don’t give authority to an unwilling person, particularly in a country like Nigeria. Umaru never wanted to be president. He was dealing with his health issues and wanted to retire and go lecture in a university. He was really offered an appointment at the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. Jonathan, on the other hand, had just been re-elected to be governor of Bayelsa and when he was picked, he was not so pleased. He said to Obasanjo and me, ‘I don’t want this job".     If these two men never aspired to the office but were recruited to take on a responsibility as daunting as the management of Nigeria with...

 A UK Auction company called RR just released never before seen photos from the 1981 royal wedding. The photos will be sold at auction in Boston next month. See more photos below

26-year-old Okechuku Izuchukwu Iwuchukwu, a tricycle (keke) operator, allegedly died in the hands of some men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Orji, Imo state. Okey, as he was popularly called, was the only child of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sunday Iwuchukwu.   Okey's wife, Mrs. Obianuju Iwuchukwu, is expecting the couple’s first child. Traditional ruler of the community and the Acting Commandant General, Imo State Peace Advocate Corps, Hon. Peter C. Ohagwa were sent by the state governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, to plead with the people to of the town to maintain peace. Their pleas calmed the people of the community and averted a reprisal. According to eyewitnesses, Okechukwu, who recently returned from Pakistan where he went in search of greener pastures before going into the keke   transport business, was allegedly returning from work when he saw some group of people lying on the ground, so he thought some robber...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, defended police investigation into the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Orders 2015, in a preliminary objection opposing a suit filed by the Enugu East senator in the National Assembly, Mr. Gilbert Nnaji, which asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to restrain the police and the Attorney-General of the Federation from taking any further step on the allegation. Nnaji filed the suit asking the court to stop the police investigation on the grounds that it “is inspired by a devious petition by the Secretary of the Unity Forum Senators, solely aimed at unjustly incriminating the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu.” The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, the second defendant to the suit, has also filed a similar notice of preliminary objection, asking the court to strike out the suit, which it said ought to have been instituted by Ekweremadu, if the police investigation was really...

A 30-year-old mother of one has died after complications from surgery to put silicon padding into her butt. Katherine Castano Orozco of Cali, Colombia, died from thrombophlebitis 20 days after the operation. The condition  typically occurs in the legs when a blood clot blocks one or more veins. The vein becomes inflamed by the blood clot, and may become warm or tender. Surgery, trauma and prolonged activity are all causes of thrombophlebitis, according to the Mayo Clinic. Orozco had been bleeding, which increased over time, before her relatives realized something was seriously wrong. The death is the 5th recorded case of a woman dying after undergoing surgery this year in Cali. "It is a crazy thing. People are worried about their beauty and are sacrificing their health for cosmetic changes,” Fernando Gutierrez, Cali’s secretary of municipal health, told said. He added that there is an urgent need to identify and register providers of these cosmetic op...

The Police have arraigned 2 men for allegedly threatening the Chief Security Officer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministries, Olatubosun Odumosu. The accused, Michael Nwaogu and Simon Akagwu were arraigned before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court on 3 counts. It was learnt that Nwaogu and Akagwu had worked for Odumosu, who also owned a security firm. Nwaogu had reportedly complained that Odumosu maltreated him while he worked for him and planned a revenge. He was said to have discussed the plan with Akagwu. Odumosu claimed that 4 threat messages were sent to his phone. He alleged that Akagwu was the only one who had the knowledge of the information contained in the text messages, so he got arrested with Nwaogu and they have both been arraigned in court. The charges read in part, “That you, Nwaogu Michael and Akagwu Simon, on July 28, 2015, did threaten to kill one Olatubosun Odumosu, by sending him a written messag and thereby comm...