It has emerged that one of the victims of the United Nations, UN House bombing lost both eyes to the blast. Doctors at the National Hospital, Abuja, disclosed that the man had his two eyes affected by the blast and they had to operate on him to, at least, save his life.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Friday, reacted to the bombing at the United Nation, UN, building at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja saying the people and government of the country must condemn the attack.

Several houses and shops in 65 Battallion Bonny Cantonment in Lagos have been taken over by flood at the Bar Beach..

Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad fired at protesters after Friday prayers in the Damascus suburb of Douma, activists said.

Onitsha Chairman of the Anambra chapter of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Dauda Ajagu, said on Friday in Onitsha (Anambra) that the collective prayers of Nigerians had reduced the rate of bombing in the country.

Libyan rebels said they were sending in special forces units in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance in the capital, Tripoli.

HUNDREDS of land owners in Wasinmi, Ewekoro Local Government area of Ogun State, yesterday took to the streets protesting alleged takeover of their land and farms by the Federal Ministry of Aviation for the construction of an airstrip.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has lauded the establishment of a new private university, the Samuel Adegboyega University in Ogwa, Esan West Local Government Area of the state.