Abia top UTME scorer to get N.5m scholarship in memory of late Ukpabi
Church-owned vasities not for the poor, as members cry out
St Finbar’s Church and Haruna John’s death
John Haruna: Family fumes, widow confused
I was hooked on drugs – Oritsejafor
The Gombe multiple attacks
How we survived the Tiv/Fulani bloodbath in Benue-survivors
Igbede canoe mishap: How 12 children lost their lives
Bonga Oil Spill: Our stories, our woes – Communities
Mystery over death of hunter in Ibadan
Away from the bombs, Kaduna has a new place for the blind to see
Benue Police nab notorious teenage cult

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SHOCK! 10 years after burial, body remains fresh
Ten years after Imam Sheez Adeyemi died and buried beside his mosque in Shogunle, Lagos, his body was exhumed recently revealing another miracle of life after death. The sand and stones were lifted from the grave, the planks which were used as cover were all rotten.
Bonga Oil Spill: Our stories, our woes by affected communities
We are crying out to the federal government and the international community to come to our aid, and perhaps, to be aware of the great injustice that the Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company has done to our lands. They refused to employ our children when they invaded our lands and today, their oil is constituting a major threat to our existence.
The house where Ojukwu was born
Zungeru, located in Niger state is a small town but with a loaded history. It served as the colonial capital of Northern Nigeria from 1902-1916. Indeed, it was where the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated by Lord Lugard in 1914 and therefore could be regarded as the first capital of Nigeria.
The two faces of the smart phone market in Jos
The benefits of the deregulation of the telecommunications industry have become a reference point for many proponents of deregulation. Apart from improvement in access and services is the issue of providing employment opportunities for many Nigerians as dealers in phones and recharge cards, operators of call centers and other ancillary services.
I was called a fool, when I celebrated my 40th birthday without having children
Such was the powerful rendition of the entire Psalm 30 by Pastor (Mrs) Victoria Olayemi, mother of Nigeria’s newest set of quadruplets.
Interrogation of Boko Haram kingpins: Not yet uhuru for sponsors
In some quarters, it was perceived as the most frenzied week. It held unusual apprehension. Many watched with bated breathe. But lo, it seems to have ended without so much for the Nigerian populace about those behind the dastard acts of dreaded Boko Haram.
The last moment before blast killed bomb-detecting cop
Sgt. Sunday Badang’s last walk on earth covered just about 100 metres. But, it was the most chilling, eerily breath-taking walk anyone could have embarked on. It was spectacular, but so poignantly tragic that even the gladiators of the old Roman empire would feel a bit luckier.
Afuze killing: Father accused of exchanging son’s life for N1.2m
The sleepy community of Ogute in Emai clan, Afuze, in Owan East Local Government Council of Edo state, was thrown into confusion last December 16, 2011, when 22 year-old Oyibo Eruanga, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) student at Evbiamen Grammar School Ogute, was found dead along a farm junction at Ogute farm road, Afuze.
Lagos first rain: 17 students, 2 women drowned
One of the areas that witnessed the plague of rainstorm which took place on Monday February 13, in Lagos was the Ojo community area of Otto Awori local government where lives were shattered and properties destroyed.
144 Virgins are for celibacy – Olumba Olumba Obu
Last week, we published a story on 144 virgins fanning a spiritual leader while asleep, as told by Pastors Lovina Iburene and Enoch Iburene, a couple and founders of the Truth Ministry and Christ World Charity Ministry, Lagos. In a swift reaction, the concerned spiritual leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star, Olumba Olumba Obu through his subjects, Bishop Joseph C. Dike, the Director of Information and Parson Edjeketa, Resident Priest, Ikeja, Lagos, described it as unfounded, saying the couple need spiritual help desperately.
Kidnapping baron behind crisis in Uzere kingdom – Monarch
SINCE November 29, 2011, when he fled his kingdom, Uzere, in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, after his palace was razed by irate mob, His Royal Majesty, Isaac Udogri I, the Ovie of Uzere, has not stepped his feet into the kingdom. Reason: He has been on forced exile in Warri. But his pursuers did not leave him alone, last month, January, 15, 2012, he was purportedly dethroned by a section of his subjects, who, he told Sunday Vanguard, had not only sent him death threats on phone, but also deployed assassins after him. What exactly is the problem or are the problems in Uzere? Hear him:
How 144 virgins fan our spiritual leader – Couple
Lovina Amangala Iburene was overwhelmed by the signs that manifested at Ambrose street, Calabar where a mere mortal claimed the personality of God. Like many who were desperately searching for divine solution to their problems, she succumbed to the manipulations of another homo sapient and believed she had found her God.
MEND: Directions of a new upsurge
AFTER cessation of hostilities for some months in the Niger-Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND, weekend, threatened to bomb telecommunication giant, MTN, SACOIL and other investments of South Africa in Nigeria because of alleged interference of President Jacob Zuma in its struggle for justice in the Niger-Delta.
OBONG OF CALABAR STOOL: A kingdom in crisis
If there is anything the Efiks of Cross River State cherish most, it is the royal throne of Obong of Calabar. Even the missionaries who came to Nigeria through the Calabar river could not toil with the revered traditional institution of the Efiks. The best the early missionaries could do was to ensure that the church also played a role after coronation in form of thanksgiving. Whoever occupies the Obongship throne is referred to as the treaty king and grand patriarch of the Efiks.
Warri: kidnappers, robbers turn city into criminals’ den
THAT the oil city of Warri Delta State is perhaps the most hazardous metropolis in Southern Nigeria is doubtless. What baffles those who know the geography of the area is that security agents have not been able to map out effective strategies, over the years, to wipe out the rampaging criminals or at least, reduce the wave of their escapades.

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