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US reports say they are worried he is trying to get close to daughter Bobbi Kristina, 18, to get to the cash. Bobbi is the sole heir to Whitney’s estimated £12.8million fortune. Now showbiz site TMZ is reporting the star’s mum Cissy is trying to stop Brown from getting his hands on the money. Friends of the family have told ...

Underwear Bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab has Thursday been sentenced to life in prison without parole. He was accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009. Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a commercial plane as a would-be suicide mission for al-Qaeda. His family quickly called on the US government to review the sentence. ...

WELCOME ADDRESS By President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Chairman, ECOWAS AUTHORITY AT THE 40TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AUTHORITY OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF ECOWAS ABUJA, 16TH – 17TH FEBRUARY 2012 Your Excellencies Fellow Heads of State and Government Honourable Ministers Chairperson of the African Union H.E. Mr Jean Ping ...

Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, on Tuesday declared that no student or pupil of Imo State origin studying in any institution owned by the state would pay fees. He also announced scholarships for all students and pupils of Imo State origin from primary to tertiary level. Addressing a huge crowd at the Imo Freedom Square in Owerri, the governor ...

Nigerian-born Olusoji Fasuba is the African 100m record holder, an Olympic bronze medallist and an indoor 60m world champion, making him one of the fastest men on the planet. But Olusoji — nicknamed “Flash” by his shipmates — has just completed nine months of training to become a logistics specialist in the Royal Navy. The sailor, 27, whose mother was ...