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Meet twins Paula and Peter Imafidon – they passed the University of Cambridge Advanced Maths A level at age 8! They chat with GMTV’s John Stapleton. Watch! Peter and Paula Imafidon, Edo State, Nigeria 8-year-old twins from Waltham Forest in northeast London, are a part of the highest-achieving clan in the history of Great Britain education. The two youngest Nigeria ...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday mourned the death of the four senior police officers. A statement issued on his behalf by Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati, said: “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with utmost sadness the tragic news of the death of senior police officers in a helicopter crash in Jos, Plateau State. “The President described the accident as unfortunate ...

The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar has on Tuesday unveiled a newly approved camouflage uniform for officers of the Police Force. President Goodluck Jonathan approved the test-run of the new camouflage which analysts are expecting will boost the image of the Force as well as discourage police officers from developing cold feet any time they came face ...

In addition to telling the Malawi public what to read, ruling party cadres are threatening to arrest journalists for any reporting deemed insulting to the president and his governance record. No media outlet critical of President Bingu Wa Mutharika or the ruling Democratic Progressive Party was spared by the government this past weekend — whether print, broadcast, or online. The ...

In one case, the DG spent as much as N30 million on hotel bills accommodation in eight months and N85,000 on meals on another day. The Director General of the Security and Exchange Commission, Arunma Oteh, spent a huge N850,000 on food in one day, in violation of regulations on how much chief executives can spend, a House of Representatives ...