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President Goodluck Jonathan last night asked Northern leaders not to distract his administration’s agenda with its politics of 2015 succession. He also said he is spending his first term in office and could not have been pursuing a Third Term Agenda. The President fired back at the Northern leaders through his spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati. Abati said: “The President is ...

Oral cancer cases have risen above 6,000 a year for the first time, figures revealed today. Cancer Research UK has attributed the increase to rising rates of the human papilloma virus (HPV) infection, especially through high-risk strains of the sexually transmitted virus. Two thirds of the 6,200 cases diagnosed in the UK in 2011 were men. Experts say men are ...

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Friday, organized a one day prayer and fasting session to salvage the country’s unity, in Lagos. The six-hour long interdenominational programme tagged ‘Arise… Let us Pray for Nigeria’ was held simultaneously in major cities across Nigeria, the organizers said. “Today marks a day of the day of a new beginning in our nation,” said ...

Jason Russell, the mastermind behind the worldwide documentary Kony 2012 video was arrested in San Diego for allegedly being drunk in public and masturbating. Russell was taken into custody by San Diego cops and in addition to allegedly masturbating, cops say he also vandalized cars. Lt. Andra Brown said they found Russell masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under ...

A Mexican woman who turned herself into a vampire look-a-like after suffering years of domestic violence is helping other victims. Mother-of-four Maria Jose Cristerna, who is known as Vampire Woman, is a 36-year-old former lawyer from a Catholic family background. Not only is 98% of her body covered with tattoos, but she has had fangs dentally implanted into her mouth ...