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Ibrahim Abubakar, 35, a fulani man and native of Ilorin living in Omu-Aran, the headquarter of Irepodun local government area of the state has been apprehended by Kwara State Nigeria Security and Civil Defence, NSCD, for being in possession of human head suspected to be of one missing motorcyclist, John Olalekan whose lifeless body was found in the town. The ...

Can you still remember the “Rain maker”, a once handsome young looking man with a powerful voice, a ladies delight created with smooth face and well structured body? The rain magic maker, yes, I am talking about Majek Fashek, the man baptised “rain maker” by his Nigerian audience. When I saw Majek Fashek’s current pictures and the way they looked ...

AFP – Africa’s richest man, Nigerian Aliko Dangote, has donated 500,000 dollars to victims of last month’s munitions blasts in Congo which killed at least 282 people, his group said on Tuesday. Dangote made the donation at the weekend in the Congolese capital Brazzaville with a pledge to increase his charity works as well as create more jobs for Africans ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has resigned as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party. In a statement he personally signed and made exclusively available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday, Obasanjo said he had sent the letter of resignation to the chairman of the party. “I have formally sent in my ...

Abi Ishola, multimedia reporter and producer for CUNY TV’s Independent Sources traveled solo to Nigeria and Ghana, two of West Africa’s emerging economies, to explore some of the hurdles the area faces as it continues to advance. In a 5-part series titled Enter West Africa, Ishola reports on Ghana’s collapsing textile industry; Nigeria’s ballooning population of orphans and vulnerable children; ...