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The Police have launched a massive security cordon across the northern states in response to fears of possible bomb and gun attacks during the Easter festivities by the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. Residents of some the explosion-prone states have been gripped by panic following the security alert over possible Boko Haram attacks during the Easter period. They were learning from ...

A bride in her wedding gown hopped on a bus to exchange her vows. Fellow passengers looked on in amazement as Jenny Klochko, 28, took the 407 to Sutton Register Office, south London. Other brides opt for a Rolls-Royce or a horse drawn carriage to whisk them to the church on time. With two bridesmaids in tow, she flagged down ...

Wife of the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Kabiru Abubakar Dikko, alias Kabiru Sokoto, has delivered a baby boy in a police cell where she is being detained. The wife of the Boko Haram henchman was arrested by the police after her husband escaped from police custody while he was ...

A Chinese boy is suffering from kidney failure after he sold his organ to buy an iPad and iPhone, state media reported on Friday. The 17-year-old boy, identified only by his surname Wang, was approached in an online chatroom and paid 22,000 yuan (£2,200) for his kidney to be used in an illegal transplant operation, the Xinhua News Agency said. ...

The controversy over the passage of the bill that limits sexual minorities has been taken a notch higher with a Nigeria based lawyer, Robert Igbinedion, heading to court to challenge the Senate’s passage of the Same-Sex Prohibition Bill. In a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos on behalf of the “sexual minorities”, Mr. Igbinedion prayed for an ...