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Nollywood star actress Genevieve Nnaji was born on May 3, 1979. In 2005 she won the African Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. CNN states that she is referred to as the “Julia Roberts of Africa”.

Former Head of State and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, Major-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd), said on Monday that unless there was fairness and justice in the conduct of the 2015 presidential elections, there would be violence in the country. Speaking while receiving party supporters from Niger State in his Kaduna office, Buhari said in a situation whereby ...

A newlywed bride has been found stabbed to death in her wedding dress in the bathtub of her home. Police said they believe Estrella Carrera, 25, was a victim of domestic violence after she was discovered at her home in the Burbank area of Chicago. Her family said she got married on Friday to the father of her youngest child. ...

Current Malagasy Minister for Fishing and Marine Resources Sylvain Manoriky is suspected of sorcery against President Andry Rajoelina. This is a rare and bizarre accusation in the modern history of Madagascar. Early this week, the minister allegedly used one of his close collaborators to fetch two powerful sorcerers from the rural area of the south-western regional capital city Toliara to ...

(AFP) – Nigerian Ayegbeni Yakubu and Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor demonstrated their predatory instincts again at the weekend on the final day of the English Premier League season. Each striker raised his league tally to 17, with Yakubu netting for relegated Blackburn in a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea while Adebayor needed only 96 seconds to put Tottenham ahead in a 2-0 ...