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Nollywood star actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde arrived Tanzania early Sunday morning for a movie premiere and also to visit an orphanage. Omotola At The Orphanage

An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded around 10pm on Sunday in Bayan Garin at Tudun Wadan dan Iya area of Bauchi. The explosives were detonated in an uncompleted building, injuring nine people. The area is famous as a hub of social activities and is the location of numerous bars and restaurants. It is also favored by prostitutes. The injured people ...

By Premium Times President Goodluck Jonathan today hosted his third Presidential Media Chat since returning to office in May 2011. The first was in September 2011 and the last in January 2012, in the heat of the removal of subsidy on petroleum products. The challenges confronting the country – insecurity, economy, corruption, fuel subsidy, dearth of infrastructural, among others – ...

Pastor Chris Okotie, the Pastor of Household of God on Sunday (24th June, 2012) announced the break-up in his marriage of four years to his second wife, Stephanie Henshaw. He made the announcement in church a few hours ago after the last service. The bad news which enveloped the Household of God Church, Oregun, Lagos stunned members as they stood ...

Egyptian president-elect Mohamed Morsi is to become the first Islamist head of state in the Arab world’s most populous nation after being declared winner in a divisive run-off with ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq. Morsi, one of the leaders of the powerful Muslim Brotherhood, has pledged that Egypt under his leadership will be inclusive, and he courted secular and Christian voters. A ...