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by Niyi Odebode, Adelani Adepegba and Olalekan Adetayo THE heightening of security in Abuja on Thursday notwithstanding, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, shelved many of the activities scheduled for her and left Nigeria for Ghana. She later held a meeting with the Ghanaian President, Mr. John Mahama, at his residence in Accra. She is billed to participate in ...

They were never expected to survive beyond a few days. But conjoined twins Abigail and Brittany Hensel have not only proved doctors wrong, they have astonished them with their development into darling children, typical teenagers and, lately, beautiful young adults. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO… Now the 22-year-olds, who share one body fused at the torso, will be starring in their ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged the president of Nigeria on Thursday to push ahead with reforms as it faces a deadly Boko Haram insurgency which has shaken Africa’s largest oil producer. Her visit to Nigeria came as President Goodluck Jonathan is under growing pressure to stop the violence in the northern and central regions of the country. Clinton ...

Jihadists occupying northern Mali on Thursday said they had cut off the hand of a thief in accordance with strict Islamic law which they have imposed on the population. “Yes, I confirm it. We applied sharia in Ansongo yesterday (Wednesday). The hand of a thief was cut off. Sharia demands it,” a leader of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad ...

DUNCAN WENEMIGHTY OKECHUKWU aka Port-Harcourt’s First Son has released two new single – WHINE IT FT. SHAGGY & MANUCHIM SOH from the stables of WENE MIGHTY RECORDS. Feel it!!