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The media and online news websites in Nigeria has a long history when compared to most other African nations. Historically, Nigeria has boasted the freest and outspoken press of any African country you can think of. Almost all Nigerian newspapers have an online presence. The emergence of the internet or what you can refer to as the New media has...

It is normal for a pregnant woman to eagerly look forward to bringing forth her child and showering it with all the love and care a mother can offer. Unfortunately, the hope of a 28-year-old woman has been dashed after she delivered a premature baby which looks like a creature from another planet due to a genetic condition called Harlequin Ichthyosis. The...

You will never know what you will find when you are out there as strange things now appear in unexpected places. The appearance of a freaky human-like figure in the sky has left shoppers in Zambia baffled and many make wild guesses over what it could be. According to reports, the incident occurred when a scary human-like figure appeared in the...

It's quite unfortunate that most Nigerians are greatly preoccupied with so many problems facing Nigeria at the moment, ranging from Boko Haram issues to the war of words between the presidential aspirants and their various supporters, that they have clearly missed out on the very important facts relevant to the imminent elections. It's barely one month to the general elections...

The Inspector-General of Police, IG Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday, has decorated Ibrahim Danjuma with a new rank of Commissioner of Police after he had been prosecuted and acquitted for the Apo Six killing of five Igbo traders based in Abuja and a lady in 2005. Danjuma was among 15 new CPs recently reinstated by the Police Service Commission on the...

It goes without saying that Nollywood is one of the biggest film industries not only in Africa but also globally. Nigerian Nollywood Movies has grown very quickly over the years to become the second largest film industry in the world in terms of annual film productions, ranking ahead of United states Hollywood and just behind Indian Bollywood, according to CNN reports, Nigerian movie industry is...

Just a few hours ago in Abuja, President Jonathan Goodluck of Nigeria publicly admitted that his government is not aware of the whereabouts of more than two hundred female students from Borno state that were abducted 3 weeks ago. Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader who CNN described as the face of terror. A ruthless leader with a twisted ideology. And...

The term 'Boko Haram' is a figurative combination of two Hausa words: Boko, which can literally be translated to mean 'western education' and 'Haram' which means 'sin'. When the two words are combined, they actually mean that the western education is sinful and hence forbidden in a pure Muslim state. As a matter of fact, this name is an incisive...