Few days after suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven students and two teachers in Nigeria’s north eastern city of Damaturu, Yobe state, the militants have struck again in Maiduguri, Borno state, attacking students in a private school. This time, they killed nine students as they sat for their final exam, local people said Tuesday. The latest attack,...
A member of staff of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kwara State Command, northcentral Nigeria, Mr. Yemi Afolayan, has been arrested by the police for allegedly inflicting severe bodily injuries on a 12-year old girl, Favour Emmanuel, with a hot pressing iron after tying her up and beating her to the point of comma. P.M.NEWS gathered that the girl,...
The Taliban said today that they are prepared to sit down for direct peace talks with Afghan and U.S. officials over the future of Afghanistan. The news comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that Afghan security forces have taken over the country’s security lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition. Both developments were major milestones...
(AP)Lonnie Kocontes, 55, who used to live in Southern California, was indicted by an Orange County grand jury on Friday and did not enter a plea during his Superior Court arraignment Monday, the Orange County Register ( http://bit.ly/1bP1wIl ) reported. Kocontes remained jailed Tuesday. He is charged with murder for financial gain, which carries a potential...
The hosts and the radio station have since apologized, with one calling the bit a “moronic 2 mins” on the air. The jokes were about former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason, 36, who suffers from ALS. ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. As...
The Italian Supreme Court handling Amanda Knox’s murder case released its reasoning today and cited prosecutors’ early theory that her roommate Meredith Kercher died in an “erotic game” that got out of hand, a motive that the prosecution abandoned during the initial trial. Knox spent four years in prison after being convicted of...
According to 411Vibes, a young Ghanian student, who claimed to be in one of the well known Federal institution in Ghana, sent in a scandalous video.The source claims that the girl in the video, who happens to be the one of the `bigger girls on campus clique’ has been known for her promiscuous ways and sexual relations with loads of people But has never gone to the extent of filming her sex-tape.The source also hinted that though the lecturer didn’t have a problem with their sexual desire videoed, he never would have...
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateaus State today chaired a meeting of the factionalized Nigeria’s Governors’s Forum with only sixteen state governors in attendance .Mr. Jang had assumed the position of the chair of the group after he was defeated by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State two weeks ago. ...
At least 11 persons have been confirmed dead after gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram attacked a secondary school and a military check post in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, military and witnesses said. The spokesman of the Military Joint Task Force, JTF, in Yobe State, Eli Lazarus, confirmed the incident, which took place on Sunday night. The...
A complex situation that may be too hot to handle may soon erupt between two former heads of states, General Buhari and General Babangida over political differences.Babagida has threatened to bring up an issue that seems likely to create conflicts if not quenched now.“On Gen. Buhari, it is not in IBB’s tradition to take up issues with his colleague former President. But for the purpose of record, We are conversant with Gen. Buhari’s so-called holier-than-thou attitude.“He is a one-time Minister of Petroleum and we...
