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Property worth millions of Naira were lost in a fire incident at the Supply and Transport Corps Barracks of the Nigerian Army at Eleyele, Ibadan, on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 23 apartments were burnt in the incident. An eyewitness, who said the fire outbreak occurred at about 1pm., added that the cause remained unknown. But one of the victims, Mrs Priscilla Kilyobasi, said the incident could be due to the carelessness of a resident in the barrack, who was cooking on a kerosene stove. She explained, “We started seeing smoke coming out from a room on the back row and some people raised the alarm. “On entering the room from the back door, we saw a pot on the stove that was completely burnt and had affected the wood walls. “Sympathisers helped to pour water to contain it, but the fire had started spreading to the other rooms. “Some passers-by helped to call the Fire Service officials at the Government Secretariat and they responded with a truck to cont...

The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has absolved members of the party from the alleged attack on a supposedly venue of a rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Okrika, Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State in the wee hours of Saturday, January 24, 2015. The PDP condemns the APC for contradictory statements on the attack. The PDP recalls that early in the morning of Saturday, January 24, 2015 the APC said that hoodlums engaged by the APC to watch over the venue fought themselves over sharing of money at the supposed venue of the rally. The PDP regrets that less than 4 hours later, the APC turned around to blame the PDP for same attack which they had earlier blamed hoodlums, saying its customary of the APC to speak from both sides of the mouth, and went further to describe the APC as suffering from hallucination and should go and seek spiritual or medical remedy Accusations against the PDP therefore, is not only baseless but also laughable. APC ...

group of ex-militants in the Niger Delta, led by Government Ekpemopulo (aka Tompolo), on Friday met in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and threatened war over what they described as coordinated attacks on the campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan in some Northern States. The group vowed to resort to violence and engage in armed confrontation with anyone or group plotting to derail Mr. Jonathan’s second term ambition. Niger Delta militants Tife Owolabi Those who attended the meeting, held at the Banquet Hall of the Bayelsa State Government House, included Kingsley Kuku, a special adviser to the president and chairman of the presidential amnesty program, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, Mr. Ekpemopulo, Victor Ben Ebikabowei (aka Boy Loaf), Eris Paul, also known as General Ogunboss, and Pastor Reuben.  Addressing the gathering in Ijaw language, Mr. Ekpemopulo, better known by his nickname of Tompolo, said he would not dwell on the recent cases of intimidation and attacks on Pr...

It was a morn Friday in the Arab Emirates as King Abdullah Abdulaziz was laid Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has been buried at the El-Ud public cemetery in Riyadh. Earlier on Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb joined the leaders of Gulf Arab states for the funeral prayer at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque. Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, a high-level delegation from the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah were at the funeral, state television showed on Friday.

After  Gen. Muhammadu Buhari’s 1961 West African School Certificate (WASC) results, the Principal of the Government College, Katsina, Mallam Isyaku Bello, has been receiving death threats. The source of the threats could not be ascertained last night. The principal was summoned by his employers, the Katsina State Ministry of Education, in connection with the release of the results, sources close to Mallam Bello said last night. The embattled principal was said to have explained that he needed to defend the integrity of the college (formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina) and not Gen. Buhari. Bello made distress calls to his friends and relatives, The Nation learnt. One source said: “Some forces were unhappy with the issuance of results to Gen. Buhari and they have been threatening the principal. They have been calling him names, abusing him. Some were actually threatening to deal with him. “They told the principal that he ought to have left Buhari to his fate ins...

The Nigerian 20 year old current African Female fo otballer of the year "Asisat Oshoala" this afternoon Jan. 23rd signed on to Liverpool Ladies football club. Asisat is the first African to be signed on the club. Heres what Asisat had to say about the new deal... “Since I began my football career I have always dreamt of being a professional footballer so to be able to join the reigning Women’s Super League champions is absolutely fantastic. Liverpool Ladies are a massive Club who have some fantastic players who I believe can help to develop my game to the next level." she said. Congrats to her

Base on the Rich Lifestyles, Chelsea and Ivory Coast footballer Didier Drogba has the most expensive home amongst footballers in the world. His home (pictured above), an 8,600sq ft mansion with 8 bathrooms and seven bedrooms, is worth $21million. See the rest after the cut... 2. David Beckham - Beckingham Palace - $20million 3. Wayne Rooney - $17.83million 4. Frank Lampard $10million 5. John Terry- $7million  6. Cristiano Ronaldo (6 million) 7. Mario Balotelli - $4.86 (though he doesn't) 8. Andres Iniesta - $4.6million 9: Kaka's home in Madrid (3million) 10: Lionel Messi - value not known