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Stella, the first ever family sized road vehicle that runs on the sun has made its U.S. debut. The car took first place in the World Solar Challenge and won the Michelin Cruiser Class for completing a 3,000 kilometer journey from Darwin to Adelaide in Australia last fall. click to read more

The Federal Government, yesterday, said the man who claimed to be a professor, with a view to applying for establishment of a private university, would soon be charged to court. Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Julius Okojie, revealed this while fielding questions from journalists in Abuja. The NUC boss said the man, identified as Ambi P. N., who claimed to be a Professor of Statistics, would appear in court alongside two others also found to be bearing fake academic titles. He added that investigations into the background of the key actors of the proposed Nigerian British University revealed that they were all fakes. Okojie also said it was imperative for Federal Government to re-introduce post-graduate training programmes (fellowship) in tertiary institutions in the country. He said: “What was even more revealing is that the three actors, the chief consultant who was supposed to be a professor, the proprietor who was supposed to be a doctora...

Following journalist- Nicholas Ibekwe‘s explosive tape on which a man alleged to be Prophet TB Joshua is heard offering N50,000 bribe to journalists to write favourable stories about him, a renowned South African investigative journalist, Jacques Pauw has now come forward with claims that Joshua tried to bribe him. click to read more

The Minister of Health in Nigeria, Onyebuchi Chukwu has disclosed that Nigeria is completely free of active Ebola (EVD) cases, stating further that all contacts of the deadly disease have been released from scrutinity. Chukwu made this disclosure yesterday, 23 September, 2014, at the United Nations General Assembly holding in New York, USA. The UN meeting, comprising of all 193 members of the UN meet in New York to among other things discuss on ways to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) ravaging West African countries. This is more than two months since the index case, the late Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-America imported the deadly virus into Lagos while on a trip for a meeting of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) in Calabar on 23 July. The minister said: “Presently, there is no single case of Ebola virus disease in Nigeria – none. No cases are under treatment, no suspected cases. There are no contacts in ...

Stephen Davis, the Australian who is famous to Nigerians for negotiating with Boko Haram leaders over the release of the Chibok girls, disclosed when the sect leader Abubakar Shekau was killed. His claims follow the controversy surrounding the recent “killing” of “Shekau”. It was reported Sunday, September 21, that the commander, who has been mimicking Shekau” in recent videos was killed in Konduga September 17. The impersonator was later identified as Bashir Mohammed, who might have picked up the war name of the real Abubakar Shekau. The details of the operation which lead to the death of the terrorist were soon revealed. Davis, who has made a series of claims regarding how some Nigerian politicians sponsor Boko Haram and even named them, said the real Shekau was killed  in June 2013. In an e-mail to Vanguard the Australian negotiator said: “I continue to hold to the position that Shekau was killed on or about June 19, 2013 when we...

Media caption Applause broke in the control room out as the probe entered Mars's orbit India has successfully put a satellite into orbit around Mars, becoming the fourth country to do so. The Mangalyaan robotic probe, one of the cheapest interplanetary missions ever, will soon begin work studying the Red Planet's atmosphere. A 24-minute engine burn slowed the probe down enough to allow it to be captured by Mars' gravity. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the country had achieved the "near impossible". Speaking at the mission control centre in the southern city of Bangalore he said: "The odds were stacked against us. Of 51 missions attempted in the world only 21 have succeeded. We have prevailed." Only the US, Europe and Russia have previously sent missions to Mars, but India is the first country to succeed on its first attempt. The latest US satellite, Maven, arrived at Mars on Monday. click to read more

A 55-year-old man alleged to be the leader of a robbery gang that specialises in attacking vehicles conveying goods to other states of the federation, yesterday, told a crowd at the Lagos State Police Command that he has used proceeds from robbery to build two houses. The white bearded suspect, a father of two, identified as Jude Dike, who was paraded alongside six other suspected members of the gang, disclosed that he started robbery three years ago. However, himself and other suspected members of his gang were arrested last Saturday, by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, around Ebutte Metta area of Lagos. Recovered from the suspects were a stolen Toyota Hiace bus, loaded with Volkswagen engines, female bags, female shoes and transmission oil for vehicles. The gang’s mode of operation, as gathered, included laying woods with nails and other dangerous instruments close to bad spots at designated points along expressways across the South-West region of the country. Expectedl...

This is so silly but some of you might want to read it. Ghanaian star and former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan has been bizarrely accused of having a hand in the death of his friend, Ghanaian rapper Castro. Some people in Ghana are accusing Gyan of using Castro for human sacrifice ritual. click to read more

Found this breaking news report on Premium Times. Apparently the Nigeria military said today that some schoolgirls abducted from Chibok town in April this year had been rescued by Nigerian troops only to retract the statement minutes later. Read the report below... The Defence Headquarters has retracted its earlier statement confirming the rescue of the abducted Chibok girls. The spokesperson for the defence headquarters, Chris Olukolade, had told Premium Times that a yet unclear number of the girls had been freed and driven in two Toyota Hiace buses to the Maimalari Barracks, the headquarters of the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri. But less than 30 minutes after he spoke to us, Mr. Olukolade called back to say he was withdrawing his earlier statement. He said he had been having difficulty establishing contact with his colleagues in Maiduguri and that he was no longer sure that the girls driven into the barracks were newly rescued. Mr. Olukolade had told this newspap...

Nicholas Ibekwe is the journalist who published the audio recording of T.B Joshua offering N50k to journalist to give his church favorable coverage (read here). He took to his blog today to explain why he did it. Find it below The last 72 hours were probably the most intense in my life. The love, kind words and support I’ve received in that period from, mostly, total strangers have been overwhelming. I want to thank everybody who saw the good in what I did. Though, to be honest, I think it was a little stupid. What was I thinking putting my life and probably my career on the line in an attempt to change something so entrenched it seems unchangeable?  But really I’m not fazed by the trash talk from those allergic to the truth. click to read more

The Nigerian Army, 3 Battalion Effurun, Delta State yesterday arrested an overzealous soldier on guard at the Alegbor Check point for violently cutting the hair of General Overseer and Founder, Tower of Faith Ministries, Rev. Felix Omas. The humiliation of the clergy, Vanguard gathered, infuriated the 3 Battalion’s command who promptly arrested and detained the soldier with promise to charge him for improper conduct. Narrating his ordeal almost in tears at the Warri NUJ Secretariat, the molested victim, Rev Omas said, “I was driving in my SUV but due to the traffic situation, I boarded a tricycle. The soldiers stopped our Keke as we were coming from Alegbor, forcibly seated me on the ground as one of them pulled a scissors and stroke three ugly cuts on my hair, saying my hair style violates their rules.” Omas who was heading to Warri with one of his colleagues when encountered the humiliation from the army said he succumbed to the public disgrace as the soldiers threatened to shoo...

The spacecraft successfully entered Mars' orbit at 7:24 p.m. PDT (10:24 p.m. EDT) Sunday, Sept. 21, where it now will prepare to study the Red Planet's upper atmosphere as never done before. MAVEN is the first spacecraft dedicated to exploring the tenuous upper atmosphere of Mars.  read more

21 year old Russian student Daria Radionova spent £20,000 to cover her £25,000 2011 Mercedes CLS 350 with one million Swarovski crystals. After blinging her car, she parked it outside the Levin Hotel near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London for the world to see it. Explaining why she did it, the business student said "I wanted to have something unique and do something special. The people who did it came over from Russia and worked for 12 hours a day for two months on the car. I am really happy with it and I am looking forward to driving it around. It has only just been finished and everywhere I go people stop to have a look at it. It gets lots of attention from people walking by and in cars. Sometimes I think they might crash. Everyone is taking pictures of it. When I sell the car I will give the money to charity." Source:linda ikeji blog

Since its compatriots died at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), the South African media have come hard on the church, the federal and state governments as well as the rescue agencies, writes OLUKOREDE YISHAU From Guardian & Mail to Sowetan and Sunday Times, South African newspapers have come hard on the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), its pastor, Prophet T.B. Joshua, the federal and state governments and the rescue agencies.  As far as they are concerned, the tragedy was handled with levity. The Sunday Times, in a report titled ‘Blood on their hands’ said the management of the tragedy has been characterised by chaos, incompetence and lies. “As the first full picture of the horror of the Nigerian church collapse surfaces, South Africans are left wondering how many lives could have been saved if Pastor TB Joshua’s church and Nigerian authorities had co-operated fully in rescue attempts,” the newspaper said. read more

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A Nigerian military intelligence source has told SaharaReporters that the top Boko Haram figure killed in a recent operation was one Bashir Mohammed, leader of the Islamist sect’s Uye camp. Cameroonian authorities yesterday released a photo of a dead man they identified as Abubakar Shekau, the loquacious and attention-seeking leader of the terrorist group that has launched deadly strikes in Nigeria’s northeast zone as well as Cameroon. The Nigerian intelligence source told SaharaReporters that Nigerian soldiers, not Cameroonian troops, had killed Mr. Bashir last Friday in a fierce battle against Boko Haram insurgents in Konduga, Borno State. The late Mr. Bashir, who bore a striking resemblance to Abubakar Shekau and had appeared in a recent video, was killed as he led insurgents who were attempting to capture Konduga and then made a bid to seize Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, as well. Nigerian soldiers routed the Islamist militants in Konduga, killing hundreds of them and ca...

South African minister, Jeff Radebe today Sept. 22nd, said that the death toll from the Synagogue building collapse has risen to 115. Radebe said this at an airforce base, North of Johannesburg in South Africa where 25 South Africans who were injured in the collapsed building were brought home in a military C-130 aircraft (pictured above) for treatment. He however maintained that 84 South Africans died in the tragedy. "We understand from our assessment team that the total number of people who have perished is now 115, but those are not all South Africans. South Africans are about 84 that have died" Jeff Radebe told reporters. The Nigerian Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, put the death toll from the collapse at 86. The South African minister also said that 26 injured South Africans were meant to return back home today but one of them decided to stay back at the Synagogue church. A 19-member medical team including specialist doctors, nurses and medical military pa...

Former NFL player Rob Bironas (pictured above), died around 11pm on Saturday night September 20th in a car crash near his home in Nashville, Tennessee. According to reports, Rob lost control of the 2009 GMC Yukon SUV he was driving (they say he was speeding) and swerved off the road, hitting several trees and turning the vehicle upside down. He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center but was pronounced dead on arrival. He was  just 36. Just three months ago, in June, Rob married country singer Rachel Bradshaw, who's also the daughter of Hall of Fame quarterback, Terry Bradshaw. Rachel is said to be inconsolable

three people including the paternal grandmother have been arrested by the Niger State police command for slaughtering a 9-year-old boy and using the body to prepare peper soup delicacy. The incidence happened in Koso village in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State. Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, Mr. Olusola Amore, told newsmen that the family of the late boy had reported Liman Doo Mohammed’s mysterious disappearance to the police on the 9th of last month. However, another report hinted the police that they should beam their search light on the paternal grandmother of the deceased, because he was last seen in her company. He said based on this vital information, detectives were put on red alert to closely monitor the grandmother called Fatima Sarki’s movement. Also arrested with her were other relations suspected to be her collaborators. Amore said on interrogation, the grandmother confessed to have been involved in the dastardly act and mentioned one Zhitsu Al...