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Benin Monarch offers bus as ransom for abducted brother

The monarch brother of a kidnapped Nigerian has offered a bus as ransom to the abductors.

Nigerian author rejects high paying Germany cooking job, says he’ll rather continue “cooking words”

What would you do if you were offered a job that pays three times as much as your current one…and in Germany? Most people may jump at it.

“Come probe us,” NAFDAC tells rampaging EFCC, vows to investigate “corrupt” Bayelsa coordinator Peter Mayaki

“We will not stand in the way of investigating our activities or these allegations by the relevant anti-graft bodies,” NAFDAC said.

VIDEO: London based Nigerian speechless as he enjoys local egusi soup with “eba to bad”

Whenever London-based Azuka Nzeka misses Nigeria, he doesn’t rush to the nearest airport to board a flight home. See what he does.

Pregnant Nigerian woman, locked up for rejecting prostitution in Burkina Faso, regains freedom

“She came to me and said that I would make more money as a fashion designer if I traveled outside Nigeria,” Ganiyat, who took the offer without informing her parents, said.

Buhari attacks American human right law for “aiding Boko Haram”

Activist Jeffrey Smith he is “rather stunned about Buhari’s critical, public attack against Leahy Law – which is designed to protect human rights.”

Revealed: The “ultimate weapon” that could neutralize Boko Haram

Buhari’s education budget could perhaps the biggest indication of his resolve to stop the terrorists of the future.

VIDEO: This what happened when Kelechi Iheanacho got one-on-one with Roma’s goalie…cool finish

See what he did to AS Roma after former English left-back, Ashley Cole, slipped up during a pre-season friendly on Tuesday.

#SaveBabyDubem: Month-old Nigerian baby needs N4 million to fix heart hole

One-month-old Elizabeth Chidubem Kezie’s odds at surviving may soon drastically diminish, except we all do something about it…and on time.

Gordon Obua: “I’m alive,” ex-CSO shows up at Abuja press conference

Obua turned up alive at a press conference, Tuesday, effectively killing the rumours of his death.

PHOTO: Protesting UNIBEN students barricade Lagos-Benin expressway after “army vehicle kill two of their mates”

The aggrieved students said they will stage another protest if compensation is not paid to the families of the victims in seven days.

Gordon Obua: Nigerians wait for SSS to clarify whether detained Jonathan’s ex-CSO is dead or alive

Nigerians cannot figure whether Obua is dead or alive. Everyone’s waiting for the SSS to confirm either side of the report.

Why Islamic State may soon behead 36-year-old Nigerian, Adeola Ibrahim, it kidnapped in Libya

A Twitter handle which appears to be pro-IS, @TDecker75, said the fate of the Nigerian “is not going to end well.”

BBOG campaigner Aisha Yesufu rejects hijab ban, says it’s anti-Islam

“It’s like saying we should stop going to mosques, churches, markets and schools because they attack those places.”

“They shut my son out, but allowed my dog keeper in,” ousted NSA Dasuki berates “low-level” SSS officers

“The only person allowed was the man who feeds my dogs. And he only related with the dogs.”

#MTVMAMA2015: Don Jazzy, Mavins win Song of the Year; see the other winners

Dorobucci by Don Jazzy and his Mavins crew is the Song of The Year at MTV’s MAMA 2015.

Ambode wants TB Joshua, SCOAN prosecuted for criminal neglect; here’s “The Prophet’s” reply

Joshua says his version of the story is “the truth.”

Gombe deputy headmaster, “policeman” arrested for “posing as EFCC official, Hajj extortion”

EFCC: “It turned out that the suspect works with Gombe Local Government Education Authority (L.E.A) as assistant headmaster at Madaki Primary School Gombe State.”