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Chibok Girls: Still Missing Two Years After

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Today, Thursday, April 14, 2016, marks the second year since the Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents causing international outrage against Boko Haram as well as the Federal Government. Many protesters all over the world demanded greater government actions over the rescue of the girls and security of lives and property. The terrorists were said to have broken into the school pretending to be guards, telling the girls to come with them, when the girls came out, they burnt their dormitory and took a large number of the girls away in a truck to an unknown destination.

Khloe Kardashian Is “Moving On” From Lamar Odom

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Khloe Kardashian is ready to call it quits with Lamar Odom. Lamar, who was found near death in a Nevada brothel last year, was seen drinking with friends not too long after his recovery. Apparently, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Khloe took to Instagram to voice her feelings about his behavior. “Sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re best without. Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself,” she wrote.

Kobe Bryant Ends Career With Exclamation Point, Scoring 60 Points

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Kobe Bryant celebrated after scoring 60 points in his final N.B.A. game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Credit Harry How/Getty Images  There would be a celebration for Kobe Bryant on Wednesday. Everybody knew that much. The signs were everywhere. Look outside: a block party. Look courtside: gift bags for all. Look up: purple and yellow balloons suspended from the rafters of the Staples Center. Before the Lakers had ever won a title in Los Angeles, they bunched balloons atop the Forum for Game 7 of the Finals with the Boston Celtics in 1969, anticipating a party that never came. That day ended in despair and embarrassment. Once upon a time, the Lakers could never win the big one.

Lagos-Calabar feud : Amaechi did no wrong says FG

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As the controversy over the N60 billion Lagos-Calabar railway project continues, the Federal Government has insisted that the Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi did no wrong because the project was duly submitted and accepted by the lawmakers for approval. According to the National Planning ministry, the amended Ministry of Transportation budget was accepted by the relevant committees and that was the version defended by the Minister of Transportation and his team.

Dare My Govt, We’ll Deal With You Like Boko Haram-Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same drastic action being taken against Boko Haram by the Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, President Buhari also reaffirmed his total commitment to winning the war against corruption, saying that corruption was an arch-enemy of the nation which has destroyed the lives of many Nigerians.

Boko Haram Funds: Presidency Accuses, U.K Newspaper of Publishing Lies, Inaccuracies

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The Presidency has said reports from The Telegraph, a United Kingdom based Newspaper, accusing President Mohammadu Buhari of diverting millions of Pounds meant to fight Boko Haram to fighting opposition politicians, are false and baseless. A Statement signed by Presidential Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said Telegraph report contained “inaccuracies” and attributions from unnamed sources.

Twitter goes down for millions of users globally as the site has 'technical issues'

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Twitter said 'technical issues' were behind the crash of its services Social media users were only seeing an error page when they log onto site More than 1,100 people had reported a problem with the page in an hour Service was restored less than hour later to the relief of social media users Millions of Twitter users were unable to access the popular social media service on Thursday afternoon when the site crashed. Users in Australia, Asia and some parts of the US reported getting a error page pop up when they tried to access the web site.