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Seven students and two teachers of the Government Day Secondary School Damaturu, Yobe State, were on Sunday night killed by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The insurgents were also reported to have attacked a military checkpoint around the pilgrims area. Two of the insurgents were, however, killed by the military, while three security personnel were critically wounded during the attack, spokesman of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), Lazarus Eli, said. He said three of the attackers were captured with various weapons, including one AK47 riffle, one RPG bomb, 48 rounds of 7.62 (special) ammunition. The insurgents, according to eyewitnesses, gained entrance into the school and launched attack on the students at about 9.30 p.m. in their hostel. Mohammed Idi, who had gunshot wounds, told our correspondent at the Accident and Emergency Ward of the General Sani Abacha Specialist Hospital that he was shot by one of the insurgents after he came out of the ho...

The death toll in the Edo State cult clashes has increased to 20. Also, the police in the state said they had arrested 10 persons in connection with the hostilities. Suspected members of Eiye Confraternity and Black Axe have since last Thursday engaged one another in supremacy battle in Benin, the state capital. Trouble, it was gathered, started last Thursday, when suspected members of the Eiye group went to the home of a member of the Black Axe to resolve issues bordering on money. It was learnt that while discussions were ongoing, the Black Axe member allegedly brought a Pump Action gun, and shot one of the visitors on the leg. Following this, friends of the victim later mobilised and went on a reprisal, visiting homes of suspected Black Axe members and attacking them. The attacks, our correspondent gathered, resulted in the killing of a friend of the suspect, around the New Benin. However, the fighting between members of the cult groups later escalated, extending to pl...

The government of Imo state has commenced the construction of the first ever Marine University in Africa at Ose-Moto, Oguta local government area of the state. The state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha who addressed newsmen shortly after inspecting the site, said that with the issue land now settled, work would soon commence. Governor Okorocha said that the university will be the first of its kind in Africa and would be of benefit to the community, Imo state and by extension Nigeria. The Governor revealed that the first phase of the project will cost about N2.5 Billion which include the construction of the perimeter fence, landscaping, administrative blocks, class rooms and hostels. He also said that Imo State Oil Producing Development Commission (ISOPADEC) that is funding the project has enough funds in its coffers to complete the project, assuring that the university will be ready to admit its first set of students in the next two years. The governor further explained that the ...

A woman who was sentenced to death at age 16 after she confessed to her part in the torture and murder of a 78-year-old bible studies teacher has been released from an Indiana prison after spending a quarter century behind bars. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/paula-cooper-free_n_3454380.html?ir=Crime&utm_campaign=061713&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-crime&utm_content=FullStory Paula Cooper, whose death sentence in 1986 enraged human rights activists and drew a plea for clemency from Pope John Paul II, left the state prison quietly in a state vehicle and wearing donated clothing, Department of Correction spokesman Doug Garrison said.

New mom Kim Kardashian may already have a Mini Me on her hands. The reality star's baby girl reportedly looks exactly like her, and supposedly even has a "K" name to match. "She has dark hair," a source told E! News of the newest Kardashian family member, who was born on June 15 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in West Hollywood, Calif. "She looks just like Kim." There is no word yet on the baby's name, but E! reports that the 32-year-old previously told family and friends it "will start with a 'K.'" Kardashian went into full labor Saturday morning after she started having contractions Friday night and gave birth to her first child naturally early in the day, according to TMZ. Although she wasn't due for another five weeks, both mom and baby are in good health. Kanye West has been busy promoting his new album, "Yeezus," but he rushed to be by Kardashian's side, skipping a slated Friday night appearance at ...

A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. A dad is someone who wants to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt. A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines with pride when you succeed, and has faith in you even when you fail... Happy Hathers Day Dad I Love You

The Federal Government has redeployed the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Mr. Abdulazeez Musa, over alleged waste of government funds. Although, Media Adviser to the President, Dr. Reuben Abati, while reacting said that President Jonathan does not redeploy civil servants, it would be recalled that he approved the appointment and re-posting of some Permanent Secretaries earlier this year. Musa was reportedly removed from his position, after Aso Rock received intelligence report that he organised a wedding ceremony for one of his children in Dubai. A'sB gathered that a probe panel had been constituted to investigate him in line with civil service regulations. Meanwhile, the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Abba Aji Goni, has directed the most senior Director in the ministry to act on behalf of the redeployed Perm Sec. When contacted, the ministry's Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kingsley Agha, confirmed the development "He was redep...

American Vogue , you tease. When we learned back in April that the fashion magazine to end all fashion magazines might feature Katy Perry on its hallowed cover, we practically lit fireworks in her honor. Vogue debuted Katy's July cover on their website today... and little else. The mag writes that the photo was shot by none other than Vogue fave Annie Leibovitz , and provided a teeny tease on the accompanying article, which we can't read until next Tuesday: Leaving pop novelty and broken hearts behind her, Katy Perry has grown into her formidable talent. Sounds juicy. Katy's Rodarte-outfitted cover certainly shows a leap in maturity of sorts, as she's previously been featured on the brand's more junior Teen Vogue . Showcasing a performer follows magazines' recent trend of featuring non-models on their glossiest page. Though the question remains: Do singers sell well on newsstands? Congratulations, Katy! Better whip out that Dolce & Gabbana crown ...

  Who is Manuel Pellegrini? A defender, Pellegrini spent his entire playing career at Universidad Chile, making more than 450 appearances Retired in 1986 and took his first managerial role the following year at Palestino Has taken charge of 10 teams in total including Villarreal (2004-09), Real Madrid (2009-10) and Malaga Won league titles in Ecuador and Argentina and the Intertoto Cup with Villarreal in 2004

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 06/13/2013 05:04 PM EDT on LiveScience Ladies, here's one more thing you can blame on men: menopause. At least, that's according to a new theory. Women go through menopause because men have consistently preferred younger women in recent evolutionary history, according to a study published today (June 13) in the journal PLOS Computational Biology.Thus, menopause is not evolutionarily advantageous and may be the result of a series of random, harmful mutations that accumulated in women but weren't acted on by evolution because the women had already reproduced by the time the mutations affected them. "Our first assumption is that mating in humans is not random with respect to age, which means men of all ages prefer to mate with younger women," said study co-author Rama Singh, an evolutionary biologist at McMaster University in Canada. "If mating is with younger women, any deleterious mutations which affe...

Hafiz Oyetoro An interesting debate has been raging on in the communication and advertising sub-sectors in the last couple of weeks. It was stirred by the sudden and dramatic switch of camps by artiste Hafeez Oyetoro, alias Saka, from Etisalat to MTN .  This   controversy is similar to the occasional hullabaloo that always accompanied  the defecting of a notable Nigerian  political figure from one   political party to another.  ‘Saka’ is a popular character that was specially created to market Etisalat by its ad agency, and was highly successful in that regard. But quite suddenly, on the heels of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s   Mobile Number Portability campaign recently, MTN cleverly got  him to “port go” and thus he  deserted  Etisalat in a manner that seems to have left a sour taste in the mouths of not just some people in the advertising world but also many observers.

Director-General of the SSS, Ekpeyong Ita Investigations into the activities of the co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and three other Lebanese – Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine – arrested in connection with the armoury and Hezbollah terror cell in Bompai, Kano State, have taken an international dimension, according to the State Security Service. Also, preliminary investigations have established a more serious case of terrorism against the Lebanese suspects. These revelations emerged in a counter-affidavit filed by the SSS to oppose a suit before an Abuja Federal High Court, in which the Lebanese are challenging their arrest and detention. The Lebanese joined the SSS, the Inspector-General of Police and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice as defendants in the suit in which they demanded N50bn compensation, as well as an order restraining the defendants from extraditing them without following due process.

The plane and the onlookers. A scrap plane formerly owned by the late Apostle Gabriel Oduyemi of Bethel Ministries, Ajah, Lagos, caused panic in the city on Thursday as rumour spread that another aircraft had crashed in Lagos. It was learnt that the plane, which was recently released to Capt Matthew Ekeinde, husband of Nollywood star, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, was being dragged to Badagry area of the state before its tyre burst. The incident forced the new owner to dump the plane in a nearby filling station.

This week, Nerve published a list of the best sex advice from celebrities over 40 . Though I’m not denying that these stars know what they're talking about -- i would literally take any advice Meryl Streep gave us -- i also don't want to discount the sexual wisdom of younger generations. Here are seven pieces of our favorite sex advice from famous women age 40 and under. 1. Don't be afraid of dirty talk. I know a lot of people have a hard time talking dirty -- they don't know what to say, how to start, or when to end it. Also, at first they will think they sound ridiculous. And they might. But let me just say that talking dirty is so important in sex. And it's pretty easy. To wit: Establish from the very beginning that you like this. And trust me, you want to do it early on. Because if you wait too long to introduce the concept, your Special Lady Friend will be a little thrown and might not take you seriously. -- Olivia Munn , 32

The Ogun State Police Command, Sunday, said it has arrested one Dr. Babawale Joshua who owned Ajike Medical Centre at 11, Adeyemi Street, Saka, Sango Ota, for suspected ritual activities and disrespect to the corpse of a 13-month-old baby who died in his hospital, Saturday. According the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, for the state, Mr Muyiwa Ogunjobi, the police discovered that the boy’s corpse was mutilated. He told Vanguard that  the eyes, tongue, two lips, two ears, private part, nails and the left hand and veins were cut off at the hospital. The hospital

Pope Francis acknowledged the existence of a 'gay lobby' in the Roman Curia for the first time last week and suggested that he was considering taking action on it. The Pontiff made the statement on a 'gay lobby' in the Vatican during an audience granted to CLAR (the Latin American and Caribbean Confederation of Religious Men and Women - Confederación Latinoamericana y Caribeña de Religiosos y Religiosas) on June 6, 2013, the Catholic blog Rorate Caeli reported. Excerpts of that meeting were reported in Spanish on the Chilean Catholic website Reflexion y Liberation : "Y, sí… es difícil. En la curia hay gente santa, de verdad, hay gente santa. Pero también hay una corriente de corrupción, también la hay, es verdad… Se habla del “lobby gay”, y es verdad, está ahí… hay que ver qué podemos hacer…" (translation) "Yes, it is difficult. In the curia there are holy people, truly holy people. But there is also a current of corruption, also there is, it i...

JOHANNESBURG- South African police on Tuesday tightened security at the Pretoria hospital where ailing anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela was spending his fourth day in intensive care battling a lung infection. Around a dozen armed police stood guard outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in the capital, where the 94-year-old remained in “serious but stable” condition. Mandela, one of the greatest figures of the 20th century, is being treated for a recurrent lung infection that medical experts say could be life threatening. Tuesday marked 49 years to the day since he was sentenced to life in prison in 1964 for conspiring to overthrow the apartheid government.

(Sokoto State) – A building has collapsed, killing three children of same parents in Adarawa area of Dange town in Sokoto State. The structure caved in as a result of wind and rainstorm that occurred in the early hours of Sunday. The victims of the disaster are:  Zahara’u, Yusuf and Zainab Abu-Malam , aged 15,  9 and 7 years respectively. The Chairman of Dange-Shuni Local Government Area, Alhaji Magaji Bodai, told NAN in Dange on Tuesday that two of the children died on Sunday while the third one died on Monday at a hospital following injuries sustained from the incident. He said he had since visited the area and condoled with the family of the victims. The chairman described the incident as an act of God and prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and for the family to bear the  loss. Bodai said he had ordered the immediate rehabilitation of the collapsed building. (NAN)

Twenty-one (21) Batch ‘B” 2012 NYSC Corps members who served in Enugu State were on Thursday presented with honours awards by the state government for their exceptional performances during the service year. However, four corps members were penalized for either absconding during the service or disobeying NYSC rules.

The mother of Grammy-winning pop star Bruno Mars has died in Hawaii. Bernadette Hernandez died Saturday of a brain aneurysm, according to a publicist for Mars' label, Atlantic Records, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to speak on the record. Hernandez was 55 years old. She died in Honolulu at Queens Medical Center; no other information was given. Mars is one of pop's top acts with several No. 1 hits including his most recent, "When I Was Your Man." His mother, a hula dancer and a singer who immigrated from the Philippines, nurtured her son's interest in music at an early age.