Nigeria launches 2014 edition of SWOP

The 2014 edition of the State of the World Population, SWOP, report will be launched on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the auditorium of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alausa, Ikeja.

The report, which is annual publication of the United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, focuses on emerging demographic changes on population and development and examines its implications on the development process.

Twin Bomb Blasts Hits Maiduguri

Twin bomb blast has occurred at the capital of Borno State. The bomb blast occurred at early hours of today, Friday November 14, 2014.

Genevieve, Asa, others, Join Future Awards Campaign Against Ebola

The Future Awards Africa, TFAA, has announced the leading influencers for its global campaign to pool one million young Africans to act against Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The #StopEbola campaign will be led by TFAA Young Person of the Year 2013, Ashish Thakkar and Africa’s leading creative celebrities Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Asa Elemide.

Kano orders closure of secondary schools

The Kano State Government on Thursday closed its secondary schools to enable students who have attained the age of 18 years to partake in the Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, by INEC.

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state, had set aside between November 12 and November 17 for the registration of those who had not registered before but now reached 18 years of age.

FIFA clears Qatar, Russia of corruption

Football's world governing body FIFA has cleared Qatar and Russia of corruption and ruled out a re-vote for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments despite widespread allegations of wrongdoing.

An exhaustive report by the FIFA ethics committee admitted that even though there had been a series of worrying episodes in the bidding for the 2022 tournament, as well as the 2018 World Cup in Russia, there was not enough evidence to justify reopening the process.

Alex Ekubo wins Fashion Personality Of The Year

Alex Ekubo, a Nigerian actor and model has won the Fashion personality of the year at the just concluded Garden City Fashion Award held in PortHarcourt.

Jonathan Declares Intention to run in 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday, November 11, publicly declared his intention to run in 2015.

The colourful event was held under tight security at the Eagles Square, Abuja.

Jonathan arrived the venue in company with his wife, Patience; the President of the Senate, David Mark; and some Peoples Democratic Party governors.

I Was Born Blind - Chidinma Ekile

Chidinma Ekile, popular musician and MTN ambassador, has revealed that she was born blind.




The Kedike crooner took to her Instagram page to make the shocking announcement on Monday, November 10, 2014 after she released a new song, titled Martha and she posed with her mom on the album cover.

AFRIMA 2014 Modifies Events, Extends Voting

The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has undergone some urgent modifications in order to help us better host Africa and the rest of the world. According to the organisers, the reason for this is that a major continental sponsor of AFRIMA was unable to conclude its commitment by the deadline required to deliver on the world-class event.

Kelly Rowland Gives Birth to a Baby Boy

Kelly Rowland has given birth to her and Tom Witherspoon’s first child, son Titan Jewell, who weighs just 7.5lbs.


The 33-year-old star welcomed her first child with husband Tim Witherspoon into the world yesterday, November 4, 2014 afternoon, her representative has confirmed to PEOPLE magazine.

Fire outbreak at foursquare camp ground

There is a fire outbreak at foursquare campground, Ajebo, Ogun state. As at the time of filling the report, the cause of the inferno was not known yet. Further report will be posted.

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Norway travellers break World record

Three friends from Norway; Gunnar Garfors, 39, Tay-young Pak, 42, and Oystein Djupvik, 40 have set a new world record for visiting the most number of countries in a day.

They made it to 19 different countries across Europe in only 24 hours, beating the 2012 world record of 17 countries.

Throughout the journey, they had to follow only three simple rules: physically stand in each country, complete visits within any consecutive 24-hour period, and provide media evidence.

Decoding Body Language of Dogs

Researchers in North Carolina State University have created a dog harness outfitted with technology designed to ease interspecies communication with canines.

The team of researchers said the harness includes technologies aimed at interpreting the body language signals used by dogs, as well as technologies designed to translate human language into signals the dogs will understand.