Poll: Voters prefer hemorrhoids over Congress
It's no surprise these days that Congress isn't very popular, but a new poll says voters have a higher opinion of witches, hemorrhoids and jury duty than their lawmakers in...
Researchers raise concerns about BPA and breast cancer
A growing number of health advocates are raising concerns about possible links between the estrogen-like chemical BPA and breast cancer. Consumer concern about BPA, or bisphenol A, has led...
Terrorism: Between Shekau and Kelvin, any link?
The Federal Government’s coordinated war against terrorism and other acts of criminality witnessed a major boost recently with the arrest and detention of a kidnap kingpin, Mr Kelvin Oniarah, who...
Why Nigeria FG Wants ASUU Strike to Continue
Nigerian universities have been buffeted with agonising months of strikes for over a decade and until now, the story is pretty much the same. Government is still unwilling to give...
Can The National Conference Provide A Legal Basis For A Brand New Constitution?
At last, the Sovereign authorities have accepted the need for a National Conference. Civil society in Nigeria has always insisted that only the People of Nigeria can authenticate, legitimize and...
Air crashes: Rumours of Sacrifice, Agagu and Stella Oduah – by Femi Fani-Kayode
Last year on June 3rd 2012, there was a plane crash in Nigeria in which over 163 people were killed. The plane was owned by Dana Air. The day before...
Flash flooding forces evacuations in Louisville
LOUISVILLE -- Hundreds of Louisville residents were affected by flash flooding late Saturday and early Sunday after more than 6 inches of rain fell in 24 hours in parts of...
Emotions run deep for military’s mortuary workers
DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- It is sunny, breezy and a bit cool out on the tarmac. And, save for the wind, quiet. Overhead, an incongruous fragment of a...
Pipeline explosion kills four brothers in Plateau
JOS—Four members of the same family in Tariya village of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State were, yesterday, killed while attempting to scoop petroleum from a ruptured pipeline in...
U.S. Samaritan says he felt ‘intense danger’ in SUV attack
A man who intervened to stop the beating of a driver pulled from his car on a New York street by a group of motorcyclists says he felt he was...