Evolution debate again engulfs Texas Board of Ed.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Board of Education used a late-night meeting to preliminarily approve new science textbooks for classrooms across the state late Thursday night, but it blocked...
U.S. Senate begins debate on military sexual assault plans
WASHINGTON — The Senate began consideration Wednesday of proposals to overhaul how the military justice system handles sexual assault, including a measure that would strip commanders of their input in...
Exorcism : The brutal process a ‘cursed’ young mum undergoes to ‘rid her body of evil demons’
Exorcists are charging vulnerable people as much as £250 a session to rid them of their “demons”. Sex abuse victims, drug addicts and even men and women with personality...
Man finds $100,000 worth of cash in United Kingdom river
You know how your parents told you money doesn't grow on trees? Turns out they were looking in the wrong direction: up, not down. A man walking his dog in...
World Cup draw: Eagles may face Russia, Belgium, S/Korea
African champions, the Super Eagles are set to be placed in Pot 3 when the draw for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil is made in the Brazilian state of...
Eagles out to exorcise ‘94 ghost
Like they did in 1994, the Super Eagles will arrive at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil as African champions, and as they did in the USA, they will be...
75-yr-old seeks divorce over wife’s alleged battery
Lagos— A 75-year-old man, Fashola Fakorede, yesterday urged an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Funke, 49, for allegedly beating him. Fakorede told the court...
Threats to 2015 elections, by Jega
ABUJA — THE Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, warned that insecurity, funding and the attitude of the political class might threaten the success of...
Leadership tussle threatens peaceful co-existence in Festac
A leadership tussle capable of hampering the peaceful co-existence of residents is brewing in Festac Town, Lagos. The tussle which has pitched the incumbent President of the Residents Association, Mr....
Dangerous desert migrations
When a 13-year-old boy, Daniel Oikkena, embarked on the dangerous path of squeezing himself into the tyre compartment of Arik aircraft, with the belief that he would end up in...