1879
Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
1938
The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
A court of appeal sitting in Abuja today, December 31, has upturned the decision of the Taraba state election tribunal which declared the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Aisha Alhassan the winner of the Taraba governorship election.
If Aisha Alhassan becomes a governor, she will be the first female governor-elect in Nigeria.
If Aisha Alhassan becomes a governor, she will be the first female governor-elect in Nigeria.
A Bahraini court sentenced a Shiite citizen to death and jailed 22 others for life Thursday for forming a “terrorist group” that killed two people, including a policeman. This is the second such ruling this week in the tiny Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom, where members of the Shiite majority population have led an uprising.
A pastor who impregnated his church member and tried to procure abortion for her has been made to marry her corpse.
A supposed man of God in a community in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, identified as Pastor Augustine Mendie , is in deep trouble as he was made to marry the corpse of a female church member he had impregnated and tried to procure an abortion for.
A supposed man of God in a community in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, identified as Pastor Augustine Mendie , is in deep trouble as he was made to marry the corpse of a female church member he had impregnated and tried to procure an abortion for.
Solomon Chukwu, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has said that the projected independent Biafra state will also include the Niger Delta region of the country.
The group has been agitating for an independent Biafra state and its members have staged several protests calling for a break away from Nigeria.
1831
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.
Darwin began his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
1900
Prohibitionist Carry Nation smashed her first saloon.
1776
George Washington defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
1865
George Washington defeated the Hessians at Trenton.
1865
Fresh revelations have emerged on how the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly known as Shi’ite started the Boko Haram insurgency in the country as far back as 1997.
This revelation, according to The Nation, was made by the Muhammad Idris, the president of the Human Rights on Non-Violent Initiative, a civil society organisation..
This revelation, according to The Nation, was made by the Muhammad Idris, the president of the Human Rights on Non-Violent Initiative, a civil society organisation..
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged journalists how to behave with the news when Nigeria is at war, saying that Nigeria army has met the deadline on Boko Haram.
Lai Mohammed was speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, December 23, during the interactive session with newsmen.
There was drama at a Federal High Court in Abuja today, December 23, when Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) made an objection in court.
But instead of answering the clerk’s question, Kanu began by saying he has an objection to make. His counsel, Vincent Obetta, in his advice urged his client to wait for the case to be fully mentioned before any further objection.
After the clerk was done with calling of the case and the accused person, the judge, A. R. Mohammed, said: “It will be good to appreciate and take into consideration the objection raised by the defendant.”
But instead of answering the clerk’s question, Kanu began by saying he has an objection to make. His counsel, Vincent Obetta, in his advice urged his client to wait for the case to be fully mentioned before any further objection.
After the clerk was done with calling of the case and the accused person, the judge, A. R. Mohammed, said: “It will be good to appreciate and take into consideration the objection raised by the defendant.”
How animals can give you tuberculosis
By Meera Senthilingam,
In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization. Potentially fatal -- 1.5 million died from it the same year -- it is a disease known to be spread from human to human. But a subset of those contracting the disease today are getting it from infected animals.
By Meera Senthilingam,
In 2014, an estimated 9.6 million people were infected by tuberculosis, according to the World Health Organization. Potentially fatal -- 1.5 million died from it the same year -- it is a disease known to be spread from human to human. But a subset of those contracting the disease today are getting it from infected animals.
vanguardngrRefining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) has begun daily production of 3.2 million litres of petrol. This is contained in a statement signed by MR Ohi Alegbe, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday in Abuja. It said that the plant began production with an initial PMS yield of about 1.5 million litres, adding that had ramped up its daily yield to 3.2 million litres.
The American University of Nigeria has succeeded in making it to the Guinness World Record by holding the record for the most people crocheting simultaneously.
The Marvin's record first lady (Tiwa Savage) recently released an album titled "Red" and This is the First official video from The album “African Waist” featuring Don Jazzy
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Here are the interesting facts about the world :-
- Our oldest radio broadcasts of the 1930s have already traveled past 100,000 stars
- It takes 8 minutes 17 seconds for light to travel from the Sun’s surface to the Earth.
- October 12th, 1999 was declared “The Day of Six Billion” based on United Nations projections.
- 10 percent of all human beings ever born are alive at this very moment.
- The Earth spins at 1,000 mph but it travels through space at an incredible 67,000 mph.
- Every year over one million earthquakes shake the Earth.
- When Krakatoa erupted in 1883, its force was so great it could be heard 4,800 kilometers away in Australia.
- The largest ever hailstone weighed over 1kg and fell in Bangladesh in 1986.
- Every second around 100 lightning bolts strike the Earth.
- Every year lightning kills 1000 people.
By Max Siollun
ABUJA, Nigeria — Less than a year ago, the militant group Boko Haram controlled an area of northeastern Nigeria the size of Belgium. It was “a mortuary for the uncooperative and prison for the conquered,” as one unlucky resident described it to me at the time, and it threatened to engulf ever more of the country. The brutal Islamist insurgency had sapped the morale and discipline of the Nigerian army and seemed poised to carve out a caliphate that rivaled the one it had pledged loyalty to in Iraq and Syria.
ABUJA, Nigeria — Less than a year ago, the militant group Boko Haram controlled an area of northeastern Nigeria the size of Belgium. It was “a mortuary for the uncooperative and prison for the conquered,” as one unlucky resident described it to me at the time, and it threatened to engulf ever more of the country. The brutal Islamist insurgency had sapped the morale and discipline of the Nigerian army and seemed poised to carve out a caliphate that rivaled the one it had pledged loyalty to in Iraq and Syria.
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