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A French family went to the United States for medical treatment said they were stranded in Chicago after British Airways determined their son was too fat to fly. Kevin Chenais, 22, spent a year and a half at the Mayo Clinic for treatment of a hormone disorder which led him to weigh 500 pounds. His […]

A 14-year-old schoolboy, whose name cannot be disclosed, was spotted kneeling behind his black Labrador, and ran away when he realised he was busted. The suspect was caught the following day. Up to five women and a little girl witnessed the schoolboy having carnal knowledge of his dog. Blood was found on his underwear, a

Academic Staff Union of Universities met across the country on Thursday to consider the offer by the Federal Government. The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Faggae after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan which ended in the early hours of Tuesday had told reporters that the union would take back an undisclosed message to their members.

  Nigeria’s leading premium pay TV service provider, MultiChoice has unveiled winners of this year’s poster and essay categories in the DStv Eutelsat Star Awards platform. At the presentation on Thursday, Miss Taiwo Kayode from African Church Model College, Ifako Lagos, was presented as winner in the essay category, while Adriel Yakubu from Adonai Vine

  A 4-year-old boy was re-elected mayor of the community of Dorset in the northern U.S. state of Minnesota. Residents of the community of 25 people confirmed Robert “Bobby” Tufts as their mayor on Sunday in a vote at a local festival, a worker at a general store said. The post is symbolic because Dorset

  A 14-year-old schoolgirl killed herself after being bullied by online trolls who told her to “drink bleach and go get cancer.” Hannah Smith, from Lutterworth, Leicestershire, was found dead on Friday after being sent abusive messages on controversial website Ask.fm. After a barrage of abuse Hannah posted the handwritten message: ‘You think you want

  University of Ilorin seeks to become a University that will be Africa’s Centre of Excellence. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, on Tuesday said that the institution was planning to provide uninterrupted power supply on its campus. Mr. Ambali stated this in Ilorin when he declared open the ninth Mosobolaje

  Detectives attached to the homicide unit of the Adamawa State police command have commenced investigations to unravel the circumstance that led a 24-year-old man to behead his five-year-old son. The dastardly act occurred last Wednesday in Ganji suburb of Gombi Local Government of Adamawa State, when Baffa Alti, 24, a cattle rearer, lured his

  Hundreds of underage children on Tuesday in Ogun State embarked on a protest against the ambiguous Section 29 (4b) of the Nigerian constitution, a clause, though devoted to renunciation of citizenship, recognises women less than 18-years-old to be of full age. This particular section caused uproar amongst Nigerians who decried the non removal of

  (By Dotun Onimole) Barely a day after environmentalists and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) warned about the ongoing ocean surge in the coastal area of Lagos State, a teenager was swept away in the surge during the weekend. NEMA had last Thursday warned members of the public to desist from going to beaches