By Tony Edike NO fewer than 25 persons suspected to be members of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram from Zamfara State were arrested by the police Thursday night while on their way to Enugu State. But in a swift reaction to the ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo Last week; Cruise Nigeria brought you news of the American worker kidnapped in Nigeria's oil rich southern Delta region. According to news reaching us from the AP; he has been released after being held a week. The U.S. embassy ...Read More

By Tim Cocks Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenged violent Islamist sect Boko Haram on Thursday to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, while acknowledging that military confrontation alone will not end their insurgency. In an interview ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo Fat Joe and his wife, Lorena Cartagena, are getting divorced after a long 17 years. “Long” for celebrity couples. Want to know the reason? One of Lorena’s close friends gave TheYBF a report on couple and the details include ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo According to the Associated Press; Niger's foreign minister says a radical Nigerian Islamist sect responsible for a series of deadly attacks received training and weapons from al-Qaida's North African wing. Mohamed Bazoum said Wednesday in Mauritania's capital that members ...Read More

A medical aid group has warned that up to 15,000 AIDS victims in Democratic Republic of Congo could die in the next three years because of difficulty getting life-saving drugs. The warning comes from Doctors Without Borders, which says access to ...Read More

A Nigerian peacekeeper was killed and three wounded on Saturday in an ambush in Sudan's troubled Darfur region. The attack on the joint UN-AU peacekeeping force (UNAMID) took place near Saleah, Eastern State of Darfur. Nigerian, Tanzanian and Egyptian troops operate ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola A baby, girl, without hands and legs, has been born in Sandigalua village in Zaki Government Area of Bauchi State. The baby, named Fatima (pictured to your left), was born to the family of Ahmadu Didda, a peasant farmer ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo Renowned security analyst- Retired Major Yahya Shunku- says dismissed police chief General Hariz Ringim is not to blame for the failure of Nigeria’s security agencies to curb the violence perpetrated by the Islamic militant group, Boko Haram. “One may ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola At the age of 53, Debbie Hughes imagined the only babies she would be looking after would be her granddaughters. Instead, despite taking the contraceptive Pill, she has become one of Britain's oldest ever naturally conceiving mothers – giving ...Read More

By Jacob Ajom Nigeria risks FIFA sanctions if the the latest legal tussle between former President of the Nigeria Referees Association, Sam Sam Jaja and the Nigeria Football Federation continues, the world football governing body has warned. Reacting to the unfolding scenario, ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo Just yesterday- Wednesday, the Marine police unit stationed in Warri, Delta state- nabbed three suspected notorious sea pirates dressed in Army  camouflage, operating on the Warri/Burutu waterways. According to the Vanguard: the pirates, who gave their names as Stanley ...Read More

Britain's worst learner driver has never taken a proper driving test - after failing his theory exam 92 times. The 28-year-old Leicester man, who has not been named, has spent £2,852 on theory tests, reports The Sun. The £31 hour-long test includes ...Read More

Actors making pornographic movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms while filming, under a new law signed by the city mayor. The new regulation has been welcomed by health officials but pornography industry leaders say it could force ...Read More

Ogun  State governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has granted amnesty to  seven prisoners who were  serving  different jail terms  in the state. The governor was said to have announced the pardon after consultation with the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, as ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola Five  newspaper vendors in Nsukka, Enugu State were arrested by the police yesterday (wednesday) for selling a newspaper that published pictures of those allegedly killed by Boko Haram in Kano last weekend. The police also impounded several newspapers which ...Read More

A 43-year-old PE teacher arrested after having sex with a 13-year-old Austrian schoolboy is now pregnant by him. Renata Juras was given a 22 suspended sentence after the boy told the court he loved her and they planned to marry. The ...Read More

By Tony Binder EKET- More than 100 Nigerian children have been branded as "witches" by church ministers and have been cast out by their families and shunned by society. Some of the children pariahs have suffered violence from their families and from ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo The hottest Nigerian teenager at the moment is without doubt- Davido. With less than a year on the African hip hop music scene and two great hits back to back, 19 years old Davido shows no signs of resting ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo According to the AFP and BBC; Nigeria's president has sacked the chief of police, Hafiz Ringim, forcing him to retire early, a statement from the presidency says. This follows a wave of attacks by the Islamist group Boko ...Read More

At a time when fellow artistes were all out to protest against the removal of Fuel Subsidy by the Jonathan adminstration, House of Ginger master, Terry G refused to join the protests. Terry G gave reasons why he didn’t show up ...Read More

The new chief executive of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Monday drastic change is not needed after he assumed his new job following the departure of Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, who stepped down as co-CEOs and co-chairmen of ...Read More

A Murehwa man allegedly sought a buyer for the heads of his wife and son in exchange for a Mercedes Benz. The man, Valentine Chafutuka (22), has since appeared in court facing charges of conspiracy to commit murder. He was not ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola Despite the fact that we are in the 21st century with a lot of innovative advancements in science and technology; a few people still prefer to remain in the dark ages where they perpetrate one heinous crime after ...Read More

Minister of Youth Development Bolaji Abdullahi has said that no fewer than 1,000 Nigerian youths are serving jail terms in China for various drug offences. Abdullahi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, yesterday said he had written ...Read More

Nigeria’s ex and present international soccer stars are set to honour film producer and actor, Abayomi Fabiyi, at the premiere of his forthcoming movie, Ona Abayo (The Way Out). The football players, according to Mutiu Adepoju, ex-Super Eagles of Nigeria captain ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola Arguably Nigeria's finest artiste- Tuface Idibia- has just signed a certain Dammy Krane to his Hypertek Records. The young Dammy (pictured below) who just turned eighteen is relatively unknown. But being the first musician to be signed into Tuface's ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo Right in front of his subjects while receiving President Goodluck Jonathan, the octogenarian monarch- Alhaji Ado Bayero- could not hold back his tears, while reflecting on the level of carnage and the hundreds of innocent people who had ...Read More

By Obinna Odenigbo                       It was one of the most publicized weddings in Nigeria's history- receiving more media buzz than most celebrity weddings. Aki's saviore-faire shows no sign of abating! Few weeks after they tied the nuptial knots, Nollywood superstar Chinedu Ikedieze and his ...Read More

By Nedu Romeo The Director General of the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Dr. Paul Orhii, says manufacturers and importers of fake drugs into the country may begin to be jailed for life under a new law now ...Read More

By Adeshola Fashola Gunmen suspected to be members of Islamist sect, Boko Haram, shot Abba Kyari, a nephew to the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, dead. Kyari was killed after he allegedly grabbed a Boko Haram member and forced him to ...Read More

Former South Africa defender Jeffrey Ntuka was murdered on Saturday after he was stabbed near his girlfriend's house in the South African town of Kroonstad, local news service Eyewitness News reported. Ntuka asked for matches from these six unknown guys which ...Read More