The Nigerian film industry, popularly known as Nollywood, recently made huge strides on the international scene, when one of it’s epic movie, “Invasion 1897 (Nogbaisi Ovonramwen),” was adopted by the American government through its agency, Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, the producer of the film, said the institute decided to adopt the…
Woman Stripped And Paraded On Donkey In India
An Indian woman was partly stripped and paraded on a donkey in a northern village in India after being accused of killing her nephew, a police officer said on Monday. Sudhir Joshi, superintendent of police said members of the village also blackened her face with coal dust and cut her hair following orders from a…
Military Surveillance Helicopter Crashes in Adamawa
A Nigerian military helicopter on surveillance mission has crashed in Damare, a village in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Eyewitnesses say the helicopter crashed not far from the temporary camp of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, which also serves as a shelter for internally displaced persons in the state. Officials of the…
Myles Munroe, Wife, Others Die In Plane Crash
Myles Munroe, prolific best selling author as well as leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries and his wife, Ruth have been killed in a plane crash in Grand Bahama. The Government of the Bahamas says all 9 people on board the aircraft were killed when the plane crashed off Grand Bahama on Sunday, November 9. The…
Breaking: Student Blows Self Up in Yobe
No fewer than 13 people have been killed in an explosion at the Technical College, Potiskum, Yobe State on Monday morning. A male student of the Technical College was said to have strapped explosives on himself and detonated during the school assembly on Monday morning. … More details later.
LASEMA Testifies Against Synagogue Church
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA has said that the reason the casualty figure from the collapsed six-storey building belonging to the Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN was high was due to the resistance it met on arrival at the scene of the accident. Olufemi Damilola Oke, General Manager of LASEMA and a…
Again, TELL Leads At Media Merit Award
The year 2014 is another outstanding and rewarding one for TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL magazine, as its reporters swept 13 out of 39 awards at the just concluded 2014 Nigerian Media Merit Awards, NMMA, held in Owerri, Imo State on Saturday. TELL magazine, which won the WAMCO Prize for Newsmagazine of the year,…
Tambuwal: Court Orders Maintenance of Status quo
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has again issued an interim order that status quo be maintained on the rights and privileges of Aminu Tambuwal. The court ordered that the status quo be maintained pending the determination of preliminary application filed by defendants over the jurisdiction of the court on the substantive suit. Justice Ahmed…
Bomb Blast Rocks Bauchi
No fewer than 13 people have died while another 40 were injured when a twin explosion hit a commercial bank in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. Sources say the blast occurred occurred at the Automated Teller Machine of the bank as customers were queuing to make withdrawals at about 9am…
Delay Mars Collection Of PVC In Lagos
The distribution of Permanent Voters Card, PVC by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which commenced in 11 Local Government Areas, LGA’s in Lagos State today has been marred with late arrival of INEC officials in many polling units across the state. TELL findings reveal that many residents had arrived at their respective polling units…