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Before lining up at a retail store or firing up your computer for Black Friday bargains this today, ask yourself one question: Have you ever scored a great deal from the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza? If you were hard-pressed to think of something, you would not be alone. Black Friday, which has …

  In a high show of deceit and blatant sycophancy, ‎the 2nd term governor of Nassarawa State,Tanko Al-Makura was pictured inspecting decrepit foam mattresses school children in the state were using by sleeping on it. According to information,the governor was heard commending the mattresses as of quality when in actual …

A South Carolina stripper attacked a man after he told her he didn’t want her to take off her clothes — he wanted her to lose weight. The Derrieres Gentlemen’s Club stripper had heard enough out of Kyle Yeoman, 23, after he told her, “go to the gym and lose weight” early Sunday morning, …

A few hours after the All Progressives Congress (APC) opted for a fresh primary to fill the vacuum created by the death of its governorship candidate in November 21 polls in Kogi State, there were indications that no fewer than 27 aspirants are warming up to grab the party’s ticket. …

Some women are desperate to have children – but some are desperate not to. Here,two who want to stay child-free explain why. Holly Brockwell, 29, from London, has been trying to get sterilised, while in Tehran thirty-something Nina Nikoo (not her real name) faces family pressure to get pregnant. Holly …

Airtel Nigeria has embarked on a “strategic shake-up” in a move it says would reposition the business and “reinforce its competitiveness in the market place”.  The mobile network operator did not disclose the number of staff affected by the development but we are made to understand it is “negligible”. “Handsome” …

Two young female suicide bombers, including one thought to be aged just 11, killed 15 people at a busy mobile phone market in Kano, northeast Nigeria, police said on Wednesday.“A minibus carrying some women came to the Farm Centre GSM market and dropped off one girl aged about 11 and …

A female sergeant, Obotie Adesuwa, is currently in the cell of the X-Squad Section of the Lagos State Police Command, after she allegedly sold a week-old baby boy who had been brought with his mother to a police station. PUNCH Metro learnt that Adesuwa, who hails from Edo State, is …

The Federal Government has banned the importation of small generators popularly called ‘I pass my neighbour,’ used by low-income Nigerians. Controller, Federation Operations Unit Zone A, Lagos of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Mr Madugu Sanni Jubrin, disclosed this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen. Sanni also said that the …

Niger state Police Command has arrested one Yusuf Suleiman,25 year-old, for allegedly raping a two and half year old girl at Dutsen Kura area Minna, the state capital. History also has it that the suspect had also raped mother of this child some years back. The suspect who was paraded …