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  Patrick Hardison before and after the transplant US surgeons say they have carried out the world’s most extensive face transplant to date, including the entire scalp, ears and eyelids. Plastic surgeon Dr Eduardo Rodriguez led the team that performed the 26-hour surgery to give injured volunteer firefighter Patrick Hardison, …

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote and three other directors resigned from the board of Dangote Flour Mills on Monday as majority owner Tiger Brands cut funding support to its struggling Nigerian division. South Africa’s Tiger Brands said it was “currently exploring various alternatives with regard to its investment in Dangote …

The National Bureau of Statistics on Sunday released the Consumer Price Index for the month of October stating that the country’s inflation rate experienced a marginal decrease from 9.4 per cent in September to 9.3 per cent. The bureau in the report explained that the slower pace in October was …

  Three housemates were, last Saturday, evicted following the outcome of the votes cast by viewers at the reality T.V show, Dance with Peter, sponsored by Glo. While Amazing Amy, Bobby B and Octopus recorded the highest votes from the audience and returned to the academy, SoCrazy Cool, Weezy and …

Nigeria U-23 team escaped a plane crash on their way to Gambia on Sunday morning towards perfecting strategies for the CAF U-23 Africa Cup of Nations in Senegal, according to a Goal.com report. The team opted for the West African country after their trip to Morocco was cancelled due to …

A former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has said former President Goodluck Jonathan did not cause the defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general elections. He said rather, the PDP’s loss was caused by the immediate past Chairman of …

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the December 5 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Sunday alleged that a senior member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state is an agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Speaking through his campaign team, Sylva/Igiri …

President Muhammadu Buhari has affirmed that Nigerians had resolved to remain one.  Buhari said this on Monday despite the ongoing pro-Biafran protests rocking some parts of the country He said the fact that the country witnessed a lot of internal strife and a civil war since independence and has remained …

The European Union is supporting Nigeria with €36m (N7.65bn) to help fight indiscriminate drug production, trafficking and use. In his speech at the second national symposium on drugs and drug control held in Abuja, the EU’s Acting Head of Cooperation, Juan Urteaga-Casla, stated that the union was supporting the work …

Popular Catholic priest in Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has condemned the recent agitation and protests for Biafra, describing the action as evil. Mbaka made the condemnation in Enugu on Saturday in a sermon at his weekly Adoration Ministry. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the cleric urged youths …