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DAMATURU— Two women suicide bombers killed 15 people, including themselves, early Wednesday in northeast Nigeria at a mosque in the compound of a government workers’ housing estate called Buhari Housing Estate, and at another location there. The blasts came after Boko Haram militants this week claimed to have carried out three suicide attacks on the outskirts of the capital, Abuja, last Friday that left 18 dead and 41 injured. File photo: Gombe presidential rally Car-Bomb-Blast However, in a separate attack, the military said Boko Haram Islamic extremists attacked a rural military camp in northeast Yobe state overnight but were repulsed by troops who killed at least 100 insurgents. Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman in a statement said seven troops died in the fighting and nine were injured in the village of Goniri. But hours later, around 6 a.m. when mosques are filled with the faithful performing early-morning prayers, the suicide bombers struck in Damaturu, Yobe’s commerci

Last June, to everyone’s surprise, rapper Drake premiered on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio Show a song that is very popular in the African continent. The song in question was a remix of Wizkid’s  Ojuelegba.  This remix also featured UK rapper Skepta. Drake never spoke about the reason why he jumped on the track but in an interview published in the 100th issue of FADER magazine, he finally opened up. “Super-honored” to be on the song Many were surprised when they first heard the song because there was no prior mention of it. When asked what were his motives behind recording the song with Wizkid and Skpeta, Drake clarified that it was not about expanding his brand to the Nigerian market. “I just did it because I was in the moment,” he told fader magazine. “I wasn’t thinking like, ‘Oh man, I gotta get my brand up in Nigeria.’[…] Not to say that’s not important. I’m super-honored to be on that song” he politely added. Wizkid - Ojuelegba Remix Ft. Drake x Skepta - Video Dailymotion

2015 has been quite an exciting year for Drake. He released a new mixtape album called  “What a Time to Be Alive”  with rapper Future, he is supposedly  dating Serena Williams , and he figures among the  5 wealthiest rappers of 2015 . His latest album release just helped him break a new record. A Billboard master Before his latest mixtape was released, Drake had 92 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 list. That is about 16 singles a year. 8 of the 11 songs from his latest album topped the chart and according to Billboard and he now has 100 hit songs on the list. Only 4 musicians have made this achievement since 1958. The Glee cast has had 207 singles in the Billboard Hot 100, Lil Wayne has had 127 hit singles in the chart, followed by Elvis Presley with 108 songs, then Drake, with 100 singles in the Billboard Hot 100. He is rumored to drop an album called  “Views From The 6”   this year and from the looks of it, he will have more songs in the Billboard Hot 100. What’s his secret

NAN – The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to commence process that will lead to implementation of the 2014 national conference as a way to restructure Nigeria. Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari The Emir made the call in his palace, Ilorin, yesterday, while speaking with members of the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Sulu-Gambari, who was a delegate at the conference, said Nigeria needs restructuring. The Emir was of the view that the report of the national conference should not be thrown away by the Federal Government. “The report does not have the force of the law yet and it needs to be given because it was the voice of the people that was not imposed on the people,” the Emir added. He, therefore, advised the President to pass the report in form of a bill to the National Assembly in order to be included in the constitution and law for the good of the nation. “The law is ma

Image caption The DNA molecule is inherently unstable, but a host of mechanisms monitor and repair it The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded for discoveries in DNA repair. Tomas Lindahl and Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar were named as the winners on Wednesday morning at a news conference in Stockholm, Sweden. Their work uncovered the mechanisms used by cells to repair damaged DNA - a fundamental process in living cells. The prize money of eight million Swedish kronor (£634,000; $970,000) will be shared among the winners. "It was a surprise. I know that over the years I've occasionally been considered for a prize, but so have hundreds of other people. I feel lucky and proud to be selected today," Tomas Lindahl, from the Francis Crick Institute in the UK, told journalists. Claes Gustafsson, from the Nobel Committee, said the recipients had "explained the processes at the molecular level that guard the integrity of our genomes". Monitoring a

Image copyright Thinkstock Image caption Who is most at risk: the humans or the machines? Would you share your home with a robot or work side by side with one? People are starting to do both, which has put the relationship we have with them under the spotlight and exposed both our love and fear of the machines that are increasingly becoming a crucial part of our lives. In Japan they grow so attached to their robot dogs that they hold funerals for them when they "die". Sony, the firm that began making the popular Aibo toys in 1999, decided to stop offering repairs in 2014, meaning once they broke down they were fit only for the scrapheap. But people weren't willing to throw them in the rubbish bin, wanting instead to say goodbye to them in the same way you would to a human or pet. Image copyright Other Image caption In Japan robot dogs are treated like pets and mourned when they die Growing irrationally attached to machines is a common human trait as Kate Darling

By Daud Olatunji ABEOKUTA – The lingering crisis rocking the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) Diocese of Yewa, Ilaro, Ogun State has taken a dangerous dimension as the members of the congregation demand the removal of their Diocesan Bishop, Rt. Revd Michael Adebayo Oluwarohunbi from office. The festering crisis took a turn for the worse last Sunday following a fresh directive from Bishop Oluwarohunbi banning all priests under the Yewa Diocese from officiating and ministering at the church’s officially designated prayer ground, popularly called the “Prayer City.” According to a copy of the memo dated September 28, 2015 signed by Bishop Oluwarohunbi and obtained by our correspondent in Abeokuta,the cleric barred the members of the congregation under the diocese from attending spiritual programmes organised as groups or individuals in the “prayer city.” He said “Prayer City is an abberation. Therefore, any priest who is in the habit of taking our members for prayers or spe

* Recovers 27 fire arm, 64 ammunition By Esther Onyegbula The Lagos State Police Command has smashed a robbery syndicate which specialised in using police emblem during operation, arresting five suspected members of the gang and recovered two pump action guns and two pistol from them. The suspects were arrested alongside 35 other robbery suspects that have been terrorising the state. Parading the suspects before journalists yesterday, at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja, the command boss, Mr Fatai Owoseni , disclosed that 40 notorious armed robbery suspects who have been terrorising residents were arrested by the police in different parts of the state. According to him, “40 armed robbery suspects were arrested, five of the suspects died during encounter with the police while two of them in a bid to escape arrest jumped into the lagoon at Odo-Alaro Maryland and died in the process. The police recovered 27 different types of firearms; some of the weapons were abandoned dur