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Kenyan-born Universal Peace Ambassador, Tina Ita, on Thursday urged Nigerian security agencies to "befriend" trouble makers, to get quality information from them. She gave the advice while addressing personnel of the Nigerian (more…)

Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu says the poor attitude of men to cancer screening is worrisome. Chukwu made tis known on Thursday in Abuja while declaring open the 17th annual conference of the Nigeria (more…)

The Federal Government is to reintroduce toll collection on highways in 2012, Minister of Works, Mr Mike Onolomemen, said on Thursday in Abuja. He told the Senate Committee on Works that the programme would (more…)

The Ondo State Government has begun the process of formulating a comprehensive Audit Bill for its operations. The Bill is meant to provide information, curb corruption and ensure accountability. (more…)

Liberians in Monrovia spent the weekend shopping and piling up food and provisions as uncertainty grew over the fate of the run-off presidential elections scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 8. The West Africa (more…)

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo said on Sunday that the state government had begun the construction of an underground drainage system to de-flood the New Lagos Road part of the state capital. (more…)

- His Multi-Million Naira Donation Chief Godswill Akpabio has attributed his emergence as the Governor of Akwa Ibom State and the successes of his administration to the grace of God. He said he would not have achieved the Uncommon Transformation in (more…)

- Death Toll Rises to 150 in Yobe, Borno Attacks The casualty figure in the wake of brazen bomb blasts and gun shots from the outlawed Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has risen to about 150. Sharpedgenews has received confirmation that a wave of exodus has not hit (more…)

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria has issued an emergency warning to its citizens living there that bomb attacks could be possible at luxury hotels in the oil-rich nation's capital. The warning comes as an official with the Nigerian Red Cross says more than 100 people died in recent attacks in northeast Nigeria claimed by the radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram. The warning says Boko Haram may bomb the Sheraton, Hilton and Nicon Luxury hotels in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, during the nation's holidays this week. Those hotels are frequented by foreigners and Nigeria's elite. The embassy says staff have been told not to go to those hotels and all events involving U.S. personnel at those sites have been canceled. More than 100 died in a series of attacks in northeast Nigeria launched by ...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Thursday said it had destroyed more than 60 truck-loads of used and substandard tyres. Mr Louis Njoku, the SON Director of Enforcement, said (more…)

Criticisms have set in over some of the choices made for this year’s national honors in Nigeria. Perhaps the honor for Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji, is drawing the worst indignation for the moment. Even as the minority leader of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, nominated for the conferment of the award of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR) has rejected it with “respect and humility”, Genevieve Nnaji is said to be excited about the upcoming event. Ms. Nnaji’s critics confided in sharpedgenews.com that her glowing roles on the silver screens usually go with a dark side of keeping a retinue of “aristos”, a local parlance for executive madam business in Nigeria. Corroborated investigations show that whether in or outside Nigeria, the actress encourages her ...

A fourth woman has accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of sexual harassment--this time in public. Sharon Bialek told reporters in a press conference Monday that Cain groped her and exhibited "sexually inappropriate" (more…)

Governor Godswill Akpabio arrived Nigeria from an extended overseas tour and expressed appreciation for his newly earned national honor of Commander of the Order of the Nigeria (C.O.N.) at a ceremony that would hold this week in Abuja. (more…)

Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the singer who had been proclaimed the king of pop. (more…)

Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative that would've declared life begins at fertilization, a proposal that supporters sought in the Bible Belt state as a way to prompt a legal challenge to abortion rights nationwide. (more…)