Society Gists

Said Kouachi, one of France’s Charlie Hebdo terrorists had links to Umar Mutallab, the Nigerian ‘underwear bomber’ who tried to blow up a commercial US flight on Christmas Day in 2009, it has been claimed. The revelation comes as French

Egyptian-born imam was convicted last year for a range of terrorism offences. Egyptian-born imam Abu Hamza al-Masri has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of terrorism charges last year. The sentence was handed down in a US

…to be continued weekly Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has received the first 50 lashes of public flogging out of 1,000 for “insulting Islam” via an online forum that he launched. Jailed for ten years in prison, he faces over $200,000

Security forces have killed Cherif and Said Kouachi, the two brothers wanted in the Wednesday Charlie Hebdo massacre. CNN reports that the suspects were killed in a town about 25 miles northeast of Dammartin-en-Goele, where police had surrounded the building

The Presidency has dismissed the alleged endorsement of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, the APC candidate in the Feb. 14 presidential election by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). In a statement in Abuja on Thursday, the Special

Key Points *Gunmen have attacked the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, killing 12 people including the editor and celebrated cartoonists. *The hunt is on for three suspects, named by police as Hamyd Mourad and brothers Said Kouachi

On Wednesday January 7th, 2015, Aruna Quadri made history, as he was named the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Player of the Year for 2014. The award ceremony was held at the Armani Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

In 1992, “Baby Got Back” became an eternal anthem for fans of sizable derrières. Twenty-two years after Sir Mix-a-Lot expressed his undying affinity for a healthy rear-end, the rest of America finally came around. Indeed, 2014 was the year of

Fishing community to get compensation for 2008 spills that destroyed thousands of acres of mangroves in southern delta. Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a Nigerian fishing community about $83.5m for the worst oil spill ever suffered

Justin Bieber owns a brand new jet … is what he wanted us to believe — but we found it just ain’t so. Hell, the G4 private jet he flaunted on Instagram wasn’t even NEW!! But at least Beiber didn’t