Inside Chernobyl's no-go zone: Haunting photos from town abandoned after radiation disaster 30 years ago reveal desolate hospitals, rotting homes and discarded possessions

Nearly 30 years ago, the world's worst nuclear disaster struck the then-thriving town of Pripyat in Ukraine. The day after, 50,000 residents were evacuated from their homes, never to return. Austrian photograph Roland Verant, 35, has ventured into the no-go zone to capture a series of astonishing

I Maintain Soyinka Is More Of A Hunter Than A Political Critic- Obasanjo

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has repeated once again that Professor Wole Soyinka is more of a successful aparo (guinea fowl) hunter than a political critic. He repeated it on a programme tagged ‘Book Club’ on Channels. It will be recalled that in his book, My Watch, the former president had

15 Die, 47 Injured In Yobe Blast After 10-Year Old Detonate Bomb

Fifteen people were killed and 47 others injured in a suicide bomb attack on a crowded market in Damaturu today, the Police Public Relations Officer in Yobe, Mr Toyin Gbadegeshin confirmed.According to the Police PRO, “a female suicide bomber, aged about 10 years, detonated

Photos: EFCC Arraigns Six Persons For N31m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, July 24, 2015, arraigned six persons before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on a 17 count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and forgery.
The six accused persons – Festus Onile, Olawale Garuba, Abiodun Afainiya, Jayeola Afolabi David, Yewande Adeyemi and Adetoun Kammal, were arrested by the Commission sequel to a petition from