Monday, 27 July 2015

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

Monday, 13 October 2014

Who's been sleeping in MY bed? Couple return home to find Polish intruder asleep in their bedroom - after making dinner, having a bubble bath... and tidying their house


When Pat Dyson, 73, (left) and her partner Martin Holtby, 78, (right)returned to their home in Nelson, Lancashire (inset left), after a five day break, they found Lukasz Chojnowski, 28, (centre) who had come to the UK to find work, but had lost his lodgings due to language problems, sleeping

NHS strike fiasco as military steps in after thousands of midwives, nurses and paramedics walk out for first time in THIRTY YEARS... but only one in 10 backs the industrial action


Members of the armed forces (main image) were today drafted in as more than 400,000 health workers, including nurses, midwives and paramedics, took strike action. They walked out despite only a fraction of them voting to strike over pay. Fewer than half those balloted for the controversial health strike voted in favour of the action, the Daily Mail can reveal. And Unison, one of the biggest

Hackers release 100,000 photos and videos intercepted from Snapchat in huge trove that includes child pornography


Hackers have posted a huge trove of pictures after collecting them from a third-party Snapchat client app for years. Many appear to be child pornography, as half of users are 13 to 17.