Ramon "Hushpuppi" Abbas, a Nigerian social media star who flaunted a luxurious lifestyle that the DOJ says was obtained through illicit means, has pleaded guilty to scamming and defrauding a businessman and others out of tens of millions of dollars.

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Oludamilola Oluwadara Adekeye, 17, got accepted into 19 of the top colleges in the world.

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It’s been over a month since the Nigerian schoolgirls went missing. As the days tick by, members of the international community are exploring options to aid the African nation in their search –  including sending over drones to survey the landscape where the terrorist group Boko Haram, who abducted the girls, is known to hide. […]

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Boko Haram released a new video Monday that purports to show some of the abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, according to the Agence France-Press news agency. In the video, Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram, claims the girls have converted to Islam and says he is prepared to exchange the girls for militant prisoners. One hundred or so […]

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The story of the abducted Nigerian school girls still has yet to be resolved. For weeks now, many across social media and activism communities called for U.S. and international groups to step in on behalf of the families that just want their girls back. Friday on “NewsOne Now,” host Roland Martin and the guest panel discussed […]

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This week, hundreds of Nigerians took to the streets in the town of Chibok to demand government intervention in rescuing their daughters – more than 200 girls who where were abducted by a group of Islamic extremist weeks ago. In the days since, social media has been a driving force in drawing attention to the cause, spurring […]

LAGOS, Nigeria — Irate drivers in Africa’s most populous nation paid more than twice the usual price Monday after the government quietly removed a long-cherished consumer subsidy that had kept gas affordable, prompting fears of strikes and unrest. SEE ALSO: Man Pays Walmart With $1M Bill Gas powers Nigeria’s generators because the national electricity supply […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI’s Christmas pleas for peace around the world were brutally ignored in Nigeria, where an explosion Sunday claimed by Muslim extremists ripped through a Catholic church during Mass. SEE ALSO: Zuckerberg Has Grown-Up Plans For Facebook Authorities say at least 25 people were killed by the explosion at the […]