Brent oil price falls below $60 a barrel

NEW YORK: The price of Brent crude oil has fallen below $60 a barrel for the first time since July 2009, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported on Tuesday.

Brent dropped by more than a dollar to $59.75 a barrel, while the price of US crude fell to $54.85.

Oil prices have now nearly halved since June as a result of waning demand and increased supplies.

Henry retires from football

Thierry Henry has announced his retirement from football and will return to London to take up a role in the media.

Actress's daughter looks and dresses like a boy

A-list Hollywood Angelina Jolie and fellow actor and husband Brad Pitt are popular for their brood of six children.

Human part dealers arrested in Lagos

Two men who have been dealing in human parts for several years have been arrested by the police in Lagos.

The suspects who were arrested over the weekend with a human skull by operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, (SARS), of Lagos State Police Command, have confessed that they travel to far places like Cotonou in Benin Republic, to purchase the parts which they later sell to their customers.

Fulani herdsmen nabbed for robbing along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Two Fulani herdsmen, Manu Hassan and Mohammed Umar, who were members of a robbery gang that operates along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, especially the Berger axis, have been arrested by soldiers

Meet the first ever female Nigerian helicopter Captain..

History was made today when Captain Abimbola Jayeola (Captain AB) became Nigeria's first ever female Helicopter Captain. She flies the sikorsky S76 for Bristow helicopters Nigeria. Here's a photo of her being decorated with her commanders epaulets. Congrats to her...