Nigerian musicians P-Square escape unhurt from an accident along Lagos Ibadan Expressway

The music duo alongside Kaffy's husband (who is their official drummer) & their assistant manager escaped from an accident along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Peter took to Instagram to share the details. What he wrote after the cut...

The kind of food served for lunch at an IDP camp in Maiduguri

Twitter user @Fatiskira shared the very sad photo above. This was the rice/stew served at lunch to those inhabiting the IDP camp. She also mentioned something about '5 dry catfish being used to cook a meal for 3500 persons.' Apparently, even funds meant for feeding at the camp are embezzled...

Ruth Agbakoba from Nigeria wins 1st Prize at World Congress on Medical IT

Nigerian PhD Candidate, Ruth Agbakoba won the 1st prize award at The World Congress on Medical IT. Congrats to her.

Chinese ‘Unicorn Woman’ Grows Gigantic Horn In Middle Of Her Head

An elderly Chinese woman has been dubbed “the unicorn woman” due to an abnormal growth on her head that looks like a large horn. Liang Xiuzhen started growing something that resembled a “black mole” on her head around eight years ago, according to her son Wang Chaojun.

Check out the Emir of Kano's classic car

The Emir of Kano was in Abuja today. His vintage Rolls Royce was spotted at the Hilton Hotel in

Nigeria Police gets 1st female Force Public Relations Officer

Nigeria Police has appointed its first Female Police Public Relations Officer ,PPRO. She is Ag. ACP Olabisi Kolawole. Her appointment was ratified by the Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase today August 28th. Congrats to her. Read her profile after the cut...

Mother robs 3 banks for daughter's Party

An accused robber told a court she held up three banks in May to raise money for her daughter's graduation party.

Cindy Sanchez Carabeo, 50, of Brandon, Florida, pleaded guity in federal court on Thursday to one count of interfering with interstate commerce by robbery.Carabeo told a judge she robbed the banks to pay for a graduation party for her daughter and to cover her rent. She faces up to 20 years in prison.

Police arrested Carabeo in May after she stole $6,000 from a BB&T Bank, a Wells Fargo and Florida Central Credit Union in Brandon in less than the time it takes to deliver a pizza.

However, investigators nabbed her even faster, according to Larry McKinnon of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office.

"By the time she made it home after that third robbery, within 15 minutes we had her in custody and all three bank managers were able to positively identify her," McKinnon said.

Authorities said McKinnon threatened to kill one teller but wrote "Happy Mother's Day" on the hold-up note.

Inmate gets arrested again after refusing to leave jail .

An Arizona man arrested on alleged possession of meth apparently liked the jail in Maricopa County so much that he didn't want to leave.

David Spurlock, 29, was released on Wednesday for the drug charges, but caused trouble when he refused to vacate the premises.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that officers forcibly escorted Spurlock away from the lock-up.  

Police said when Spurlock was finally out of the jail, he ran to a marked semi-truck belonging to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and unsuccessfully attempted to start it up, according to the Associated Press.

"Maybe he liked the food so much, he thought he would take a truck load of my vegetarian meals with him," Arpaio said.

Officials said Spurlock told them he planned to sell the truck.

Spurlock was arrested and is back in jail on a burglary charge and is being held without bond.

Photos from the pulling out ceremony of the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff

Photos from the Pulling Out ceremony of the immediate past Chief of Naval Staff, retired Vice-Adm. Usman Jibrin. Jibrin, is one of the service chiefs retired by President Buhari who gave his daughter's hand in marriage some weeks ago. More photos after the cut...

Students Of Federal College Of Agriculture, Ibadan Protest Death Of Student

Students of the Federal College of Agriculture, Moore Plantation, Apata, Ibadan, took to Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway the road which their school is located to protest the death of one of their students who was knocked down at the front of the school gate by a learner. According to the students, one of them, simply known as Aminu was knocked down by a learner yesterday as he attempted to cross the express road.

Rescuers recover two remaining missing bodies

The bodies of the two remaining persons said to have been missing from the ill fated helicopter crash in the Lagos Lagoon have been found. This brings to 6 the number of people who died in the crash while 6 were rescued alive. More photos from the rescue operation after the cut...

Nigerian Airforce deploys additional combat aircraft to north east .

 

The Nigerian Airforce has deployed additional combat aircraft to North East in continuation of the fight to end Boko Haram. Pic shows some Airforce jet fighters ready to mount the combat aircraft.

Charly Boy visits Majek Fashek at his rehab center

Charly Boy visited Majek Fashek at the Abuja rehab center where the reggae icon is being treated for drug and alcohol addiction. More photos after the cut...

Bristow Helicopter crash 4 confirmed Dead

 

 

4people have been confirmed dead from the Bristol helicopter that crashed into the Lagos Lagoon around the Oworonshoki end of the 3rd mainland bridge in Lagos today. 6 people were rescued while the search for two more persons is currently ongoing. The bodies of the dead passengers have been deposited at the Mainland hospital. 

The Burial of the Ooni takes place on Friday 14th August 2015.

Son of the Ooni of Ife, Prince Adetokunboh Sijuwade says his father, the Ooni of Ife Oba Okunade Sijuwade who died July 28th will be buried in Ile Ife on Friday August 14th. Prince Adetokunboh who made the announcement at a joint press conference with the Osun state governor Rauf Aregbesola and a palace chief, said his father's body will be flown from the UK on Thursday August 13th and then buried on Friday 14th.

Palace chiefs sighted on the streets of Ife as Ooni's burial rites begins

These Palace chiefs were sighted on the streets of Ile Ife, Osun, walking to exercise the Oro ritual for the passing of late Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade.

Governor El-Rufai swears in his Commissioners

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai swore in 13 commissioners into his cabinet today. At the swearing in, he charged them to forget about their religious or ethnic affiliations and work for the good of the state

Photo: Young Mississippi couple trying to travel abroad to join ISIS, arrested

Jaelyn Delshaun Young, 19, and Muhammad Oda Dakhlalla, 22, were arrested on August 8 at Golden Triangle Regional Airport near Columbus, Mississippi. Both are charged with attempting and conspiring to provide material support to the terrorist group, ISIS.

According to news reports, a hearing on their detention began on Monday August 10th in Oxford. Young and Dakhlalla, both U.S. citizens confessed their plans to FBI agents after their arrest.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Clay Joyner likened them to Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, saying, "They don't need a gun to do harm. They don't need military training to do harm. What they need is a violent, extremist ideology, and that's exactly what they have espoused."

According to the government, FBI agents began interacting online with them in May about her desire to travel to Syria to join the group. In the course of the interaction, the couple revealed their plan to conduct a "nikkah,(Islamic marriage) so they could travel without a chaperone under Islamic law.

The FBI said Dakhlalla and Young both expressed impatience over getting passports. Dakhlalla even paid $340 to expedite passport processing. The couple also revealed their plan to work as a medic and in internet media for the Islamic State respectively.

Helicopter Crahes in Lagos Lagoon.

A helicopter crashed into the Lagoon in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos this afternoon & fortunately, some people survived the crash. Another photo after the cut...

Nigerian Comedian Akpororo organizes novelty match to propose to his lady again (photos)

Comedian Akpororo got engaged to his girlfriend, Josephine Abraham on Sunday August 9th. And then he organized a novelty engagement match to propose to her again. This time, it was filmed for HIP TV where the bride-to-be works. More photos after the cut...

Kano State Panel Uncovers 991 Ghost Sanitation Workers in the state.

A total number of 991 ghost sanitation workers have been uncovered by a committee set up by Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, to screen 2,620 sanitation workers in the state.

The committee also discovered that some former commissioners and serving directors were involved in fraudulent inflation of the number of sanitation workers to feed fat on their stipend. 991 ghost workers were however discovered. This is Leadership

Churches Should not Wed Same-Sex Couple- Pastor Medo-Uwa

In an interview with Etop Ekanem, the founder and General Overseer of Pentecostal Cannanland Mision in Ajao Estate, Lagos Pastor Nick Medo-Uwa spoke about same-sex marriage and why it will never be accepted in Nigeria. Enjoy!

How did you receive the news of the endorsement of same-sex marriage by the American Supreme Court?

It was no surprise to me because America is a country that is being used by God; but the devil also uses the country to advance some of his activities. Any time that the devil wants to do evil, he uses America to do it. America has been used by God to spread the gospel but today, Americans are no longer interested in spreading the word of God, instead Africans have taken over that responsibility of spreading the gospel. Continue...

This gay marriage issue has spread to other nations of the world but we still thank God because at the end, he will still do what he wants to do. However, where I am having concern is the situation where the church is being forced to wed gay couples against biblical rules. If their government legalizes same-sex union, it should be in government’s courts and not in the house of God.

They should limit this kind of union to the courts; the church should not be involved. Same sex marriage should not take place in the church to avoid polluting it. I am praying that they should leave the church out of this anomaly. The church should not be compelled to wed gay people because doing that will be against the will of God for his church.

But you don’t envisage such a law coming to Nigeria?

It will be difficult to have such a law in Nigeria because so many things will work against it. Our tradition, culture and religious belief forbid such things. Nigerians believe in prayer, if any leader endorses such practice in Nigeria, the citizens will stone him.

Return all the money you stole within 2 weeks- Plateau gov tells govt officials of past administration

Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong has given government officials in the last administration led by Jonah Jang two weeks to return all government money they stole while in office or face the full wrath of the law.

Governor Lalong gave the ultimatum yesterday August 11 when he received a report from a 12-man transition committee set up by his administration to investigate cases of misappropriation of public funds during the immediate past administration

“In line with the advice of President Muhammadu Buhari, who urge past government officials to return stolen public funds in their procession, I am giving two weeks to government officials in our state to return monies taken illegally, even before government begins the implementation of the recommendations of the committee."he said.

OAU students organize model 'Oro' for Ooni of Ife burial rites (pics)

Lol. Na who send them? See more photos after the cut...

Rivers PDP drags Former Governor Amaechi to EFCC over fraud allegations

PDP Rivers state chapter has petitioned EFCC over claims that the immediate past governor of the state, Rotimi Amechi engaged in corrupt practices while he served as governor. The deputy chairman of the party who made this known to newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday August 11th, called on President Buhari to be fair in his fight against corruption and ensure that Amaechi is investigated by EFCC.

Photos: P-Square and J Martins dapper in suits on set of new music video

Peter & Paul Okoye and singer J Martins pictured looking dapper in suits on set of J Martins new music video ft the twins and Sani Danger. Shoot by Unlimited LA and all men wearing Ouch and styled by Style Doctor. See more photos after the cut...

Boko Haram Has Been Decapitated - Idriss Deby

Idriss Deby, the president of Chad, declared on Tuesday, August 11, that efforts to combat the neighbouring Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”.

Chadian president says -New leader of Boko Haram wants to negotiate with Nigerian govt

President of Chad, Idriss Deby says Boko Haram, which has terrorized the West African sub region for a while now, is decapitated. He said the sect has a new leader named Muhamat Daoud who is calling for negotiations with the Nigerian government.

He said this yesterday August 11th while speaking to journalist in N'Djamena, Chad on the of the 55th anniversary of Chad’s independence from France

“Boko Haram is decapitated. There are little groups (of Boko Haram members) scattered throughout east Nigeria, on the border with Cameroon.
It is within our power to definitively overcome Boko Haram. The war will be short, with the setting up of the regional force, it will be over by the end of the year. There is someone apparently called Mahamat Daoud who is said to have replaced Abubakar Shekau and he wants to negotiate with the Nigerian government. For my part, I would advise not to negotiate with a terrorist,” he said

Carelessness: Police dismiss corporal for killing 2 women at funeral

A Police Corporal, Ali Christopher, who accidentally fired and killed 2 nursing mothers on 27 June, 2015, at a funeral in Fugar town, in Edo State, has been dismissed from the Force.
A Orderly Room Trial set up by the State Command of Nigerian Police Force which found him guilty, recommended his dismissal and trial for murder.
Corporal Ali Christopher with Force No. 444040 was until his dismissal, attached to the Auchi Area Commander’s office.

Accident in Lekki tow gate This moning.

This commercial bus was involved in an accident at Lekki 2nd toll gate, thankfully no life was lost but a police officer (seen on the ground) was badly injured though. More photos after the cut..

Photograhs: Buhari meets with Commonwealth Sec. Gen at the State house

President Buhari today met with the Commonwealth Secretary General Amb. Kamalesh Sharma at the State House, Abuja. Another photo after the cut...

The Nigerian Army Currently in a Gun Battle with Boko Haram in Maiduguri

Nigerian troops and Boko Haram members are currently engaged in a gun battle in Kayamula village, Jere LGA, which is a few meters from Maiduguri, Borno state. Residents were thrown into panic but the military assured them of their safety and appealed to them to remain indoors.

This gun battle comes hours after a suspected Boko Haram member attacked a market in Sabon Gari in Damboa local government area, killing 50 people.

Late Micheal Jacksons Father Returns to USA on Wheelchair after a Health Challenge.

Late Michael Jackson's father Joe Jackson finally returned to the U.S. today after his birthday trip to Brazil with young girlfriend almost killed him. The 87 year old had 3 heart attacks and a stroke after allegedly attempting to take viagra. Lol. He was rushed to a hospital in Brazil where he was for a few days. He was spotted at LAX today where he was seen being wheeled around.

Azerbaijan photo journalist beaten to death for criticising footballer on Facebook

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Rasim Aliyev, a 30-year-old photo and video journalist died from internal bleeding in Azerbaijan on Sunday morning August 9th after he was brutally attacked by relatives of a famous footballer on Saturday August 8th.

Rasim, in a Facebook post said that the football player, Javid Huseynov, should be banned from European football for making an obscene gesture at a referee.

"I do not want someone this amoral, impertinent and unable to control himself, represent me on European soccer fields" he wrote

According to reports, Aliyev was lured to a meeting by alleged relatives of the footballer where he was severely beaten up. He was helped by others who rushed him to hospital. He died the next day!

It wasn't the first time Mr Aliyev criticized Javid. He had previously accused him of being ‘immoral and ill-bred’ after he waved a Turkish flag during a Europa League match in Cyprus.

Javid who currently plays for the Azerbaijan Premier League side Gabala has been suspended by the club pending investigation.

In a statement, the club said: "Despite the fact that Huseynov is a very important player for the Gabala team, he has been suspended from the first team until this issue is clarified"

Javid Huseynov was arrested today August 11th along with three others.

OAU orders students to remain on campus as Ife palace prepare to announce Ooni's death

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, in Osun state this morning sent out a circular asking all students to remain indoors tomorrow as the palace prepares its traditional rites to formally announce the death of the Ooni of Ife Oba Sijuwade. The Ife Council of Chiefs had yesterday warned all residents in Ile Ife to remain indoors tomorrow between 9am and 5pm.

Car Snatchers of Mohammed Babangida’s Wife Arrested in Katsina .

The Nigerian police have arrested a group of men suspected to be the robbers who stole a car belonging to Mohammed Babangida's new wife after robbing her at gun point. Mohammed is the son of former Nigerian military dictator Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida.

In a daring operation, some armed robbers had snatched a 2015 Mercedes Benz S550 and a stash of cash from Mrs. Babangida at her father’s house in Ungwan Rimi area of Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna State. The robbery happened yesterday. Initial reports had it that the victim was Mrs Rahma Babangida, Mohammed's first wife. Turns out it is his new wife.

Nigerian Comedian, Akpororo no engaged.

Comedian Akpororo got engaged to his girlfriend, Josephine Abraham at the end of a church service at the Ultimate Power Ministry Lagos on August 9th. Sources say Akpororo planned his proposal with four children who carried placards with "Will you marry me" written on the cardboard papers.

Finally Tonto Dike's Introduction a success.

Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh has kept the world guessing about her relationship status in the past few months but she definitely cleared things up this past weekend when she had her introduction ceremony to Oladunni Obasanjo Churchill in her hometown in Port-Harcourt.

Governor Akiwumi Ambode Decorates Chief Security Officer.

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode pictured decorating his Chief Security Officer at Alausa today. More after the cut...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Pictured Enjoying himself

Former president Obasanjo pictured relishing a cup of ice cream at the Green Legacy resort, in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital recently

"No Hiding place for Nigerian Treasury Looters the will face the Law "Buhari Says

President Buhari today said the trial of persons who have stolen national resources will begin in a matter of weeks. He said this at a meeting with members of the National Peace Committee led by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar in the Presidential Villa.

Pictures from the LagBus Accident along Lekki-Epe Expressway .

A LagBus lost control at Igbo-Efon Roundabout, Lekki-Epe Expressway this afternoon. More photos after the cut...

A Prominent Music Artist meets Vice President Prof Yemi Osibanjo.

He shared the photo of his meeting and wrote "with the vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria discussing Youth Initiatives. He said he can't wait for the album any longer. #Baddest. #September

The Nigerian Police frowns at the shooting of a bus driver in Rivers state by a police man .

There was pandemonium at Whimpy Junction, Ikwerre Road, Port Harcourt,  Rivers state yesterday afternoon following the shooting of a bus driver, James Imhalu, by a Police officer. The police officer and his team were trying to ensure free flow of traffic in the area when the incident happened.

Residents in the area as well as some transporters protested his killing, resulting in burn fires and blocking of some major roads. The state police commissioner, Chris Ezike, has released a statement saying that the shooting was avoidable and unacceptable. The indicted police officer has been arrested and disarmed and further investigation into the matter is ongoing. The statement after the cut.