Man who strangled 3yr old stepsister sentenced to 20 years in prison
Photo of GEJ in Masai Mara
If Igbos are butchered again,Nigeria will break-Fani Kayode warns
Five arrested after public beating of Afghan father and daughter
Jail
Ambode hails Gowon’s achievements, national prayer initiative
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has hailed the
achievements of a former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon,
commending him for his numerous programmes aimed at cementing the unity
of the country after the civil war.
Amobode said this on Friday while receiving Gowon and the executive members of ‘Nigeria Prays’, an initiative of the ex-head of state to pray for the national.
Amobode said this on Friday while receiving Gowon and the executive members of ‘Nigeria Prays’, an initiative of the ex-head of state to pray for the national.
Five Star Music releases statement on Skiibii's rumoured death (please read)
Boko Haram: NSA, Service chiefs visit Yobe
The train of the National Security Adviser, (NSA), Major General
Babagana Monguno and the Service Chiefs in company with the Inspector
General of Police Solomon Arase on Saturday moved to Yobe State, another
hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency.
The NSA with his entourage who paid a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Gaidam at the Government House in Damaturu solicited the cooperation of the civilian society which according to him is very key in the end to the insurgency.
The NSA with his entourage who paid a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Gaidam at the Government House in Damaturu solicited the cooperation of the civilian society which according to him is very key in the end to the insurgency.
DPO dies in Bauchi
A Superintendent of Police, with the Bauchi State Police Command, Andy Audu, died on Friday, the command has said.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Haruna Mohammed, made available to journalists in Bauchi on Saturday, indicated that the deceased, who was the Divisional Police Officer of Kirfi Division, died after a brief illness.
He added that his body had been deposited at the Mortuary for postmortem.
A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Haruna Mohammed, made available to journalists in Bauchi on Saturday, indicated that the deceased, who was the Divisional Police Officer of Kirfi Division, died after a brief illness.
He added that his body had been deposited at the Mortuary for postmortem.
Aba dilemma: Ikpeazu’s first bold steps
•Ikpeazu
From the old, cranky bridge overlooking
the Aba waterside, the crowd of bystanders stood to watch the new
cinema. There used to be the old REX and EMI Cinema in this town where
the senior boys of old stole out of bed and scale over the barbed wire
fences of their dormitories at night to watch the escapades of the
Chinese macho man, Bruce Lee, the American version of Rambo. That was
the Aba of old, the paradise lost.
[Photos] Borno deputy gov buried
Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, who died on Saturday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has been buried according to Islamic rite.
Ecuador villages evacuated as Cotopaxi volcano rumbles to life
Several villages in Ecuador were evacuated
Saturday, as the Cotopaxi volcano rumbled to life, angrily spewing ash
into the sky and threatening nearby residents with potential volcanic
landslides.
Bayelsa PDP Chairman, leaders join APC
Over 2000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) publicly
renounced their membership of the party in Bayelsa state, home of former
President Goodluck Jonathan and declared for the All Progressive
Congress (APC) before a mammoth crowd.
A surprise package, which excited the enthused crowd that witnessed the historic defections at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex Yenagoa, was the unveiling of the state Chairman of PDP, Col. Sam Inokoba (retd) as a member of the APC.
A surprise package, which excited the enthused crowd that witnessed the historic defections at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex Yenagoa, was the unveiling of the state Chairman of PDP, Col. Sam Inokoba (retd) as a member of the APC.
Iara Oshiomhole and Rochas Okorocha in Imo state..:-)
Waitress pays for her customers meal...then she opened Facebook hours later and almost fainted
Miss Imo state Photogenic Queen stuns in new photos
Actress Ufoma Ejenebor McDermott welcomes baby girl
Traditional chiefs sighted on the streets of Ife as Ooni's burial rites begins
These traditional chiefs were sighted on the streets in
Ile Ife, Osun state this afternoon as they prepare to announce the
demise of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Sijuwade.
Texas Judge sentences man to get married or face jail time
The court case stemmed from a February altercation between Bundy and the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend, Elizabeth Jaynes.
Don’t listen to We Are The World by African all stars unless you’re trying to get a bone out of your throat-Etcetera
This is another article by Etcetera where he thinks listening to 'We Are
The World by African all stars' is a waste of time and thinks the song
is rubbish.
"Well, I think I’m finally safe to write this article, since I’ve set up my e-mail software to automatically filter out any messages containing swear words. Sincerely, I don’t know if there’s any song that made me change the TV station faster than this one. If I didn’t, I’d have been doomed to have a group of adults with hideous and unsync voices chanting,“we are the children” over and over in my head for the next six months.
Django Unchained actress ordered to rewrite apology letter to LAPD
The “Django Unchained” actress and beau Brian Lucas now have until Aug. 26 to submit revised letters after a judge and prosecutors rejected drafts submitted this week as part of their May plea deal.
Oil won’t be sufficient as Nigeria’s revenue earner, we need Agriculture-Buhari
The President stated that his government would cut short the long bureaucratic processes that Nigerian farmers had to go through to get any form of assistance from government, stating that it's time Nigerians took Agriculture seriously.
Taraji. P. Henson's boobs before and after..:-) (photos)
Amnesty office commences payment of stipends
The Presidential Amnesty Office, on Friday, commenced the payment of outstanding stipends to former agitators in the Niger Delta and beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP).
The payment followed the approval granted by President Muhammadu Buhari for commencement of payment of the stipends and allowances to the beneficiaries.
Two ISIS-bound Nigerian men arrested in India (photo)
According to reports, the young men were arrested at the India-Pakistan border as they made to scale a barbed wire fence. When interrogated by India's Border Security Force officials, Imran and Sani said they were on their way to Pakistan and then to Iraq to join ISIS but when searched, they had no valid travel documents to enter Pakistan but it was found that they had entered India on August 6th.
Photos: Another drunk police officer sighted in Lagos
Eight Boko Haram members renounce membership of sect
Eight members of the terror group, Boko Haram, have denounced their
membership of the sect, in a town around Mussa in Askira/Uba Local
Government Area of Borno State, the Chairman of the youth vigilance
group in the town, Apagu Istifanus, told journalists on Friday.
According to him, the eight claimed they are tired of killing innocent persons.
Istifanus, who spoke with journalists on the telephone, said the eight were arrested in Mussa and after interrogations, they confessed their membership of the sect and stated their readiness to renounce their membership and rejoin their families.
According to him, the eight claimed they are tired of killing innocent persons.
Istifanus, who spoke with journalists on the telephone, said the eight were arrested in Mussa and after interrogations, they confessed their membership of the sect and stated their readiness to renounce their membership and rejoin their families.
Photos: Chris Brown shows off his $200k Rezvani Beast sports car
President Buhari initiates move for domestic weapons production
Broke 50 Cent is desperately seeking to rent out his mansion
No word on how much 50's asking, but bankruptcy docs show he'd been paying $72,000 per month just for maintenance on the place.
Ogun CP orders ritualists to be shot on sight
Disturbed by the rising cases of ritualism in Ogun State, the
Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, yesterday ordered his men to
shoot on sight any suspect.
He gave this order while parading 23 suspected cultists, kidnappers, armed robbers and ritualists at the command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.
Six dead in latest India train accident
A
train crushed six people, including three children, to death in
eastern India Thursday in the
second accident this week to hit the
nation’s crumbling rail network, a police officer said.
The train ran over the pedestrians as they were crossing the tracks at a village in West Bengal, about 350 kilometres (220 miles) north of the state capital Kolkata.
DPR shuts 100 fuel stations in Oyo, Osun
Director, DPR, Mr. Osten Olorunsola
The Ibadan field office of the
Department of Petroleum Resources, which controls Oyo and Osun states,
has sealed about 100 petrol filling stations across the two states in a
weeklong exercise aimed at penalising marketers who sell petrol above
the official pump price of N87 per litre.
Apart from selling above the regulated
price, the management of the affected filling stations were also accused
of diversion of petroleum products, tampering with meters and other
sharp practices.
Photos: Chief of Army Staff joins soldiers in early morning jogging exercise
Buhari begins probe of Jonathan’s govt
I won’t die alone- kidnap suspect
GEJ pictured about to board a commercial flight this morning
Photos: Troops remove mines and IED's from Gwoza road in Borno
Graphic Photos: Undergraduate killed by suspected cultist in Imo
Photo: Suicide bomber disguised as refugee arrested in Cameroon
Photos: Fuel tanker involved in accident along Ikorodu road
A fuel tanker carrying petroleum product was
involved in a ghastly accident at Mobil junction close to Anthony bustop
along the busy Ikorodu road this morning. Petroleum products spilled
all over the road but thankfully no one died in the incident. Fire
service and LASTMA officials are
already at the scene to contain the situation. More photos after the
cut...
Photos: VP Osinbajo in Zambia to commission Dangote cement factory
5 children died after unattended SUV they were in rolled into a pond
According to the police, the victims’ family members had gone to a nearby temple to offer prayers to Hindu deity Shiva on the first Monday of the holy Hindu month of Shravan.
Burundian Journalist and AFP correspondent arrested and beaten
UPDATE ON BIGBROTHER AFRICA 2015
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A reliable source has confirmed to BBAfanclub that Big Brother Africa 2015 has been called off.
News about the cancellation of the show first trickled in from Ghana after the Manager of MultiChoice Ghana, Anne Sackey, told Razz newspaper that they (MultiChoice Ghana) have received notice from M-Net that this year's edition of Big Brother Africa will not be happening.
She explained that M-Net did not give them any reasons as to why the show won't be televised this year, but she personally thinks it's due to sponsorship constraints.
A reliable source has confirmed to BBAfanclub that Big Brother Africa 2015 has been called off.
News about the cancellation of the show first trickled in from Ghana after the Manager of MultiChoice Ghana, Anne Sackey, told Razz newspaper that they (MultiChoice Ghana) have received notice from M-Net that this year's edition of Big Brother Africa will not be happening.
She explained that M-Net did not give them any reasons as to why the show won't be televised this year, but she personally thinks it's due to sponsorship constraints.
14 Contestants Qualify For MTN Project Fame Academy
hopeful youths went through the hurdles of making it to the Academy through the various auditions
held across the country.
The final contestants were unveiled at the Opening Gala that delivered on its promise of excitement and fun.
The event featured thrilling performances not only from Nigeria’s brightest upcoming talents but past winners of the competition including Iyanya, Chidinma amongst others.
Death toll rises as Myanmar faces flood emergency
RESCUE workers in Myanmar are racing to help tens of thousands of
people facing severe floods, as the death toll climbed to at least 46,
officials have said.
The country’s Relief and Resettlement Director Daw Phyu told Al Jazeera that at least 217,000 people have been affected in the country, after monsoon rains triggered flash floods and landslides, destroying thousands of houses, farmland, bridges and roads.
He also said that four people remain missing since the floods began.
Authorities have declared the four worst hit areas in central and western Myanmar “national disaster-affected regions”.
Worker dies after bee attack at California construction site
A worker died Monday after being stung by bees that swarmed a Southern
California construction site after a contractor grading a parking lot
struck an underground hive, a fire chief said.
Chaos broke out as the bees swarmed, workers said. Some workers panicked
and bolted, while at least two men rolled on the ground covering their
faces with their hands.
