I’ve never been sexually harassed - Angela Philips

Busty and beautiful Angela Philips has seen quite a few things as far as the Nigerian movie industry is concerned. Her run of good streaks began as‘Efe’ in the popular but rested soap opera ‘Behind the Clouds’, then she reaffirmed her presence on the scene with a highly celebrated comedy ‘Osofiason’ and later went on to stamp her name as one of the leading ladies of the tube in ‘Domino’, another soap that lit households across the country in the early 2000s.

El-Rufai to critics- Go and die

 Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State yesterday lambasted his critics who accused him of lopsidedness in political appointments since he assumed office.

EFCC grills former governor Godswill Akpabio

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, yesterday, grilled former Governor Godswill Akpabio for over seven hours, and confronted him with evidence of alleged financial impropriety while he held sway in Akwa Ibom State.
The interrogation of Akpabio by the agency, it was learnt, made it possible for him to come face-to- face with what was described as major financial transactions,

Nobody is perfect - Gabriel Suswam

Few days before he was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to answer allegations of corruption against him, a former governor of Benue State, Dr Gabriel Suswam, spoke on issues surrounding his tenure.

Why I smile.

Life has given me so much joy.

Despite all threats I can still see my victory in the past and the possibility of having them again.

I've found a whole lot of ideas I could exploit to win me bread.

Our SGF shares laughter

Looking at Engr. Babachir David Lawal, who is Secretary to the Government of the Federation one would assume he is a man who would not have time for jokes or encourage people to laugh away their sorrows and carry on with the challenges of life. 

Help! We live in a Danfo Bus - Grandma

 Life, no doubt, is a coin with two sides. To some, it turns the good side full of fun, pleasure, plenty and splendor. To others, the opposite is their lot. The pathetic story of 68-year-old Mrs Kehinde Oseni confirms she is facing the other side of life characterized by pain, poverty, homelessness and helplessness.

My Cousin's two Daughters are among the Chibok Girls- SGF

During  his presentation at the 2015 Nigeria Economic Summit, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Engr. Babachir David Lawal disclosed that his cousin's two daughters are among the Chibok girls that were taking away. He also said that a widow who had been encouraged to go back to school was in that same school writing exams when she  was also taken away by Boko Haram.

AMVCA 2016: M-net and MultiChoice Appoint Head Judge

Organizers of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, AMVCAs, M-net in association with MultiChoice Africa have just named Kenya’s leading film maker and script writer, Njoki Muhoho as the head judge for the 2016 edition of the prestigious award. Names of other judges are being expected.

Man kills mother in Jos

A middle aged man, Bravo Kunde, said to be a junior staff in a branch of an old generation bank in Jos, in the early hours of yesterday, allegedly murdered his 80-year-old mother in cold blood.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Emmanuel Abuh, confirmed the incident which occurred at Jenta Mangoro community of Jos North local government area.

Graphic photos of New born baby found alive

A video of a baby emerged on the social media showing the horrifying moment a tiny baby
was found alive inside a black bin bag with its umbilical cord still attached.

The footage shows a group of men and women helping the newborn after discovering it inside the bag at the side of the road.

Prosecute Yobe REC - Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has called for the trial of the Yobe State Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Abu Zarma, over the N15 million bribe he was alleged to have received to influence the Yobe State governorship election.

45 Corps Members to repeat service

The Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Lagos State, Mr. Cyril Akhanameh  yesterday, said 45 corps members, who absconded during their service year will repeat the service.
He said: “45 corps members will repeat their service year due to physical absence from their places of primary assignments.”

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Ministerial Screening will Continue on Tuesday -Dino Melayo

The screening of the Ministerial Nominees will continue on Tuesday next week. This was confirmed by Senator Dino Melaye.
Senator Dino Melaye is the chairman of the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Publicity. 

Amazing Pix of Watermelon

 
  
 I just saw this on social media and I am so thrilled at what people could do with ordinary materials around them. We could do more with what we have. What do you think?

I killed my Senior because his girl abused me - 18-year-old boy

An 18-year-old boy, Benjamin Sunday, has been charged before a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for allegedly stabbing his senior in school, Gbenga Adigun, whose corpse was found on the decking of a building.
The defendant, who lives at No. 4 Haruna Street, Ifako area of Lagos, was alleged to have stabbed Adigun with a broken bottle during a fight, after both of them returned from Africa Shrine.

Khloe Kardasian is inconsolable as she rushes to Lamar's bedside

Lamar Odom's estranged wife Khloe Kardashian has been described as 'inconsolable' as she dashed to Las Vegas to be at his bedside.

Just hours before her ex-husband was discovered unconscious, she had been posing for a sultry lingerie shoot in Beverly Hills.

Her best friend Malika Haqq was seen arriving at 3:30 p.m. on set, before Khloe left the shoot at 4:30 that afternoon.

Police arrest a 41-year-old man for rape

Aba—Eziama Police Division, Aba, Abia State has arrested a 41-year-old man, Stephen Akunewu, for allegedly raping a 3-year-old girl in Aba.

Akunewu, a barbing salon operator at No. 14 Uzoigwe Extension, off Osusu Road, Aba, was alleged to have used biscuits and sweets to lure the innocent minor who is a niece to his neighbour, into his trap and took advantage of her.

Insults were pleasant to me

Ibadan—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday that it was a form of pleasure to him when he was being insulted as a sitting president by his critics or perceived political opponents.
To show that he enjoyed the ‘fun’, he said all those published insults were kept in the archives at his presidential library.

The Ongoing Ministerial Screening

The ongoing screening of ministerial nominees by the Senate, has thrown up surprises and excitement.The first batch of nominees screened included Senator Udoma Udo Udoma; Dr. Kayode Fayemi; Chief Audu Ogbeh; Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; Dr. Osagie Ehanire; Lt.Gen. Abduulrahman Dambazau; Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Amina Ibrahim Mohammed; Engr. Suleiman Hussaini Adamu and Ibrahim Usman Jibril.

Do you believe her? Kylie Jenner denies plastic surgery

Kylie Jenner says she finds it 'surprising' that people think she's had plastic surgery. 

The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star said she's amused that people are convinced she has gone under the knife multiple times.

But she showed she's not shy about showing off her body and famously plump lips in a new selfie and slow-motion video clip she shared with fans on Instagram on Tuesday. 

Khloe Kadasian's ex-Husband fights for his life

NBA star ex-husband of Khloe Kardashian is in a coma after passing out at Vegas brothel 'where he took TEN herbal Viagra on drunken four-day bender'

Lamar Odom was found unconscious in his room at Dennis Hof's Love Ranch South in Pahrump, Nevada Tuesday afternoon. He had arrived at the ranch on Saturday and took 10 herbal Viagra substitutes and drank almost an entire bottle of cognac in four days.

NYSC Certificates to bear Corps Members' photographs

National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that the certificate of national service, exemption letters would now bear pictures of the owners.
Speaking during a briefing yesterday in Abuja, Acting Director, Certification of the NYSC, Alhaji Aliyu Taura said with effect from Batch C 2014, all certificates of service would have passport photograph of the corps members at the upper right hand corner of the certificate.

Bank Robbers kill mother and daughter in Lagos

No fewer than forty heavily armed robbers, yesterday morning, invaded two second generation banks in 4th Avenue, Festac area of Lagos state and carted away huge sums of money.

Slain mother and child.

During the operation which lasted hours, a two-year-old toddler, Mmesoma Ndirika, and her mother, Jane, who were inside their apartment in an adjoining building, were reportedly hit by stray bullets from the bandits who were shooting sporadically in all directions.

See photos of the Iron Man Costume made by Thomas Depetrillo

Thomas Depetrillo has been making extreme costumes for 19 years. He spent the last 2 years building the suit which is 6ft 6 inches wide and 44 inches thich, 95lb and takes 20 munites to put on Eyes of the suit also glow white and the armor is dotted with red lights  

Thomas said it was 'single largest, most domineering thing' he's ever created 

See more photos after the jump break 

As ministerial screening starts today -Who gets a "Yes"?

As the much awaited screening of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees starts from today, Tuesday 13th October 2015, there is the need for the Senate to approach the exercise with the utmost sense of patriotism and be totally above political and sentimental considerations.

Alamieyeseigha was harassed to death by APC led FG – Fayose

Ado-Ekiti- Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has fingered the All Progressive Congress led Federal Government in the death of former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Diepreye Alamieyeseigha.
Describing the death as painful and unfortunate, Fayose said, the All Progressives Congress (APC) led

Woman sells her baby for N100,000

ENUGU—The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, Enugu State Command, has arrested a young woman, identified as Nkechi Isioko, from Mpu in Aninri Local Government Area of the State for allegedly attempting to sell her baby for N100, 000.

Five injured as refrigerator explodes in Lagos

Lagos—A strange explosion occurred yesterday inside a  beer parlour that is yet to open along L and K road in Oworonsoki area of Lagos.
The explosion occurred around 2.00 pm leaving five people injured including a young girl.
The injured, were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Why Boko Haram resumed bombings in Abuja, other towns

Unrelenting onslaught by the Nigerian forces against the Boko Haram insurgents in the Northeast may have forced many of the terrorists to escape the war front to seek refuge in the cities.
Sources familiar with the war, said that the three-month deadline given to the military by the President to clear the Northeast of the menace of Boko Haram, has strengthened the troops to go all out saints the insurgents.

No immunity for NASS heads

Predictable public outrage has trailed the proposal from a section of federal lawmakers to move to change the constitution to include the Senate President and his Deputy, Speaker of the House of Representatives and his Deputy as well as the Chief Justice of the Federation in the list of public officers to enjoy the immunity clause already granted the President and Vice President as well as Governors and their Deputies in the constitution.

Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Is Dead     

  Former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, is dead

 The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information, Esueme Dan-Kikili, confirmed to Channels Television that the former governor died of cardiac arrest on Saturday.
He reportedly slipped into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support.

Chibok girls: Many impregnated, carrying VVF, other diseases 

 

There were indications weekend that many of the 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted in April 2014, are alive and holed up in the Lake Chad region of the North-East epicentre of the battle to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria.

Breaking News: Tribunal sacks Kashamu, six others in Ogun

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ogun state has sacked Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Senator Buruji Kashamu a member of House of Representatives from Ijebu East /Ijebu North /Ogun waterside, Adekoya Adesegun and five members of the state assembly over non-compliance of electoral law.
The tribunal has therefore ordered a fresh election in the areas affected.
More Details soon

-Vanguard

It's not on! Serena Williams and Drake are NOT engaged 

Rapper Drake, 28, and and Tennis Pro Serena Williams, 34, have tried to keep their romance under wraps, until they were seen getting up close and personal in public with their relationship and some thought a trip down the aisle was on the cards.

Police Inspector stabbed to death by wife in Ondo 

AKURE—A 26-year-old housewife, Wunmi Omowa in Akure, the Ondo state capital has reportedly stabbed her Police inspector  husband Isreal to death over a minor squabble.
This came at a time a police corporal in Ogun State,  whose identity was not disclosed by the state police command, reportedly shot dead a commercial driver, identified as Likinyo Olumide,   at   Sagamu toll gate along Lagos-Bennin expressway.

British nurse who contracted Ebola is back in London isolation unit with the virus.

 

A British nurse who contracted Ebola is back in hospital today after falling ill with the deadly virus again - just ten days after she met Samantha Cameron in Downing Street. 

Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was flown from Glasgow back to the Royal Free Hospital in north London by the RAF last night, ten months after she recovered from the illness.

The NHS nurse is now back in the isolation unit she spent a month after being diagnosed with Ebola last December.

Huzur Ahmad addresses Dutch parliament on peace initiatives 

The world Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community  Hazrat  Mirza Masroor Ahmad has arrived Holland where addressed the Parliamentarians, policy makers and opinion leaders on the peaceful coexistence in the world and the current realities. He was welcomed  to Holland in Nunspeet by the local Mayor, Honourable Dick van Hemmen.

Buhari rules out second term for Lamorde

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde 

President Muhammadu Buhari may have ruled out a second term for the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, according to The PUNCH.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan had on November 23, 2011 named Lamorde the commission’s acting chairman, after sacking Mrs. Farida Waziri as the chairman.

His appointment was later confirmed by the Senate on February 15, 2012.

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The EFCC boss will complete his four-year term next month.

Dating Selena Gomez was the "best thing" about my teenage years - Justin Bieber

 

Twenty-One year old Justin Bieber opened up about just how much his relationship with Selena Gomez meant to him, in a new interview on a New Zealand radio show.

Army forces Al-Mustapha to retire

                Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha

A former Chief Security Officer to the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha, has been compulsorily retired from the Army.

His compulsory retirement, according to a military source, arose from his unavailability in the Army for a period of over 14 years, while he was away to face trial over the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, a wife of the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief M.K.O. Abiola.

I was stripped naked and thrown out — Enyeama 

After the yelling, shouting and shoving that engulfed the Super Eagles camp in Belgium on Tuesday, skipper Vincent Enyeama still heart-broken has opened up on the disgrace meted out to him by security men that resulted in his clothes being torn.

The altercation between coach Sunday Oliseh and Enyeama graced the headlines as the Eagles prepare to face Congo in one of their two friendlies ahead of a World Cup qualifier. The Eagles play Congo today and would face the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon on Sunday.
Writing on his  Instagram page ‘vinny 2908’, Enyeama regretted the disgrace of being thrown out naked by security men.
‘’After 13 years of national service, having this smile on my face and this passion in my heart. Through the billows, the waves of the ocean, the tears of defeat, the sound of rejoicing from victory chants. Now the thought of being stripped naked and security agents throwing me out breaks me completely.
“I will take anything but not insult to my dead mother.”
Sports Vanguard gathered coach Sunday Oliseh has since appointed Ahmed Musa as captain to replace Enyeama who kicked against it. But before the issue got out of hand, NFF President Melvin Amaju Pinnick quelled the situation. Enyeama was later re-admitted to the Eagles camp. 

-Vanguard

 "Kim Kardashian and her family 'shoulda had plenty of Emmys by now' for their E! reality series" - Kanye West

In an interview with SHOWstudio,  Kanye West expressed outraged that his wife Kim Kardashian hasn't been nominated for an Emmy Award during her 10 seasons on E!

He said, 'My wife and her family shoulda had plenty of Emmys by now,' 

'I feel proud to be in a family that has so many people breaking ground for the generations to come.

 

'But reality shows are considered to be like rap was when the Mondrian wouldn't let Run-D.M.C. and Will Smith stay there because they were rappers. Or the idea of a reality star not being allowed into a fashion show or not being nominated for their show even if it's the longest running, and the most popular, and everybody I know watches it.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians has previously only won Teen Choice Awards and People's Choice Awards.

The 21-time Grammy winner waited a full 44 seconds to answer a question about how the public treats his pregnant wife - who turns 35 this month.

Kanye admitted he worries about being in the public eye and raising his two-year-old daughter North and the couple's future son due in December.

'Any situation you’re in, you’re going to worry about raising your kids,' the Adidas designer explained. 

'I married the woman of my dreams and I have a beautiful daughter': Yeezy is clearly besotted with fatherhood and he gushed that he was 'so, so, so, so happy' 

'It's champagne problems. There’s people who can’t feed their kids. I'm alive. I'm breathing. We did a show. It's selling. We're doing a second season. I don't have no problems.'

Yeezy is clearly besotted with fatherhood and he gushed that he was 'so, so, so, so happy.'

West marveled: 'I'm happy for the normal reasons to be happy. Because I married the woman of my dreams and I have a beautiful daughter and so many beautiful people around me. I have a son on the way. I have a lot of life ahead of me, and I have the opportunity to be completely rogue and the ability to support myself being who I am.'

'Bruce just got off the exit sign and drove as fast as he wanted to!' The Black Skinhead rapper accidentally referred to his stepfather-in-law Caitlyn Jenner as Bruce while making a metaphor about being stuck in traffic is like having your life controlled by public opinion

West realized his mistake and said: 'I'm sorry it's disrespectful to use that name. I'm still getting acquainted with what's politically correct. It's new. It's modern'

'Why I stole the baby' - Jennifer

Onyebuchi Jennifer

The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday paraded Onyebuchi Jennifer, who was arrested in Anambra State for stealing a baby in Lagos State.

She said she stole the baby in the Ajegunle area of Lagos and fled to Anambra State so that her lover could pay her bride price and marry her.

The 26-year-old added that she had lied to her lover in Okija, Anambra State, that the baby was the fruit of their relationship.

There were reports on Tuesday that the police arrested Jennifer for allegedly stealing the nine-month-old baby and fleeing with him for four days to Okija, Anambra State.

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It had been reported that Jennifer, who also hails from Anambra, had befriended the baby’s mother, Aina Adetola, for about two weeks, before she carried out the act on Saturday, September 26.

Jennifer, who claimed to be an orphan, said she got started living with the man in Anambra State in October 2014, adding that he refused to pay her bride price until she had a child for him.

The suspect, who said she came to Lagos in June 2015 to look for a way to get pregnant, added that she took the baby to her lover to convince him to pay her bride price.

She said, “My mother died when I was in primary five. My father had died a few years earlier. My parents had two of us; but a few years ago, my elder sister died during childbirth. So, I was left alone in Anambra State without any relation.

“I gave birth to a child in 2010, but he died after six months. Last year, I met a man who promised to marry me after I had had a child for him.

“We started living together in October 2014. I was pregnant, but after three months, I had a miscarriage. I was troubled, and started running after traditional doctors and hospitals, but to no avail. I decided to come to Lagos to work and find a way to get a baby. I came to Lagos in June 2015.

“So, I came to the Ajegunle area and I got a job as a fuel attendant. While I was working, I met the baby’s mother and we became friends.

“On that Saturday, I went to her shop, which was near the filling station. I said I was going to the Boundary area to buy an item and I would carry her baby with me. She did not object. So, I took the baby from her, and boarded a bus to Anambra State to meet my lover.”

Jennifer added that she bought baby foods to keep the boy healthy after lying to her lover that the baby was theirs.

She said, “I did this so that he could pay my bride price and marry me. I did not tell the baby’s mother that I was taking him to Anambra. We left on Saturday and got to my place on Sunday. I had the intention to bring the baby back after my bride price had been paid. I lied to my husband that I had been pregnant before I left and gave birth to the baby while in Lagos.

                                    The baby with his parents 

“He believed me, and I took good care of the baby for four days before the police showed up in our apartment.

“My lover immediately dissociated himself from me. He had not paid the bride price before the police arrested me.”

The baby's father, Adeniyi Adetola, said he was glad to be reunited with his child, adding that the police did a good job for his family.

He said, “We are taking the boy to the hospital for further treatment today (Tuesday). The mother and I are happy to have our baby boy back. The baby is my second child, and I appreciate the police for doing a good job on this case. I also appreciate God.”

The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the command would not tolerate criminals in the state.

“The command is doing all it should to bring crimes to the barest minimum, and we want the general public to always avail us of information to be able to do this,” he added.

- PUNCH.

Ogogoro Tragedy - Death toll now 66

The Rivers State government, yesterday, said the death toll from consumed poisonous local gin, otherwise known as ogogoro, has risen to 66 from 38.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr Somiari Harry, who disclosed this to journalists shortly after a meeting with vendors of ogogoro, said efforts were on to ensure stoppage of consumption till further notice.

Father arraigned for Assaulting Son

 

 A father who allegedly assaulted his five-year-old son by flogging him has been arraigned at the Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday.

The accused, Sikiru Mustapha, 29, is standing trial on a charge of assault.
Mustapha, a resident of No.4, Pedro St., Iwaya, Yaba in Lagos, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
But the Prosecutor, ASP. Godwin Anyanwu,

Police not responsible for Prof. Falaki's death - AIG

Mr Tambari Yabo, the Assistant Inspector General in Charge of Zone 1, Kano, has dismissed insinuations by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that the police were responsible for the death of Prof.

Dino Melaye Blames APC Senators for PDP's Win

  The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has said that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ike Ekweremadu, emerged Deputy Senate President because some APC senators did not attend the inauguration.