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Friday, 25 December 2015
Thursday, 24 December 2015
Americans held hostage in Iran win compensation, 36 years later
After spending 444 days in captivity, and more than 30 years seeking restitution, the Americans taken hostage at the United States Embassy in Tehran in 1979 have finally won compensation.
Buried in the huge spending bill signed into law last Friday are provisions that would give each of the 53 hostages or their estates up to $4.4 million.
Disturbing Story of How Man Raped Seven Children in Ebonyi
Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man, Chinedu Nwoja, for allegedly defiling seven female children at Onueke in Ezza South local government area of the state.
Narrating their ordeal, some of the victims aged between six and 10 alleged that the man who was a father of three had on several occasions lured them to his vehicle and other isolated places where he repeatedly carried out the act. He lives with the children in the same compound.
Yoruba Woman, Funmilola, Makes History In New York Police, Becomes Confirmed Inspector
Hard work sure pays. She has been diligent in her work and this elevation is well deserved!
The New York Police Department has announced the promotion of Deputy Inspector Olufunmilola F. Obe to the rank of Inspector.
Ladies Flaunt it All at Music Meets Runway Party
With the number of ladies with cleavage revealing outfits at the 5th edition of Music Meets Runway 2015 at Eko Hotel on 22 December, you would think it's a Boobs showing event. See more photos...
Must Watch! When Dino Melaye’s Colleagues Called Him A Masquerade At The Senate
Senator Dino was recently crowned the Jarma of Okuta and he attended his next sitting at the Senate dressed as a chief and his colleagues went ‘wild’ on him. When he entered, a lot of them started laughing, and then a loud voice was heard saying – masquerade, and the laugh continued. It went on like that till the end of the video. See video after cut..
PHOTOS: Empress Njama releases stunning Christmas
Actress Empress Njama released her annual Christmas photos .As you know,it is always hot!
Wednesday, 23 December 2015
Comedian Seyi Law Buys Honda Crosstour For Wife
Its Christmas season and Comedian Seyi Law just appreciated his wife with this gift. He wrote;
No wonder, God made it clear in His words, that when they say there is a casting down, we will say there is a lifting up.
PHOTOS: Artists incredible but scary images of how the world might end
Artist ,Steve McGhee has created apocalyptic images that seem to cover every possible way the world might end.
They include planes crashing down on New York City, blackholes opening up in Sydney Harbour and a large oil spill off the coast of France. Mr McGhee, from London, Ontario, believes his work could be influenced by the fact he watches far too many disaster movies.
Buhari' govenment spending money like a drunken sailor-Fani Kayode
Former Aviation minister, Fani Kayode has lambasted the Buhari led government for continuously blaming former president, Jonathan for it's present woes..In a statement ,he accused the APC government of spending money like a drunken sailor. He said
“The 2016 budget is fueled by insincerity, shrouded in fantasy, built on tall dreams and spawned by deceit, ignorance and the illusion of change. It is bloated, unrealistic, expensive, cosmetic and it will not result in anything good.
Police admit killing UNIPORT student
The Rivers State Police Command has admitted to killing a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Oghenekevwe Edah.
It was learnt that the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), A.A. Muhammed, who delivered a condolence message to the deceased’s family on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Musa Kimo, promised that justice would be done in the matter, Punch reports.
On Tuesday, Oghenekevwe was returning from a church on Sunday and was standing at the Assemblies of God Church Junction, in the Alakahia area of Port Harcourt, when a police van driving against traffic hit him.
Pay me my money, Fasehun tells Buhari
The founder of the Odua People’s Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, has asked the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to pay him and his organisation the money owed them for the protection of oil pipelines.
Fasehun, who is also the national chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria, said this at a quarterly interactive media roundtable in Lagos on Tuesday.
Suspected robber misses way after operation, arrested
The police in Lagos have arrested a suspected robber, Saliu John, on the Old Apapa Road, Oyingbo, after allegedly dispossessing some market women of about N28,000.
Our correspondent gathered that John, who was said to have come to the area with two others, was nabbed by members of a vigilance group after he reportedly missed his way after the operation.
US Overtakes Russia As World’s Largest Producer Of Crude Oil
The United States is now the world’s largest oil and natural gas liquids exporter and would remain so for a while, overtaking both Saudi Arabia and Russia.
U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from natural gas, surpassed all other countries with daily output exceeding 11 million barrels during the first 5 months of this year.
Govt lists six treason charges against kanu
Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) leader and Radio Biafra Director Nnamdi Kanu is to be charged with treason.
Kanu was arrested on October 14 in Lagos and arraigned before an Abuja Magistrate’s Court on October 19. The court struck out the charges brought against him by the Department of State Service (DSS) because the prosecution applied to withdraw the charges.
Buhari directs immediate payment of December salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate payment of December salaries to Federal Government workers.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at the end of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting, said salaries were already being paid in response to the Presidential directive.
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Ghana president bans first class travel for public officials
In a renewed effort to cut wasteful spending,Ghana’s President John Mahama has banned public officials from first class air travel
The government said on Tuesday that the ban has come into effect as the country implements an IMF aid deal to revive state finances.
Zimbabwe To Adopt Chinese Yuan As Legal Tender In Debt Write-Off
“They [China] said they are cancelling our debts that are maturing this year and we are in the process of finalising the debt instruments and calculating the debts,” minister Patrick Chinamasa said in a statement.
Las Vegas Strip Crash: Driver Claims She Ran Over Pedestrians Due To Stress and Tiredness
The woman who mowed down several dozen people in Las Vegas Sunday night says she was sober but just extremely tired.
Lakeisha Holloway told police she was trying to sleep in her car on several hotel properties but security kept running her off.
Miss Germany Slams Miss Phillipines:"None of Us Voted For Her"
The controversy surrounding the winner of the Miss Universe pageant just stepped up a gear as another contestant has come forward to insist Miss Colombia should have won.
Host Steve Harvey managed to mess up the announcement of the winner leading Runner-Up Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez-Arévalo to be crowned winner in front of millions of viewers by mistake.
PHOTOS: Malaysia Launches Its First Shariah-Compliant Airline
Malaysia's first Islamic-compliant airline Rayani Air has launched, with its maiden flight taking off from the capital to the resort island of Langkawi yesterday.
In-flight meals served on board its flights are completely halal, with alcohol consumption strictly prohibited, in compliance with Shariah laws.
Pay-as-you-use electricity tariff takes off, says NERC
The new electricity tariff regime approved over the weekend by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has removed fixed charges for all classes of electricity consumers.
Electricity distribution companies will from the next billing period no longer charge their customers monthly fixed charges.
Fear over use of credit cards overseas from Jan.
Banks are giving conflicting conditions to their customers on use of both debit and credit cards abroad. While some lenders banned completely, use of the cards abroad, others specified countries where the cards are acceptable, The Nation has learnt.
Monday, 21 December 2015
NEW DELHI: We were treated like criminals despite valid visa, says student deported by US
Air India on Sunday night stopped 19 Indian students from boarding its flight to San Francisco after being informed by US authorities that the two universities to which they had been admitted were under "scrutiny".
Air India said the move was aimed at preventing the students from being "inconvenienced".
A statement issued by the national carrier cited the plight of 14 students who had earlier travelled on Air India flights to San Francisco to the same universities but were deported.
GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Man Tries To Kill Himself After His Girl Dumped Him
This young man landed himself in an unfortunate situation after trying to kill himself because his girlfriend told him she was leaving him..
PHOTOS: Publicist Mariam Adeyemi & John Timmer's Traditional Wedding
PR consultant Mariam Adeyemi and her fiancé John Timmer yesterday in Lekki had a big party to celebrate their traditional wedding.
The couple got engaged last year December, released their pre-wedding photos earlier in November 2015 only for hell to be let loose by John's 'ex-wife', Petia Timmer when she accused him of abandoning her and their two daughters to go commit bigamy in Nigeria. She claimed they were not divorced yet.
SEE FULL LIST: Mikel, Kanu, Okocha Make Africa’s Top 10 Richest Footballers Of All Time
Man rapes 24-year-old Facebook lover at first meeting
A 26-year-old man, Taiwo Oluwatobi, has been arrested, for allegedly luring his Facebook lover to his house, and raping her.
Oluwatobi had met the 24-year-old victim, identified only as Temitope, on Facebook. He had allegedly lured her to his house in the Alagomeji, Yaba area of the state to collect N15,000, during which he raped her,Punch reports.
5 Most Common Symptoms of Menopause
Is it hot in here or is it me? That feeling of intense heat is not caused by some external force. It’s a hot flash, which affects 75-85 percent of women around menopause, according to Sleep Foundation.org. Your body can feel like a furnace on overdrive: A sudden and unexpected feeling of intense heat, lasting between 30 seconds and 10 minutes, may begin in the upper part of your body, spreading its way down to your toes.
Fuel crisis defies solution nationwide
The perennial fuel crisis which has blighted the year worsened across the country, weekend, as hundreds of motorists slept in petrol stations with the intention of purchasing the products.
This was even as the Federal Government, yesterday, directed the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA , to commence a special supply intervention measures to bring an end to the perennial fuel scarcity witnessed across the country.
500,000 Lagos residents threatened by leaking sewage plant
NO fewer than 500,000 residents of Iponri Low-Cost Housing Estate, Surulere Local Government Area of Lagos State, yesterday appealed to the state government to save their lives from looming epidemic.
The residents told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the sewage plant which drains dirty water from the soak-away of more than 400 housing units with 500,000 residents has been disconnected by Eko Disco (EKEDC) due to unpaid bills.
FG must listen to MASSOB, IPOB, others –OPC
NATIONAL President of Oodua People’s Congress, Chief Gani Adams, said at the weekend that the Federal Government must hold talks with the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and others agitating for a Biafra republic.
PHOTOS: Couple sell girl,16 to another couple after s*xually assaulting her
Two men and two women were arrested Friday night for allegedly selling a 16-year-old girl for prostitution, the San Antonio Police Department said.
The teen told police that she had been sold to one couple for $4,000.
Rebecca Nicole Alvarez, 22, Christopher Castoreno, 34, (above)Veronica Ann Diaz, 26, and Adrian Colon, 44, are all being charged with trafficking.
52-Year Old Woman Ties The Knot For The First Time In Nigeria
Salvation Ministries yesterday on their Facebook page shared photos of a 56-year old man getting married to a 52-year old woman just to encourage all that God can never be late.
Report: Govt officials earn N1.126tr yearly
About N1,126,614,234,434. 38 is spent yearly on salaries and allowances of political office holders by the Federal Government, the 36 states and the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs).
The 17,774 beneficiaries include President, Vice President, Senate President, the House of Representatives Speaker, Deputy Speaker, ministers, governors, senators, members of the House of Representatives, judges, principal officers and members of the state Houses of Assembly, commissioners and local government chairmen and their councillors.
Salaries take N94.959 billion and allowances cost about N1,031,654,689,033.18 (N1.031trillion).
Ladder To Board Flight: Kenya National TV Mocks Nigeria
Kenya National Tv has mocked Nigeria after video and photos of passengers boarding an Aero aircraft with a ladder hit the internet. The video that was shown on their National Tv and posted today on their Youtube page only asked one question; Does Nigeria have a minister for aviation?
Sunday, 20 December 2015
OMG! (Graphic) See what a husband allegedly did to his wife for sleeping with his friend!
Drama As Cultists Seize Corpse Of High Chief In Osun
The interment of the remains of the late Obalufe of Iremo Quarters, Ile Ife, Oba Solomon Omisakin was delayed for hours at the weekend, following the demand of the sum of #500,000 by members of Isoro cult.
Isoro cult headed by Obadio, is a powerful cult in Ile Ife and only an Ooni, among all palace traditional title holders, is a member.
It’s not what people say about my dad that matters but what God says –Sarah, Prophet T. B Joshua’s daughter
Sarah and Promise are very lucky. They are Prophet T.B Joshua’s daughters and doing so well in life. Sarah was called to the Nigerian Bar on Wednesday December 16 and she’s also looking forward to be called to the New York bar in the United States of America soon. Promise is 18 and studying Politics and International Relations at London School of Economics in the United Kingdom. It’s obvious that they’re both apples of the renowned prophet’s eyes. In the interviews
that follow, both reflected on life as daughters of Prophet T.B Joshua and what this has added to their lot in life. Excerpts:
Congrats, how do you feel being called to the bar today?
Nigerian Army commutes death sentence on 66 soldiers
The 66 soldiers who were condemned to death by military courts for mutiny and trying to kill their commanding officer in the war on Boko Haram, will no longer face the firing squad.
Instead, they will serve a term of 10 year imprisonment each after the military authorities reviewed their cases and granted them a reprieve.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
Court Orders 6 Traffic Offenders To Forfeit Their Vehicles To Lagos Government (PICTURED)
Angry Single Men Stage Anti-Christmas Rally In Tokyo
The group of about 20, part of the Communist-inspired group that routinely protests Western holidays marched under angry banners that read "Smash Christmas!" in Tokyo's Shibuya district, where couples and families strolled for holiday shopping.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015
Man Who Survived 15 Months Drifting At Sea Sued For Eating Colleague
Reports have it that the castaway, Salvador Alvarenga, 36, who survived 15 months at sea by drinking urine and turtle blood has been sued for $1m for ‘eating his colleague’.
The man who is being sued by the family of the colleague claimed that Alvarenga, ate crewmate Ezequiel Cordoba, 22, and want £650,000 from him.
Salvador Alvarenga, 36, paid Ezequiel Cordoba, 22, $50 to accompany him on a two-day fishing trip off the coast of Mexico in November 2012.
CBN acquires 62, 021 meters for power firm
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday in Kano launched the acquisition of 62, 021 meters for distribution to customers of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) as part its N213billion intervention programme in the power sector meant to improve revenue generation.
Monday, 14 December 2015
No Valid ID, No Hotel Accommodation In Sokoto – Tambuwal
Tambuwal made the statement in Sokoto on Monday at the inauguration of a four-star hotel, called Hotel Taraka International.
Sunday, 13 December 2015
39-Year Old Man Claims 13 Year Old Foster Daughter Was Impregnated By Him Using A Syringe
The young girl confessed to her little sister she wasn’t a virgin anymore because she had slept with “Mr. Brandon” more times than she could count. The minors’ conversation was overheard by a camp counselor and was immediately reported to Child Services.
New Olu of Warri crowned with pomp
Before a capacity crowd of friends, relatives and well wishers, Prince Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko was yesterday crowned Ogiame Ikenwole 1, the 20th Olu of Warri, Delta State.
At exactly 2.14pm, the head of the Ologbotsere family, who is also the Olara-Aja of Jakpa, Pa Higgson Oporokun, placed the 404-year-old diamond crown, first worn by Dom Domingos in 1411 on the head of the new Olu in Ode-Itsekiri (Big Warri).
The crowning followed three months of mourning of the passage of his predecessor and elder brother, Ogiame Atuwatse II.
Saturday, 12 December 2015
Mother Who Caged Daughter in Chicken Den When Torturing Her Jailed for 190 Years
AN 'EVIL' mother who caged her daughter in a chicken coop and shocked her with a electric dog collar has been jailed for 190 years
Cruel Diana Franklin tied her adopted girl to a tree by her neck during a shocking six-year campaign of torture.
Franklin, 48, also beat the naked child with a belt buckle and held her at gunpoint, according to reports.
The American Civil War re-enactor - who served in the US Air Force - wrote in a diary how the girl was her "slave".
I FEEL LIKE A PROSTITUTE WHEN ADDRESSED AS ‘HOT GIRL’– BEAUTY QUEEN VICTORIA DAROPALE
Victoria Daropale is the current Miss Nigeria International Charismatic and a final year student of Nutrition and Dietetics at Wesley University of Science And Technology, Ondo State. With over three crowns to her name, Victoria still aspires to achieve more. In this interview with ADEWOYIN ADENIYI, she speaks on her journey into the world of modelling, why her education isn’t disturbing her career and love life among other issues.
WHAT were your parents’ reactions to your choice of career?
FG empowers unemployed graduates in Lagos
The Federal Ministry of Finance has empowered no fewer than 100 unemployed graduates under its Graduate Internship Scheme (GIS) programme in Lagos State.
The three-day training was held between December 7 and 9 at the NECA building Alausa, Ikeja.
The director of the scheme, Mr Peter Papka, in his speech delivered by his representative, John Umoren, said: “The orientation and employability training are meant for the graduate interns but we have deliberately included partnering firms and organizations as part of government’s commitment in contributing to enhancement of their capacity in service effectiveness, especially through staff assessment\development through structured mentorship and other critical lines which are necessary for growth of any firm and organization. It also provides an opportunity to share with other partners and interns on workplace and performance and how to optimize on the benefits of the scheme.”
5 Tips To Steer Clear Of Relationship Roadblocks
A great majority of us long for stable, fulfilling relationships with a partner we can share our lives with. So why the quest to find a true life’s companion seem like Mission Impossible for so many?
The search for true love has a lot to do with basic misconceptions that we’ve learned to associate with relationships. It’s high time that we debunk these relationships myths and misconceptions and expose the illogical thinking behind them. Huffingtonpost.com advises that the next time you hit a bump in the relationship roadway, steer away from these four pieces of misguided advice and accept the fifth.
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