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A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said: For cutting the grass: $5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00 For going to the store for you: $.50 Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25 Taking out the garbage: $1.00 For getting a good report card: $5.00 For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00 Total owed: $14.75 To watch click HERE   To watch on mobile click HERE

It was reported by SaharaReporters as follows: The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, was today arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. A statement by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo, said Dokubo was picked up by the police between 1:00pm and 2:00pm around the Lubeleyi roundabout, and taken to an unknown destination. The wealthy former militant reportedly opened a private university in the Benin Republic, the King Amachree African University that is preparing to start degree-awarding programmes in 2014.

A 15 year-old boy named Kieran Obazee was shot and stabbed on Friday Nov. 22 at his east London home by gang members in what police believe may have been a case of mistaken identity. The boy survived the attack. However, he is currently in a hospital in a very bad condition. As it was gathered, five men wearing balaclavas and armed with kives and a gun forced their way into the home in Plaistow just before 3am on Friday. Further a 23-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. It is believed by the detectives that the boy was mistakenly taken for a member of a gang. This morning a Scotland Yard spokesperson said:

Is this a new trend, where celebs take swipes at each other about their supposedly 'fake lifestyles' on social media? Singer Lami Philips is the latest celebrity to add her voice. She posted an article on her blog titled Celebrity Mumuism where she called out 'upcoming' celebs on their 'lies'. See below.. Read What She Said By Clicking Read More

This is politics the war just started. What is going to be the outcome of this? Pics from their press conference after the cut...

Nigeria's oldest airline, Aero Contractors has reportedly changed its name to Nigerian Eagle and will be the national carrier. A Boeing 737-500 wearing the national colours is currently parked in a private hangar at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The new national carrier will be unveiled in the coming days. The new airline is owned jointly by the Federal Government through (Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and the Ibru family with the former owning 60% and the latter owning 40%.  Photos courtesy - Auto Focus Blog

In case you missed the story, read it HERE. The prime suspect in the murder of 26 year old Nigerian, Adaobi. M. Obih, has been apprehended in Texas. Ryan Allen Klug was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals near Galveston, Texas on Saturday Nov. 23rd, four days after his roommate Adaobi was found dead in the flat they shared in Indiana. A full time test engineer at Cummins Inc., Adaobi only began to pursue her PHD before she was murdered. Family sources said she leased the apartment on her own and Klug was her tenant who paid rent to her. They also said Ada interviewed a large number of people before deciding to lease a room to Klug. Only for her to end up killing her.

A source close to D'Banj and his former producer and partner, Don Jazzy, has hinted that times have changed and the two men are back together as good friends and have decided to work together. Since separating from each other, D'banj has not released any song that is as strong and with National appeal as it used to be when Don Jazzy was his producer. Also, Don Jazzy on his part has not been able to produce any hit with his new crew like it used to be when D'Banj was around. So, don't be surprised if you hear a new hit song from D'banj and Don Jazzy any time soon. The good days are back for lovers of good music in Naija and I hear the atmosphere is charged to deliver something that would be worth the long breaks.

It was a terrible sight on Sunday evening as a middle aged woman, identified as Kemi, bit off the manhood of her neighbour around the Inalende area of Ibadan, Oyo State. Kemi was said to have resorted to biting, according to an eyewitness, after she was thoroughly beating by the man, identified simply as Rasheed. Speaking on what made her cut off a man's manhood with her teeth, Kemi said: “He reported me and my friend to my friend’s mother in-law after she arrived at our house and thereafter started to beat me and when nobody rescued me from him, I bit him but I do not know it was his pénis .”

While the House of Reps investigative panel dilly dallies on its planned investigations, the Internet Spy device will be installed and “Big Brother” will come alive, somewhere in Abuja, soon. Premium Times reports that As the world battles the American government over its invasive Prism project that has snooped on Americans and other world leaders, workers of Israeli defence electronics firm, Elbit Systems , have quietly landed in Abuja, to install a comprehensive spying facility that will help the Nigerian government spy on all online activities by its citizens. The installation will go ahead despite public outcry and an ongoing legislative probe of the project that followed the leak of the contract by this newspaper, long before Edward Snowden exposed America’s Prism.