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To mark Nigeria's Centenary anniversary ,GEJ addressed the  nagging Boko haram issue  My dear compatriots, as we celebrate our centenary, the security situation in some of our North-Eastern States, sadly remains a major concern for us. Just yesterday, young students, full of hopes and dreams for a great future, were callously murdered as they slept in their college dormitories in Yobe State. I am deeply saddened by their deaths and that of other Nigerians at the hands of terrorists. Our hearts go out to their parents and relatives, colleagues and school authorities.  We will continue to do everything possible to permanently eradicate the scourge of terrorism and insurgency from our country.  We recognise that the root cause of militancy, terrorism and insurgency is not the strength of extremist ideas but corrupted values and ignorance. That is why our counter-terrorism strategy is not just about enforcing law and order as we have equipped our security force...

The Rev. Cho Yong-gi, founder and pastor emeritus of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea, one of the largest Pentecostal churches in the world, has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling church funds. Cho was found guilty of causing $12 million in losses to the church by having officials in 2002 buy stocks owned by his eldest son, Cho Hee-jun, at four times the market value,  Yonhap  reported on Thursday. The 78-year-old pastor, who founded the church in 1958, will also have to pay about $4.6 million in fines. The junior Cho will also be serving a three-year prison term for colluding with his father, the Seoul Central District Court ruled.

President Goodluck Jonathan will make a broadcast to the nation at 9 pm tonight on Nigeria's centenary. The broadcast will be relayed on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and the Voice of Nigeria (VON). According to Presidential Media Adviser, Reuben Abati, 'All other television and radio stations in the country are urged to hook-up to NTA and FRCN to relay the broadcast to their viewers and listeners". Gist Arena

29 year old Rabelani Ramali (pictured right), a community worker from rural Limpopo province in South African has launched a contest in the country where girls who are virgins at 35 and below would be rewarded with R100,000 or less plus medals; gold, silver or bronze, depending on their ages. Rabelani who has fathered five children by four women out of wedlock, says he decided to come up with this idea to help checkmate the rate of unwanted pregnancies and HIV cases amongst south African women. He said his NGO, SA Virgin Girls Awards, which was registered in November 2013, is set to take on this task as he has recruited 31 volunteer workers who would help disburse forms among women in schools, market, churches and other places. Rabelani said he has contacted local medical doctors who have agreed to help him carry out the virginity test on the girls who would come forward to get tested. R100,000 would be given to virgins between the ages of 31 and 35, R50,000 for those aged 26 to 30...

Toke Makinwa revealed her saddest moment in a recent interview with Genevieve magazine "I lost both my parents in a fire incident in 1993. I remember that morning and I haven’t been able to speak about it ever since." she said

Peter Okoye just released these photos on his instagram page. Says The Alingos  cartoon series, which is centred around the singing brothers, will hit on our TV screens soon. Peter said they have been working on the project for five years. Find more photos and a press release after the cut...

At last , I am also writing my story after reading from other ladies on your blog. I need to share mine too. I am not writing because I need advise, I am not depressed at all and I won't let my feeble self be. I am writing because I can't trust any of my friends. Can't confide in them, they might betray me. After reading  your blog for this long, I am beginning to feel with you the freedom one feels around a close elder sister.  Aunty  Eya , my Traditional wedding took place last week Thursday. Last night while looking for spare keys in my husband's brief case, I bumped into an envelope of lovely pictures he took with his ex at the Ranch just a week to our traditional marriage. The same time he went to see his sick friend.

This testimony will make you see life from a far better perspective... Survival was a daily struggle for Lucky Susa, a young man from Delta State, Nigeria. Pushing a local trolley around the busy Mile 12 Market in the heart of Lagos, he scavenged an occasional N100 or N200 by assisting market customers to transport their items to the nearest bus stop. With these stipends, he barely managed to feed and fend for himself. As dawn broke on the morning of December 9th 2008, Lucky arose from slumber and headed for the market as usual. Little did he know that an event was about to transpire that would forever change his life. “I brought two bags of rice and beans to the bus stop,” he reminisced. “Across the tarmac, there were some people gathering. I crossed over to look at what was happening.” The sight that Lucky beheld was heart-breaking. An elderly lady lying in a pool of her own blood. "I began to shout that people should help this woman. They told me, 'The car that hit th...

It was a bizarre case of sheer wickedness when a 30-year-old man, Chris Elvis, allegedly padlocked his son's mouth in order to mute his screams of pain while he battered him to death. He has since been arrested by the police in Lagos. Elvis was said to have allegedly accused his four-year-old Godrich of being an “Ogbanje” or “evil child” who had brought the family ill fortune in recent times. Elvis, who is a security guard, beat his son, burned him all over his body with a hot iron and then locked him in a plastic drum, according to court documents. The child’s mother called the police after returning from the market to find her son’s horrific death. Elvis tried to act like he was mentally ill when he was arrested, but the authorities said his condition was normal, according to International Business Times. The security guard has been held in custody after being charged with murder. The charge sheet reads: “That you, Chris Elvis, on February 10, 2014, about 5 pm at 7, Ad...

Yes, it’s midweek and the average worker is gradually preparing for the weekend, which commences on Friday evening. Weekends are those glorious times of the week when we take care of those things we have pushed off — including, ahem, sex — during the week because of the pressure of work and also because of the need to wake up early and sleep late. Now that the weekend stares each of us in the face, it’s also necessary to have a rough idea of what we will do in order to stay focused, healthy and totally revved up to meet the demands of the new week. One physical activity that can help in this regard, researchers say, is getting down to ‘business,’ not necessarily to make babies, but really to unwind and let your partner feel your presence the right way all over.

Jose Mourinho says it is a "disgrace that somebody is recording a private conversation" after he appeared to criticise his strikers in a video broadcast on French television. The Chelsea manager says whoever recorded the conversation should be "embarrassed as a media professional", but says there is no rift between himself and Samuel Eto'o as he was he was joking when he made an unflattering comment about the Cameroonian forward's age.   Canal Plus published a video on its website, in which Mourinho commented: “The problem with Chelsea is we lack a scorer. I have one (Eto’o) but he’s 32. Maybe 35, who knows?” Eto'o has only scored eight goals in 27 appearances since he arrived at Stamford Bridge last August, while fellow strikers Fernando Torres and Demba Ba have only managed 11 goals between them in all competitions.