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A fourteen-year-old bride, Wasila Umaru, has allegedly poisoned her 35-year- old groom, Umaru Sani and three others in Ungwar Yansoro, Gaya Local Government Area of Kano State. Wasila was said to have bought a rat poison known in local parlance as Shinkafa Bera at a village market for N80. The Police statement reads: "The suspects conspired and adulterated the Zobo juice (locally made drink) with poisonous substances (Zakami) which was served to guests. "The husband took his meal and drink with his 14 friends."  "After drinking the juice, two people-Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan of Yansoro Kademi- died on the spot. The third victim, a woman, Indo Ibrahim, died in the hospital. Other was treated and discharged." "The command swung into action and arrested the first two suspects who fled to Bauchi while the third one was arrested at Unguwa Uku in Kano metropolis." "The suspects have already been transferred to the Criminal Inves...

While Nigerians are still clamouring for the release or where about of a Nigerian, citizen Yusuf Siyaka Onimisi, known as Isiaka Yusuf with twitter handler @ciaxon who posted photos of the jail break by members of the Boko Haram sect as the SSS headquarters, report by an online media, Elombah.com says he may have been beaten to death. According to the report, the Nigerian government and the Secret Security Service (SSS) are making attempts to kill a widespread outbreak of riot what may happened should the truth be known about what has befallen ciaxon. This it said the government and the SSS according to multiple sources are doing, because Ciaxon may have been killed by the secret force for breaking the photo news on his twitter handle, from where every other media picked it from. READ: How Onimisi Ciaxon Who Tweeted Boko Haram Jailbreak Photos Was Arrested Allegedly By SSS The Elombah.com report said: One of our sources revealed to us that Ciaxon almost lost his life in the gun duel on...

A few hours after it was revealed that her brother Mohammed Abacha is facing fresh criminal lawsuit from the Federal Government for unlawfully taking N446.3billion stolen from government’s treasury between 1995 and 1998, his sister, Gumsu Abacha took to Twitter to cuss people out! Tweets below... Read the report against Mohammed, eldest son of late former military dictator, General Sani Abacha, after the cut...

Adesanmoye Kehinde, a senior official of the Nigerian Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Ikotun Lagos branch, has been arrested and dragged before the Ejigbo Magistrate Court in Lagos for allegedly setting his lover, Janet, 31, ablaze after she called off their relationship.   Kehinde, 43, who is married with three children, had been dating Delta state born Janet for a while and was planning marry her. Janet however decided to call the affair off because she felt Kehinde was too troublesome. Continue...

The disappearance of the guy who tweeted live pics of soldiers during the Boko Haram jail attempt on Sunday March 30th has made international news. Report from  BBC  below...

A SCOUT who was teased because he couldn’t start a fire decided to try again at home – and sparked a £10,000 blaze which left him in hospital. Edward Hawkins, 14, tried to prove himself to his friends and stacked up wood in the garden and doused it with petrol as his mother took his brother to school. Armed with a camera phone to capture the moment, he put a match to the pile but watched in horror as flames immediately spread to his dad Eddie's shed. It contained two explosive gas canisters and as Edward frantically tried to empty it a petrol can exploded and soaked him as he stamped down the flames.

Some anonymous sources from the Federal Security Service of Russia claim the passengers on MH370 are alive after the plane landed in Afghanistan. The Malaysia Airlines plane was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board has been missing since March 8. According to one of the Russian newspapers, all the passengers are alive, they have been divided into seven groups and are living in mud huts with almost no food.

Infertility can also refer to the biological inability of an individual to contribute to conception, or to a female who cannot carry a pregnancy to full term. It can also be  refer to a couple that has failed to conceive after 12 months of regular sexual intercourse without the use of contraception. There are many possible causes of infertility but sometimes the exact cause is never identified. Causes of infertility in women * Ovulation disorders- this is the most common cause of infertility in women. Ovulation is the monthly release of an egg. In some cases the woman never releases eggs, while in others the woman does not release eggs during come cycles. Ovulation disorders can be due to: * Premature ovarian failure- this happen when a woman's ovaries stop working before she is 40.

From the title of this post I know you're thinking how disgusting it would be to drink your own urine. You might also be thinking "Is there any good reason for drinking urine?" Advocates of drinking urine claims it is beneficial to one's health and it is a miraculous elixir while for most other people, it is bodily waste that should strictly confined to the toilet bowl.The question now should be if it is actually safe to drink urine. From my study of microbiology in the university, urine secreted from the kidney is sterile if the kidney is not infected. Uncontaminated bladder urine is also normally sterile. However, the urethra contains normal harmless bacteria, hence normal voided urine contain small amount of bacteria.

All of us love to eat red tomatoes but as unlikely as it sounds, green tomatoes may hold the answer to bigger, stronger muscles.   Natural compound from green tomatoes stimulates muscle growth, improves muscle strength and endurance and protects against muscle wasting, research reveals.  A team of University of Iowa scientists has now discovered that tomatidine, a compound from green tomatoes, is even more potent for building muscle and protecting against muscle atrophy.  "Muscle atrophy causes many problems for people, their families, and the health care system in general. Exercise certainly helps, but it is not enough and not very possible for many people who are ill or injured," said Christopher Adams, an associate professor of internal medicine and molecular physiology and biophysics. 

A 25-year-old Pastor, Isaac Asante, has been arrested by the Tesano Police for having carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old student of Akwamuman Senior High School and a resident of North Kaneshie Dance Bar in Accra. The accused who is a pastor and student of MC Jakes Theological and Ministerial Bible College at Sowutoum and also resides at Tabora Alhaji was arraigned before an Accra Magistrate court. Speaking to the court, the Prosecuting, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) A. A. Annor said the accused got to know the complainant through “tango,’ a social media platform, sometime in January 2014 and introduced him­self as a pastor under training at the aforementioned college.

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Twenty seven-year-old Olalekan Adelaja, who was arrested for cutting off the penis of his one-and- half-year-old nephew, Bashiru Akintoye, has pleaded guilty to the crime. Adelaja was arraigned along with Obinwanne Ounukwo, 22, before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court on three counts of attempted murder and causing grievous harm. While Adelaja pleaded guilty to the charges, Ounukwo said he did not know anything about the crime. PUNCH Metro had reported last week how the victim’s mother, Abidemi, had left him in the house while on a sexual romp with her husband’s friend, identified as Fatai, within the neighbourhood on March 23, 2014.

There has been series of warnings against having any contact with fresh bush meat as they are easy agents for the spread of the killer Ebola Virus that has no cure. But it seems nobody has told Mercy Johnson about the risk and it's possible there is even no insurance for her while acting this movie. More photos below...

I don't know what all these celebrities get for showing their nakedness.  Pix below...

DEM MAMA RECORDS  and  AFC Entertainment Group  presents the official video of the 'baddest' collaboration of the year " BUM BUM Remix "   featuring international dance-hall and reggae artist  Sean Paul.  Directed by  Shutah Films. You just cant afford to miss out on all the ' Bum Bum ' action as you watch the video below

The Oscar nominated actor and BAFTA winner arrived Nigeria around 6 this morning to attend the premiere of Half of a Yellow Sun which will take place tomorrow at Silverbird Galleria in Lagos. See another pic after the cut...

The president of the United States Of America, President Barack Obama, was once again on duty, this time not just as a president but as a husband when he came to the aid of his wife to avert a possible major wardrobe malfunction that was bound to happen as the first lady climbed on a plane on Houston yesterday. Michelle Obama and her husband attended the Southwestern city to tour the LBJ Presidential Library, as well as the commemoration ceremonies for the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The happy couple were all smiles boarding Air Force One with grace and ease — and it was all thanks to Barack, that is! Her hubby was on skirt patrol, keeping her hem firmly down so that she didn't flash the world.