Gist Arena

Nigerian women, under the aegis of Women Arise have vowed to mobilize for mass protest against the Nigeria Police after a mobile police officer tortured two women in Lagos recently. PM News reports that's, a video clip of an officer of the Nigerian Police Force, identified Nasir Muhammed, beating and torturing two women went viral on the internet recently, eliciting public anger against the police over the dehumanising treatment meted out to the women. National President, Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin demanded that the erring officer, Muhammed, must be helped with a psychiatric check, saying that "we need be sure that men recruited into our police force have no traces of mental disorders."

  The 2014 Lagos Carnival kicked off 10am yesterday, Easter Monday 21st April with theme ‘‘LASGIDI’’. And it was so much fun. Check out photos from the event. There was even a singing goat. 

These are definitely not the best times for rapper Sinzu who's very used to flaunting his very expensive, luxurious lifestyle on social media. There are real big accusations that he is the man police authorities are looking for in Houston for withdrawing $300 from a female victim's bank account at an ATM in southwest Houston.  The female victim, 38, from the Dallas/Fort Worth area, told police she noticed unauthorized  transactions being made with her debit card. She quickly filed a report with Houston Police Department. They then released surveillance video of the suspect inside a Walgreen's store on 8535 South Braeswood on March 2. Anyone with information on the identity of the wanted suspect is being asked to call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Sinzu has denied being the one on the surveillance video and deleted his Instagram page. But it turns out he had already been booked before now, just last December for unlawful possession of a weapon and forge...

Suspected gunmen of Boko Haram sect shot dead the Kala/Balge council chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Modu Janga; and its Youths Leader, Alhaji Abba near Mafa town on the Maiduguri-Dikwa road by 11am Monday. The APC duo officials were returning to Gudumbali from Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, when their vehicle was ambushed near Mafa town. According to an eyewitness and resident of Mafa, Babagana Usman mafa, said “the insurgents blocked the road with wood and tree branches, before identify occupants of the vehicle and shot dead two persons at the spot, and fled towards Dikwa, a border town with Cameroon. “The party chairman along with other passengers in the ambushed vehicle, were first stopped by flagging down the driver for identification, before three gunmen on motorcycles shot dead two people at close range; and fled towards Dikwa,” Usmani said in a telephone chat Tuesday in Maiduguri.

Jail break was recently averted at the Maximum Security Prison, Kirikiri, Lagos when the prison fence collapsed after a heavy downpour. DailyPost exclusively gathered that the fence fell inward after the last Sunday’s heavy rainfall, a development which led to palpable fear within the prison vicinity. A reliable insider hinted our correspondent that it all started on Sunday morning during an early morning downpour that was accompanied by whirlwind. “Whenever the cloud is murky, we’ll order all the prisoners inside. So on Sunday when the cloud was gathering,we ordered all of them in,” the insider said. “When the rain started, we heard a loud sound, at first, we thought it was an attack but when we got there, we discovered the fence had fallen.

Olaboludele Simoyan, the 8 th  Wonder as she’s more popularly called is wearing a series of hairstyles leading up to the commencement of the world cup in Brazil to inspire the Super Eagles to bring the cup home. But there’s more to this woman than her theatrical hairstyles as she tells  Thenation  in this interview. Tell us about your hair and the story behind it? This hair is an 8th wonder world cup hairstyle. It can be called an extraordinary world cup hairstyle, the reason I did this hairstyle is to inspire the super eagles to do the extraordinary at the world cup and bring the world cup back home. It’s a campaign for the super eagles. I do this because I dare believe; I believe the super eagles can do that because if anyone is inspired, they can do anything.  What I’m doing is to inspire the super eagles and inspire coach Keshi to believe in themselves and believe that it is possible to bring the world cup back home. The hairstyle is called  “K...

Fans allover are so worried about them.The other day,Freeze called on all Nigerians to pray for them..They are blessed indeed.Here is an open letter sent in by a reader "As far as I can read meaning into all that is going on with these guys, Lola is not the one who wants the division. Peter has all the right to ask for more money but may have no right to be in charge. Peter has a larger family than paul,he has to spend more. Peter is a man who knowns what he wants and am so sure he would have pleaded with his family to accept Lola but the refused. The brothers don't want the happiness of Peter. They all know his happiness is in the eyes and heart of Lola, yet they don't want to see him smile. Lola maybe older than jude, she respects him. She does not visit the squareviler, how would she when she knows they don't like her, what if Peter told her not to come around cause he can't stomachs the abuse his brothers will send to her in igbo.?

Musician Gift Uwama popularly known as Muma Gee and her actor husband, Prince Oluemebe Eke welcomed a set of twins, a boy and a girl, on April 18th in Port Harcourt. The singer in a recent interview with  Encomium mag explained why she chose to give birth in Nigeria instead of traveling abroad like most of her colleagues do. "I am a great woman and I wasn't born abroad. I was born in Rivers state. So my children will also be great. The hospital is in Rivers state. I am not one of those who would travel abroad and spend a lot of money to deliver their babies. I have told myself I will deliver in Nigeria and the children and I will all succeed here" She also expressed her joy over the birth of her bundles of joy. See that after the cut... "I am excited. I am elated. I am very happy and thankful to God Almighty. Words are not enough to express our feeling. I will say I am overwhelmed. It is like God, is this me? Are these beautiful babies for us? How did this hap...

A drunk police officer with the Mopol 20 in Lagos identified as Tafa Mohammed was filmed brutalizing 2 women at Lewis Street, Lafiaji, Obalende, Lagos Island, after one of the ladies, a street food vendor, refused to sell him fish to finish up his beer. According to Sahara Reporters, the food seller was said to have declined to sell fish alone, except to those buying food with it, a vendor policy that angered the policeman. The policeman, who was reeking of alcohol according to eye witnesses, then targeted a female customer who was buying food from the same vendor and pulled the women into muddy water where he physically assaulted her. Mohammed is then seen drawing his gun and pointing it at one of the women and was actually backed-up with the presence of another mopol. The torture reportedly caused internal injuries for the victim. Watch the disturbing video after the cut...

A 26year old Nigerian student, Tahir Manni Adam, studying at the Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh has been found dead inside the lake in the school.   According to reports from a local newspaper in Bangladeshi, Dhaka Tribune, Adam, a third year student of Computer Science had gone to the lake to have a bath but unfortunately drowned. According to police reports, his body was recovered from the lake around 10.45pm on Saturday, April 19th and was declared dead on arrival at the Tongi Government Hospital. His body was later taken to Dhaka’s Samorita Hospital.   Registrar of the school, Ahsan Habib while confirming the incident said an inquiry has been ordered by the school on the incident and a case has been filed with a police station in Bangladesh.

Five students of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, have been arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of 19 year old Godwin Ayogu, who was also a student of the school. Sadly, all the students arrested are Nigerians, worst still, they were his friends. One in particular was his roommate. The students arrested are: Ogunsanyo Abayomi (the roommate), Obi Mnaetochi Brendan Ilozumba, Oti Uchechukwu Chijooke, Jimoh Oluwatobiloba Timileyin and Isaac Ifidon (all pictured above). It is believed that Ayogu was killed over money on the school campus. His body, with legs and hands tied, throat slit and intestines gushing out (last pic right), was then dumped at Amamoma on the outskirts of the university. His cause of death after a post-mortem examination, was given as stab wounds to the heart. Continue

Three survivors of the deadly Nyanya bomb blast that killed over 70 people in Nigeria’s capital Abuja last week and left hundreds more injured recounted their stories in T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue church this weekend, attributing their survival to Divine providence. Candidus Ebge from Benue State said that he was in a public vehicle about to approach the popular bus depot when the explosion occurred: “The next thing I could see was our car in the air, far above human height,” Egbe testified in The Synagogue church in Lagos. “The car then landed back on the ground with force,” he continued. “I don’t know how but I found myself outside the vehicle on the other side of the road. I never struggled to come out.” According to Egbe, the person sitting beside him in the vehicle was among the casualties. Remarkably, he didn’t sustain any injury.

It seems people are beginning to blame Peter Okoye’s wife, Lola Omotayo for the sad Psquare’s separation. Fans are calling her all sorts of names like “bad wife”, blaming her for the conflict. Some fans actually attacked Lola on her facebook page after posting a picture of her son Cameron and rapper Phyno few hours ago   with the caption “My Mr Intelligent(Cameron) With @Phynofino”. Well, Lola who seemed to be less concerned about the critics replied with “I think SILENCE Is the best answer”.

Some ladies have dumped their boyfriend just because the guys couldn't give them N50,000+ to buy the rave of the moment - Brazilian Hair. They don't even care if their boyfriend's monthly salary is less than 100k, you must give them the money or "find your level". lol! Now see where it has landed this lady.

The Brazil-born attacker has been earmarked by the Blues as the man to lead their flagging forward line next season. So just what will he bring to Stamford Bridge? Jose Mourinho wasn't happy. The Portuguese hit out at the match officials after his 77-match unbeaten league run at home came to an end with a surprise defeat against Sunderland on Saturday. But instead of a favourable referee, what Chelsea needed more than anything was a world-class striker. That's nothing new. Mourinho has complained all season about his forwards and if this term ends with narrow failure in the Premier League and the Champions League (just as the season started with defeat on penalties in the Uefa Super Cup back in August), it will be because of the Blues' failings in front of goal. Top-class centre-forwards aren't easy to come by, however, and that was one position Mourinho was never able to strengthen sufficiently at Real Madrid. Back for a second spell at Stamford Bridge, he is lo...

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, accused of raping a detainee mother of two in Lagos has been released on bail after three days in detention. He was granted bail yesterday as more allegations emerged that he had faced similar charges in the past. One of such cases was allegedly reported against the suspect while he was serving at the Zone 2 Police, Onikan. The IGP, Mr. Abubakar weekend, directed that a discreet investigation be carried out on the rape allegation. The three-man team of investigators was said to have been drawn from the Lagos State Police Public Relations Office, Human Rights and X-Squad, which is expected to make its findings in the rape saga known to members of the public this week. The DPO, alongside seven other police officers on duty on the day of the alleged incident, were summoned last Friday for interrogation at the state Police Command, but some of the accused persons, according to police sources, claimed ignorance of the matter as they said they went ...

It happened live on Sunday, April 6, 2014, at 11am in St. John's Anglican Church, Oke-Sopen, Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North local government area of Ogun State. Like a scene from a movie, ten gunmen invaded the house of God and snuffed life out of Chief Adetola Okuneye, a furniture maker. Chief Okuneye, a septuagenarian, was said to have just finished reading the Bible lesson for the day in church when the gun men stormed the church, headed to where he sat and shot him in the head in the presence of the pastor and members of the congregation. How heartless can men be: It was said that the late Chief Okuneye had metaphysical power, and that it was for this reason that the assailants waited for him to go to church after he would have removed the charms protecting him and their game plan worked out...

David Moyes has been sacked by Manchester United with immediate effect. Chief executive Ed Woodward arrived at Carrington at 8am on Tuesday morning to inform the Scot face-to-face of the news. Moyes had already been informed of his fate and thanked club staff at the training complex in anticipation of his departure. The players were not present at the time. It emerged on Monday that United's owners, the Glazer family, had lost patience with Moyes after a dismal season that has seen the reigning Barclays Premier League champions slump to seventh in the table. The final straw was Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Everton, their 11th in the Barclays Premier League this season, and a result that left the title holders 13 points off the Champions League places. Gist Arena

A woman, Mrs. Ita Okokon, aka, Eka Isaac, at Atai Obio Offot, Uyo Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, has killed her 15-year-old son, Isaac Okokon, after a minor disagreement. Isaac, an SSS II pupil of Offot Ukwa Secondary School, Obiofot, Uyo, was said to have died on Friday following a machete injury his mother inflicted on him. A neighbour, Miss Ekaette Effiong, told PUNCH Metro that when the mother beat Isaac, he retaliated instead of running away as a sign of respect. Effiong added that Isaac hit his mother so hard that the woman fell to the ground. "When Isaac hit his mother that hard, the woman felt humiliated. When she got up, she went inside the house and brought out the machete. She chased her son with the machete, but when she could not get him, she threw the machete at him, which cut through his body," she said.

About 190 schoolgirls remain missing after being abducted last week by Boko Haram insurgents, their head teacher, Asabe Kwabura, told the British Broadcasting Corporation on Monday. She said the parents of 230 girls had reported them missing but that 40 had managed to escape from the insurgents. The 190 figure is far more than   the 77 given earlier by government officials. The Associated Press had reported that parents of the pupils of Government Secondary School, Chibok told Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima when he visited on Monday, that 234 girls were abducted. When news first emerged of the kidnap last Tuesday, initial reports said more than 200 students were abducted, but state officials said the correct figure was about 130. The students, aged between 16 and 18 were about to sit their final year examinations when the insurgents invaded their school. Kwabura told the BBC Hausa service that about 40 fled their captors. "None of these girls was rescued by the mil...

There were fears and tension in the Mushin area of Lagos State on Monday morning after about 60 robbers operated on no fewer than eight streets and destroyed about 30 vehicles. Some residents told our correspondent that the robbers also raped some young ladies and operated unchallenged for about seven hours. The hoodlums, who reportedly belonged to two cult groups – Akala boys and Toheeb's gang – ravaged New Balogun, Euba, Ayonuga, Tiamiyu, Haruna, Ereko, Oyedele streets and Coker Lane. A mosque on Coker Lane was not spared as the worshippers, who slept in the mosque after a vigil, were robbed by the hoodlums. One of the people in the mosque told PUNCH Metro that the robbers fired bullets for over one hour before robbing from house-to-house. He said, "It was around 12am on Monday morning that we started hearing gunshots. It lasted for about an hour. "Around 1am, they started going from house-to-house, robbing the occupants. They stole about seven laptops from the house op...