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Grand daughter of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Oluwawemimo Dosunmu recently got married to her heartthrob, Ayodeji Anifowose at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Church Cathedral, GRA in Ikeja, Lagos. Wemimo is the daughter of late Chief Awolowo's daughter, Ambassador Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu. Prominent Nigerians such as Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state, Gov Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, ex-Ogun Governor, Chief Gbenga Daniel graced the occasion. See more photos after the cut...     Photo Credit: City People Magazine

This is the first picture of Sudanese woman Meriam Ibrahim, who was sentenced to death for apostasy, from inside the prison where she's being held. In this pic, Meriam carries her new born baby girl Maya, who was born this week in prison. Her legs were reportedly chained as she gave birth in prison. the 27 year old has been in prison for eight months now and is awaiting execution for doing nothing but marrying a Christian man. Right is Meriam's husband, Daniel Wani, with the new baby. Despite just given birth, it's being reported that Meriam will be given the 100 lashes that are part of her sentence in 2weeks' time unless she wins her appeal. Meriam has refused to renounce Christianity and Sudanese authorities are bent on the barbaric punishment despite mounting international outrage. Daniel with the couple's son

Nigerian student Naizi Evah, (pictured above) a third year Computer Systems Engineering student of Vaal University of Technology, South Africa was found dead on Saturday May 2014 in her hostel room, this is according to her friends who are trying to get the media involved in the case.  One of her friends who reached out to me said prior to her death, Naizi had been in an abusive relationship with a Zimbabwean student, who also studies in same school with her, studying same course. The unidentified man was arrested by police in connection with Naizi's death but was bailed two days after police said they couldn't find any substantial evidence linking him to her death. Her friends say the boyfriend had been emotionally and physically abusive towards Naizi, beat her severally and even threatened to kill. They say Naizi got tired of the abuse and broke things off with the man and told close friends she was done with him but he kept on trying to get her back/ Her friends believe sh...

2face Idibia photographed checking out his wife of over a year and lover of over 15 years, Annie Idibia, as they partied with friends 

A young man, named, Ibrahim Tilitili was said to have been paid the sum of two thousand Naira (N2,000), to burn down few houses at Mandara Girau village in Biu local government area of Borno state. Ibrahim, Chibok by tribe and resident of Mandara Girau village confessed that one Mallam Sani also a resident of the Village gave him the amount and instructed him to set some of the houses in the village on fire. According to residents of the village, Ibrahim had succeeded in setting ablaze three houses and scare the people of the village who started running for their lives to safe heaven before some brave young men pounce on him, when they realized, it was a lone attack. On realizing that, he was somebody they know in the village, they wanted to killed him, but some elders intervene and he was arrested and taken to Sarkin Baka- renown hunter in Biu town, where he made confession that, he was actually paid by Mallam Sani who is also resident of the village to set those houses ablaze...

A pastor with Deeper life Bible Church and a former Brooklyn-based civil attorney Ifeanyichukwu Eric Abakporo, was yesterday May 28th sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by a US Federal High Court for defrauding banks, mortgage lenders, property owners, and property buyers in America. Prosecutors say Mr Abakporo and his accomplice, Latanya Pierce, carried out the illegal transactions for over nine years. They were convicted in a wide-ranging series of illegal transactions in New York city over a 9-year stretch, dating back to 2003. His accomplice, Latanya Pierce was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment. Pastor Abakporo was immediately handcuffed out of the courtroom with his wife and his 2 children present in the court room wailing as he was taken away. 

From all indications, all is not well in the home of the General Overseer of Christ Embassy church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, who multiple sources say is experiencing some serious marital crisis with his wife. Trouble started when Pastor Chris relocated to Johannesburg in South Africa in January while his wife stayed back in the UK where she had lived for years. Some church members, who suspected something is wrong in their marriage and that they may be heading for divorce have started asking questions. Surprisingly, Pastor Chris gave a bombshell recently on the matter: According to reports Chris delivered a controversial speech on the 16th of May in a meeting with all UK Pastors and Deacons at Christ Embassy, Bermondsey. In his speech: “I am here for your concerns about the ongoing domestic issue with my wife and I know it affects you directly, being the ones under her leadership.  "This is not an organisation or a political party, so it's not a place for ...

She's probably pregnant at the moment. Here is what a source said about the incident involving Kefee: ''I plead that we all join the Obarekis and Teddy Don-Momoh to pray for 'Branama' singer Kefee who collapsed mid flight on her way to Chicago forcing the plane to make an emergency stop so she can receive medical attention in LA.  "We ask that God breathes life into her lungs and strength in her limbs that she may return to full health. It is not her time, we refuse for it to be her time....AMEN!''

The house where the incident occurred The Lagos State Police command has arrested a father, identified simply as Benson, for allegedly flogging his son to death with a belt. It was gathered that Benson, an indigene of Ishan in Edo State, allegedly beat up Bright, his 16-year-old son, to death after the teenager was accused of stealing N1,200. PUNCH Metro learnt that Benson, who had divorced his wife, was living on Olanrewaju Street, Oregun, Ikeja, with his two sons – Bright and Samuel, 14 years – when the incident happened. Samuel told our correspondent that on Sunday evening, his father beat up his elder brother in anger because of the accusation against him. He added that Bright had been ill before the beating. He said, “Bright has been sick for some days before that Sunday. Initially in the morning, Dad was looking for Bright, but could not find him. Later in the evening, Bright showed up with some boys on our street who told our father that Bright had stolen N1,200 from...

Some ladies who have been looking for the opportunity to expose their stuffs online and escape bashing from the public are now taking Tiwa Savage as a role model and they've been praising her raunchy Wanted video. Also, Tiwa too is happy to have folks who will defend her latest dive into the ocean of absurdity. Check out what the ladies supporting Tiwa Savage are saying below...

Apple Inc. wants to regain the beat in its music business, which is under assault from a stream of upstarts. The tech giant said on Wednesday it is buying Beats Electronics LLC for $3 billion to bolster a music business that has lost some of its mojo, as streaming-music services encroached on the downloads dominated by Apple's iTunes service. In Beats, Apple is getting a music-streaming service, high-end headphones and music-industry connections. Beats' co-founders, rap star Dr. Dre and music mogul Jimmy Iovine, will join Apple. The deal will make Apple "cool" again by uniting Mr. Iovine's feel for "the culture of young people" with Apple's "many millions of young peoples' credit cards," said Sony Music Entertainment Chief Executive Doug Morris, who, as the former chief executive of Universal Music, was Mr. Iovine's boss when he carved out a sideline running Beats Electronics. "Apple was starting to lose their edge,...

Lagos, Nigeria, May 29th, 2014: Following the successful acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services business, Microsoft Devices, has unveiled the first smart dual SIM Windows smartphone, Lumia 630 into the Nigerian market. During interactive session with the media held recently at Protea Hotel, Ikeja, the technology giant stated the Lumia 630 Dual SIM with Windows Phone 8.1 in now available for consumers in Nigeria. The Lumia 630 Dual SIM delivers an unrivalled smartphone experience, with quad-core processing at a price that sits right with our consumers. Head of Marketing, Nokia West and Central Africa, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobile, Debbie Shepard noted that all across the world, millions of people are switching to Lumia Windows Phones and getting a taste of Affordable Innovation at its best! 'We are thrilled to extend this innovation to Africa and super excited that the Lumia 630 Dual SIM is now available in NIGERIA' she said. Continuing, Shepard said 'we are ...

That watch is like N3.5/N4m. He's really balling

American Transgender actress, Laverne Cox, of Netflix's hit  Orange Is the New Black  becomes the first transgender woman to grace the cover of Time magazine for a story about 'The Transgender Tipping Point. Time revealed the mag cover today. Laverne, who is a voice for transgenders in the US and one of the most well-known transgender faces in mainstream media, talked to Time about her life as an effeminate young boy and the bullying she had to endure growing up. If you care to, read it  here

Borno State Government, SSG, Ambassador Baba Ahmed Jidda, has faulted claim by the National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Ahmed Muazu, that both the Minister of State for education and the WAEC, had written to the governor not to allow exams go on in Chibok, but that the governor insisted. Speaking with journalists in Lagos yesterday, Jidda, who showed the reporters the purported letters from both the minister and WAEC, challenged Muazu to produce the letters which asked the state government not to conduct exams at Chibok. The SSG showed the reporters the letter the state government wrote to the Police, asking it to provide security on daily basis, to all exam centres, including the school in Chibok, based on the request made by WAEC. He said, “there was no where in the letters where they asked us not to conduct exams in Chibok. In any case, the minister does not even have the locus standi to direct the governor on such matters. We provided...

Two teenage girls, a 14 year old and her 15 year old cousin were gang-raped by five Indian men and then hanged them from a tree in a village in the northern stateo f  Uttar Pradesh, police said today. According to  Reuters , the two girls  who were from a low-caste Dalit community went missing from their village home when they went out to go to the toilet on Tuesday evening, May 27th. T he following morning, villagers found the bodies of the two teenagers hanging from a mango tree in a nearby orchard.  Indian police have arrested one man and are looking for four other suspects. The police said a post-mortem confirmed the two minors were raped and died from the hanging. DNA samples have also been taken to help identity the perpetrators, the police told reporters. *Graphic content after the cut* The victim's families allege that local police were shielding the attackers as they refused to take action when the girls were first reported missing. It was on...

I just wonder why our youths are still risking their lives in this dirty trade after all that is happening to those who have been caught in foreign countries. Could this be said to be poverty or just stupidity? 23 year old Precious Chineme Nwoko has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment by a Cambodian Court for drug trafficking in Cambodia.  According to police testimony in the country's court, Chineme Nwoko is one of the ringleaders in a deadly heroin smuggling cartel inside Cambodia.  He was arrested for handing a backpack containing 2.2 kilos (4.8 pounds) of heroin to two women. The women are 41year old Australian, Yoshe Ann Taylor, and 19 year old French, Charlene Savarino. The deal was for them to move the drugs for onward transportation to an unidentified drug baron in Australia where they were expected to be paid handsomely for their service.  Sadly, both women were caught along with Nigeria's Chineme Nwoko. The result: 27 years imprisonment. ...

Tiwa Savage got married recently and it appears matrimony has made her daring, rather than more relaxed and show more respect for the marriage institution. Many people are angry at her display. See more below: ...funny enough, while Charles Novia is condemning her act, Tiwa Savage's husband is supporting her.