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Peter Okoye took to his instagram page today to show off recent P-Square car acquisitions which includes a 2014 Bentley GT, 2014 Wrangler, a BMW X5 and other super cars. See more photos after the cut...

The Federal Government on Wednesday withdrew the corruption charges filed against Mohammed Abacha, son of former dictator, Sani Abacha. The government’s lawyer also told the court that he was asked to withdraw the suit by the Nigeria’s Attorney General, Mohammed Adoke. The government had accused Mohammed of receiving stolen property worth N100.38 billion. The money is believed to have been stolen by the late dictator when he was the Nigerian head of state from 1993 to 1998. The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, had on behalf of the Federal Government, filed a nine-count charge against Mohammed. On Wednesday, the Federal Government’s counsel, Daniel Enwelum, made an oral application asking the court to withdraw the criminal charges against the suspect. He also applied to discontinue the case. Mr. Enwelum told the court that he was instructed by Mr. Adoke to withdraw the charges. He argued that the application became necessary in view of emerging facts ...

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday said the insurgents, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram, plan to attack the Nigerian capital, Abuja, with petrol tankers loaded with improvised explosive devices, IEDs. The Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri, stated this to journalists in Abuja. The Boko Haram have carried out several attacks in the Nigerian capital, killing scores of people; including in twin bomb blasts in April in Nyanya, on the outskirts of Abuja. Details later…

Late Nollywood icon A maka Igwe, who died April 29th, was buried on Friday, June 13th in Ndiuche Arondizuogu in Imo State, her marital home. 

As President Goodluck Jonathan continues to lash out in various directions against his political opponents, he today ordered the federal aviation authorities at the Yola International Airport to prevent the take-off of a private jet chartered to take Governor Murtala Nyako to Abuja. The governor was billed to attend the inauguration of the newly-elected executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the nation’s capital. Their flight plans stumped, the governor and his aides traveled by road to Gombe, 250 kilometres away, where they boarded another flight for Abuja. As soon as Mr. Nyako left Yola, the Adamawa State House of Assembly voted to begin impeachment proceedings against Mr. Nyako and his deputy, Bala Ngilari, directing the Clerk of the House to serve impeachment notices on both men. Mr. Nyako began having issues with President Jonathan after he sided with Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi in the tussle in the Nigeria Governors Forum. He later decamped from ...

This is part of what yo will see in some female hostels. This tweaking is something else, after practising it they will use it to hook men

The federal government recently asked the United States to  return another $500 million recently frozen by the U.S. as part of funds stolen by the late dictator. The Federal Government on Wednesday withdrew the corruption charges filed against Mohammed Abacha, son of former dictator, Sani Abacha, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The government had accused Mohammed of receiving stolen property worth N100.38 billion. The money is believed to have been stolen by the late dictator when he was the Nigerian head of state from 1993 to 1998. Several billions of Naira stolen by the military dictator and kept in foreign countries have been recovered by the federal government. The federal government recently asked the United States to return another $500 million recently frozen by the U.S. as part of funds stolen by the late dictator. His son, Mohammed, played a major role in the Abacha administration and is believed to have helped his father launder a lot of the stolen funds. De...

I think this is an empty threat as the group making it is not known for real action. But lets watch and see: The Movement for Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has threatened to “bring down” the country called Nigeria should any part of the Southeast suffer a bomb attack by Boko Haram. This threat is coming days after bombs were discovered at Winners' Chapel church in Owerri and some alleged men of the dreaded Boko Haram sects were arrested in Abia State. “The position of MASSOB on this matter is firm. We will bring down Nigeria, if any bomb goes off in the Southeast. We can no longer tolerate the mindless killing of Ndigbo in any part of Nigeria because we will retaliate with equal force against any attack on any part of Igboland.” MASSOB leader Ralph Uwazuruike, who made the threat in a telephone interview with The Nation, warned that his group would go on rampage. The group warned against what it described as deliberate posting of Military, Po...

•  African women most affected •  Moles linked to higher predisposition A FRESH insight into why more Nigerian women are having breast cancer has emerged. Three independent studies published this week linked a high intake of red meat such as suya, kilishi, nkwobi, isi ewu, bacon, bush meat, steak, to cancer.     The studies indicate that African women frequently have biologically less favourable subtypes of breast cancer; and they have higher number of moles on their skins, which are linked to increased breast cancer risk.      Most Nigerians eagerly look forward to having another meal of local meat delicacies such as Suya, Isi-ewu, Nkwobi, Kilishi, Shaki and ‘roundabout.’    The consumption and marketing of these red meat-based meals have become big business in most restaurants across the country.     The Guardian reported last April that eating even small quantities of processed meat such as Suya, Kilishi, Nkwobi...

Five men have been accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in an uncompleted building in the Orile Iganmu area of Lagos State. The police said the victim was abducted and taken into the building around 2am by the suspects, who took turns to rape her. After a police raid, three of the five suspects were arrested, while the others took to their heels. They were arraigned on Tuesday before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court on two counts of rape. The suspects were identified as Shittu Taiwo (23), Riliwan Alao (32), and Sunday Akinyele (27). The charge reads, “That you, Shittu Taiwo, Riliwan Alao, Sunday Akinyele and two others at large on June 4, 2014, at about 2am in an uncompleted building along Giwa Street, Orile Iganmu, Lagos State in the Lagos Magisterial District, did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: rape. “That you and others at large did have unlawful sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old girl (name withheld).” The police prosecutor, DSP Etim ...

Miracle happens everyday, believe. Ifeanyi Chukwu Oko, an 11-year-old boy who became blind at the age of three, regained his sight last Sunday during a church service meant to celebrate the birthday of the founder of the church, Chapel of Faith Ministry. The miraculous incident took place in Onitsha, while the General Overseer, Bishop Dr. Emeka Nwankpa was on the pulpit officiating a service to mark his birthday anniversary. Ifeanyi Oko whose joy knew no bounds, said he had never seen with his two eyes since he became conscious of the world and testified that he could now see everything before him. When asked if he had seen his mother before, he replied ‘no’! “This is my first time of seeing how my mother looks”, he said with joy. According to Daily Post, Bishop Nwankpa had during the service prophesied that there was a poor woman in the church whose family was undergoing persecution in the hands of his brother. Led by the spirit...

New Emir of Kano and former CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has two wives, one of them (his first wife) he's been married to for 25 years...and this post is about her. Sanusi married Hajia Sadiya (nee Ado Bayero - pictured above) the 7th daughter and 16th child of late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero in the 80s. Hajia Sadiya, who rarely gives interviews, has finally opened up on how she met and married Sanusi. Below is what she told Hausa mag, Aminiya.. "I knew I was going to be betrothed but I didn't know when since I wasn't being asked when. I met my husband through my own family - he is like my brother. He grew up in the Emir palace and I thought he was my elder brother because he was always with my older brothers. I grew up seeing him in our house so I was surprised when he started to show interest in me. I later discovered we were not related and married him. On her successful marriage and motherhood "I thank the Almighty Allah for the great gift of...

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Monday paralysed activities in the university over hike in their fees. The students, who assembled around 9.30 am, also locked down major buildings in the university. Among the locked places were the Senate building, computer building and the main entrance gate that leads to the university campus. OAU recently increased the charges of its newly admitted students from N37,150 and N42,150 to N 82,400, N92,700 and N95,700 (acceptance fee inclusive), depending on faculties. The charges of old students of the institution were also increased from N5,300, N7,800, N10, 300 and N12,800 per session to N19,700, N30,700 and N33,700 for different faculties respectively. “We have locked everywhere including the senate building; computer building and we are presently blocking the school gate. We are ready for the school management; we don’t care whatever happens to them there. The VC too is around, we want them to also feel ...

More details are coming out. The Defence Headquarters has disclosed that among the suspected Boko Haram men arrested on Sunday in Abia State is one of the most wanted terror kingpin. He and others were arrested by soldiers from the Asa Military Base, 14 Brigade, Ohafia Barracks, Abia State, on the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in a long convoy. The suspects, who claimed to be on their way to Port Harcourt in search of work were said to be moving in a convoy of 33 Hummer buses when they were intercepted by the soldiers between Arungwa Junction on the expressway and Imo Gate, the Abia State and Rivers State boundary. Following their arrest, the security agents were said to have thoroughly screened the suspects, during which it was discovered that a Boko Haram terrorist who has been on the wanted list of security agencies was among them... The Defence Headquarters in a statement signed by the Director of Defence Information, Major-General Chris Olukolade said: “A terror k...

The thinking in government circles is that former President Olusegun Obasanjo is not sincere in his widely-publicised plan to intervene in the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok, Borno State, The PUNCH investigation has revealed. Obasanjo was reported last week as saying that he had links with   Boko Haram, the group     holding the girls, and that he needed a go-ahead from the Federal Government before intervening. Although the Presidency had said it was open to any intervention by anybody that could lead to the rescue of the girls, Obasanjo granted another interview recently, saying he had yet to receive government’s go-ahead. But a top Presidency source, who pleaded not to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue, however, told one of our correspondents in Abuja on Tuesday, that Obasanjo was not sincere in his claims. The source said   the former President had yet to approach President Goodluck Jonathan on the matter despit...

There is good news for women who think age is a barrier to conception. A woman said to be 60 has just been delivered of a baby at a Lagos hospital. For 31 years, Mrs Omolara Irurhe was globetrotting not for pleasure but in search of a child. She was a guest in the best hospitals. But in 2010, her journey ended in the most unlikely hospital and country when she began an Invitro Fertilization (IVF) treatment at the St. Ives Hospital in Lagos. On Monday, what began as a seed hope four years ago culminated in the delievery of a bouncing baby girl. Mrs. Irurhe becomes the oldest IVF mother in Africa. The global recognition for oldest IVF delivery goes to Rajo Deri Lohan, an Indian who in 2008 was delivered of a baby at 69 years. The IVF Unit at St. Ives Hospital successfully aided the conception and delivery of the baby and has now equaled the United Kingdom’s record of IVF age delivery. The team of doctors at the hospital was led by the Chief Medical Director, Dr. Tunde Okewal...

Boko Haram men this evening attacked a football viewing center in Damaturu, Yobe State during a live football match between Brazil and Mexico in the ongoing world cup in Brazil. The sect men reportedly hauled explosives at the viewing center, injuring several people. Injured people were rushed to nearby hospitals. Yobe state Police commissioner told AFP that they have deployed policemen to the scene and will give details on the incident later... Update: Seven people have been reported killed in the blast