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Nigerian military forces have arrested and detained a pair of suspected Boko Haram members, who were allegedly travelling with a 10-year-old girl who was wearing a suicide bomb apparatus. A government spokesman alleges that the suspects, intercepted today, were travelling along a road in Katsina in a Honda CRV. The child, named Hadiza, was later discovered to have been strapped to an explosive belt, the spokesman claims. The suspects then reportedly tried to flee the scene in the vehicle, but were deterred and subsequently detained.

President Jonathan today officially launched and obtained the new 64-page e-passport. According to presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati; "The new 64-pg e-passport helps frequent travelers, it's gender friendly, forestalls identity theft, cheaper for the aged and low income earners, conforms with international best practices." "Cost of new e-passport for below 18yrs and 60 years and above is N8,750; change of name as a result of marriage or divorce is also N8,750 "The existing e-passport is 32pp; new one is 64pp but it is strictly for frequent travelers. Please note, it does not invalidate the 32 pp"

You have a temperature and no appetite. Your head is aching and you're throat is sore. It may appear as though a common cold is lurking, but unbeknownst to you the vicious Ebola virus has started to attack your immune system. The virus destroys the same cells as those targeted by HIV, though the Ebola infection is more aggressive, wiping out the building blocks of the body's immune system. It has an incubation period - that is the time from infection to when the first symptoms present themselves - of between two and 21 days, increasing the risk of the highly-infectious illness spreading Where a victim has breaks in the skin, blood seeps out, as the disease takes hold. The virus has a death rate of up to 90 per cent, and is highly-contagious, spreading through contact with an infected person's blood, secretions, organs and other bodily fluids As soon as a victim starts to suffer the sudden onset of the disease, the fever, crippling headache and mus...

Not again. Another female suicide bomber blew herself up at Aminu Kano College of Islamic Studies this afternoon July 30th around 2.45 as students were checking their results in the school. Kano State Police Command confirmed the blast but didn't state the number of casualties. Have you guys noticed how it's now women blowing themselves up? 

Three suspected Fulani herdsmen have been arrested by the Abia State Police Command for allegedly attempting to rob some bank customers at Ohafia. Parading the suspects in Umuahia, Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Adamu , said the armed herdsmen on a motorcycle were nabbed by policemen around 7pm near a bank at Ohafia, where they were laying siege on customers withdrawing money via the Automated Teller Machine. The commissioner said the suspects, who were observed making suspicious movements around the bank premises, were closely monitored and later apprehended. He said the police recovered a locally-made pistol, live cartridges and long knives hidden under their flowing gowns and suits. One of the suspects, who managed to communicate in pidgin English as others could only speak Fulani language, admitted ownership of the gun, but said the intention was not to rob as allegd by the police. He said the gun was one of their tools as a cattle rearer and that they were aroun...

Operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a 39-year-old suspected smuggler who sells motorcycle parts. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspect, Chibuzor Ogbodo, had concealed drugs confirmed as cannabis in food items before the officials of the agency attached to Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos nabbed him. Our correspondent also gathered that Ogbodo, who owned a shop at Nnewi, Anambra State, was apprehended while trying to smuggle the drugs to China. In the course of investigations, the suspect, who hails from Enugu, said a successful trafficking of the dried weeds weighing 11.06 kilogrammes would have earned him $10,000 (N1.6m) profit. He claimed that his intention was to resuscitate his “dying” business after a friend had defrauded him of $3,000, adding that he planned to use the profit to buy motorcycle parts in China. He added that the drugs were bought for N200,000. “I gave a business partner $3,000 to supply me goods and h...

Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, 40, who died of the deadly virus in Lagos, Nigeria, on July 25 was scheduled to return to the United States in August. His wife, Decontee Sawyer, said her husband was to return for two of their daughters’ birthdays. Decontee and the children lived in Coon Rapids, Michigan. Patrick Sawyer died on Friday after suffering extreme bouts of vomiting and diarrhea on a flight from Liberia to Nigeria Decontee said her husband had planned to return to their Coon Rapids home in August to attend two of his three daughters’ birthdays, Minnesota’s KSTP-TV reported. The grieving widow said she hoped her husband’s death served as a wake-up call about the global threat of the virus, which had already killed more than 670 people in West Africa. “It’s a global problem because Patrick could’ve easily come home with Ebola It’s close; it’s at our front door. It knocked down my front door,” Decontee told the station. Health experts said it was unlikely Sawye...

The Edo state Police command has arrested a man identified as Oruma who allegedly stabbed his 20-year-old friend, Frederick Eze (pictured above), in the neck over a N2,000 debt. Punch reports that Frederick, who was angry that Oruma had not paid his money, accosted him at the Oza area of the state & seized a property belonging to Frederick, who is an ice cream factory worker from Ebonyi state. A fight broke out between them and Oruma broke a bottle and stabbed Frederick in the neck. Frederick lost conciousness after losing so much blood. He was rushed to a private hospital on a wheelbarrow after several cab drivers declined to take him. Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Command, Noble Uwoh, said, “He has been arrested. The two people in the matter are friends.” he said

A new born baby was found laying dead in a dustbin at Hilltop Gate adjacent St Peters Chapel UNN this morning July 30th. No one around the area saw who dropped the baby. The area is mainly occupied by students from the university (UNN) so many believe that it could only have been a female student. See the below

Just days after a sexually-frustrated husband shared a spreadsheet detailing his wife's reasons for refusing him sex, a woman has done the same - and it's ruthless. A few months into her marriage, the unsatisfied wife began documenting the reasons her hubby gave when rejecting her advances. On the night their divorce was finalized, she celebrated with 10 friends and shared with them her brutally honest sex diary. Sex diary: A few months into her marriage, the unsatisfied wife began documenting the reasons her hubby gave when rejecting her advances (pictured) A friend of the woman emailed the spreadsheet to Guyism senior editor, A Isaac. It has now gone viral. 'He came home from playing basketball with his friends. He went to bed without taking a shower. I took a bath and masturbated,' the sexually-frustrated woman wrote on day one. On day four: 'I wore a teddy to bed. He was snoring by 10 o'clock.' On day nine, her drought was broken ...

For fleeing Monrovia, Liberia because of fear of the Ebola virus, actor Jim Iyke gets a feature on UK Daily Mail

Maybe President Jonathan was probably stuck in traffic and Charly boy happened to be around to give him a quick ride on his power-bike.

Here are more photos from the church wedding ceremony between KICC Head Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo's son  Tomi Ashimolowo and  his beau Dorothy  Jeneba Kamara, which took place on Saturday July 26th in Kent.