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The federal government on Thursday realised over N60 billion as individuals and groups donated to the Victims of Terror Support Fund launched in Abuja. The fund is expected to be used for the rehabilitation of victims of terror attacks across the nation. Over 13,000 people have been killed in attacks by the Boko Haram sect while hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced and thousands of property destroyed. Speaking at the fund raising dinner on Thursday Night, President Goodluck Jonathan said his government would neither “give in to nor give up on terrorism” but will rise up to the occasion and “defeat the evil philosophy” which the terrorists represent. Mr. Jonathan announced the federal government’s donation of N10 billion to the fund. He said in the fight against terrorists, Nigeria and Nigerians have two choices: to sit down and bemoan the action of terrorists or stand up and fight it. “By this fund raising initiative, we have chosen the later,” he said. “...

A police officer with the Ondo State command of the Nigeria Police “B Division” in Akure has detailed to SaharaReporters how his fellow officers tortured 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus to death A police officer with the Ondo State command of the Nigeria Police “B Division” in Akure has detailed to SaharaReporters how his fellow officers tortured 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus to death The late Badmus was the only son of a popular hotelier, Raheem Afolayemi Badmus, owner of Ages Hotel located along Ondo Road in Akure. The ordeal of the deceased youngster started when Akure-based “Prophet” Bisi Adedugbagbe of the Celestial Church of God, said Mr. Badmus had stolen his phone. Our police source disclosed that police officers at “B” division detained the late Badmus at their station and teargased him until he collapsed in a state of coma. “Once he was in a coma, the policemen at the station then hurriedly wanted him released to his family because they suspecte...

For fifteen years, Richard Norris had a face too hideous to show. Then, one day, a maverick doctor gave him a miracle too fantastic to believe. Richard got a face transplant, a new life, and a new set of burdens too strange to predict. What's it like to live with a face that wasn't yours—and that may never quite be? BY  JEANNE MARIE LASKAS Photograph by Dan Winters Before we bring him in, maybe we can open the floor to some questions. This will be your first time meeting him. He's very comfortable with people evaluating him. Because right now he's being looked at almost as an experiment. Which he is. He's a human-subjects experiment. Richard Norris was 22 when he shot himself in the face. This was back in 1997. He doesn't remember how or why it happened, but his mom, who was three feet away, said it was an accident. She remembers pieces of Richard's face showering her body. This was in the living room. The gunshot had blown o...

The much awaited cinema release date for the highly anticipated movie ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is finally here as it opens in cinemas today, Friday 1st of August. The movie which has been released in cinemas in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand and has performed tremendously well, generating N280 million is expected to do more in the Nigerian market, as the producer, director and writer are all Nigerians. Continue... The movie generated Two Hundred and Eighty Million Naira (N280,000,000) abroad from cinema releases, in-flight viewing right sales, and online viewing right sales. According to an official of Bigsam Media “we are really happy that ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ is finally in cinemas today and we wish every Nigerian a happy viewing.” The movie features BAFTA award winner and Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor, BAFTA award winner Thandie Newton, Genevieve Nnaji, O.C. Ukeje, Zack orji and Onyeka Onwenu.

Rihanna has said so many times she's no role model and fans need not copy her...but some of them don't want to hear it...making Badgal RiRi one of the most influential fashion icons in the world. Whatever she wears, some naive little girls think it's cool and emulates. See an example after the cut 

Oliver Fraser Lown A vet who was filmed having sex with a horse and a dog has been struck off. Oliver Fraser Lown, of Kesgrave, Suffolk, was found guilty of five charges of serious professional misconduct by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) disciplinary committee at a hearing in London this week. Lown had already admitted seven criminal charges of possessing “grossly offensive” pornography involving people and animals at a Yorkshire court in September 2011, the East Anglian Daily Times (EADT) reports, for which he was given a conditional discharge. When Lown appeared before the RCVS panel he was accused of engaging in sexual activity with a horse and a dog between 1 April 2009 and 25 June 2009 and then boasting about it online. He was also accused of being in possession of sexually explicit still images of animals and footage of a man having sex with a sheep. The EADT says Lown was identified partly by a green star shaped tattoo on his leg as the pers...

The prime suspect in the killing of 39 year old Lizzy Njideka Nzewe, Kelechi Williams, an indigene of Umorji, Anambra state, has been arrested in Cote D'Ivoire. (Read how it started HERE ) Kelechi, 33, is accused of strangling Mrs Nzewe to death at her Green Estate Amuwo Odofin resident in Lagos on Monday July 21st. She was until her death a manager at Edmark Nigeria limited, and was a divorced mother of 4. She was in a relationship with the killer as at the time of her murder. Police claim Kelechi is a serial killer with a criminal past. He was formerly based in South Africa where he was declared wanted by the South African police after committing a series of crimes. He fled SA for Ghana where he lived until he met Mrs Nzewe and started shuttling between Ghana and Nigeria to spend time with his older lover. According to reports, things between the lovebirds was going well until Kelechi proposed marriage to Mrs Njideka which she turned down. He decided then to kill her a...

A male giraffe has been killed after it hit its head on a bridge it was being driven under. The blindfolded animal - which was in the back of an open truck with a female giraffe - suffered catastrophic head injuries, but according to one eyewitness, the driver initially failed to notice it had happened. Engineer Thinus Botha, 32, witnessed the scene as he pulled over from the N1 motorway on the outskirts of Pretoria – South Africa’s capital. He told Barcroft Media: “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing – it was such a strange sight. “I decided to pull over to take a photo but just seconds later one of the animals hit its head on the Garstfontein highway overpass – killing it. “I heard a loud thump and saw a lot of blood coming out of the giraffe’s nose.” “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I had to take the next off ramp but I noticed the truck just kept driving along for a while before it stopped. “I don’t think the driver knew exactly what had happened – he...

Below is a petition to the Inspector General of Police from Festus Keyamo chambers about a staff of Lagoon Restaurant in VI who drowned while on duty. Read below... Suspicious death of Mr. Chris Onaghise: A case of culpable homicide against the management of Lagoon Restaurant, Lagos W e are solicitors to Mr. Orobosa Onaghise (hereinafter referred to as ‘our Client’) on whose instructions we write to you. Our Client briefed us as follows: That the Late Mr. Chris Onaghise (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Deceased’) is his son and until his demise, a staff of Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island, Lagos. Our client further informed us that on Monday 16 th  June, 2014, he received a telephone call from a lady (who did not want to be identified) informing him that something tragic had happened to the deceased at his workplace. Our client consequently rushed to the Lagoon Restaurant but despite his best efforts could only arrive there after two (2) hours. Upon arriving at the Lag...

Comedian Basketmouth has reacted to a  report  by Vanguard which was published last week where he was estimated to be worth so much money. In the publication, the newspaper said the comedian has two choice properties in Lekki worth N350million, N60million home he built for his mum, a Kia Quoris saloon car worth over N12m, a Honda Crosstour, and 3 other brand new SUV’s which cost over N70m plus s a Cherokee SUV, an Hyundai Elantra, and a 2013 customized Opel Insignia. They also said he makes N60million annually from his comedy shows and made one million pounds from his recent Basketmouth Uncensored show which held in four cities in the UK.  A week after the publication came out, Basketmouth finally comes out to say that a lot of the information was over blown.  "I honestly don't know how they came up with the figures and few informations they put out there, I honestly don't fancy the exposure....Na this kind story de make extended family members de worry...

On 22 July 2014, the first case of the dreaded Ebola virus arrived in Nigeria via an Asky aircraft. However, no one knew it at the time. How did this happen? How had this patient been screened at his port of departure, that is Liberia airport? We can also ask ourselves yet another question. Why is it taking so long to curtail the epidemic? For instance, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently announced that as at 23 July 2014, the Ebola epidemic had claimed 672 lives. Furthermore, there are currently 1201 suspected and confirmed cases across West Africa. In terms of intervention, the current strategy appears to be related to the use of universal precautions: case isolation, hand-washing, and health worker protection and palliative treatments (such as pain management, and rehydrating fluids). In theory, this strategy may be quite effective. This is because epidemic control strategies usually aim to reduce person-to-person transmission through avoidance related methods (WH...

It seems strip clubs is the new craze among Naija male entertainers whenever they are in US.

Some Nigerians have called on the Lagos State government to quarantine Jim Iyke as soon as he Lands in the country and conduct series of tests on him in order to be sure he hasn't been infected with Ebola Virus while he was in Liberia. And it seems Jim is scared, the actor has refused to disclose his location. Lol!

The Super Eagles goal keeper shared the photos above on his instagram page and wrote really loving messages to his wife and mother of his three children. In one message, he wrote "I am blessed to be loved by God, so much to let this diamond in my possession."...in another he wrote " What more could I have asked God for. She is just so adorable and gorgeous. She shines like a diamond."