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55 year old Herve Gourdel, has been beheaded by the ISIS-linked Islamist group Jund al-Khilifa in Algeria in revenge for France launching airstrikes on Iraq. The French man was captured in Algeria while hiking in the Djurdjura National Park on Sunday September 21st just one day after he arrived the country for a walking holiday. The terrorists threatened to kill the Frenchman unless France stops bombing militants in Iraq. They killed him a few hours later and released the video showing his beheading. France started bombing ISIS in Iraq last Friday...   Herve worked as a mountain guide.

Actress Shan George became a grandmother on Sept .  6th after her first son welcomed a daughter with his girlfriend. Shan, who is in her mid 40s, says she's thrilled to be a grandmother. Speaking to Encomium mag this week, the mother of 2 boys says it feels good to have another girl in their family "It feels really cool, especially the fact that I gave birth to all boys, now I have a girl. I was happy when my son told me about his girl being pregnant. Children are a beautiful gift from God. The best thing about me being a grandmother is the fact that as a Christian, God’s promise of keeping me alive to see my children’s children has been fulfilled." she said

Simon Ateba is a reporter with PM News. In his piece, Ateba said as long as Nigerian journalists are not paid well, they will continue to accept 'bribe'. Read his thought provoking piece below... People have been asking me, “Simon , were you at that press conference on 14 September where Prophet T.B. Joshua allegedly gave N50,000 to journalists to write a positive story on the building collapse that killed many people?”, my answer is always the same. I was not at that event, I do not know if he gave a bribe, I do not know if it was N50,000, and cannot comment on it. But I do not feel better or more righteous in any way than those who might have collected anything, if money was given.‎ The truth is this, as long as journalists in Nigeria are not paid for months or are given irregular crummy salaries, as long as they are not insured, as long as publishers pocket all the corrupt money they get in the forms of adverts or special reports from corrupt politicians, ...

The Defence Headquarters has released a statement claiming to have killed a man posing as the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (or his impersonator) in an attack (both land and air) in Konduga Borno state between 12nd to 17th September. Find the statement below Nigerian troops have been conducting coordinated air and land operations in furtherance of efforts at containing the terrorists in the North East part of the country. Somehow, it became apparent that the terrorists in continuation of their campaign of terror were determined to take over communities around Maiduguri which is their prime target.  There was therefore the need to ensure that communities such as Konduga were protected. It is noteworthy that the terrorists made not less than four attempts between 12 and 17 September 2014 to violate the security and enter Konduga to perpetrate their atrocities. Air and land forces were subsequently deployed to handle the situation.  The convoy of combat...

The Nigerian army defeated Boko Haram at Konduga this September. Another deadly squad leader was caught/killed in the Konduga battle; he was described as ruthless, a Caucasian/Arab complexioned man with long hair.

After a show of video clips and photos to the press on recent military operations in Konduga and other places in Borno and Adamawa States, the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, addressed the press. Below is the script of the address: Nigerian troops have been conducting coordinated air and land operations in furtherance of efforts at containing the terrorists in the North East part of the country. Somehow, it became apparent that the terrorists in continuation of their campaign of terror were determined to take over communities around Maiduguri which is their prime target.  There was therefore the need to ensure that communities such as Konduga were protected. It is noteworthy that the terrorists made not less than four attempts between 12 and 17 September 2014 to violate the security and enter Konduga to perpetrate their atrocities.  Air and land forces were subsequently deployed to handle the situation. The convoy of...

Beat 99.9 FM's OAP, Toolz seem not undertsand Tony Tetuila's recently released political campaign poster and she has a reason why. The famous radio girl posted on Twitter: "Tony Tetuila's hair is still blonde in his campaign pictures... lol" "LOL" for your information means 'Laugh Out Loud'.  Tools must have laughed her heart out after sporting proof of the ace musician's struggle for a political career. Tony is running for house of Reps in Kwara State .... with a blonde hair! LOL! Tony Tetuila, Desmond Elliot &9ice are all running for office?? — Tolu (@ToolzO) September 24, 2014

Nigeria international Obafemi Martins has signed a new two-year deal with his Major League Soccer club, Seattle Sounders,  which has seen the striker move up to 8th on the payment ladder which makes him one of the most paid in the whole league. The former Inter Milan player who before the new deal was on $1.7million a year has seen his earnings doubled to $3.4 million per annum just slightly below New York Red Bull’s Tim Cahill who gets paid $3.6million.   Martins is having the best scoring season of his career and is on his way to double-digit assists in a team that boasts of other star-studded players like American Clint Dempsey   After stints in some of the major clubs across Europe which includes Inter Milan and Newcastle FC, Martins moved to the US last year and had declared his desire to stay in Seattle despite claims they other teams were want his services.       TOP TEN HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS IN MLS (Washington Post)   1. Michael Bradl...

Yoruba actress Ronke Oshodi-Oke, her massive boobs, and other stars including Fathia Williams, Dayo Amusa, Iyabo Ojo attended Fuji star, Sulaimon Malaika's album launch concert which held on Saturday September 25th at the Haven Center in Ikeja, Lagos.  See more photos below

Ex-beauty queen Dabota Lawson stepped out with her man, billionaire businessman Prince Sunny Aku at the launch of Sijibomi Ogundele's construction company,  Sujimoto Construction, on Friday September 19th at the Wheat Baker hotel in Lagos. 

not the main image Nigerian security operatives have arrested more than 50 Boko Haram militants in separate operations in Biu, Borno State, between yesterday and today, two military sources have disclosed. The militants rode into Biu in a truck. The insurgents were arrested after the truck driver alerted security agents at a checkpoint that some of his passengers had threatened to kill him if he refused to take them out of Borno State. Two security sources at Biu barracks confirmed the arrests over the phone. “We arrested over 50 members of the Islamic sect following tips we got from the driver as well as locals. I can tell you they are cooperating and giving us useful information,” the security source said. Aliyu Mamza, a member of a civilian volunteer group, said his group was involved in the arrests. He said his group found 46 suspected militants in a section of the truck underneath cows. He said the space was usually reserved for goats. In a separate developmen...

“Someone who decides to run or come into an office knows why he or she decided to run for that office in the first place. I don’t think they are going into politics for the money. I’m not going to be one of the people who would come out and say they are going into politics for the money. But they are going there to positively affect society.” “They are role models, people look up to them, they talk to people and they listen to them. Being a role model alone is a burden for them. So, they know that they just have to serve the right purpose,”“For now, I am not going to get involved in running for elective office, but I’m in politics already. I love politics and I like to work behind the scene for now. I have people I am supporting but I definitely would not want to mention their names. I would certainly encourage other entertainers to go into politics.” Culled from Punch...

An ex-convict who was released from prison four moths ago after spending 7 years in kirikiri has been arrested again by men of the Lagos state Police command after he and his gang snatched a car in the Yaba area of Lagos. According to Vanguard, Faruk Lawal and his gang snatched a car from its owner while the owner was having sex to a woman inside his car along Morrocco street in the Alade area of Yaba in Lagos.   Parading Faruk and one of his gang members at the state Police headquarters in Ikeja yesterday Sept. 23rd, the state Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, said the young men where arrested after a distress call was put across to them of a car theft incident at the Yaba axis of Lagos  " Two armed robbers, named Babatunde Makinde and Faruk Lawal, were arrested. A search conducted on the vehicle led to the recovery of one double barrel pistol, two single barrel pistols and 28 live cartridges.  The suspects confessed to have snatched the vehicle from i...

Actress Doris Simeon in a recent TV interview spoke once again about her failed marriage to movie producer, Daniel Adenimokan. Speaking on TVC breakfast show, Your Views, this week, Doris said Daniel asked her for a divorce several times before they finally separated. "This man asked for divorce over seven times, long before we finally separated. At every little problem, he would say ‘I want divorce, I want divorce.' There are some people that he listens to when they talk to him, so I tried to call pastors, and they kept calling him, but he wouldn’t pick their calls. At some point, I just realized that he had made up his mind finally. It got to a point that I had to look at myself in the mirror, and I said to myself, ‘Doris, you are a beautiful woman, why would you want to kill yourself over nothing?’ I convinced myself to just try and move on with my life also. It took me a year to get to that point, but in between that time, I was trying to focus my mind on other ...

Nigeria is officially an Ebola free country. WHO already declared Nigeria an Ebola free country and now the health minister says all suspected cases of the disease that were under surveillance in Port Harcourt have been discharged after completing the minimum 21 days of observation.