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A meeting between  former President Olusegun Obasanjo and five  Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governors at Obasanjo’s residence, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has ended with the former President  saying Nigeria is in a “bad situation.” Obasanjo, who addressed reporters said the situation of the country is bad, but added  that it is “not irretrievably bad if there the will and courage to do the right thing at the right time.” The former president said he deliberated with the governors on “issues affecting the country- the security and the economy among others. He added that as Nigerians, “we have no other country except Nigeria.” Obasanjo said one does not have to be World Bank economist or the International Monetary Fund(IMF) expert to discern that the nation’s economy is ailing and require the will and courage by the managers not only to tell the nation the truth, but also the way out. The five governors who met Obasanjo – Liyel Imok...

The People Democratic Party has suspended its former chairman, Bamanga Tukur from the party. A terse press release issued by the party today stated that Bamanga Tukur was   suspended after the party National Working Committee to reviewed his activities in recent time agaionst the current chairman, Adamu Muazu. See full text of press release below:   The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held yesterday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent national developments as they affect the party. Among others, the NWC deliberated on the court case instituted against the National Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur. The NWC reasoned that for instituting a claim and counter claim in suit FHC/ABJ /821/2014; Gurin vs PDP & 3 others without first exploring and exhausting the party's internal mechanism of redress and for attempting to stop the forthcoming ...

Here are some pics of 2face Idibia teaching ex-beauty queen turned talk show host, Nike Oshinowo how to dance. He also talks about Annie, his late father, private jets and more in the show that will air later tonight at 11pm on AIT. 

The parents of a ten-year-old boy who confessed to urinating on a boy, 7, in the toilets at a primary school have sent a callous and curt apology to the distraught mother of the boy, who also claimed he was sexually molested. The seven-year-old, who has learning difficulties, was urinated on and sexually molested by the ten-year-old over several months at the primary school in Victoria, the mother says. The handwritten note from the older boy's parents says: 'Dear Parent, I would like to apologise for my son's [name suppressed] inappropriate behaviour towards your child, causing you and your child distress'. The note was written after the parents refused to meet with the mother and 'discuss the situation'. The younger boy's mother, who cannot be identified, told Daily Mail Australia the 10-year-old boy locked her son in the toilet and urinated on him following weeks of constant bullying . The boy then told teachers that the seven-year-...

In this new photo shoot by New York fashion photographer Stacy Leigh, many of the toys appear very human-like.  The collection of love dolls worth up to £4,000 each, have been carefully dressed and posed as if they are taking part in a glamour shoot.

Cyprian Nwankwo who sold Aswani market land to partner at Zone 2, Onikan A businessman has been arrested by the police after he reportedly sold four plots of Aswani Market land valued at N83 million to his partner in Isolo, Lagos State Western Nigeria. The land was acquired by the Lagos State government for the construction of Aswani market. Abia State-born    Cyprian Nwankwo, who is the Managing Director, Advance International Merchant Limited, allegedly sold the land to his business partner, Elder Monday Chinke in Isolo. After he sold the land to Chinke, who is a shareholder in his company and prepared a deed of transfer, it was discovered that the land belonged the Lagos State Government. After the discovery a petition was sent to the police at Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos, who arrested Nwankwo on the order of the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Mr Umar Manko. In the petition dated 24 October, 2014, Chinke said ...

More than seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors this morning arrived the Abeokuta, Ogun State, hilltop residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo to persuade him to work for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s presidential election. Two of the governors, Liyel Imoke of Cross River State and Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State, arrived Obasanjo’s residence at 12.55 p.m. and sw iftly moved into the house without any banters with journalists who were there. Our correspondent could not confirm the identity of some of the governors as the registration numbers of their cars were covered. A close aide of Obasanjo confirmed that all the governors were from the PDP and that they came to persuade Obasanjo not to abandon the party at this crucial moment when his support is highly needed. The aide also confirmed that Obasanjo was aware of their coming as he had earlier held a meeting with some of his associates on the visit of the ...

PREMIUM TIMES reports that, the fate of Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state, Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara, and Tanko Almakura of Nasarawa and Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state are already known as they are reported to be sole candidates of the party in their states. The primary election in those states is expected to be mere formality. It is a different scenario in Lagos state where there are 12 candidates contesting to be selected as the party’s flag bearers. Premium Times reporting from Onikan Stadium, venue of the primary elections say all the candidates are already at the venue and the election might commence anytime soon. In Kaduna, feelers suggest former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nasir El-Rufai may emerge the APC candidate. He however needs to beat Salihu Lukman, Haruna Kajuru, Shamsuddeen Abdullahi and Isah Ashiru in the election starting any moment from now at the trade fair complex. In Kano, Umar Ga...

Left is a Range Rover SUV in Nigeria in the 70s and the 2014 version pictured right. (photo credit for old pic: @SeemeseeNigeria)

A 24 year old woman named Li Zhenghua, was discovered by a shocked nurse trying to eat her baby days after he was born at a local hospital in China. The nurse saw her eating the infant's arm and as she made to rescue the infant, the crazed mum refused to let the baby go. The nurse immediately raised an alarm and called other hospital staff who helped to rescue the baby. According to local media reports, the attack happened at a hospital in the city of Shenzhen in China’s Guangdong Province. The woman had been found on the streets heavily pregnant and in labour.. The homeless woman, suspected to be mentally unstable, was taken to the hospital where she gave birth and attempted to eat her baby. A hospital spokesman spoke to Chinese media; "It was really shocking, the arm was badly damaged and suffered not only heavy bruising but bleeding as a result of the bite. Fortunately, doctors managed to insert something to stop her closing her teeth and then levered ...

The Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has claimed that the latest report of the sighting of four of the escaped prisoners in the Government House confirmed Governor Ayodele Fayose’s complicity in the Monday jail break in Ado-Ekiti. The party who made the accusation based on the conflicting reports from the governor and his media aide, Lere Olayinka, alleged that the prisoners live in the government house. APC alleged that the jailbreak was a plan to free criminals friendly with the government in order to unleash them on the opponents as suspicion of alleged killer squad in the state grew. The party explained that while the governor accused the prison officials of complicity, his media aide accused APC of masterminding the jailbreak to free Niyi Adedipe, who was incarcerated for the alleged murder of drivers’ union boss, Omolafe Aderiye. “If the jailbreak was an attempt by APC to free Adedipe, why did Adedipe report himself to the p...

The 22 year old actress and singer emerged from her Art Basel concert at the Raleigh Hotel in Miami yesterday Dec. 3rd wearing a silver wig,  thong-suspender sling over glittery pantyhose, and matching ballet flats. She was  also topless but for the disco ball pasties covering her nipples.  Photo credit: Manuel Munoz/Pacific Coast News

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Suspected armed men stormed the Assemblies of God Church headquarters in Enugu, yesterday where they attacked Rev. Elisha Anyanwu, Rev. Gideon Adolphous and members of the church. According to The Sun, it was alleged, that the thugs were hired by a sacked senior member of the church, to stop the church members from having their prayer meeting at the church secretariat and prevent members to enter the church premises. The thugs reportedly left with valuable items. Rev. Chidi Okoroafor, the New General Superintendent of the church, while briefing journalists at the Evangel camp at Okpoto in Ebonyi State, condemned the action and urged the security agents to investigate the matter and bring to justice any person involved in the attack. His words: “Our general secretary, who has served the church for 24 years, Rev. John Okoni, will retire next tomorrow and preparatory to that retirement and as we close up the year, the leadership of Assemblies of God Church decid...

Just got these pics from a reader at Rivers NYSC camp. Claims this is happening right now. That soldiers stripped some corps members naked which led to a protest. 

The Chairman of the NFF Electoral Appeals Committee, Okey Ajunwa has nulliffied the election that produced the Amaju Pinnick-led executive of the Nigeria Football Federation, barely 24 hours after the committee upheld the polls. The ruling contradicts the ruling of three other members of the committee who upheld the polls yesterday. Informing  journalists of his decision in Abuja today, Mr. Ajunwa said the other committee members who “upheld the elections are not lawyers and didn’t fully understand the law. “None of them is a lawyer, I am the lawyer and I know the law, I have gathered the results of the committee and I will read them out in accordance to FIFA and CAF rules,” “The Elections of Amaju Pinnick is hereby nullified and he is been banned from parading himself as the President of the Nigeria Football Federation.” He went on to justify his decision, saying, it was based on the fact that the Electoral Committee for the election was illegal ...

A former US ambassador has described the Nigeria’s military cancellation of US specialised military training on fighting Boko Haram sect as ‘puzzling’, ThisDay reports. The US embassy which made the cancellation known during the week said the decision was baffling because Nigerian military struggles to defeat the extremist, which constitutes nuisance in the North-eastern part of the country. Lieutenant Colonel John Cantwell, the acting defence and army attaché at the US Embassy in Abuja, gave his amazement while speaking with the Voice of America (VOA). He said it was not clear why Nigeria stopped the training. “No, we did not receive any specific reason as to why they wanted to cancel the training. But their notification was in response to a request that we had sent to them requesting their intention regarding moving forward with the third phase of training,” he said. He said the Boko Haram sect has been terrorizing innocent Nigerians, bombing, killing a...

Nigerian professional footballer, John Michael Obinna, popularly known as Mikel Obi organized a birthday bash for his Russian girlfriend, Olga Diyachenko in November at their favourite restaurant. Since they started dating in January 2014, this is the first time the footballer was pictured in photos with his woman’s wealthy family. Diyachenko’s father is said to be a Russian millionaire who has multiple business interests in London. The Chelsea midfielder seems to be really in love with Diyachenko judging from series of pictures he has been sharing on social media. Besides, for the records, MikelObi proposed to her sometime in August 2014. Below are some of the pictures taken from the birthday party: Birthday party of Mikel Obi’s girlfriend, Olga Dyanchenko, in their favourite restaurant. (Photo Credit: ereportage) Birthday party of Mikel Obi’s girlfriend, Olga Dyanchenko, in their favourite restaurant. (Photo Credit: ereportage) Bir...