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Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), according TheCable, has conceded the slot picking of his running mate to Bola Tinubu, national leader of the party. This has in effect diminished the chances of Chibuike Amaechi, governor of Rivers state, who was all along tipped to be the vice-presidential candidate. Further discussions are going to be held this weekend, but a quick decision may not be reached. The party still has up till December 18 to submit the name of the nominee to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Buhari’s decision to give Tinubu the slot is apparently based on the voting population of the south-west which he is banking on to upstage the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 presidential election. “Politics is not winner-takes-all. Tinubu worked round the clock to deliver a huge chunk of votes to Buhari in the primary, and it is only fair that he is honoured in return,”...

This is madness, what a shame

The compassion shown by Officer William Stacy to desperate Alabama mother Helen Johnson captured the nation's attention at a time of strained relations between the police and black Americans. Instead of arresting her for stealing five eggs to feed her starving family on Saturday, Stacy bought the carton and the touching hug they shared afterwards caught on video by a stunned passer-by went viral. But it got even better on Wednesday when Officer Stacy and some colleagues arrived at 47-year-old Johnson's home with two truckloads of food to keep her and her children and grandchildren fed through Christmas. 'The last time I saw my house this full, I was 12-years-old and staying with my grandmother,'' said Johnson to  Al.Com . 'I've been crying all day.' The reaction to the viral hug was so imense that Tarrant Police Chief Dennie Reno said that he had to bring in a second police dispatch officer just to field the calls of donation...

Presidential aide Dr Doyin Okupe thinks the Buhari and Amaechi ticket a 'fatal error' lol. Whatever that means. We are all speculating sha! APC hasn't announced it officially. They have until  December 18th  to submit the names of its Presidential candidate and running mate to INEC.

Nollywood actress Monalisa Chinda took to her Twitter account recently to take a stand against domestic violence while revealing that she was once a victim of the abuse but has since survived it. See more tweets after the cut...

Amaechi is a man with 3 regions, they are South West, South East and South South  It's just rumour o...don't take this as fact! We will know for sure in the coming hours or days... The party met today in Lagos to pick a running mate for Buhari and I hear it was Amaechi they picked.  The two men were  spotted  having breakfast this morning at Intercontinental...so...*fingers crossed*

I wonder why INEC cannot give us this electronic voting device in Nigeria, or is it that we have not gotten to the stage of using such a device? If India can use it, why can' we use it. 895 Million voters use this Electronic Voting Machine in India and how many are we in Nigeria?

The police in Owerri, the Imo state capital successfully defused two Improvised Explosive device IED found at the lobby of a popular eatery on Wednesday December 10th. Speaking on the incident, the state's police commissioner, Abdulmajid Ali, said a distress call was put across to the command by the manager of the eatery and a bomb squad was immediately drafted to the scene where the bomb was immediately defused. He appealed to members of the public to always come forward with information whenever anything odd is noticed  "I want to thank the Imolites(Imo state citizens) for given us this information on time because if not it could have caused a lot of damage. Only God knows how many lives would have been lost, the same thing with property" he said. Photo credit: Screengrab from Channels TV news report

Nollywood actor, Nonso Diobi, said he has been under pressure from his mum to get married. The actor said that his mum went through the contacts on his phone and was checking the female friends he had but he is not ready to settle down. In his own words, “My mum was going through my phone contacts this morning and she concentrated more on d female contacts wondering why I’m still single…. Lol,”

Rihanna was out yesterday and didn't look anything close to pregnant but MediaTakeOut is still insisting that she's pregnant, and in the early stages of her pregnancy. Not only that, they say her baby daddy is a white billionaire...lol. I'll believe this when I see a baby bump. Their report below... So we were not able to get any concrete information about her babys father - except that the father is 100% not Chris Brown or Drake. But we did hear a rumour about the paternity of Rihanna's baby. One friend of Rih's family member told us this, "I hear that the father is a very rich white man, a billionaire. He wants to take care of Rihanna. "We can't repeat the name of the billionaire . . . but Chile if Rihanna carrying that seed . . . she's Good!! You heard that . . . word on the curb is that Rih got herself a billionaire baby's father.

According to MailOnline , A schoolgirl was repeatedly forced to have sex with her long-lost father after she tracked him down through Facebook, a court heard. The 13-year-old became aware of who he was through friends and Facebook postings and found out that he was living in South Yorkshire. After meeting her father for the first time, the teenager was invited to stay longer and her mother eventually allowed her to live with the 41-year-old. But the man then went on to have s.ex with the youngster 'on a regular basis' over a six month period, Sheffield Crown Court heard. Initially she slept on the sofa but when her father split up with his girlfriend he 'turned his attention' to his daughter, prosecutor Timothy Capstick said. The father rubbed her back before kissing her and the next day he said she could sleep in his bed and he would sleep on the sofa.  But during the night he crept into the bed and started having s.ex with his ow...

This 13 year old girl (pictured above) wearing an explosives-packed vest was arrested in Kano state yesterday December 11th. The girl was arrested after she and a male accomplice walked into a clinic seeking medical treatment. Suspicious hospital staff alerted police who immediately arrested the two. On searching her, Police discovered explosives hidden under her hijab. The police later revealed that the young girl was from Bauchi and was part of the 'suicide team' that attacked a market in Kano on Wednesday Dec. 10th.

A Canadian mother named Lisa Batstone has been charged with murder after the body of her 8yr old daughter was found in the trunk of a car. The lifeless body of Tegan Batstone was discovered by police responding to a call about a car in a ditch, just south of Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday Dec. 10th. According to  the Toronto Sun , the divorced mother, 41, was taken into custody at the scene before being charged with second-degree murder. Authorities are yet to say why the mother killed the girl and also the girl's cause of death. An autopsy has been scheduled. The woman's lawyers told the court that she'd been depressed and had been on a variety of medications before the incident.

Some residents of Lagos State living around Cele bus Stop on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, on Friday sent a Save-Our-Soul message to the government and security agencies over rising gang rape. The residents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, alleged that the illegal activity was not only carried out in Cele area but also in places like Oshodi and Mile 2. According to them, the nefarious act was being perpetrated by miscreants who usually attack unsuspecting victims coming back from work anytime from 4 p.m. A market woman who sells wares around Cele bus stop and who identified herself as ‘Mama Doyin’ told the NAN that the development had become worrisome as it was on the increase. Mama Doyin said, “I don’t allow my daughters to go out at nights anymore because of the rumour about gang rape in the area. “Also, I have told my daughters to stop putting on miniskirts that will attract any form of molestation and rape by hooligans. “The woman also a...

A 25-year-old housemaid, Tina Kwesi, who allegedly stole her employer’s jewellery worth N50m was on Friday brought before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court in Lagos. Kwesi, who hails from Benue, is standing trial on a two counts of conspiracy and stealing. The Prosecutor, Babaji Ishaku, told the court that the accused committed the offences on November 25 at 9, Shanti Sule Street, Lekki Phase 1 in Lagos State. Ishaku said the accused conspired with one other person still at large, to steal assorted gold jewellery valued at N50m, property of one Mrs Victoria Sule. The prosecutor stated that the accused was working as a maid in the house of Sule and she had access to where the jewellery were kept. He said the offences committed contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge. Counsel for the accused, Mrs. Nina Lawani, urged the court to admit the accused to bail on liberal...

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro who lost out in the PDP Governorship primaries in Lagos state on Tuesday Dec 4th, says he's heading to court to seek redress...

One of the sexiest woman in the world, Kim Kardashian has resolved to begging for  s.ex  from her husband of eight months, Kanye West! Close sources say Kim – who hasn't seen Kanye in three weeks – thinks her husband is putting more time into his work than finding time to sleep in her bed. “It sounds ridiculous that the biggest sex symbol of our generation is having to beg for sex but that’s exactly whats happening!,”  a source close to the couple told a US entertainment website. “Kanye loves Kim and is always telling her it’s not that he doesn’t want to have sex with her, it’s just that he’s been busy with work. He’s been traveling constantly, and doesn’t feel comfortable having Kim drag little Nori around the world,”  the source added. Latest reports further claim that the 36-year-old rapper is planning on making Kim become a stay at home mom which means, she would stop working! Many are susu...

There's no "but" about this one!  Pippa Middleton  wrote an article in  The Spectator 's Christmas Special, where she commented (rather openly!) on  Kim Kardashian 's recent naked butt cover for  Paper  magazine, as well her own personal "first world problems." "No year is complete without a bottom story," wrote  Kate Middleton 's younger sibling, 31. "And the 'Rear of 2014' award undoubtedly goes to Kim Kardashian, after her posterior exploded all over the internet last month." (Kardashian and Paper intended to "Break the Internet" last month, with nude images of the reality star fronting the mag's Winter 2014 issue.) Prince George 's aunt proceeded to make fun of her own headline-making derriere, though she humbly ceded victory to Kardashian. "I must say that mine — though it has enjoyed fleeting fame — is not comparable," Pippa wrote of the reality star's volupt...