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One of the tooth of legendary golfer Tiger Wood s was knocked out today  by an overeager cameraman as he was about to surprise his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn after she won a World Cup event in Italy. "During a crush of photographers at the awards' podium at the World Cup event in Italy, a media member with a shoulder-mounted video camera pushed and surged towards the stage, turned and hit Tiger Woods in the mouth,' Woods' agent Mark Steinberg said. Tiger had no choice but to reveal the gap in his teeth as he congratulated his girlfriend. The media and fans at the event didn't even know Tiger was there as he had covered his face with a mask in a bid to stay undiscovered until he revealed himself to his girlfriend. It failed as the media trampled him..   Meanwhile, the tooth that fell is seen here in 2011 discolored.

44 soldiers who were dislodged from the Nigerian army after failing to fight Boko Haram members on Oct. 28th 2014 are currently being detained under a military cell in Jos, Plateau state, according to a report by Premium Times . The 44 soldiers including 5 staff Sergeants, 2 Sergeants, 5 Corporals, 18 Lance Corporals, and 14 Privates were dislodged from the army after members of Boko Haram dislodged them from Mubi town in Adamawa state. They were detained for 10 days and then moved into the underground cell where they have been since then. The soldiers have not yet been arraigned before any panel nor their charges read to them The soldiers affected are Ali Bako, Daramola Segun, Zakariya jibrin, Abdulrazaq Ahmed, and Abdulhamid Musa; Sergeants – Damiel  Sunday , Ajayi Danladi; Corporals – Elijah Bisuakefe, Bulus Andrew, Adamu Ladan, Ponmark jatau, and Kurmi Rumu; Lance Corporal – Chilaka Pius, Kuyoro Joseph, Lawal Asheik, Friday  Jacob, Oyinah Ifubaraboye, Abuba

Dele Momodu  is not happy with the conditions of Lagos State’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport, and he wants the President to do something about it. The Ovation publisher share pictures of the airport on his Instagram page with a message to the President under each photo. In case some professional scammers have been lying to our dear President about Transformation Agenda, this is Murtala MUHAMMED International Airport Lagos Mr President, this is the new conveyor belt sold to Nigeria at God knows how much Mr President, I know leaders hardly know the truth but as a patriot I want you to see the eyesore of our airport! Mr President, believe it or not sir, this is the new airport extension in such ugly grandeur that’s being trumpeted as Transformation Sorry, just an advice to passengers, do everything on the plane before you land at this odoriferous airport in Lagos! Mr President, the critics are your best friends; Sir this is our flagship

Days after some Nigerian soldiers spoke with CNN exclusively and exposed what they claim is the 'rot' in the military, i.e, they buy their own kit, they are not well equipped etc, Major General Chris Olukolade, the Nigerian Defence Spokesperson took to twitter this evening to set the record straight. He asked Nigerians to ask whatever questions they wanted to know about what the Nigerian military is doing in their battle against Boko Haram and he addressed some of the things the soldiers alleged in that CNN interview. See the tweets below

A woman beheaded in a Saudi street for killing her husband's six-year-old daughter screams her innocence in graphic footage of the execution uploaded to the Internet. An executioner in Mecca, the holy city, took two swings to hack off Layla bint Abdul Mutaleb Bassim's head, after she was found guilty of beating the girl and raping her with a broomstick. The incident has sparked outrage in the country, but not because of the brutal punishment meted out. Rather Saudis are up in arms that the execution was filmed and posted online, where the woman's family might see it. Now Saudi authorities have arrested someone for filming the execution, local media reports. But it was not clear what crime he has been arrested for. The video of Bassim's execution shows how she begged for her life, protesting her innocence right up until the executioner dealt his first blow. 'I did not kill. There is no God but God. I did not kill,' cries Bassim, who i

The stories of teachers sleeping with their students in the US is becoming unbearable. Don’t they have boyfriends? How is it so hard to get a man to sleep with you, lol, smh. So two teachers have been arrested after being caught indulging in s*x with their male students while away on a field trip. South Hills High School teacher Melody Lippert, 38, met up with a group of students at a beach in San Clemente in November of last year. Cops however says she gave the group alcohol to take and then engaged in a s*xual act with one of the male students. Not satisfied, she reportedly made plans to meet up with the students a second time at the same spot, bringing along another teacher, 30-year-old Michelle Ghirelli. The two met up with several of the same group, spending a night on the beach during which they had s*x with two students. Police released the pair on bail on Sunday, according to American news reports, and are due to appear in court on Wednesday

As concerned Nigerians and the international communities continue to call for a violence free general elections in the country, the Police in Katsina State has announced that they intercepted 850 cutlasses which were allegedly smuggled into the state by a political party ahead of next month’s polls. Making the disclosure at the weekend at a meeting with political parties in the state was the Deputy Commissioner Police in Benue state, Bala Zama Senchi. The police boos however, declined to mention the party that smuggled the cutlasses into the state. According to Daily Trust report, Senchi stated that the cutlasses were new and warned that the command would not tolerate thuggery or any act capable of causing unrest before, during and after next month’s elections. He enjoined politicians in Katsina state to operate within the ambit of the law. Senchi added that the police are non partisan and committed to ensuring peaceful conduct of the exercise. He

A father was arrested for attempting to bury his own daughter alive – simply because he wanted a son, Tripura, India. Abdul Hussein never wanted to have a daughter and one day when his wife was out he took advatage of the situation and tried to bury their own 10-year-old daughter alive. He prudently dug a hole at the garden, tied the girl up, put tape over her mouth and threw her in there. Hussein put a bamboo basket over the head of his unnamed daughter and leisurely started to fill the hole with earth. Fortunately, the girl’s mother raised the alarm and asked neighbours to search for her little daughter. At the moment when the terrified girl was almost buried neighbours found her and managed to set her free. Later the man was seriously beaten up by his neighbours before they called the police .He was arrested and now faces a charge of attempted murder. This is not the first time when parents kill their children for one reason or another. Lately we f

Yes, actor Muna Obiekwe died of a kidney disease but there are untold stories you really need to know about the death of the handsome actor. From some of the sad posts that Muna’s colleagues posted on their various social media accounts, it was made known that the actor, who is survived his wife and children, died after he could not afford the fee the Nigerian health care was demanding. Nollywood actors, Uche Jumbo, Mike Ezuruonye, Stella Damasus and others who confirmed the death of the talented Nollywood actor, also in their posts made it known that they were all in the dark as to his health condition. Even Nigeria’s Actors’ Guild president, Ibinabo Fiberesima, was unaware of the actor’s illness before his sudden death. Some of the actors and actresses confirmed from their posts also that the film industry in Nigeria is no better than a ‘make-believe’, as everyone is just content with the publicity and showing off involved in the business. Actress, Ify Okeke made it

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) has described Sunday night sudden slash in the pump price of premium motor spirit (petrol) as a panicky political measure far too short of the people’s expectation and contrary to the 50 percent relief suggested by the Buhari Team. Mallam Garba Shehu, Director of Media and Publicity of the APC Presidential Campaign said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that "the Jonathan-led PDP government is beginning to listen to public outcry about bad governance, extortion and exploitation of the Nigerian masses in the oil sector where billions of naira are daily being ripped off the pockets of the common men and women through inaccurate pump prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene, despite the dwindling world market prices of these products." Shehu also faulted both the decrease ratio of N97 to N87 and the timing of the announcement by the Federal Government as “politically motivated, ill-timed and

Ruffled by the momentum generated by the nomination of Pastor Yemi Osinbajo as General Mohamadu Buhari's running mate, President Goodluck Jonathan is asking a group of Pentecostal pastors to help him avert what he fears could be an impending loss in next month's presidential polls. Osinbajo, a prominent cleric with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, law professor and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN emerged APC's presidential running mate last month giving President Jonathan and the ruling party, PDP, what is being described as sleepless nights, by sources. Specifically last Thursday, the President held a meeting in Abuja, with a number of Pentecostal pastors led by Bishop David Oyedepo of Winners Chapel, with the main agenda being how to fashion out ways to solve the "Osinbajo" problem. Sources at the meeting confirmed that President Jonathan confessed in a rather rattled and humbling manner that "Osinbajo is my problem." Accordin

APC presidential candidate and his vice, Gen. Buhari and Prof Osinbajo, APC chieftain Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Rivers State governor Rotimi Amaechi paid a courtesy visit to IBB at his Minna, Niger state home this afternoon.. Photo credit: Lola Shoneyin

Lagos governor Raji Fashola pictured dancing to Dorobucci during a campaign rally at Oworonshoki today

Following an order by their pastor, Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, members of the church stormed Sunday service with their permanent voters card (PVC). Oyedepo had during the church’s mid-week service held at the church’s headquarters located in Ota, Ogun State, asked members to come to attend Sunday service with their voters’ cards so that they can be prayed upon ahead of the general elections beginning in February. According to PM News, Oyedepo asked his congregants to bring out their voters cards towards the end of service. He then asked them to drop it on the floor of the church with prayer points that the election would be free of violence. The man of God who declared that enough was enough asked his congregants to pray against violence before, during and after the elections. He prayed: “It shall be crisis-free, no bloodletting and war…No angel of the devil shall be elected into po

Actors Guild President, Ibinabo Fiberesima wrote a tribute to the late Muna Obiekwe on facebook and some fans called her out for abandoning him while he was sick.. She then replied saying We never ignore our members. If we are informed of a situation we take action. Pls like I said lets Pray not Curse. We have gone out of our way to help non Guild members talk more of our own. We never neglet anyone. We have an active insurance plan . We have begged our members and still begging rhem to revalidate their membership and join the health plan. Their is only so much anyone can do. Muna was revalidated and on d health plan. Pls lets beware of what we say, if we dont have the facts pls.