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There were wide spread reports online today that the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediuwa had passed on at age 92. The Benin Council of Chiefs through its secretary Frank Irabor has however debunked the reports. According to Mr Irabor, the rumors have been in circulation now for over a year "They have been peddling that rumour for more than a year now, because the Oba has not been coming out. If there is anything like that, there is usually a statement from the palace or from the Benin Traditional Council. The fact that he has not been coming out, even when the President came last week, does not mean that there is anything like that‎. I don’t bother about rumours. I believe in getting information from the authentic source. For more than six months, they have been carrying the rumor” he told punch in a phone interview. The absence of the Oba during the visits of President Jonathan and Gen Buhari during their campaign rallies in Edo state last week gave credence to the ...

Pics released to promote her new EP, theLoveEP in time for valentine. See more photos below

Two weeks after he and his father, former Adamawa state governor, Murtala Nyako were declared wanted by the EFCC for financial impropriety while in government, the operatives of the EFCC this morning arrested Abdul-Aziz Nyako, the son of Gov Nyako in Gombe state. His arrest comes after N15 billion meant for the state was found in accounts of 5 companies owned by him. Read the EFCC press statement on his arrest below after the cut... Barely two weeks after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, declared former Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako and his son, Abdul-Aziz, wanted, operatives of the anti- graft agency, this morning arrested the younger Nyako in Gombe, Gombe State. He was immediately flown to Abuja where he is currently being grilled by a crack team of detectives who had been working on the Adamawa investigation for several months. Abdul-Aziz, who was declared wanted by the EFCC in the case of stealing, abuse of office and money launderi...

Hold on not what you think. Photo on the left is from Flavour ft Chidinma's new single cover for Ololufe...just found the pic on the right from their video shoot for the song!

Last night rapper Drake pulled a Beyonce by dropping a surprise mixtape titled "If You're Reading This Then It's Too Late" which is selling fast. In one of the songs titled '6pm in New York', Drake dissed Tyga over his 2014 Vibe mag interview where he (Tyga) said he doesn't like Drake and Nicki Minaj. Tyga may have put that interview behind him, but not Drake. He even alluded to Tyga's underage girlfriend, Kylie Jenner. See what he spit and Tyga's response after the cut...  On track 17 called, '6PM in New York,' Drake spits, And Tyga responds.. .

Before the Council of State meeting, the position of the president, and that of the ruling party, PDP, was that the elections should be postponed. The argument was that by virtue of Section 132 (2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended, there was time to make adjustment. The Section provides that “an election to the said office (presidency) shall be held on a date not earlier than one hundred and fifty days and not later than thirty days before the expiration of the term of the last holder of that office.” That was the subtext to the Council of State meeting. At the meeting, Jega presented his report, giving a breakdown of the number of registered voters in each state and the number that have collected their PVC's and reiterating that he was ready for the polls. The first person to speak after his presentation was the NSA, Dasuki, who harped on the renewed efforts by the Multinational Forces to dislodge the Boko Haram insurgents and the need to shift the elec...

Following his widely publicised sermon on New Year’s Eve that tore President Goodluck Jonathan’s policies to pieces , Rev Father Ejike Mbaka has been recorded hitting the president hard again, and this time his wife, Dame Patience Jonathan, was not spared. Speaking in both the English and Igbo languages, Mbaka dismissed suggestions that he is a two-faced individual because he received the first lady in his ministry a few weeks before his controversial outburst. Recall that in November 2014, Mbaka welcomed the First Lady, Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and others to his Enugu parish. He told ‘Mama Peace’, as the Firstly Lady is popularly called, that her husband had “done well” and deserved another tenure at the Aso Rock. Mbaka, reacting to the criticisms, quoted a verse in the bible and gave a biblical instance where God supported one of his prophets and later withdrew the support because of the deeds of the prophet. He further revealed tha...

The video shoot is going on right now in Cape Town. It is going to be the bomb

Donjazzy just posted this after insinuations by some that his newly produced track "Katapot" by Reekado Banks is a diss song towards Dbanj.. See more tweets below

Halima Abubakar is angry..It has to do with people calling her an attention seeker over the top she wore in a previous picture(same above)..She paired the top above with a purple outfit and many said she was showing off her bra ,calling it tacky ..She just proved them wrong by showing off the full top (above)and saying Kim and Beyonce have the same top and they should be ashamed of calling it a bra "Dull people this is the top am wearing,I don't expect u to know ,cos u just have time to talk..I hope u do ur math next time..call me all d names u want,it won't remove hair out of my body thxx ,am sure u ppl r ashamed now.. Go worship Kim and beyonce,kourtney others as usuall ,cos dey have it too" See the pics below and why fans mistook it for a bra

A video has emerged showing the moment an elderly woman bravely confronted two Islamic State militants, telling them their terror group is cursed and that they are not back by God. In the video,shot in Syria, the woman walks up to the fighters' car, brand them both 'devils' and tell them: 'I swear nothing you have done was in the way of God''Do not slaughter anyone and nobody will slaughter you. It's all forbidden. I swear nothing you have done was in the way of God,' 'God is watching what you are doing. 'Those who deny our verses and are arrogant towards them, the gates of heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter paradise,' Shocked at being confronted, the men initially plead with the woman, telling her to explain what she means and asking if 'everything is good between us?'. The woman chooses to ignore the men's attempts to justify ISIS' brutality and accuses them of 'k...

The Nigerien military has reportedly arrested the mastermind of different attacks by Boko Haram in Niger’s Diffa region which is near the Nigerian border. According to Niger's Anfani private radio station, the sect member identified as Kaka Bounou, was a trader based in Diffa and goes by the alias, Captain, within the sect group. He'd been arrested several times in the past and released. Boko Haram carried out their first attack on Niger last week...

Lol. These politicians sef! Looks like the APC is still insisting that FG is sending military men to patrol the Lagos home of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. This pic was sent to me - allegedly put their by Tinubu's supporters. Below is the accompanying message... "This is the message we found on the fence of the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu's house this morning. The two banners hung in the fence of the main house and the next building to his house. The message was loud and clear to the military who have been patrolling Tinubu's house and the stretch of Bourdillon Road since last Sunday. The message on the banners meant for the military- "This is not Sambisa Forest. Wrong Posting." Sambisa Forest is the forest  under the control of Boko Haram for years and is yet to be penetrated by the Nigerian military. It is suspected that APC stalwarts and Tinubu supporters must have put up the message over night. Last night about...

Barely 24 hours after the "Miracle Tree" incident that happened yesterday with a Kasood tree opposite All saints chapel in the Federal University ofTechnology Owerri,the real truth behind the saga has been unveiled. When the scene was revisited,there were students, bike riders, sellers and pedestrians around the tree waiting for the proposed miracle water to start gushing out again. Few minutes later, NTA Owerri team arrived the scene to see for themselves what actually happened. Mr Romanus, a staff of the institution who works in the estate and works department came out and said that the incident occurred as a result of a broken pipe under the tree. In order to prove his claim, he sent his men to go and put on the reservoir tank and a few minutes later, the alleged "HOLY WATER" rushing out of the tree with full force, he sent them to turn it off and the water stopped rushing out of the tree making everyo...

The newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, on Thursday declared that the elections in his zone will be “fire for fire” if politicians play any pranks. The controversial police boss made the declaration at a meeting with police of the Ogun State Command at its Eleweran Headquarters, Abeokuta. Mr. Mbu instructed his men to be battle-ready for the election and warned politicians to have a second thought over any planned criminal act. He said if any of his men were shot, no less than twenty civilians would pay for it. “If one of my men is killed, I shall kill twenty of them but don’t shoot first,” Mr. Mbu said. “If they shoot you, shoot back in self-defence. Anybody who fires you, fire him back in self-defence.” He told his men that they were the only authority that has power to arrest, before, during and after elections. He noted that it was not compulsory for the police officers to greet even a governor who comes to vote. ...

Here's introducing one of the daughters of aspiring Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Her name is Kiki Osinbajo and she's stunning. See more photos below

Transparency International, a global coalition fighting against corruption has ranked Nigeria’s political parties as the most corrupt in the world. The group posted the graph above indicating an opinion poll they carried out on places people think political parties are mostly corrupt in the world. Top on the graph is Nigeria followed by Mexico. In Africa, only Nigeria’s political parties ranked amongst the top 11.

Dj Xclusive has shown appreciation to a female fan who tattooed her name on her thighs .He shared the photo above with caption "Shout out to one of my super cool fans with my name tatoo'd on her thighs" See more below

Members of the radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram has reportedly carried out an attack on Chadian soil.This was made known by security sources who told BBC Africa that the attacks took place in the wee hour of the night. It was reported also that this is the first attack the sect is executing in Chad since it started its uprising against the Nigerian government in 2009. According to security officials, the extremist were believed to have crossed Lake Chad by motorboat and attacked a village on the shores of the lake. Recall that Chad recently joined Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon in a military coalition called multinational taskforce against the Boko Haram Islamist sect. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the terrorists were repelled and pushed back by Chadian military troops after killing several people. Meanwhile, the Chadian army yesterday said it killed 13 fighters from the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in...