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The Lagos State Government today Friday Feb. 20th began the demolition of the 3 buildings gutted by fire on January 12 at the popular Balogun Market in Central Lagos. Fire gutted the buildings housing about 100 shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira. Officials of the company who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity said that it was the govt that gave directive for the buildings to be demolished. The head of the demolition team said that the work would take some time to finish. Mrs Uju Agunna, a trader who sold clothes in one of the shops gutted, told NAN that she would rent the same place anytime the shops were rebuilt. “I will like to go back to my shop. I have been in this Balogun for over 15 years so it is difficult for me to go and rent somewhere else.’’ “We hope that when the demolition exercise is completed the owners can start building. But now I am sharing a shop with my friend as you can see,” Agunna said. Source: NAN

LMAO! Kanye West said 'no woman wants to be with you after you've been with Amber', that he had to take 30 showers before he could be with Kim. But Kim's body count though...how many showers did she have to take? Lol. #kidding. See more tweets below

Policemen mask rape suspects in India Police in Delhi arrested four men on Friday in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a Nigerian woman in a moving car, the latest in a series of sex attacks in the Indian capital. The 35-year-old, who has been staying in India on a tourist visa, told police the men kidnapped her after midnight on Friday morning outside a popular shopping mall in New Delhi’s Saket area before bundling her into a car. They then drove for around half an hour, during which time the alleged gang-rape took place, before pushing her out of the vehicle. The woman, who cannot be named, was finally rescued after a passerby spotted her on the side of the road in Mayur Vihar, around 20 kilometres (12 miles) away in east Delhi. “We have received a complaint from the woman and investigations are ongoing,” Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat told AFP. “We have filed a case under relevant sections.” Bhagat said the four men arrested were Indians, and th

The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, may have held a secret meeting last night with some loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan in Paris, sources said from the French capital. Buhari left Nigeria on Thursday morning officially to hold meetings with key members of the British political class and interact with some global institutions. But sources said he might have gone to Paris first to meet with some close allies of Jonathan who are seeking reassurance that they won’t be jailed by a Buhari presidency. It was learnt that Bola Tinubu, an APC leader, two Nigerian former heads of state and a wealthy Lebanese family with extensive business interests in Nigeria may have been part of the people brokering the deal in Paris during a meeting on Thursday night. The meeting was arranged by a foreign power in Nigeria that seems to have written off President Jonathan. The negotiations, it was learnt, are based

How are you going to date a woman for two years, someone who knows where you buried all the dead bodies, someone who doesn't particularly have reservations, has nothing to lose and you go on radio to slam her, saying you had to take 30 showers before you could be with another woman (someone who probably has more body count)? Well, Amber is furious with Kanye and she's coming for him. Continue... Read the report from MediaTakeOut.com below.. The SH*T just hit the fam. MediaTakeOut.com spoke with one of Amber's closest friends - who tell us that she's FURIOUS - with the ongoing SLANDER CAMPAIGN that she's being hit with - from Kanye and the Kardashian's - and she's ready to drop the BOMB, and spill Kanye's tea. What's the tea, you ask? Well ALLEGEDLY when Kanye and Amber used to date - Kanye liked his BOOTY PLAYED WITH. Not the booty - the HOLE . . . EWWW . . . But here's where it gets even MORE messy Amber also claim

Another press statement from Ekiti state... Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that the APC presidential candidate, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) who  travelled to the United Kingdom (UK) for medical treatment is being attended to at a London hospital, describing the medical trip as a vindication of his earlier stand that Buhari was sick and lacked the required capacity to rule Nigeria.  He said; "as against the claim of the APC that Bihari was on a short working visit to the UK, Buhari is being treated at a hospital located at Cavendish Street, Cavendish Square, W2 London West End, London." Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor described claim by the APC that Buhari will give a talk at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London as "deceit taken too far." He said; "The event listed on Royal Institute of International Affa

At least 30 people were killed during an attack by Boko Haram members in Thlaimakalama and Gatamarwa villages in Borno state yesterday February 19th. Confirming the attack to AFP, the head of the Chibok Elders Forum, Pogo Bitrus said;  "From information coming in from residents of the two villages at least 30 people were killed in the attacks."

Former Super Eagles captain Austin Jay Jay Okocha has been elected Delta State FA chairman. Okocha pulled 26 out of 27 votes cast. He takes over from current NFF chairman, Amaju Pinnick. Congrats to him.. .

58 year old Nigerian priest, Father Hilary Ogom Nwadei, pictured above has been sentenced to 8 months in jailed by a UK court for sexually assaulting a woman he met while staying at St Mary’s Priory in Leyland on December 12, 2013. According to Lancashire Evening Post, Father Nwadei, a priest from the Diocese of Issele-Uku in Delta State, Nigeria, had moved to the UK to pursue his doctorate in Law degree at the University of Lancashire when the incident happened.   He was said to have complained of loneliness and became friends with his victim. On the day of the incident, he'd invited the lady to come to his room to help him pack for a trip to Nigeria when he assaulted her by fondling her boobs. The prosecuting counsel, David Traynor,  while briefing the court said “The defendant (fr Nwadei) leaned against the door of the room, causing it to shut. He was between her and her way out of the room. He asked her for a kiss and she presented him with h

Kanye was interviewed on NY Radio show, The Breakfast Club yesterday where he dragged former girlfriend Amber Rose through the gutter and into a pit latrine. Lol. Kanye said if Kim K had dated him when he wanted to, he never would have dated Amber. He also said he had to take 30 showers before he could get with Kim after being with Amber. (come get him, Amber! Hehe) He also confirmed Tyga is dating Kylie, calling him lucky for being the first "He just got in there first." See some of the things Kanye said in the interview scheduled to air today below   Now expecting a reply from Amber Rose...lol

Public Relation Officer, PRO, of the Northern chapter of CAN, Mr. Sunday Oibe  In what might appear to be a belated reaction to the allegation by a Borno-based Pastor, Kallamu Musa-Dikwa, who on Thursday revealed that the money given to pastors by President Goodluck Jonathan was actually N7 billion and not N6 billion as initially alleged by the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has respond.  The Public Relation Officer, PRO, of the Northern chapter of CAN, Mr. Sunday Oibe, on Friday described the allegation as ridiculous, and wondered why mischief makers would cook up such lies to deceive the general public. He said the allegation is a complete lie and just one of the many evil plots to dent the image of CAN’s leadership as well as to rubbish its integrity and make it morally incapable of leading Christians in these trying times. According to him, there was no way anyone would collect a kobo on behalf of CAN and

Military sources have confirmed the arrest of eight French nationals, caught fighting under the terror group Boko Haram. According to ThisDay Live, The Cameronian army had apprehended these fighters and are insisting on trying them, but France is against this idea. A Nigerian military insider told reporters that the arrest of these Europeans have caused tensions between France and one of her Francophone allies in the sub-region following the shocking discovery that some French citizens are staunch members of the sect, a throwback to their membership of the terror group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Findings suggest that France is angry at her former colony for not giving up on the idea of trying them in Africa and wants the French men handed over to the French authorities. French Foreign Minister, Mr. Lauren Fabuci had ordered for the transfer of the suspects into French hands. This has angered the Cameroonian authorities, who are dumbfou

A foolish guy in Oke-Ira, along Ajah–Badore road in Lagos got the beating of his life recently for peeping at a married woman when she was having a bath. He was seriously beaten and injured by neighbours who expressed their anger over his indecent act of peeping at another man’s wife, identified as Mrs Kudi. The man identified as Koffi, who hails from Ghana was caught red-handed by Kudi’s husband, Mufu. The husband said the Ghanaian was fond of peeping at both single girls and married women but luck ran out on him when he caught him in the act on Tuesday’s evening. Mr Mufutau said he was returning from work when he saw somebody peeping through a hole in the makeshift bathroom and to his surprise it was his wife's body the guy was feeding on. “I walked quietly to the man and also had my wife’s voice emanating from the bathroom. She was singing and did not know that our neighbour, Koffi was peeping at her. "So I gently tapped Koffi on

The rate at which young girls are running after married men all because of money these days is really sad. Funny enough, this same ladies will be crying one-man/one-wife when they manage to see a man who wants to marry them. So, you can do another woman's husband, but you want yours to yourself? Unfortunately for this female student, her mother has been on her track and monitoring her illicit affairs with men. So, on this day, after she left home to "service" Hon. Beno, her mother and some boys trailed her and as soon as she went on bed with the man they busted the door to the hotel room... The mother said she has been reading her daughter's sms until she saw her disappearing in a local guest house with a politician, Mr Beno. The girl's mum say they are not poor. So, what is her problem? In the words of the mother:  "I began to be concerned with the conduct of my daughter after noticing some suspicion looks. She doesnt retur

The House of Representatives have done something beyond comprehension about the debate on whether or not to deploy military personnel for the country’s general elections.  The House had been debating the issue on Thursday, but reportedly suspended the debate, Nigerian Pilot reports. The motion was brought before the lawmakers by the House minority leader, Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos). In the motion, Gbajabiamila said it was unconstitutional for military personnel to be deployed for election purposes in the country. The minority leader also asked the house to investigate the role of the military during the 2014 governorship elections in Ekiti state, NAN reports. He said that the use of military personnel at polling units may intimidate the electorate, adding that the presence of military personnel in election centres and wards is capable of generating unwarranted apprehension that will scare away innocent Nigerians. He said the action wa

Before she became an A-list actress and mother of 6, Angelina Jolie's ambition was to be a model. These never before seen photos are from a photo-shoot she did in 1991 with celebrity photographer Sean McCall. See the photos below