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Remember our photo of the day yesterday which showed customers withdrawing money from an ATM while they sat on steps? (left pic). Well, it's an old photo from over a year and a half ago of the Access bank on Toyin street, Ikeja. The ATM location had been removed. The right pic is actually what it looks like now after renovation was done last year..

Amid widespread reports of his demise on social media yesterday March 22nd, former Nigerian President, Sir Shehu Shagari has called on Nigerians to exhibit peaceful conduct in this election period and called on politicians to work towards a united Nigeria. The 90 year old spoke at his home in Sokoto today...  "Nobody should sponsor or perpetrate violence as the country belongs to all of us. Politicians in the country should strive hard for a united Nigeria and refrain from doing anything that will destroy the country.” he said

 A Ukrainian beauty has been dumped by her politician husband for posting saucy selfie photographs of herself online that have gone viral worldwide. The Blond bombshell Alena Politukha, 32, hit out at her ex complaining that she and her young son have been left with nothing after Aleksandr Politukha suddenly walked out the front door and did not come back.She has since found out that he has filed for divorce. But an insider to the couple told the  mirror  claimed he was unhappy about her habit of posting selfies which had won her an army of followers - but alienated her husband. Alena lives in Dergachevsky district in eastern Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast with her husband, who is a politician and head of the local council and also runs a successful business making soap. After her husband walked out on her, she wrote online: "I am having a difficult time in my life at the moment. "I am a mother. My husband and I have a son together. We have be...

baby whose mums smoke top..non-smokers-Below Smoke during pregnancy? Well, you may have a rethink after seeing these  remarkable scans showing how smoking during pregnancy harms an unborn baby's development. The ultrasound images show that, babies of mothers who smoke during pregnancy touch their mouths and faces much more than babies of non-smoking mothers. Foetuses normally touch their mouths and faces much less the older and more developed they are. Doctors have now urged pregnant women to give up smoking because they they heighten the risk of premature birth, respiratory problems and even cot death. The head of the study Dr Reissland said: 'A larger study is needed to confirm these results and to investigate specific effects, including the interaction of maternal stress and smoking.' She believed that videos of the difference in pre-birth development could help mothers give up smoking.

.Davido is leaving for Nigeria and she's based in the USA..Hope Naija girls stay clear when he returns lol

'My QUEEN! @annieidibia1 On this day I salute u. you are beautiful baby and I'm so lucky 2 have u in my life. cheers 2 us baby and may God give us the strength and wisdom 2 grow old 2geda. yours! Isn't this so beautiful..Makes me want to shed a tear..

This is according to the person who styled him, celeb stylist Jeremiah Ogbodo. He wrote " You know who is Rocking our Limited Edition 24 Carat Gold Signature Jeans?"   He said the skulls on the jeans are pure gold. 

Below is a press statement from the management of Lagos state University announcing a compulsory break for all staff and students starting from today March 23rd. In view of the forthcoming national and state elections scheduled for March 28th and April 11th respectively, the university management of Lagos State University has declared a recess for both staff and students with effect from Monday March 23rd. Students and staff are therefore advised to vacate the campus immediately. The date of resumption will be announced later. Signed management.

The South West Zonal Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Pegba Otemolu has denied the allegation  that he had diverted the fund meant for coordinators of President Goodluck Jonathan campaign organisation in the state. Otemolu who was beaten blue Black in Abeokuta, last week, during a seminar organised for 746 coordinators of Jonathan’s re-election bid in the state ,recounting his ordeal in the hands of angry party members, saying he only escaped death by the whiskers . He  said  “I’m here to let the whole world know that I’m a loyal and honest member of our great party and at no time did anybody in the party, right from the National Secretariat of our party to the Presidency give me one kobo. “But at the end, around 2pm, we had not received one kobo from the national committee headed by Jerry Gana. Then I called the national auditor who is the most senior person, please address our people.   Tell them that the funds for the honor...

 A Chinese teacher has been sacked after a photo of him using two children as footstools went viral. People's online   daily reports that, Mr Xie told the male pupils from Nanguang High School in Fujian to stay behind after class on Thursday because they were being too loud. He made the students crouch on the floor while he played on his phone and put his bare feet on their backs. Mr Xie, who has been a teacher for 27 years, was dismissed after the Nan'an City Education Department saw a picture on social media. Mr Liu said the footstool photo was taken as a joke and added that Mr Xie, who was in charge of disciplining the male students at the school, 'performed well in his work and was extremely talented'.  Nan'an City Department of Education said it took immediate action. It requested the school apologise to students and parents, and said that student counselling should also be offered.

Nigeria's first lady,Patience Jonathan has described APC as a dead party.Speaking in Anambra state during the women's rally in Onitsha,today,she said “Imagine the deputy of a whole director-general of the APC presidential campaign decamping, does that not show that the party is dead? The party is dead and buried and March 28 is its burial. The party will not live again. When you start answering old drugs, expired drugs, then you know that your death is coming closer. The way things are going, APC will soon bear Ebola. Is Mbakwe (former Imo state governor) corrupt? Yet you jailed him. What of Jim Nwobodo (former Anambra state governor)? Yet you jailed him. Don’t support a man that would imprison your mother and father. Jonathan is our messiah. He made Ihejiriaka the chief of army staff and has helped many of our people. Igbos are not fools. We know whom to support. PDP has come to stay."

Fun pictures of Kanye and his daughter North West having fun at the beach in Malibu, California over the weekend. See more photos below Photo Credit: IXOLA/AKM - GSI

Amber Rose took to instagram to defend her BFF over a post MediaTakeOut made about the mother of one going to a club in see-through top. Amber is pissed that MTO described Chyna as a 'mom' like it's not okay she wore that just because she's a mom

She made a name for herself as one of the original supermodels in the 90s.  And two decades on, Cindy Crawford still looks as fabulous as ever, with the 49-year-old fashion icon proving she's still got what it takes during a sexy photography session in Malibu on Sunday. All eyes were on the stunning star as she donned three dramatic looks for the beachfront shoot.

Two female suicide bombers blew up themselves after a failed attempt to attack residents of Auono town in Borno state yesterday March 22nd

Former stripper and Tyga's baby mama, Blac Chyna enjoyed dinner out at a restaurant in West Hollywood, California last night March 22 with friends and she stepped out in a sheer dress without wearing a bra. She used her hair to cover her nipples. See more photos below