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Instagram did not only apologize to Indian student Rupi Kaur for taking down her photo (left), they called it an accident and re-instated it. (If you don't know what this is about, read previous story  HERE ) See Rupi's response to her photo being restored after the cut. I'm sorry, but I'd rather see a woman in a bikini than a woman menstruating...but to each his own and I'm glad instagram put it back up... Some views ...

Journalist  Ahmad Salkida  who has extensively covered the sect activities asked some interesting questions on twitter today after the Nigerian military released a statement (with photos), saying they'd recaptured Gwoza from Boko Haram. See more tweets below

How patriotic. These are youth corp members who will be serving as INEC adhoc staff in tomorrow's election. They decided to sleep at the INEC office so they can go out early tomorrow morning to carry out their election duties.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant an application for an interim injunction to stop the use of card readers for the conduct of Nigeria’s general elections starting on Saturday. The suit was filed by a Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Wasiu Taiwo. Senator Taiwo, through his counsel, Ajibola Oloyede, sought an order of the court to stop the use of the Smart Card Readers on grounds that they were unconstitutional for election in Nigeria. Non-Tested Development He also claimed that the electronic device could plunge the nation into chaos, as it was a new and non-tested development in the electoral process. But the presiding Judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, refused the order and put the case off until April 24. Justice Ademola said his decision was based on the grounds that the defendants to the matter, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation, were not in c...

Groom Kang Hu was apparently so disgusted after seeing his bride for the first time he attempted to drown himself. ‘I feel bad about what happened but when I saw her she wasn’t what I had expected and I realised she would be bad for my image,’ he reportedly said after being fished from a river. It was claimed the 33-year-old stunned guests when he apologised to bride Na Sung, 30, after saying she was ‘too ugly’ before the wedding in Shiyan, in central China’s Hubei province. He hadn’t been able to get a glimpse of her because it was an arranged marriage, which he had been forced into. Hours after the cancelled ceremony he was apparently spotted lying face down in a river. ‘He was unconscious and I thought he was dead,’ claimed eyewitness Qan Tsui, 25, who took photos of the rescue. Kang was rushed to hospital where doctors said he was in a stable condition.

(CNN) Nigerians go to the polls Saturday to determine who will lead Africa's most populous nation. The stakes are high in this election as the nation faces intensified attacks by extremist group Boko Haram. With security catapulting into a key issue, which candidate will voters trust to keep them safe? As Nigeria decides, here's what you need to know: Why does Nigeria's election matter? Nigeria is home to about 173 million people and is considered a powerhouse in the region. Its stability is crucial to combating the growing risk of Islamist terrorists, who thrive on instability. As Boko Haram seeks to extend its tentacles with its recent pledge of allegiance to ISIS, Nigeria has teamed up with neighboring Chad and Cameroon in a counteroffensive against the terror group. And it appears to be working, with its military saying  it has recaptured several key  cities from the militants. The next leader will have to ensure the gains stay on track. As...

Karrueche has opened up on loving Chris Brown..In new preview clips,while talking to OWN's Iyanla Vanzant, Tran reveals what she saw in Brown saying "I wanted to love him because that's what he needs, "Love." When Vanzant challenges Tran's answer, asking her how she knows what Brown "needs,,Karrueche replied  "I know what he needs after four years, I know." Vanzant asks Tran if she knew Chris Brown was so heavily involved with Rihanna, even after they got together. .She replied "I was under the impression that it was a friend-type of...not a friend but it wasn't what it became to be," she says. But deep down, she confesses, she was suspicious of Brown, but says she didn't want to believe what was happening.  Vanzant immediately calls her out for being in such strong denial. "'I knew, but I didn't want to believe it,'"  Vanzant then said  "Huge mistake! Huge."...

President Jonathan arrived Bayelsa this evening ahead of tomorrow's presidential elections. More photos below

Indian student Rupi Kaur, a Sikh poet studying at the University of Waterloo, Canada, posted an image which is a part of her photo-series project for a visual rhetoric course on Instagram. It was subsequently taken down by Instagram citing violation of the 'Community Guidelines'. That's the pic above. Looking at the photo, you will understand why it was taken down. The patch of menstrual blood on the sheets and the sweats were probably not to their taste. However, Rupi decided to re-post the photo and wrote a powerful open letter. Read that after the cut...  "Thank you @instagram for providing me with the exact response my work was created to critique. You deleted a photo of a woman who is fully covered and menstruating stating that it goes against community guidelines when your guidelines outline that it is nothing but acceptable. The girl is fully clothed. The photo is mine. It is not attacking a certain group. Nor is it spam. And because it does not bre...

This man and his friends discovered a giant snake with hugely swollen stomach in the bushes and decided to cut the belly open to see what was inside the snake. What they saw left them shocked. It was another giant reptile. The snake's last meal had actually been another huge snake, both nearly identical in size. The man pulled the second snake out of the body of the first one and laid them both on the ground next to each other . 

The Rivers state Police command has released a statement regarding the alleged attack on Governor Rotimi Amaechi's convoy in Port Harcourt yesterday March 26. In the statement, the police said contrary to what was said by the Amaechi's Chief Press secretary, David Iyofor that political thugs loyal to the PDP attacked the governor's convoy, it was Governor Amaechi himself who orchestrated the gunshots fired at his convoy to gain public sympathy. Read the statement below "The police wishes to react to the news that went viral on both normal and social media quoting David Iyofor, chief press secretary to Rivers state governor, to the effect that gunshots were fired at the convoy of his principal at Rumuolumeni, Obio/Akpor local government. To put the records straight, after a successful and peaceful rally under the close watch of policemen led by the divisional police officer of the area, shots were indiscriminately fired from the convoy of the governor for ...

Another trailer accident but this time one carrying loads of campaign rice. See the way that guy is bleeding...

A woman savagely beat a teacher in front of her students after claiming that the teacher was having an affair with her husband. But instead of the students and other members of staff to stop the fight, they stood aside, watched the fight, filmed it and uploaded the clip on Youtube. Dang!! 35 year old Laelia Paredes Flores, stormed into the classroom in Huimanguillo in south-east Mexico, and attacked 32 year old Marcella Villalpando Tovar. Tovar was kicked, punched in her face and stomach and jumped on. And her students didn't do anything to stop it. In fact, another woman can be heard off camera encouraging the beat down. Wow! See the video below Student Miriam Gracia Adomo, 16, said: "The woman charged in and began shouting and screaming before punching our teacher to the floor.That’s when I ran to get help. But when other teachers came they just stood around watching. It was really terrible, terrible." After the act was widely condemned, a...

Statement from the Defence Headquarters below and photos from the operation after the cut.. Sequel to the violent and heinous crimes perpetrated by terrorists in North Eastern Nigeria, the Armed Forces of Nigeria was tasked to halt the carnage and restore sanity in that region. This resulted in the deployment of land and air forces. The deployment denied the terrorists the freedom of action they had hitherto enjoyed and they resorted to diversionary tactics known with terrorist groups around the world by carrying out isolated attacks and bombings.  The series of deployment and operational effectiveness of the military were however challenged by the porosity of the borders, which gave the terrorists leverage to operate in Nigeria and retreat into safe havens in neighbouring countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon. The recent reinvigoration of a partnership between Nigeria and these neighbouring countries under the auspices of Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF)...