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All these politicians sef. Now moving to the winning team. Almost pathetic...lol. Senator Jonathan Zwingina, a former Senate Majority leader and two serving senators, Bello Tukur and Ahmed Barata have announced their defection from PDP to APC. They announced this at a press conference in Yola, Adamawa state today April 8th. A former Minister of External Affairs, Idi Hong also announced his defection at the press conference .

First Lady Patience Jonathan has finally been spotted in public since the presidential election results were announced last week. According to a NAN report, Mrs Jonathan was received to a rousing welcome by her kinsmen as she arrived her home state, Okrika, Rivers state, today April 8th.

She shared the photo above on instagram and said she was showing off her 'birth mark'. It's a very interesting birth mark. See it below   The birth mark pic...

An attacker got more than he bargained for - when his chosen victim floored him twice with her martial arts skills after he tried to rape her. The unidentified restaurant owner was attacked by the would-be rapist as she was closing the empty shop in the eastern province of Shandong, China. She let the man into the eatery when he knocked on the door and asked to use the toilet, The People's Daily reported. The man tried to grab her - but had a shock of his own when she used her self-defence skills to overpower him. CCTV images from inside the restaurant show how the woman, who was wearing a mini-skirt and heels, pinned her attacker to the floor and put her hands around his throat - warning him to leave her alone. She then fled the restaurant but he tried to attack her again - only for the intrepid restaurateur to knock him down outside the eatery and escape unharmed. The entire, extraordinary drama was captured on security cameras insi...

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According to PREMIUM TIMES , The Eze Ndi Igbo in Lagos, Nwabueze Ohazulike, has appealed to Igbo residents in the state to remain calm ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election. In a press conference at his palace in Lagos, Wednesday, Mr. Ohazulike said that he was not part of the group of Eze Ndi Igbos who paid a courtesy visit to the Oba of Lagos on Sunday. “Eze Ndi Igbo of Lagos State, the head of the Eze Ndi Igbo structure in Lagos State, had no knowledge and was not involved nor invited to the so called courtesy visit to the first class Oba. This speaks volumes,” Mr. Ohazulike said. “The Igbos have a long history of cordial relationship in Lagos State with the Yoruba community and other Nigerians and shall continue to cherish such relationship and make concerted efforts to protect and enhance it and to continue to promote the spirit of unity of Nigerians, love, peace and inter-ethnic harmony in the state.”

The presidential and National Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State were systematically rigged, an anonymous group in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alleges in a petition to the chairman, Attahiru Jega. And results for next Saturday’s election have already been written, the group, “Concerned Staff of INEC, Akwa Ibom State”, said in a petition dated April 6. They said that the March 28 hoax was perpetrated by the State Governor, Goodswill Akpabio, the Resident Electoral Commissioner and the Commissioner of Police, in league with some staff of INEC, and detailed how the election was rigged state-wide. As of last Monday, five days to the governorship and State Assembly election when the petition itself was being written, the group said, “The Original Copies of the Results Sheets for the April 11th, 2015 elections have been handed over to the Governor to perfect yet another plan of rigging the elections.” They therefore Professor Jega ...

Afghan woman known only by her first name Gulnaz, (pictured left) was just 16 years old when was raped by her cousin's husband, a man named Asadullah (pictured right), in 2008. She fell pregnant as a result of the rape. But in Afghanistan, sleeping with a married man is a crime, and it doesn't matter if the married person forced themselves on you. How sad! Rejected by her family and facing 12 year in prison for 'adultery by force' and falling pregnant for a married man, Gulnaz had no choice but to marry her depraved attacker. That was her only hope to get a reduced sentence. She later gave birth to the girl in the photo above. Talking to CNN about her life, Gulnaz said she only agreed to marry her rapist so that her daughter - named Smile could live a shame-free life in the Afghan capital's 'traditional' society.   Gulnaz married the rapist in 2013 after her family told her she couldn't return home because she'd 'shamed...

Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, 91, who is rumoured to be lining up his 24 year old daughter to replace him as president of the country, looked like he wore weave and earrings as he arrived in South Africa yesterday morning for a state visit. His first trip in 20 years. But on close inspection of the funny photo, you'll see that the hair and earrings belong to a woman standing directly behind him.

The Kenya Government has frozen the bank accounts of 86 entities and individuals suspected to be financiers of terror group, Al-Shabaab following the killing of 147 people in Garissa on April 2nd. According to the spokesperson of Kenya's Interior Ministry, Mwenda Njoka, the move is designed to choke the flow of money to the Islamist terror group Al-Shabab. Owners of the 86 accounts have also been put on a government watch list. Al-Shabab has carried out multiple attacks in Kenya in recent years, and has warned that more will come unless Kenya withdraws its troops from Somalia.

In March, MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, owners of DStv announced a 20% price increase for all its satellite pay TV bouquets in Nigeria. Multichoice said the increase, which was supposed to take effect from April 1st, was necessary for them to continue offering good quality programming to its subscribers. But the increase is not going to happen for now after a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos restrained the company from increasing the tariffs. The restraining order was given at the court following a class action suit filed by two Lagos-based lawyers, Osasuyi Adebayo and Oluyinka Oyeniji, challenging the increase. The judge said there should be no increase until the court meets on April 16th to hear the case.

An unidentified young man with earphone on, was on Wednesday killed by a passenger train at Cappa area of Oshodi, Lagos. The man was standing on the rail track oblivious of the fast approaching train. The Ogun-Lagos-bound mass transit train was leaving its Oshodi station to Mushin when the accident occurred. The train had as usual, sounded its horn repeatedly as it was approaching the railway crossing at Ilupeju Bye-pass for clearance According to an eyewitness, the man who had his earphone on was apparently carried away with either the call he was receiving or listening to music. “Obviously the man was not aware of the approaching train even as it blasted its horn, perhaps because of the earphone. “Before he knew it, he was already hit by the train and was not given any chance to escape. “Immediately he was hit, the body was mangled as the train dragged it underneath,’’ the eyewitness said. People standing by the rail track that saw the incident rais...

22 year old Super Eagles player, Aaron Samuel shared this photo of himself posing with wads of dollar bills on his instagram page .

The leadership of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has released a statement warning Nigerians to stop the uncomplimentary remarks being directed at the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, following his threats to Igbo residents in Lagos last Sunday. According to OPC, the Yoruba traditional heritage must be respected by all and as a group, they will 'not tolerate anybody irrespective of their places of birth of conviction denigrate what their hosts (Yorubas) hold sacred'. Find the OPC statement below... The attention of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has been drawn to some unruly and unbecoming comments purportedly in reaction to alleged comments by the paramount ruler of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and warn all those involved to desist from such unbecoming acts forthwith. The institution of the oba is one the Yoruba race hold in high esteem, and the OPC as irredentist defenders of Yoruba culture and heritage would therefore not tolerate anybody -irrespective ...

Nigeria’s first female chartered accountant and former Minister of Commerce and Tourism, Bola Kuforiji-Olubi, is currently in a United Kingdom prison where she is serving out a one-month jail term for contempt. According to findings by SHIPS & PORTS DAILY, Kuforiji-Olubi was convicted on February 18 by Justice Michael Burton of the Commercial Division of the High Court of Justice Queens Branch Division for disobeying the orders of the court. The former minister, who was ordered to be remanded at Her Majesty Prison Holloway, got herself into jail when she attempted to repeat the levity with which high profile individuals usually treat court orders in Nigeria in London. Her son, Olutokunbo Afolabi Kuforiji, who is said to be allegedly on the run, was equally sentenced to four months imprisonment, and ordered to be remanded at the Her Majesty Prison Pentonbiville from the day of apprehension. The duo and their firm, Phoenixtide Offshore Nigeria Limited, were eq...

Mrs Simbiat Angela Folarin, wife of the PDP governorship candidate in Oyo state, Teslim Folarin, enjoyed a bike ride with some motorcycle riders to campaign for her husband in Ibadan yesterday April 7th.

Leader of the Reality Organisation in the South-East and mother of former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu and her members have officially joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).  Also, former member of the House of Representatives, Hon Nnanna Uzor Kalu and ex-Chief of Staff to Governor Theodore Orji, Mr. Mascot Uzor Kalu, wh are siblings of the former governor joined the APC. The decampees were received by the President-elect, General Mohammadu Buhari, when he visited Imo State yesterday to thank the people for voting for him as well as asking them to also vote for Governor Rochas Okorocha and APC House of Assembly candidates in Saturday elections. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting in Owerri, Buhari expressed confidence that the APC will experience credible polls in South East and South-South, better than what happened during the Presidential and National Assembly elections two weeks ago. The President-elect noted that South-East states ha...

Mr Ifeanyi Uba, the Managing Director of Capital Oil & Gas Industries Ltd has been arrested by the Police Special Fraud Unit over the involvement of his firm in a N22.4 Billion subsidy fraud. Pointblanknews.com reports that the alleged arrest of Mr Uba occurred at exactly 2.00pm on April 7, Tuesday. He was said to be in the company of his lawyers at the time of his arrest. The arrest of Mr Ifeanyi Uba follows an investigation by Mr Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede’s led 15-man Presidential Panel constituted by President Goodluck Jonathan, which indicted Capital Oil for fraud. Pointblanknews.com learnt that NNPC allocated to Uba’s Capital Oil 75% of kerosene supplies to distribute to the entire country at N50 pump price. But the cheapest of the product at the depot is N120 per litre & N135 at the filling stations while Capital Oil makes more than N70 on each litre of kerosene sold. Uba is alleged to have illegally made over N60 billion from payment...

If this is true, then it's quite serious. The reason I'm even sharing it is because the lady who sent it in is not anonymous to me. I have her full names, photo and email address. Trying to see if I can get full details of this alleged murder from her. Anyway, read her mail below and advise... Linda, pls help me publish my story. I need advices before I do something I will live to regret for the rest of my life. Here is my story..... It all happened on d 28th of March,on d day of d presidential election. I visited my snr sis in lagos state on d 27th of march but on my arrival to her house,I met a cousin of ours. I wasn't comfortable with d lady at all cos there's dis thing about her dat I can't jux understand,I tried to reason with my sis but she shoved me off with d fact dat I'm a fault finder. Then on 28th morning,as my in-law was preparing to go to d polling unit,he pleaded with me to make him a cup of tea. I went to my sis to ask her...