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A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was a flagrant performance of disregard. His words said, in effect: I think so little of you that I don’t have to cajole you but will just threaten you and, by the way, your safety in Lagos is not assured, it is negotiable. There have been condemnations of the Oba’s words. Sadly, many of the condemnations from non-Igbo people have come with the ugly impatience of expressions like ‘move on,’ and ‘don’t be over-emotional’ and ‘calm down.’ These take away the power, even the sincerity, of the condemnations. It is highhanded and offensive to tell an aggrieved person how to feel, or how quickly to forgive, just as an apology becomes a non-apology when it comes with ‘now get over it.’ Other condemnations of the Oba’s words have been couched in dismissive or diminishing language such as ‘

A Nigerian Air Force helicopter on a training mission in Lagos crashed at about 10am today April 10th. According to a statement by Nigerian Air Force spokesperson, Dele Alonge, the helicopter, which suffered severe damage, was returning to the Apron after the completion of the training exercise when it crashed due to hydraulic failure while on taxi to the hanger. No casualty was recorded. A full scaled investigation into the circumstances leading to the crash has been ordered by the Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosun.

The beautiful billionaire daughter of oil magnate Mohammed Indimi and D'banj's ex looks fab in these new photos she shared on instagram. 

A head-on collision between a petrol tanker and a bus carrying a delegation of young Moroccan athletes said to be around 14/15 years old resulted in the death of 31 people with about 9 people seriously injured after the tanker exploded and spread fire.   According to Morocco's Ministry of Sport, the accident happened along the road between the capital, Rabat, and Laayoune. Moroccan media reports that the young athletes were school students participating in a national sports competition who had gone to the competition to represent their schools. They were on their way back when their bus collided with the petrol tanker..

A 39-year-old South African woman identified as Nosisi Nqgula was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $373,725 (N74.4million) and €2,120 (N450,000), concealed inside packs of oats found in her luggage (above). According to a statement by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA Lagos Airport Command, the money was discovered during an inward screening of passengers on a South African airline flight enroute from Johannesburg. Two Nigerians, Damian Akamelu and Prophet Cyprian Chigere are being interrogated in connection with the seized money. The South African lady, Ms Nqgula (pictured) when interrogated said she was sent by a Nigerian to give the concealed money to one Akamelu “I live in Johannesburg. I was given a bag by a Nigerian to deliver to Damian Akamelu. During examination of my bags at the Lagos airport, the money was found inside packs of oats.” she said. The NDLEA Commander at the airport, Mr.

You all think Obj no de game, Baba is still game flexing with his selfie stick

Transcript response to Lai Mohammed's statement on president Jonathan's visit to Lagos on Thursday April 9th as articulated by ​Reuben Abati in an interview with State House Correspondents. L ai Muhammed is wrong to say that the President came to Lagos to rig the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections scheduled for  Saturday, April 11 . He is of course lying as usual. And rude. President Jonathan visited Lagos. He arrived  on Thursday  and left  on Friday . People visited him. So what? Anytime the President is in Lagos or any part of the country, a lot of people come to pay homage to him. Nothing unusual happened during his last visit to Lagos. Senator Musiliu Obanikoro's visit to the President in Lagos is not something that anybody should use to play politics. Koro is a Minister of the Federal Republic. He came to see his boss. Mr. Jimi Agbaje is the Governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos. I don't see how his visit to the President, wh

Two Georgia prison guards resigned yesterday after this photo of a beaten teenage inmate with a leash around his neck was posted on Facebook last week. The photo was posted from the prison by one of the inmates with a contraband cellphone Via  NBC News ;  Authorities also said two prisoners involved in the March 27 incident were transferred out of the Al Burruss Correctional Training Center and the victim, Cortez Berry, is now in protective custody at another state prison. The Department of Corrections did not disclose the officers’ names or say whether they faced discipline before resigning. Berry’s family told NBC News last week that when they saw the disturbing pictures posted on Facebook and went to the prison to investigate, the guards were unaware that he had been beaten. This is exactly what they posted on facebook The relatives were horrified that Berry was initially transferred to Smith State Prison, a notoriously violent lockup. Correction o

A Nigerian man named Osa Alohaneke, 56, (pictured) has been arrested and is now facing murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his 52 year old Cameroonian fiancee, Evelyne Ebane Epiepang, to death at their home in Fort Bend County, Texas on Wednesday April 8th. According to what police said in a statement, the victim had called police to their home around 5pm on Wednesday evening, telling the police that Osa had attacked and threatened to kill her. But when the police got there, Osa had already left. The police then left. About two hours later, Osa returned to the home to confront the victim who was home with her sister and another male family friend. Around 7pm that same day, police was called back to the home but this time, Evelyne had been stabbed to death. Police found her in the pool of her blood inside the home, found her sister also stabbed but alive and another man uninjured. Osa was found nearby with blood all over him. He told police that Epiepa

Umuahia, the Abia State cap­ital, was agog on Monday evening following informa­tion that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected the result being paraded by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as being that of Abia Central District. The Complex  gathered that Gov Theodore Orji was roundly beaten at the poll including in his polling unit, ward and local government by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Ahamdi Emmanuel Nweke, but that PDP in connivance some Independent National Electoral (INEC) officials allegedly manipulated the result in favour of the governor. It was also gathered that following complaints lodged at the INEC headquarters, Abuja, a three-man committee was set up to look into the allegation of result manipulation. “Although the committee’s report has not been made public, but a source revealed the APGA candidate won the election and members are taking their findings back to the INEC headq

A young Nigerian man named Oyekoya Yemi on March 30th began a bike ride from Abidjan in Ivory Coast to Lagos Nigeria to create awareness for the missing Chibok girls as well as to mark the one year anniversary of the girls in Boko Haram captivity. He will be on the road for 15 days, from March 30th to April 15th. He shared photos of his journey so far on twitter. See them below

According to BBC Nigeria Correspondent, Will Ross, these 5 month old twins were born on a mountain after their mother fled Michika following Boko Haram attack. They are now in a refugee camp in north east Nigeria

Checkout  AY , Helen Paul, Seyi Law, Funny Bone, Ushbebe, Shakara, Acapella, and Still Ringing  recreating all the drama that followed the recent INEC results collation  by professor Jega. It was one of the most hilarious part of  AY  Live that had everybody in stitches on Easter  Sunday . The Kano and Rivers State results, and of course the Orubebe fracas was fully exposed in another  AY 's live skits.  See the photos and watch the video below Video below...

' Zone Out Sessions'   was created to provide a platform for upcoming artists to showcase their talent.  'Zone Out Sessions'  lets artists promote and share their talent in order to get seen by more fans.  Dumebi:-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgDcNSOtXFQ&index=7&list=PLQSr8XQhNUYcaC9Y4VdaSDFAgepf0tDLR There is a playlist that contains all the sessions done so far, here is the link for referral:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0m4Dh4pDrs&list=PLQSr8XQhNUYcaC9Y4VdaSDFAgepf0tDLR