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The Lagos state government has issued a 48-hour warning to petroleum tanker drivers that have unlawfully parked their petroleum tankers along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, to move their tankers or face sanctions. The tanker drivers have for 8 weeks now constituted a nuisance on the ever busy Oshodi-Apapa expressway, parking their tanks on the expressway and causing traffic gridlock on that road with some commuters even getting robbed by hoodlums.

O n May 2nd, hundreds of immigrants were rescued from overcrowded boats  crossing the Mediterranean into Italy. A heavily pregnant Nigerian woman was amongst the migrants and later gave birth to a baby girl who has since been named Francesca Marina.  The woman, 24 year old Stephanie Samuel (above) told  Reuters  that she risked the dangerous voyage to Europe because she wanted a better life for her child. "I didn't expect the baby, you know, but she just like, she just came. I just wanted to leave Libya. Italy is better than Libya and Nigeria is the worst. God decides, not me ... but I believe she will have a more good future in Europe." Stephanie said From Reuters A week after the birth, both Stephanie Samuel, the 24-year-old Nigerian mother, and Francesca Marina have recovered. Doctors at the Sicilian hospital said they would probably be transferred to an immigration center for families with small children in a few days ti...

Imagine celebrating your 102 birthday. Amazing! Anyway, to the story! 102 year old great-grand mother, Louise Bonito, was trying to blow out her birthday candles when her teeth flew out instead. The adorable grandma, who was surrounded by her children, grand and great grand children for the birthday celebration, laughed at what happened, and the sweet moment was captured on film and shared on instagram. It has been re-posted by many others and watched by thousands, making her an internet sensation. She explained to ABC News: I was sitting down and my daughter brought in a cake with a 1-0-2 on it. She said, ‘OK mom, you have to blow out the candles. I took a deep, deep, breath and with all my might I blew out the candles and then my teeth came out. Well my grandchildren went crazy laughing, and laughing."

The People Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State may be heading to rock as the post of the next speaker in the state House of assembly is threatening the delicate peace enjoyed between the incumbent governor- Theodore Orji and governor elect, Okezie Ikpeazu. The ambition of the Orji’s son, Chinedu Orji, who is widely known as Ikuku to emerge the next speaker in the state may not be unconnected to the current political tussle in the state. According to reliable sources from the state, the governor’s son is hell bent on becoming the next speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly despite his naivety in the legislative arm of the government. Sources who reveal this to Abia Facts reporter said that the move for Orji to emerge the speaker is to checkmate the incoming government of Ikpeazu in case he reneges on his promise to his godfather –incumbent governor. Orji moves to be the speaker of the state house of assembly regardless of his contentious winning at the pol...

Beyonce, Solange and Jay Z were on big happy family as they had dinner last night in New York.. Beyonce showed off her visibly slimmer legs..

Burundian presidency has reacted to the coup declaration by Burundi's army general Godefroid Niyombare earlier today. Gen Niyombare had told reporters that he has dismissed the government of President Nkurunziza following massive protest against his third term bid which has led to many deaths. Reacting, the presidency said people involved in the coup plot will be arrested. Read below... "It is with regret that we have learned that a group of soldiers rebelled this morning and made a fake declaration about a coup. The Presidency of the Republic wants the public opinion both in Burundi and abroad to know that this coup attempt has been stopped and that the people who read that statement on private local radio are being sought by the defence and security forces so that they are brought to justice. The Presidency of the Republic is asking the people of Burundi as well as foreigners to keep calm. Everything is being done to maintain security across the national territo...

According to MTO, Rihanna tried to confront a girl after the girl called her an ashewo, as she was walking into a New York City club last night. Rihanna reportedly ran past her security and tried to confront the girl but her security held her back, so instead she shouted obscenities at the girl.

Mrs Roseline Akinsola, 50, on Monday delivered a set of twins after 14 years of childlessness. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akinsola, who works at the Ekiti State Christian Pilgrims Board, was full of praises to God for answering her prayers. The mother of two girls, who weighed 4.2kg and 2.3kg, advised other couples in need of children not to lose hope. In an interview with NAN, she expressed gratitude to God for giving her the children after several years. "I thank God for the new name he has given to me; before, I was being called Iya Iyanu’’ without a child, but today, my name has changed to “Mummy Twins.’’ Many of my colleagues, friends and neighbours mocked and sidelined me, but because I stood firm on the words of God, He answered my prayers. I thank my husband, who inspite of the troubles and problems from family members, friends, colleagues and neighbours still believe in me and God. He stood by me like a father in all ways and al...

Remember the Burundian female police officer who was attacked by a crowd after she shot at them? Well, video has been released of the moment she opened fire at close range at rioters, after one of them confronted her colleague. Moments after she fired at the man confronting her colleague, other rioters attacked her, separated her from other police officers, punched and beat her and then dragged her along the streets. She was later rescued by her colleagues. See more photos below      Photo credit: Reuters

On 11th May 2000, India's population officially reached 1 billion people with the birth of a baby girl. Government officials decided that a baby born at the Safdarjang hospital in Delhi would mark the milestone. Astha Arora was named as India's billionth baby. Anjana Arora, Astha's mother, spoke to witness about the day her family was thrust into the media spotlight. Witness is a World Service programme of the stories of our times told by the people who were there. ( BBC )

A boy whose head hangs at a 180-degree angle is set to go under the knife thanks to an 'overwhelming' response from doctors and donations of more than £10,000 from around the world. Dailymail reports that,Mahendra Ahirwar, 12, who suffers from a rare condition that makes his neck bend and his head hang from his body, faced a bleak future before his story was publicised last month. His once-desperate parents, from Madhya Pradesh in central India, had admitted they would rather their son died than continue to suffer, but have now thanked doctors and members of the public for their generosity. Mahendra, whose weak backbone means he can't stand or walk and is restricted to a sitting position, is currently at Apollo Hospital in New Delhi, awaiting confirmation of life-changing surgery.... Dr Rajagopalan Krishnan, a senior consultant and spinal surgeon, is hopeful he can improve Mahendra’s life. He and a team of doctors have offered the surger...

Adaeze Yobo's Mom - Abigail Igwe and her estranged husband John Fashanu have been going back and forth with accusations. Abigail's friend decided to clear her friend's name by recording this private conversation between herself (the friend) and John Fashanu. Listen to the conversation after the cut...but below is excerpts Friend :.....I also read that she is a lesbian and am like no! no!, who wrote that no, but Uncle Fash you shouldn't have, I mean your old, I mean you are matured man, you shouldn't write, I mean! no! No! Fash : Everybody wants to be in the media, and I will write rubbish, you wanna fight Ok, that's fine...I will fight. Friend : But atleast everyone knows Abigail is not a lesbian, Fash, can you just counter all those things, please I beg you in God's name. Fash :...yeah ask her to counter her things first, that's the thing you should be doing, please. FRIEND: I also heard she was married three times, I said ...

Three British teenage jihadi brides - feared to be three London classmates who ran away to Syria in February - are said to have escaped the clutches of their militant husbands and attempted to flee ISIS' ISIS are on a frantic bid to track down the girls thought to be about 16. According to the facebook page of an anonymous anti-ISIS blogger in Iraq,Mosul Eye, the girls had fled on May 2 'Three girls, (Foreigners - British) married to ISIL militants, reported missing, and ISIL announced to all its check points to search for them. It is believed that those girls have escaped,''The latest info I got on them is they are still on the run, but still in Mosul, and ISIL is thoroughly searching for them and hasn't captured them yet.'They are Brits, not immigrants, and they are very young teens (around 16 years old). That's all I have about them for now.' The exact identity of the girls and their fate is not known, but their reported ages ma...

Last year, my best friend spent a week with me trying to get over the shock of her husband’s latest affair. His latest flame had just phoned the house and she was quite nasty even on the phone. When my friend told her husband what happened, he shrugged and said it took two to be rude! It took a lot of persuasion for her to go back to her husband's house and she told me things are fine now. But I know they aren’t. The grapevine is agog with his current s*xual escapade... When I go to my friend’s house, I can’t stand her husband as a result. My skin crawls when my friend cuddles up to him; and at the smarmy way he fawns over her knowing he’s a great fraud! - This is a message a lady by the name Gogo sent to Aunty Bunmi.  Below is the response she got... Dear Gogo, Your view of your friend’s marriage is based on what happened to her last year, when she was angry and unhappy - and on the so-called grapevine. But you haven’t heard the conversation they’ve had wher...

An unemployed man, Ishau Arowolo, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl, Sofiatu Akilolu, to death in Orisada-Eyo Community in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun state. According to  Punch Metro  25-year-old Arowolo, after raping the girl, allegedly caused her to drown. It was said that the suspect lurked in a bush near the community river to perpetrate the act. Sofiatu, who was a Basic five pupil of the Local Government Authority Primary School, had been sent by her parents to a river in the area to fetch water when she was attacked and raped by Arowolo. Sofiatu, at about 5pm on Wednesday, April 1, went to the stream in company with a friend, identified simply as Abibatu. It was gathered that Arowolo snatched the victim and took her under a tree, where he raped her. A resident, who identified himself only as Jamiu, told  Punch Metro  on Tuesday that Abibatu alerted the community that Sofiatu was being raped in a...

Holly Fray from Pittson, Pennsylvania is facing charges and fines after being arrested. Keen eyed store employees couldn’t help but notice the resourceful thief shoving food up her dress and called the police. Officer Charles Langan said that Fray was given a full body search during which several oranges fell onto the floor between her legs. "I thought she stuffed a bunch of things in her pants so I gave her a fast pat down, when I felt nothing and saw items begin to fall out of her pants, I knew something was up,” said Officer Langan. “A female officer was called in after Miss Fray was brought to the station, and a more thorough search was initiated.” Officer Felicia Anne, a 10 year vet of the police force arrived to carry out the more in depth search; “They asked me to come do a full cavity search on a recently arrested shoplifter, which is very unusual. They told me that they thought she was holding groceries in her vagina, and I literally laughed out lo...

Any man who's involved with a stupid lady is in trouble, just get rid of her fast fast for your own good. If a craze girl don't steal your valuables, she will steal your joy, peace or even something worse. A 22-year-old female student identified as Juliet Mathew, has been docked in an Oshodi Magistrate Court for stealing three phones from her boyfriend worth N90,000. While testifying in court, the prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, said the lady committed the offences on April 1 at No. 2, Ilare Close, Mafoluku, Oshodi, noting that the phones belonged to one Moses Ogundeyi. According to Olatunde, “the accused stole one Blackberry Q5 valued at N25,000, a Samsung X3 worth N45,000, a nokia valued at N5,000 and one Spectranet modem valued at 15,000.”  The lady stole the items and escaped after passing the night at her boyfriend's apartment.  “The accused came to sleep over in the complainant’s house and the following morning when the complainant went to...

Considering her sister Kim was slammed for copying Beyonce's MET Gala outfit, Khloe seemed to pay tribute to the queen Bey with the exact pose by Beyonce..She sparked a 'who rocked the pose better', with many saying Khloe did.. More below