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Indonesia has executed three Nigerian drug convicts by firing squad, an official said. The Nigerians were put to death along with one Indonesian on Thursday (after midnight Indonesian time), Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney general for general crimes, told reporters. He did not say why 10 other drug convicts, who had been expected to face the firing squad, were not executed. Indonesia on Thursday rejected mounting international pressure and desperate pleas from relatives to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts it sentenced to death by firing squad. The group, including foreigners from Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Zimbabwe as well as Indonesians, had been placed in isolation on a prison island where Jakarta carries out executions. Authorities stepped up preparations, with ambulances seen transporting coffins over to the island and cars heading for the penal colony in the evening carrying convicts’ relatives, police and religious counsellors. Pres...

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John Mikel Obi has denied media reports making the rounds in Nigeria that he gave 30,000 dollars to his team –mates in the U23 team presently camping in Atlanta, USA. Speaking from the team's camp at the Hyatt Place, the Captain of Team Nigeria to the Rio Olympics was furious: "I was first told of this unfortunate story by a friend who called me from Nigeria. I thought he was joking until he sent me the link. I don't know the source of this story which to me is all out to divide us as a team. I would have thought that stories that should be coming out in the media are stories that will unite the team instead of dividing us. Our target in Rio is to excel, but if they continue like this, then I wonder how we can be united." Wondering why the writer thinks that the players are hungry that needed his money, Mikel asked: "Tell me the players who are in this team that are so hungry that will be looking up to me for survival? ...

Justice Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja has stopped the planned National Convention of PDP slated for August 17th in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. Delivering judgement in a suit filed by Ali Modu Sheriff, Justice Abang ruled that the May 21st convention of the party that sacked Sheriff from office was illegal and that the caretaker committee raised by the party during that convention was unlawfully constituted. "The convention was unlawfully held and the caretaker committee was unlawfully constituted. If the Markarfi-led faction, as an apostle of impunity, missed its way to the Port Harcourt division of the FHC, the court cannot be said to have acted within its legal jurisdiction in entertaining the matter,”the judge said PDP had planned to elect members into its key positions during the proposed August 17th convention.

After 12 years of marriage, singer Mary J. Blige has  filed for divorce from her husband and manager, producer Martin “Kendu” Isaacs, TMZ reports. Blige has claimed irreconcilable differences and plans to move forward with a legal split from Kendu. Blige has also asked a judge to block Isaacs from requesting or obtaining spousal support after the divorce. The couple does not have any children together. Blige and Isaacs were married on December 7, 2003 in a private ceremony . In 2014, Blige talked about the challenges of dating her manager during an interview with Stella Magazine. "He always has my back -- he’s going to fight to the death for Mary J Blige. The downside is that there’s no separation -- it’s on all the time. When you don’t feel like answering to your manager, he’s still your husband. If one of you doesn’t want to talk about something right now, you have to respect that. And you have to respect each other’s space." ...

President Muhammadu Buhari felicitates with Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, Director of Adoration Ministry, on the 21st anniversary of his ordination to priesthood in the Catholic Church which comes up Friday. The President extends his best wishes to Fr. Mbaka's family, congregation and well-wishers as they celebrate this special occasion with him in his continued devotion to the well being of others as a father, wise counselor, teacher and guardian. The President commends Fr. Mbaka’s steadfast devotion to his vocation and ministry amply demonstrated in his love and service for his people, nation and God. President Buhari prays that God Almighty, who has given the cleric the strength to devote his entire life to service in the Vineyard, will continually bless and prosper his ministry. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) July 28, 2016

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that lapses that have characterized Nigeria as a nation would be corrected. Receiving a team led by Dr. Seth Berkley, Chief Executive Officer of Gavi and The Global Fund in State House, Abuja, Thursday, President Buhari said he was impressed with the patience and steadfastness of leading supporters of health care in Nigeria, "despite our shortcomings as a nation." "We are making genuine efforts to correct the lapses. We are very serious about people behaving themselves, and being accountable," the President said. "We thank you for deciding to re-engage with us, despite our inefficiencies. You decided to be here, not minding our shortcomings. There are other countries that would bring less problems. We appreciate your commitment, and we will do our best to put ourselves in the best shape to help us," President Buhari said. Dr Berkley, who noted that the three focal points of the Buhari admini...

It was reported that people involved in raising money for cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed, reached out to us to say that they discovered that the whole fundraising for the sick lady was a scam. I've been in touch with quite a few people, and they insist the family knew Mayowa was beyond help but still went ahead to raise money for her. Mayowa's family have released a statement insisting it's no scam and that they are truly taking her abroad for medical treatment. (Now, it's supposedly tomorrow). In their new statement this afternoon, they said they are taking her to a hospital in Abu Dhabi but when they started raising money for her, they said they wanted to take her to Emory hospital, Atlanta, who had given them a quote of $100k. You will find the letter from Emory Hospital after the cut. (Above are photos of Toyin Aimakhu crying at the station) Mayowa's family did indeed contact Emory Hospital, Atlanta to make inquiries and they were told that they wou...

Sacked chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has released a new statement indicting speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. According to Jibrin, Dogara fraudulently diverted  a Federal government water project to his farm in Nasarawa state. Read his statement below  Good morning fellow Nigerians, Everyday I will give additional allegation against Mr Speaker and the 3 others until the law catches up with them. Allegation no21 to MrSpeaker: why did you fraudulently divert a Fed Govt water project to your farm in Nasarawa and how are you funding the farm?  When a new Speaker emerges and the other principal officers replaced, I will write to the presiding officers of both chambers to commence a radical internal reform in the entire NASS beyond budget to cover performance assessment, running cost and allowances, investigations etc  If the reform so done on NASS is not made p...

The 58 year old actress went braless in a sheer dress as she attended a Hallmark Channel Summer TCA event in Los Angeles on yesterday. See more photos below..

Pope Francis fell over as he arrived at the Jasna Gora shrine in front of millions of people watching around the world. The 79-year-old Pontiff who arrived in Poland on Wednesday and will be touring various religious and cultural locations, was walking towards the altar to celebrate a mass at the southern Black Madonna shrine of Czestochowa to mark the 1,150th anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, when he took a huge tumble and fell. A group of priests quickly helped him back to his feet just before the mass began. Despite the fall, he got back to his feet and continued with the mass.

The Funeral rites of former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has commenced with a a requiem mass currently holding at the St Paul's Catholic Church in Benin City, Edo state. His children, family members, Football enthusiasts and others are attending the mass. More photos below.

Nigerian singer, Davido has finally revealed why his dad, Deji Adeleke threatened to arrest D'banj and Don Jazzy over a controversy. He made the revelation in an interview with Ebro Darden of Hot 97 in New York, days after his performance at One Africa Music Fest. "I was hanging out with D’banj at the time, he had that Kanye deal. I now told my Dad that I was trying to stay, and he was like ‘What? My friend you better go back to school,"  he recalled. "I called my roommate, and told him ‘Imma do this no more. If my Dad calls, tell him you don’t know where I’m at. "When I left, my family was looking for me for like six months. They sent a letter to D’banj house, they sent a letter to Psquare house, they sent letters to everybody’s house. My Dad was calling the school, and they were telling him; ‘He wasn’t even here for the past semester, he left..’ "It was like the whole Nigeria knew who I was before I even dropped a single....

50 cent and the mother of his second son are very cordial .Even after she dated Jason Derulo, it appears there is no bad blood between them. He advertised her swimsuit line  asking fans to focus on the swim suit(Lol how possible is that) and ending with "I need a drink'. Yea,her body is smoking hot!

A woman who flashed her breasts at an outdoor concert says she was distraught when she was escorted off the site. Free the Nipple campaigner Carina Fitzpatrick claims she was making a stand that women have as much right as a men to expose their breasts in public. She said she was left "distraught" and feeling lonely after no one backed up her "peaceful protest." But police say they received a number of complaints after she whipped off her top at Knockanstockan festival at the weekend, reports the Irish Mirror. She eventually took to Facebook to express her displeasure at being escorted off with no one trying to help her..  Six Gardai sprang to action on Saturday at Knockanstockan to apprehend me, a woman, standing in a field with my breasts uncovered. My supposed indecency was a necessary stand that I was making in peaceful protest of one of the many glaring double standards that are imposed upon women. I am referring, of course, to...

A woman has been arrested for allegedly dumping her two-hour-old newborn baby inside a plastic bag and leaving the tot to die.  The 20-year-old mother is thought to have been uncertain about who the child’s father was and decided to abandon it because she did not have a stable income. The abandoned pink plastic bag was reportedly spotted in Wangjiaoqiao village, south-west China, by locals who were shocked to find the newborn inside. The child, whose gender was not reported, was rushed to hospital by police for emergency treatment. It is not clear when the incident happened, the Daily Mirror reports .  But doctors could not save the baby’s life despite four hours of desperate attempts to revive the tot. Investigators who watched surveillance footage from the village discovered that the child was carried across town by a woman wearing a red coat and black trousers who later discarded the bag a distance from her home in a random spot. Afte...

The men of the State Security Service (SSS), Kogi State command on Wednesday, said it had in the last few weeks, arrested at least 10 suspected kidnappers terrorising the state. The Nigerian Tribune learnt, four operating in full military combat uniforms were paraded for arraignment  The state director of the command, Mr Joseph Okpo,  said the command last week, arrested four of the six-man gang that had been operating on Abuja-Lokoja highway. According to him, the people specialised in robbery and kidnapping on the major roads. He said the people had confessed being involved in some operations on Maraba-Jos Road, Malufashi on Zaria-Kaduna and Jaji-Zaria Road, in full military uniform.The leader of the gang, Mumuni Adamu, said they got the military uniforms from a commercial motorcyclist, popularly called Okada, at the rate of N1,500  per pair.

After his brother ,Peter apologised and announced they had reconciled,Paul did not corroborate him ,making some doubt they had really reconciled .. Well,now he has confirmed they are back together ,writing, family is everything.

 Photos of a stylish corn seller in Accra Ghana has gone viral .Mr. Sosu Patrick, who sells roasted corn on the streets of Accra was captured by Ghanaian photographer and health enthusiast,Kobby Blay. Kobby who took the photos of Sosu,40  narrated to him how his business had started some five years ago after he had “a dream that this was going to be his breakthrough”. “I have some other children too, and they are in school where I hail from,” “I have a quite a large farm and will soon complete my house.”  He is also very health conscious and, believes he is probably Accra’s “best seller of good healthy roasted corn” as he doesn’t allow his customers to touch the corn until after they have purchased it from him.  “I don’t want my customers to blame me for cholera”he said