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An Argentinian man named Santiago Lopez Menendez (pictured above), who worked as an agronomist for Nigeria Flour Mills and managed two farms, was kidnapped in Niger state on June 24th. (Read  here ). Talking to the press after he was rescued, he said footballer Lionel Messi helped save his life. Huh? Funny! Mirror UK  reports Lionel Messi football genius isn't just great to watch - it's also now helping save lives. Santiago Lopez Menendez is a young Argentinian scientist who works in Nigeria. On 24th June, as was heading out to work in a field, he was kidnapped by a group of armed men. Thankfully, he was released unharmed three days later, after a ransom was paid. However, it wasn't just the money which saved his life. Menendez has told the press in Argentina that Lionel Messi is one of the reasons he's still alive.  His captors were initially convinced Menendez was American, which he believes was the reason they were being particularly violent towa...

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote says he does not own a house outside Nigeria "Somebody asked me, how many houses do you have abroad? I said, well, to tell you the good news, I don’t even have a nine-inch block outside Nigeria, and that is the truth. I don’t have a house anywhere abroad.” - he told Senior Media executives during an interview session over the weekend

She was a nominee this year. But what do you guys think of BET giving the award for this category before the main event?  .Oh and Yemi has since deleted the rant.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the National Economic Council led by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The council, which has the 36 state governors and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria as members, is saddled with the responsibility of advising the President on economic affairs of the country. Buhari tasked members to come up with ways of liquidating outstanding salaries and wages across the country. He restated his administration’s commitment to tackling insecurity, corruption and other social vices.

So this man, Shoderunmu-Odele Adekunle asked for actress Vivian Fareedah Metchie's hand in marriage on his Facebook page. Don't know if he's serious or if they even know each other but he and Vivian have exchanged some messages since he asked so publicly. Vivian's colleague, actress Shan George also had something to say about it. See all that below

This video was shared by a man named Jake Chukwu on Facebook this morning. It shows two police officers beating a driver with their baton. According to what happened, the driver was asked to stop at a police check point but refused to and when a police man jumped on his bonnet, the driver drove off with him on it. Some other drivers and police van later intercepted the driver and the police officers used their baton to give him serious beating before they took him away. I had to screengrab from the video. More photos below This was before he was dragged out and beaten

not the real image It was indeed a show of shame and a drama of embarrassment last Sunday in ABU. A lecturer at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria was apprehended Sunday night at a private female hostel in Samaru, Zaria, disguised by wearing Hijab (veil) and attempted to sneak into the hostel before he was intercepted. An eye witness account from a female student of the school Khalifa Sha’aibu, narrated that, that was not the first time the lecturer was entering the hostel to visit his girl friend. Sha’aibu added: “The most annoying thing is the fact that the man used Hijab. As a Muslim, I feel sad that somebody would use something that muslim women of faith are known with to perpetrate crime. I wonder why the man would not get a hotel room to perpetrate his immoral act. It was a vigilante member that noticed the structure of the man and exposed him. After he was caught, we discovered that he has been entering the hostel with the consent of the girl. The owner of...