Crime: Amina Mohammed should resign and face criminal charges - FFK says

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has asked former Minister of Environment now UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, to resign her appointment and be made to face criminal charges following her indictment in a $300m timber scandal.

The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a Washington-based environmental campaigning organization, recently released a report accusing Mohammed of issuing export

Crime: 65-year-old father of three arrested for sexually molesting a 15-year-old boy in Niger state

The police in Niger state has arrested a 65-year-old father of three, Patrick Kalu, for sexually molesting a 15-year-old boy whom he brought into his house a year ago with the promise of getting him a job.

The state police spokesperson, Abigail Unaeze, told journalists that the suspect who was arrested during the act, lured the unsuspecting victim from Karimo area of Abuja. 

Crime: More traffic robbers arrested in Lagos by Lagos state Anti-Robbery

Seven suspected traffic armed robbers were arrested by men of the Lagos state police command yesterday November 10th. Four of the suspected traffic robbers identified as Adebayo Oluwafemi,23, Olanrewaju Abdullahi 19, Olanrewaju Quadri 18, Oladapo Ishola, 18, all residents of Oshodi, all pictured above, were arrested after they attacked one Dare Adewale, while he was driving on the Oshodi Oke bridge. One of the suspects distracted

News: IPOB declares 21-days mourning in honour of members allegedly killed by Nigerian army

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has declared 21 days mourning for its members allegedly killed during the military invasion of the home of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu at Afara Ukwu, Umuahia, Abia State.

The Biafra agitation group also says it has discovered more corpses of her slain members in a bush within the precincts of the home of its leader, SunNewsOnline reports. The group also informed that it is burying the slain members, numbering more than over 28 who were killed during the invasion, in piecemeal with 11 of such bodies already interred.

Crime: Singers Jaywon and Simi, remixed my hitsong, Joromi, without my permission - Sir Victor Uwaifo

In a recent interview with Vanguard, Veteran musician and one-time Commissioner for Arts and Culture in Edo state, Sir Victor Uwaifo, said that singers Jaywon and Simi remixed his hit song, Joromi, without his permission. According to him, he will not be dragging them to court for failing to ask him for permission as the original composer of the song but he wished they did.

Entertainment: (Music) Lucky Duwe - The Light featuring Jesse Jagz & Haekins

Gifted Delta state born singer, Lucky Duwe has debut a new single "The Light" featuring Jesse Jagz and Haekins. 

Lucky Duwe born Eneduwe Lucky Ichioma is a graduate of computer science from the Federal University of Technology Akure ( FUTA), he ventured into music far back in October 2007 when his role model Lucky Dube was shot dead in South Africa. He's new single "The

News: President Buhari approves the appointment of Prof. Moji Christianah as the new NAFDAC DG

President Buhari has appointed Professor Moji Christianah Adeyeye, wife of Senator Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central) as the new Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC.

Mrs. Adeyeye, founder of Drugs for AIDS and HIV Patients, a nonprofit organization committed to prevention, education, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS children in Nigeria, takes over from Mr. Ademola Andrew Magbojuri who was appointed as the Acting Director-General of NAFDAC in September. Magbojuri had taken over from Mrs. Yetunde Oni, who

News: EFCC denies report that Ikoyi whistleblower has been paid

EFCC has just released a statement denying that it ever said that the whistleblower of the funds discovered in an Ikoyi apartment in April, has been paid his entitlement. Read the statement below

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied saying the Ikoyi whistleblower had been paid.
The informant had provided intelligence that led to the recovery of $43.5 million, £27,800 and N23.2 million stashed in an apartment on Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos on April 7.
By the Federal Government’s whistleblower policy that took effect in December 2016

Tragic: (Graphic) Three youths shot dead in Khana LGA, Rivers community

Below is how Facebook user, Kalabari J. Barivule, reported the incident

Three (3) youths of Luebe Community in Khana LGA were killed while several others injured about 8:15pm yesterday.

The Paramount Ruler of the Community Chief Micah Saakara confirmed the incident, accused men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Bori who allegedly opened fire on the youths that were on local surveillance and noticed that (SARS)

Crime: Lagos state police command arrest two brothers , several others that specialize in traffic robbery

The Lagos state police command has arrested nine armed robbery suspects, including two brothers, that specialize in robbing residents of the state while in traffic. 

Four suspects including two brothers namely Ajayi Ahmed, Isaac Edoh, Edoh Dennis and Kelvin Robinson were caught robbing their victims at Abule Onigbogbo by Sheraton hotel.  In the same vein, the police also arrested three traffic robbers namely Promise Ogimo,

Crime: 21-year old lady shoots man in the head for performing oral sex on her

Marissa Wallen, a 21-year-old 'escort' in Washington, shot a man in the head because he was perfoming sex wrong and she didn't know how to tell him.  After shooting the victim, Wallen is said to have stolen the man's wallent and used his credit card.

According to the police, she spent $12,000 of his money before she was caught.

Reports say Wallen had shot her victim twice in the head and left him to die but police later found the man alive after three days.  The man was taken to the hospital and unable to

News: 'Why I am building statues?" Rochas Okorocha replies journalist

Shortly after unveiling the statue of the Liberian President, Imo state governor, Rochas Okorocha, was asked by a journalist while he is building statues and he replied...

Traggic: Two-year-old Nigerian boy, others drown in the Mediterranean Sea due to reckless behavior of Libyan Coast Guards

Five persons including a 2-year-old Nigerian boy drowned on the Central Mediterranean Sea on Monday morning, November 6.

The child's 26-year-old mother woman (pictured) was saved from drowning but he died before her eyes.

Crime: Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, indicted in $300m timber scandal

Former Minister of Environment now UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, has been accused of granting illegal permits to Chinese firms to import endangered Nigerian timber when she was in office. Mohammed served as Nigeria's Minister of Environment from November 2015 to February this year.

According to AFP, investigations by Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), a Washington-based environmental campaigning organization, suggests that Mohammed provided documents used by Chinese importers to clear more than $300 million worth of

News: Why would Kim Jong-un insult me by calling me "old," when I would never call him "short and fat?

US President Trump throws jabs at the North Korean leader and his 'haters'. See other tweet after the cut...

Crime: (Graphics) See the shocking thing a woman did to her stepdaughter in Lagos

A wicked mother residing in Ita Oluwu area off Sagamu road in Ikorodu, has reportedly inflicted her stepdaughter with multiple deep cuts on her hands and leg with razor blade.

It was learned that the stepmother had initially accused the young girl of using a razor blade

News: Lawyer to Ikoyi billions whistle blower lifts the lid on his despicable treatment at the hands of EFCC, others

According to reliable source, the whistle blower who led the authorities to the billions found in Ikoyi has been treated shabbily by the SSS, EFCC and the government. His lawyer, Yakubu Galadima claims his client has received death threats and was remanded in a psychiatric institution by the EFCC on the grounds that he is mentally unstable. He also claims his client is due 850 million not 350 million as the amount recovered was 17 billion. He also disclosed that he has taken responsibility for his client's upkeep because the whistle blower lives in penury. Read the report below.

A lawyer to the whistle-blower that helped in the recovery of $43.5 million, £27,800 and N23.2 million at No. 16 Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos, has said his client is yet to

Entertainment: (Photos 18+) South African socialite Zodwa Wabantu exposes her private parts

South African musician and socialite Zodwa Wabantu wore an emerald lace with hip-high slit that left very little to the imagination at the 2017 Feather Awards held last night.

At the end of the ceremony, she won Drama Queen of the Year.

News: Graphic photo of a headless woman found in Benin City, Edo State

The headless body of an unidentified young lady was found dumped in a suitcase along Federal road, Ugbowo, Benin City, Edo State capital. It was gathered that passersby made the grisly discovery this morning. See the graphic photos after the cut...

News: 'Despite your continuous harrassment, we cant crumble' - PDP to APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wish to draw the attention of Nigerians to the continued harassment of our party members by the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of President Muhammadu Buhari, for no justifiable reason.

The latest needless onslaught against our party members is the plan by the APC government at the centre to incarcerate 50 members of our party before the end of this year with a view to using their arrest to deceive Nigerians that the failed anti-corruption war is still on course.

The dirty job we are aware, have been handed over to the compromised anti-graft agency, the

Politics: ‘This is not leadership’, Troublesome Oby Ezekwesili condemns President Buhari’s

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has expressed her displeasure at the silence of President Buhari on the report of 26 young Nigerian ladies who were reportedly sexually molested and then murdered while trying to cross the Mediterranean sea into Europe recently.

According to the former Minister, the reaction by Abike Dabiri–Erewa, senior special assistant to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, is not enough compared to when

Politics: Release Ibrahim El Zakzaky Now! Femi Falana tells President Buhari

Femi Falana, a human rights lawyer has appealed to President Buhari to order the immediate release of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim El Zakzaky.

In a letter dated November 7, 2017 and addressed to the President, Falana recalled that a Federal High Court in Abuja had in December 2016 ordered the release of El-Zakzaky’s and his wife from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

The court, according to him, also awarded them reparation of N50million and directed the Federal Government to provide a temporary accommodation for them, “since it was established that the Nigerian Army and the Kaduna state government had burnt and demolished their private residence located at Zaria in Kaduna State.”

News: This isn't a faith based belief system, this is fuckery of the highest order," Freeze writes RCCG

OAP Freeze isn't here for the viral video, shared by one Uchechi Nwigwe online, of some alleged members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCG) worshiping the chair of their General overseer.

Crime: Policeman accused of kidnapping and raping a 14 year od girl for 6 days in Anambra

The Anambra state police command says it has arrested police officer, Bara'u Garba,  who abducted and raped a 14-year-old girl, Maryam, in Anambra state. A statement released by the Delta state command says the erring police officer would soon be charged to court. Read the statement below

'The Police Command wishes to confirm the arrest of F/No 275601 CPL Bara'u Garba attached to 7PMF Sokoto but deployed to Anambra State on special duty for the alleged

Breaking: Cultists Behead Rivals in Parents' Presence in Lagos

News just got to us now that residents of Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos, are still gasping in shock, following the gruesome murder of some young men in the area by cultists.

At least a boy was said to have been beheaded, three others killed in their apartment, in the presence of their stunned parents. What is really happening?

Law enforcement officers claimed it was a reprisal attack.

The clash was between members of Eiye and Aiye. The killings started on Friday and between Saturday and yesterday, policemen and members of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), had arrested 31

Event: Nigerian couple gives out camp gas, suitcases as souvenirs at their wedding

Na wa o... Naija for show in this event o... Using Camp gas as Souvenirs.... #Lobatan4Naija
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Breaking: Man and Woman died after having sex in a car in Ogba, Ikeja

Early this morning in Ogba-Ikeja, an unidentified man and woman was seen dead in a Grey Toyota Corolla reg. no. EPE79CJ. See pix/video on  @ShitHappens twitter handle...

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Sad: 15 Kebbi worshipers drown in River Niger

Fifteen people have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap that occurred in the River Niger at Yauri area of Kebbi State.

The Area Manger, National Inland Waterways Authority in charge of Yauri, Malam Bissallah Abubakar confirmed the incident to Daily Trust,  said 19 of the victims of the boat

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Entertainment: Gospel artiste surprises five of his longstanding band members with cars

Popular Nigerian gospel singer Timothy 'Tim' Godfrey went all out today to suprise loyal crew members of his music band. According to singer Nikki Laoye, who witnessed the presentation of the car gifts, the crew members have stood by Tim for over 10 years. She

News: 3 Chinese women stopped from flying home because they now look different from their passport photos!

Three Chinese women who had travelled to South Korea to undergo plastic surgery were reportedly stopped from flying back home after authorities failed to identify their faces as they looked too different from their passport pictures.

The women who were pictured with swollen faces and bandages around their head were recovering from the operations.

According to reports on Chinese-language media, they were said to look nothing like their passport photos and had been stopped from flying home. The picture was said to be taken at one unnamed airport in South Korea.

Crime: Criminal gang in Sudan abducts Swiss humanitarian worker

A Swiss humanitarian worker who disappeared outside her home in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region on Friday is believed to have been abducted by a Sudanese criminal gang. Authorities have intensified the search in and around the city of al-Fashir and believe the gang is looking for a ransom.

According to North Darfur’s Deputy Governor Mohamed Birama who spoke to Reuters on

Special Focus: 'How I Survived Breast Cancer' - Ondo 1st Lady, Betty Akeredolu

First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu and founder of Breast Cancer Symposium of the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria, BRECAN has just opened up on how she survived breast cancer.

In this interview with Vanguard, she said 'I survived breast cancer about 20 years ago. It all started in 1997 when I was diagnosed. Before then, I didn’t know anyone who had that experience and the little information I got was from the international media. On that fateful morning when I felt something in my breast, of course, my mind raced to breast cancer because it was where such a disease was located. I was scared and didn’t know what to do; it happened when I was resting at home during my annual leave. It got me thinking that if

News: Nigerian man tied to pole and brutally beaten in India over alleged theft

A shocking video of a Nigerian student being thrashed in Malviya Nagar, India for allegedly committing theft, has gone viral.

The video clip shows the student simply identified as Ahmed, tied to a pole and his feet were tied as well. He was flogged with sticks by several goons.

Crime: Assemblies of God pastor and his 21-year-old daughter arrested for stabbing a nurse to death

Esom Jehovah, a pastor of Assemblies of God Church in Imo, alongside his 21-year-old daughter, have been arrested for stabbing a nurse to death in Umuohiagu Autonomous Community of Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo state.

According to reports, the victim approached the pastor over a missing phone battery and charger a neighbour gave to her to charge. The pastor’s daughter allegedly stole the items which were allegedly found with her later.

The said pastor reacted angrily to the confrontation, beating up the trainee nurse. Esom’s

Event: Remains of ex-NANS president who died enroute India arrives Nigeria for burial

The remains of Dauda Mohammed, former president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS) has arrived Nigeria for burial. 

Late Mohammed, 38, died last Sunday five minutes before landing at Delhi Airport, India where he had gone to receive treatment for liver cirrhosis. 

So Sad! Final year student of EBSU killed after confrontation with robbers

The Police Command in Ebonyi had confirmed that Chinedu Linus, a student of Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, was killed by gunmen on Friday. .

 

The Spokesperson of the command, ASP Loveth Odah, said that the gunmen robbed Linus and subsequently killed him. “I urge students not to confront robbers or any person bearing arms whenever they are attacked because such a person was no longer normal. .

 

It is only a living person that makes use of valuables as no amount of valuables in ones’ possession

Crime: Man arrested in Anambra for allegedly using 16-year-old boy for ritual

Police in Anambra State has arrested one Ifeanyi Okpoko popularly known as Anagwanti, on suspicion of ritual murder.

The suspect, a metal fabricator, who hails from Umunnaama, Eziowelle town in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State allegedly abducted a 16-year-old boy identified as Chidera Ezeanya from a compound on Sunday, October1st.

Crime: Finally Badoo killings is over in Ikorodu - Lagos lawmaker, Sanai Agunbiade

Yesterday, Sanai Agunbiade, a lawmaker in Lagos recounted how he mobilised various stakeholders in ending the notorious ritual killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.  

He spoke during a Constituency Stakeholders Meeting themed: True Representation and Accountability, saying he mobilised community leaders to take some “behind the scene” measures

News: Former INEC official says, 'EFCC forced me to admit taking N30m from Diezani'

Christian Nwosu, an ex-Administrative Secretary with the Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday alleged that he was cajoled into confessing that he took a bribe of N30m to compromise the 2015 general elections.  

Nwosu, who is being prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged bribery, claimed that the three confessional statements he made to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on December 28, 2016 and March 15 and 22, 2017 were not done voluntarily.  

He claimed to have been threatened and cajoled to make the confessional statements, adding that he

Crime: 76 miscreants and hoodlums including a notorious cult leader arrested in midnight raid in Lagos

76 miscreants and hoodlums were arrested by the Lagos State Task Force Agency during an enforcement operations tagged 'Eradication of Criminal Hideouts' carried out at mid-night on Saturday, around Oshodi and Iyana-Ipaja.

Politics: Nigeria Labour Congress in Ekiti State says Fayose owes workers 8-months salary

The State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress in Ekiti State, Ade Adesanmi has disagreed with Governor Ayodele Fayose that workers in Ekiti are owed only four months’ salaries. 

He said state workers were owed about eight months’ salaries.  Fayose had, while appearing on a television station interview programme in Lagos on Thursday, claimed that workers were owed just four months’ salaries.

Reacting to the claim on Saturday, Adesanmi said different categories of workers in Ekiti were owed

Breaking: Former NANS president, Dauda Mohammed, dies 5 minutes before reaching India for treatment

Former president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Dauda Mohammed, has died. According to reports, Dauda was suffering from Liver Cirrhosis and was en-route India for treatment at the Artemis Group of Hospital in Delhi, when he died five minutes before landing the Delhi airport. He was 38 years old. He departed Nigeria for India on September 30th after Niger State Government released N14 million to foot the medical bill after an appeal by NANS.

Mohammed was NANS’ President from 2011 to 2012 and he attended the University of Jos.

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Photo: The smallest Independence celebration cake President Buhari cut with troops in Maiduguri

True or false? Only God knows how much it will cost FG to bake such cake.

'We may not be where we ought to be as a nation, yet, we must be thankful' - Atiku's 57th Independence message

Read his address below..

On this October 1st, 2017, I congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari and all Nigerians on the occasion of Nigeria's 57th Independence anniversary.

There are those that may say we have very little to celebrate and I will respectfully disagree with them.

In 57 years, Nigeria has faced many challenges, but we have overcome many of those challenges and made progress in multiple spheres of human endeavor.

Throwback Photo: The faces of Nigeria Independence Seeker in 1947

History has it that in 1947 some set of people (NCNC Delegates) visited London, England to seek independent for our great nation, Nigeria. Their names are as follows:

1. Jaja A. Wachuku (Lawyer): First speaker of the house, First foreign affairs Minister & First Ambassador to the UN.
2. Funmi Ransome-Kuti (Activist): Founder of Nigerian Women's union, Mother of Fela Kuti & First

Politics: No Division Between Buhari, Osinbajo And Ministers- Lai Mohammed Says

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied speculations that there is rift between President Buhari, acting president Yemi Osinbajo and some Ministers. Lai refuted the speculation when he spoke with newsmen at the venue of an event organised by the Aviation Round Table, an industry pressure group, in Lagos.

“There is no division between the Acting President and the Cabinet, there is no division between the Acting President and Mr President,” he told newsmen

Crime: Man Kidnaps Self, Demands N60m From His Sibling In Lagos

The Lagos state police command have arrested one Ufom Udoh for allegedly staging his kidnap in order to defraud his siblings of N60 million. According to the state police command's spokesperson, Olarinde Famous-Cole, Udoh had left his home on July 3rd and connived with his friend, Paul Okiemute, to defraud his brother, Victor Udoh and his other siblings of N60 million by way of staging his own kidnap.

Victor had on July 3rd reported a case of a kidnapped person in Lagos state to the police. The case was then transferred to the state's anti-kidnapping unit, who during its investigation, traced all calls the complainant got on his phone. This led to the arrest of one Paul Okiemute. When arrested, Okiemute, confessed that Udoh staged his own kidnap to collect money from his elder brother due to his financial problems.

Sad: Ajax Football Star, Abdelhak Nouri Suffers Permanent Brain Damage After Collapsing On The Pitch

Ajax midfielder and Dutch professional footballer, Abdelhak Nouri is battling with "serious and permanent brain damage" after collapsing in a friendly match on Saturday.

The 20-year-old young star had "cardiac arrhythmias" - heart rhythm problems during the game against Werder Bremen. 

He received CPR on the pitch and was airlifted to a hospital in Austria after collapsing in the 73rd minute of the game.

His club in a statement confirmed the brain damage and said his chances of recovery are nil.

The statement read: "The diagnosis was made that a lot of [his] brain is not functioning. All this probably occurred due to a lack of oxygen supply."

Entertainment: Finally Beyonce revealed the faces of her newborn twins

Beyonce has finally revealed the face of her newborn twins with Jay Z, who were born at a hospital in Los Angeles in June 2017. She shared the photo on Instagram seconds ago and captioned it; "Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month.'

Politics: Court Grants Bail To Saminu Turaki, Former Jigawa State Governor

On Thursday July 13, 2017 Justice Halilu Yusuf of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja granted bail to the former governor of Jigawa State, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki.

The former governor was re-arraigned on a 32-count charge of misappropriating N36 billion while in office, after successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the FCT High Court, where he was first arraigned before Justice Binta Murtala Nyako.

Since his re-arraignment, Turaki refused to attend trial a situation which resulted in the