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The Directorate of State of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) wishes to inform all IPOB family members and the world at large of the horrendous attack on unarmed Biafran/IPOB family members in Onitsha Anambra State by the combined forces of the Nigerian Navy and Police. This unprovoked attack resulted in the death of three (3) Biafran heroes whose death will surely not be in vain. As you read this message eight (8) more injured Biafrans are lying critical at the hospital. Fellow Biafrans the perpetrators of this murderous act will hear from the Indigenous People of Biafra soon. Be rest assured CHUKWUOKIKE ABIAMA being our strength and help that not only shall these murderers be brought to justice, we will go the necessary mile to bring justice to them. Every Biafran and all IPOB family members in Biafraland and in the Diaspora are requested to remain calm as we work to unravel those behind this atrocious act. 48hours mourning for these brave Biafrans is hereby announced and shoul

One of two sisters sentenced to be raped in India after their brother ran off with a married woman from a higher caste has spoken out about her fear. Meenakshi Kumari, 23, has described how she has been unable to sleep or leave the house for fear of the village elders - who sentenced her and her 15-year-old sister to rape – sending someone to deliver the punishment. "I can’t sleep, I’m very scared. How will we ever return home or to our village? If we ever return they will harm us or rape us. If not today then in the future. ’ she said from a secret location in Delhi, 30 miles from their village Sankrot, in Uttar Pradesh, India.'Jats never forget and they will not forget this humiliation. They want their revenge. Loving someone is not wrong.’ Meenakshi and her little sister were with their family in Delhi for a wedding when a neighbour called and told them not to return to their village. The neighbour warned that the un-elected village council, Khap panchayat, dominated by th

Read the presidential press statement below 'President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates the national men's basketball team, D'Tigers, on their victory over Angola in yesterday's final of the FIBA Africa Basketball Championship in Tunisia. President Buhari joins other sports-loving Nigerians in applauding D'Tigers' exhilarating 74-65 victory over their Angolan opponents which also secured Nigeria's qualification for the men's basketball event at next year's Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro. The President commends the players for displaying exemplary strength, courage, determination and patriotism as well as great skills and creativity to dethrone Angola, the perennial African basketball champions. President Buhari urges members of the team and their handlers to work very hard to surpass their extraordinary heroics in Tunisia before a global audience at next year's Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro and bring even greater glory to Nigeria. The President

Press statement from the Ekiti state governor Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said President Mohammadu Buhari was operating as a president of the Northern Nigeria only, describing steps taken by the president since May 29, 2015 as tainted in ethnic and tribal colouration, which is inimical to the unity of Nigeria. The governor, who descried what he called President Buhari’s “Nothernisation of Nigeria,” said “appointments made by the President so far negate the principle of federal character and it appears the unity in diversity of Nigeria is being taken for granted by the President.” According to a statement issued on Monday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it was wrong for President Buhari to have made 31 major appointments and only seven will come from the South while 24 were from the North. He asked; “Under Buhari, are people from Southern Nigeria only meant to be hounded and harassed by anti-corruptio

Few minutes after it went live today, Monday August 31st, the website of Yudala, Nigeria’s first composite retail chain, experienced huge traffic and unprecedented hits from various parts of the country and reportedly from some neighbouring African countries including Ghana, Cameroon and The Gambia. Millions of enthusiastic shoppers eager to take advantage of the mega deals as well as the mouth-watering discounts and freebies on offer had besieged the e-commerce platform immediately it officially went live at 12 noon. The hype of the official launch of Yudala Online on various media platforms including radio, TV, newspapers and of course, on LIB undoubtedly attracted an overwhelming number of hits from interested shoppers which ultimately led to the disruption encountered on the website. Among its many offerings, Yudala had promised daily sweet deals of up to 90% off on a number of products till the 5th of September, free phones for purchasesabove N20,000 plus a social media-driven ca

Two oil workers have been sacked after a video of them having sex in a hotel room was shared online. Lee Hanlon, 32, and Amy Maxwell, 33, who are both married and met while working for Shell, recorded their illicit encounter on his mobile phone. The film was discovered by Mr Hanlon’s wife Charon, who sent it to all his contacts including friends, workmates and bosses in an act of revenge. But the footage then ‘spread like wildfire’ as more people passed it on in messages and emails. It is understood police are investigating the distribution of the video as well as allegations that Mrs Hanlon, 37, vandalised her husband’s car after discovering his affair. A police spokesman said: ‘Inquiries are at an early stage.’ Mr Hanlon, a former project engineer for Shell, is believed to have met Mrs Maxwell six months ago at the oil firm’s decommissioning plant in Aberdeen. They agreed to meet at a Premier Inn hotel earlier this month and filmed their night together. Mrs Hanlon is understood to h

During the time of the former governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, him and most of his colleagues lived a moderate lifestyle life due to the fact that corruption was minimal. In an interview with Vanguard newspaper he was asked how he felt about Governors and other people in politics who use their positions to amass wealth while in public office. The former Gov said: "I feel bad because these are resources that should be used to liberate the people and provide welfare and security for them. It is even more worrisome that in most places those in power have not provided even the basic things for their subjects while they swim in opulence and mindless extravagance, creating a big gap between them and those who elected them into office. That is directly responsible for the negative things the nation is grappling with today characterized by unemployment, poverty, insecurity and lose of confidence in public service. "That is why I strongly advise President Muhammadu B

A Connecticut man is accused of kidnapping a man he thought was homeless, then feeding him in his home. Police responding to a home on West Wooster Street in Danbury just before 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday after receiving an animal complaint were met with a 77-year old man who told them the strange series of events leading up to the complaint. He said he'd been pushing a carriage of cans and bottles down Lincoln Avenue when another man approached him, and insisted that the man follow him, police said. The victim said the man, identified as David Pope, grabbed him by the arm, escorted him back to Pope's residence and then brought him inside, police said. While they were inside the home, Pope's dog, a pit bull or Staffordshire Terrier,bit the victim’s leg, police said. Even after the dog bite, Pope proceeded to feed the victim, a news release from police says. At one point, the victim was able to leave Pope’s house without being detected, went to his own house and called police.

Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a remote area, the governor of Borno State of the region said, as the government warned that the extremists are trying to extend their violent campaign. Gov. Kashim Shettima confirmed the attack in Baanu village during a meeting with the parents of the 219 girls abducted from a school in the region by the extremists last year. Thursday marked 500 days of captivity of the girls from a school in Chibok. "I want us all to understand that the Boko Haram crisis is a calamity that has befallen us, as the insurgents do not discriminate whether somebody is Christian or Muslim, neither do they have any tribal sympathy or affiliations. Just yesterday they killed 56 people in Baanu village of Nganzai local government, as I am speaking to you their corpses are still littered on the street of the village because virtually everyone in the village had to run for their lives". He did not provide further details of the attack. Fleeing

There was commotion on Sunday at the United Methodist Church, Mafoluku, in the Oshodi area of Lagos as members of the church chased away their pasto for allegedly impregnating his housemaid. It was learnt that the pastor, Barkuma Andrew, was stopped from leading the church seven months ago when the housemaid, who was also a member of the church, Grace, had complications after aborting the pregnancy. Andrew had lived with his wife, children, wife’s cousin, Favour, and Grace in a three-bedroomed flat on the church premises before the incident. It was gathered that the members had petitioned the Central Conference of the church in Taraba State to investigate the alleged accusation. Then sought the service of another pastor three weeks ago when the district reportedly failed to probe Andrew. At 10 am on Sunday, members of the church showed up for Sunday service only to see that Andrew and some “unknown” people had commenced the service. This angered the congregation which proceeded to cha

A major crisis that may disrupt road transportation in Nigeria for a long period if not averted by the Presidency has broken out between commercial transporters in the country and the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC. The crisis of confidence between the two parties arises over the decision by the commission to introduce speed limit device technology on commercial vehicles with effect from September 1 this year. N35,000 for device, N1,000 for installation. It was learnt that the FRSC is working with a private Nigerian firm to enforce the controversial deal, which would require each vehicle owner to buy the device for N35,000 and pay additional N1,000 for installation. The transporters claim that with each of the 25 million vehicles in Nigeria paying N36,000 to the FRSC, it would rake in at least N900 billion from innocent Nigerians for a technology that would not add value to their lives. In a protest letter to the FRSC, the transporters warned the commission to desist from going

The presidency has released a statement replying former Ministers who worked in Jonathan's administration. In a statement released this evening, the former ministers had asked the Buhari led govt to be sincere in its fight against corruption and not use it as a tool for political witch hunting. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the presidency said the war against corruption is not a personal one nor a means of political witch hunting and that the fight is not negotiable and does not have friend nor foe. The statement in part reads In this regard that there is no witch hunt or malice against anyone in the pursuit of the county’s stolen assets still stand . This war against corruption knows no friend nor foe. There is no intention to deny anyone of their good name where they are entitled to it and that President Buhari reserves the highest regards for the country’s former leaders including Dr Jonathan Goodluc

Imo West Senator, Hope Uzodimma, has stated that he won't reconcile with his former wife, Augusta, because their marriage has been legally dissolved by the Court and the Catholic Church about 17 years ago. He said a Lagos High Court Ikeja presided over by Justice Bayo Manuwa and the Catholic Canon Tribunal of Orlu Diocese Catholic Church in Imo State where the marriage was initially consummated have dissolved the marriage after irreconcilable issues in 1998. Uzodimma in a statement in Abuja said the dissolution by the Catholic Church has been granted by the Catholic Papal’s Dispensation. The Senator was reacting to the purported alarm raised by Augusta in which she called on the Catholic Church and all concerned not to recognize the his planned second marriage. He wondered why the former wife would suddenly wake up from her slumber after 17 years to raise unnecessary alarm. According to him, the dissolution of the marriage having broken down irretrievably, followed all due process

U2’s Bono has become the world’s richest pop star after raking in nearly £1 billion from his Facebook shares. The Beautiful Day hitmaker bought a 2.3 per cent share in the social media network for £56 million in 2009 with the investment group that he co-founded, Elevation Partners. Today that share is worth a whopping £940 million, according to reports. That means that Bono’s venture has earned him more in the last six years than the whole of his incredible music career. Now Bono takes over Beatles legend Sir Paul McCartney as the world’s richest pop star. The singer, who is married to Nancy Shevell, has an impressive £730 million. While Madonna has £520 million. Facebook hit its own ‘billion’ milestone this week, when it had one billion users in one day. The company went public in 2009. Source: UK Mirror

Mohamed Fahmy, Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste were today Saturday August 29th sentenced to three years in prison for ;operating without a press license & broadcasting material harmful to Egypt.' The verdict in a retrial was issued against Mohamed Fahmy, a naturalized Canadian who has given up his Egyptian citizenship, Baher Mohamed, an Egyptian, and Australian Peter Greste, who was deported in February and sentenced in absentia. Egyptian judge Hassan Farid said he issued his ruling because the three weren't registered with the country's journalist syndicate. He also added that the journalists brought equipment without the approval of security officials into Egypt, as well as spread 'false news' and used a hotel as a broadcasting point without permission. Reacting to the verdict which sparked international outcry, the acting director general of the Qatar-based news network, Mostefa Souag said in a statement: "Today's verdict defies logic and common sens

According to the victim @addictbypawprint, this happened in Instanbul today. And right is the man she captured on camera trying to take her phone. Below is what she wrote, "I checked in and my boarding pass said I was on stand by. The guy who checked me in told me to go and wait at the gate that I might be lucky to fly. I asked him why I was not informed as I bought a confirmed ticket that I needed to see the manager. Then the manager comes and said I should go and check the website for the terms of Turkish airline because a confirmed ticket did not mean I would definitely get a seat on the flight. I then asked for him to show me where that was stated on my ticket. Then the guy said I should stand there and keep asking. Meanwhile, there was a family of 5 who had the same problem and we all were displeased so I started taking a video of how he spoke as it was an extremely bad service. The rest of it was assault. When we got to the boarding gate, 15 people had standby boarding pass

Catholics in Lagos Nigeria are yet to come to terms with the tragic death of Rev. Francis Alex Okafor. The clergy-man drowned during a send-forth party organised in his honour at the Ibeshe Beach in Oriade Local Council Development Area of the state. Eyewitness account reveals that, while Rev. Okafor and some of his guests were swimming, a strong current came and carried him, together with some of the people. Divers who were immediately mobilised were able to rescue three of them, while Rev Okafor could not be found. Two days after, his lifeless body was found floating at the edge of the sea. Rev. Okafor, just in his thirties, was ordained Deacon on July 4, 2015, and was subsequently posted to St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, Agboju, Lagos for the mandatory six weeks apostolic work. According to The Sun, a visit to the parish within the week, saw the whole place in a sombre look. There were no activities in the premises. The few people around were in groups, obviously discussing the inc

Read the press statement below... A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ekiti South Federal Constituency two, Hon Akin Awodumila has commended the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for providing credible and vibrant opposition to the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government. Hon Awodumila, who was reacting to statement credited to a former House of Representatives member, Bamidele Faparusi, that Governor Fayose was dragging the name of Ekiti in the mud for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari, said; “Only an intending dictator will castigate any Nigerian for making his position on the APC-led Federal Government public and democracy is not about suppressing people’s freedom of expression.” The Reps member said himself and the entire people of his constituency were pleased with Governor Fayose for demonstrating the true Ekitiman in him, describing the governor as the emerging national leader of the opposition. Hon. Awodumila urged President Buhari

EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde today failed to appear before the senate committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions investigating claims by a petitioner, George Uboh, that the anti-graft boss diverted N1 trillion recovered loots from corrupt politicians including former Bayelsa governor Diepreye Alamiyeseigha and former Police boss Tafa Balogun. At the opening session of the hearing which commenced in the National Assembly, the petitioner, George Uboh provided documents to substantiate his claims. EFCC boss had however written to the committee asking for more time to gather relevant documents and was given another date to appear before the committee to answer to the petition.

A 45-year old man, Gbenga Lawal has been sentenced to 14 years in jail by an Oredo Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Benin City for stealing the sum of N51, 168,230, belonging to Lukas Corporate Business Nigeria Limited, his former employees. According to The Nation, Gbenga, who was a manager in the company stole from the company between 2008 and 2010. The presiding Magistrate, Frank Idiake, found Gbenga guilty on count two and seven out of the seven count charge and acquitted him on five other charges bothering on stealing 3,484 cartons of medium stout beer valued at N11, 877, 807m. He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment with hard labor each on count two and seven. The presiding judge ruled that the sentence was without option of fine and that the sentence is to run concurrently.

Ban Ki-Moon, welcome to Nigeria! Nnoo! Please, when you leave, try and watch NTA or listen to/read any Nigerian media and see how much food you ate, how much that was spent on this your two-days visit: 1. Hotel... 8 million 2. Tea... 3 million 3. Food... 10 million 4. Transport... 20 million 5. Security... 5 million 6. Conference Hall... 20 million 7. Guest artists... 12 million 8. Woman visit... 3 million 9. Toilet soap and Table water... 4 million 10. Miscellaneous expenses... 15 million And, please, you MUST believe it, Sir!

University of Lagos has released results of its 2015 Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). According to a statement signed by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information, Mr Olagoke Oke, 17, 935 candidates out of the 31,955 that sat for the entrance examination were successful. “A total of 17,935 candidates passed the screening test with a minimum score of 40 per cent. To this respect, 309 candidates did not show up for the test while 118 candidates were disqualified for failure to follow the instructions for the Computer Based Test (CBT). A total of 393 results were initially withheld on suspicion of malpractice but on further scrutiny, 271 of these results have been confirmed as cases involving malpractice. We will continue to withhold them for further investigations, while the remaining 122 results have been released. The cut-off marks for admissions into the various programmes offered by the university have since been released on the university website,’’ th

There are fears that this 25-year-old Ghanaian graduate Nazir Nortei Alema has joined international terrorist group, Islamic State in Syria. Nazir who is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with a degree in Geography and Rural Development, allegedly left Ghana this month to join the terror group. Nazir's father, Kabiru Alema, said soon after completing his mandatory National Service in Ghana on August 2nd, Nazir sent a WhatsApp message to him saying that he was on his way to another region in Ghana on a job-related assignment. Hours later, Nazir sent another one with a different content. “Pray for me, for I will never forget you in my prayer and it’s my hope and prayer that we meet again if not in this world then in Jannah (paradise). I love you all. May Allah grant us understanding and guide us all to the straight path. Asalaamu alaikum. I told you a lie to please my Allah. The deception was to go do some research work in far away Prestea

Full load of God is Good motors this morning collided with a Dangote truck heading to Lagos. The commercial bus was from Lagos heading to the East when it got involved in a head on collision at Ore Sagamu Expressway with the truck that was heading to Lagos. All passengers in the bus died..

In a preseason game last week, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III was repeatedly hit by Detroit Lions defendersuntil finally he had to leave the game with a concussion. Because preseason games are meaningless and Griffin's short NFL career has been marred by injury, many wondered why head coach Jay Gruden didn't pull his quarterback to keep him out of harm's way.Most starting quarterbacks play only a few possessions per game during preseason. If there's even the slightest possibility that a quarterback is hurt, coaches will usually put in a backup rather than let the starter play through it. And why wouldn't they? It's preseason! On Sunday, Marcus Mariota took one hit against the Rams, and the Titans pulled him instantly. So why didn't Gruden do the same? In a column on Bleacher Report, NFL reporter Mike Freeman shared comments from an anonymous NFL head coach who suggested Gruden's decision to keep Griffin in the game was "persona

The state and National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kano has dismissed the petition filed by Alhaji Bashir Garba Lado, challenging the victory of the immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, in the race for Kano Central senatorial district. Dismissing the petition in Kano yesterday, the presiding judge, Justice Cornelius Akintayo, said the petitioner failed to establish a prima facie evidence against the respondent hence the decision to dismiss the case for lack of merit. The judge held that the respondent was eminently qualified to contest for the seat of the Kano Central senatorial district. He added that petitioner’s petition challenging the substitution of the name of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, the man who had initially purchased the nomination form, with that of Kwankwaso was untenable and lacked merit. Akintayo however, stated that the tribunal had found no incontrovertible evidence to declare the election null and void, saying it cons

A 12-year-old boy in Taiwan accidentally ripped a hole into a 350-year-old painting by Baroque artist Paolo Porpora that's worth over $1.5 million, according to the exhibition's organizers showcasing the painting. The boy was caught on security footage this past Sunday at "The Face of Leonardo, Images of a Genius" exhibition in Taipei, according to the exhibition's Facebook page. The video shows the 12-year-old tripping over a rope barrier and trying to catch his balance on the 17th-century oil painting titled "Flowers." He accidentally punches a hole the size of a fist into the painting and looks around, apparently in shock, when he gets up. The painting, 6.5 feet tall, was being restored on Monday by a Taiwanese art restorer before it was shipped back to Italy, according to Sun Chi-hsuan, the head of exhibition co-organizer TST Art of Discovery Co., Taiwanese news network Central News Agency (CNA) reported. The exhibition was also temporarily closed M

An unconscious man (some say a corpse) was found on Ikeja Along this morning at about past 8am. Eye-witnesses say the man was run down by a vehicle as he tried to cross the express way. He is still there unattended to. Can we get people to go help him? And if dead, remove the corpse?

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, accused past administrations of allowing the infrastruc-ture in the oil sector to collapse to allow their cronies steal by importing refined products. The President made the accusation while speaking at a meeting with the Chairman and members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC, lamented “the current situation in which Nigeria is forced to spend billions of Naira annually on alleged subsidies for petroleum products.” A statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, quoted the President as saying: “the escalation of petroleum subsidy payments over recent years was due to the deliberate neglect of the nation’s refineries, oil pipelines and other related infrastructure to allow the importation of petroleum products and corruption to thrive.”According to the statement, the President restated his huge disappointment with the way Nigeria’s oil industry

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

Tragedy struck the sleepy town of Umueze, Enugwu-Achi, Oji-River Local Government Area, Enugu State last Monday following the death of 3-year-old Akachukwu in the hands of his 14-year-old brother Ebubechukwu,14, using their father’s gun. The brothers were said to be re-enacting movie scenes, not knowing that the gun was loaded. According to a source, their father, Christian Odika, had left for their village square at Obodo-Ukwu Enugwu-Akwu, for a meeting, when the tragic news reached him. It was gathered that on getting to his house, he met his son, Akachukwu, in a pool of his own blood. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said: “Investigations into the tragic incident have commenced to ascertain the remote causes, so the law can take its course.”

In July it was claimed Joan Rivers' Upper East Side apartment in New York City had sold to 'Middle Eastern royalty' for $28 million. Now DailyMail.com can reveal exclusively the buyer is Muhammad bin Fahd, the son of the late King Fahd and the former governor of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The 65-year-old prince has been remodeling the property - a 5,100-square-foot, four-bedroom penthouse - since the purchase, and neighbors are 'shocked,' according to an insider. 'Ever since Prince Fahd bought the home nearly two months ago, he has had designers and contractors in and out of the place,' a source tells DailyMail.com. 'He is ripping it to shreds. Everyone is surprised because the place had a certain French look, it was very specific, and one would think the buyer would be into that. And now he doesn't want that.' The property, which is only a half block from Central Park and walking distance to The Plaza, will look completely differen

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Tuesday night stormed the headquarters of Arik Air in Ikeja Lagos following the arrest in London of a crew member of the airline for allegedly being in possession of cocaine. The Arik crew member, identified by the anti-narcotics agency as Chika Egwu Udensi, was arrested on Monday night by operatives of the United Kingdom Border Force with 20 kilogrammes of cocaine in London. The NDLEA agents were said to have searched Udensi’s latest Range Rover parked on the airline’s premises. Arik spokesman, Adebanji Ola, confirmed the visit by the NDLEA’s operatives. Udensi was arrested at the London Heathrow Airport shortly after an Arik Air flight W3101 that departed from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, touched down in the UK. 2 years ago two crew members of the Arik Air were similarly nabbed by the UK Border Force in London for the same offence. Officials of the NDLEA on Tuesday put the street value of the drug found

The heroic efforts of two high school teachers helped stop a 14-year-old boy from shooting several students and a faculty member that he had taken hostage at a West Virginia high school. The boy, who is a student at Philip Barbour High School in Philippi, West Virginia, took 29 students and a teacher hostage on Tuesday and held them at gunpoint for an hour before he agreed to negotiations, let them go and surrendered to police. The teacher held hostage reportedly blocked students from entering her classroom while a fellow teacher alerted authorities to stop the boy from becoming the gunman of a mass school shooting. At approximately 1.15pm, the boy, who has not been identified, walked into the second floor classroom and pointed a pistol at the teacher, Superintendent Jeffrey Woofter wrote in a prepared statement released by The Exponent Telegram. 'The teacher did a miraculous job of calming the student down and maintaining order in the class,' he wrote. 'The school bell ra

Have you heard that the legend, Jackie Chan, will be in Nigeria from September 4th 2015? Awesome! Get to see him first hand (don’t be told) as he performs his mesmerizing stunts and tells a fantastic story in cinemas across Nigeria through his $65million dollar film “Dragon Blade”. This has been dubbed as one of the finest of his works starring Golden Globe Winner (John Cusack), Academy Award Winner (Adrien Brody) and Jackie Chan. Dragon Blade tells the story ofHuoAn (Jackie Chan), a Hun, serving as the captain of the Protection Squad Silk Road. A Roman general named Lucius (John Cusack) flees to the East with his legion and Publius (Jozef Waite), heir of the ruling Roman Consul, to escape from the corrupt Emperor Tiberius (Adrien Brody), who plans to kill Publius and usurp the throne. They meet HuoAn at a frontier fort on the Silk Road, where they receive sanctuary. Tiberius and his army, who have pursued Lucius along the Silk Road, approach the fort with intention of killing Publius

A 'dead' teenager woke up in her coffin and screamed for help one day after she was buried – but died again before desperate relatives could save her. Grieving family members breaking through the concrete tomb from where Neysi Perez, 16, had been heard 'banging and screaming'. Relatives who removed the girl's corpse found that the glass viewing window on her coffin had been smashed and the tips of her fingers were bruised. But despite efforts to revive her medics found no signs of life and she was later returned to the cemetery and reburied in the same mausoleum. Ms Perez, who was three months pregnant, reportedly fell unconscious after waking up in the night to use the outside toilet at her home in La Entrada, western Honduras. It was believed she may have collapsed in an apparent panic attack after hearing a burst of gunfire. But when the teenager started foaming at the mouth her religious parents called the local priest believing she had become possessed by an e

Read the press statement below... The attention of the media office of the President of the Senate, Sen. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a publication alleging that the Senate President hired one Uboh to smear the integrity of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. It is pertinent and with all sense of responsibility and commitment to state unequivocally that the story is far from the truth. A fabricated story that can not sell to dent the image of Senator Saraki. The general public is fully aware that the said online platform which published the false story has been an agent of media attack on the person of the Senate President and that all allegations made by the online platform against the have fallen flat on their face as bare lies, concocted with malicious intention. To set the record straight, no body can rightfully claim that Senator Saraki engaged the services of the petitioner or any other person for that matter. There are about four different petitions

Press statement from the presidency President Buhari Tuesday in Abuja blamed past administrations for the current situation in which Nigeria is forced to spend billions of Naira annually on alleged subsidies for petroleum products. Speaking at a meeting with the Chairman and members of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission, President Buhari expressed the view that the escalation of petroleum subsidy payments over recent years was due to the deliberate neglect of the nation's refineries, oil pipelines and other related infrastructure to allow the importation of petroleum products and corruption to thrive. The President, who restated his huge disappointment with the way Nigeria's oil industry has been run since he left office as Petroleum Minister and Military Head of State, said that he was convinced that if the development of the country's domestic refining capacity and petroleum products distribution network had kept pace with national demand, there w

First he prayed the gay spirit into two men, now he's praying 'snake spirit' into women. According to his church's Facebook wall, the girl named Naomi manifested the spirit. Below is how they reported "During the service the man of God Prophet Penuel commanded the Spirit of Snake to enter one of the Congregants, Sister Naomi from Soshanguve. She began to manifest as the Snake and the man of God commanded the Spirit of Snake to come out. The Woman was set Free. We have the Power to control every Kingdoms without being possessed, for we are raised above all (Colossians 3) To God be the Glory. Please is this right?

The Lagos State Police Command has recorded yet another success in its fight against Cultism and Armed Robbery in the State. In a bid to make good its promise to chase out armed robbers and cultists from the State, the Command has smashed a notorious robbery/cultist group that has continually unleashed a reign of terror on the residents of Mushin and Idi-Oro Areas of Lagos. Acting on diligently sourced and managed intelligence, the Command swooped in on the gang and a total of fourteen of the gang members have so far been arrested. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni while appealing to Lagosians to remain calm and to continue to furnish the Command with vibrant and actionable intelligence, hereby warns all cultists and armed robbers that the Command will employ all legal means within his disposal to decisively deal with them and their sponsors cum benefactors, adding that unless and until they desist from such nefarious activities, there shall be no hiding place f

The immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, has been charged to court by the Department of State Services (DSS) for possession of fire arms without a license. According to a statement released today August 24th by the Acting spokesman of the DSS, Tony Opuiyo, Dasuki's action is an offence which is punishable under Section 27(i) (a) (i) of the Firearms Act Cap F28LFN 2004. “This is in line with democratic practice and our avowed commitment to the rule of law, in which nobody is deemed to be above the law, no matter how highly placed in the society. Accordingly, the general public will be duly informed as the matter progresses”, the statement reads in part Recall that DSS had, on July 16, 2015, carried out a search operation on properties belonging to Dasuki in Abuja and Sokoto. Large cache of arms and ammunition among other things were recovered after the search.

Supermodel Beverly Johnson recently released a tell-all book where she talked about her past male lovers which included Arthur Ashe, Mike Tyson & Eddie Murphy. Below is how NY Post reported it Tennis star Arthur Ashe called her for a date after winning Wimbledon in 1975. The two went out for a while, and Johnson says that Ashe’s “four-hour, hot-and-heavy tennis matches developed endurance muscles in every area of the body. “We had all-night lovemaking sessions,” she writes. “I was forced to pull out a bigger book of tricks to help him get to the point of no return sooner, or risk some serious health issues of my own. Swinging from the chandelier [every night we spent together] was taking its toll on my well-being.” Johnson finally found success at moving Ashe along when she showed up in “a seductive cowgirl outfit” with a sheer top and a denim skirt “with nothing on underneath.” Johnson had a “short encounter” with Eddie Murphy, then at the height of his early success, which “hadn

The Atlanta man who was shot when his home was invaded just as he and his wife had returned from a vacation said he remembers praying out loud, telling God he expected to meet him that day. Mike Lash said he prayed. “Lord, this is, I guess, the moment I will meet you today … if it is not your will, I am ready to stay,” he said. Lash and his wife, Whitney, and their two children had just come home from vacation on August 16 when there was a knock at their door. According to the account given by the Lashes to ABC News, Lash answered the door and saw two young men who told him they had just moved in down the street and experienced car trouble. The two men said they needed a jack, according to Lash. “I had a feeling that it was an excuse and we were about to be robbed. Right about that moment i saw them pull the gun on Mike,” she said. Whitney took the couple’s six-month-old, Lucy, ran out the back door and called 911, telling the operator in a whisper that they were being robbed at gunpo

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, set up a 13-member panel to probe two of his predecessors, late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on procurement of arms and ammunition for the Armed Forces. The investigative committee’s mandate is to identify irregularities and make recommendations for streamlining the procurement process in the Armed Forces. The committee, which was constituted by the the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd), on the directive of the President, is headed by AVM J.O.N. Ode (retd.) while Brig-Gen. Y. I. Shalangwa is secretary, Mr. I. Magu (EFCC) amongst other members. A statement from the presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, said “The establishment of the investigative committee is in keeping with President Buhari’s determination to stamp out corruption and irregularities in Nigeria’s public service. “It comes against the background of the myriad of challenges that the Nigerian Armed Forces have faced in the course of

Some thugs allegedly beat up a woman, who was identified simply as Beatrice, and smashed her two-year-old baby against the floor, killing the toddler at the Bajare Camp in the Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State. Witnesses said that the thugs attacked Beatrice on the instruction of a middle-aged woman, identified simply as Toyin, following a disagreement between the women. One of the witnesses said the disagreement between Toyin and Beatrice led to a free-for-all. He added that Toyin left the scene and came back with some thugs who she allegedly ordered to beat up Beatrice. He said: “During the scuffle, the baby boy, who was strapped to his mother’s back was smashed against the floor by one of the thugs, leading to his death.” It was gathered that the thugs immediately fled the area, while the toddler was rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Wole Ogodo, explained that the mother of the baby reported the matte

A woman is suing a police force after an officer's horse bit her finger off. Pernilla Ekberg was petting the police horse outside a New York bar when the horrific incident happened. The 28-year-old had been socialising with friends at Max Fish bar, in Manhattan's Lower East Side, when she stopped the animal to pet it. The Swedish national approached the NYPD officer and asked for permission to pet the horse, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court. But when she reached out, the animal "chomped down on her hand, bit off the tip and spit it out on the floor", Ekberg's lawyer said. Ekberg claims the police officer panicked and fled without offering any help. Her boyfriend retrieved the tip of her right ring finger and put it on ice but doctors at Bellevue hospital were unable to save it. Lawyer Eliot Bickoff said the injury is a "significant disfigurement" because Ekberg is right handed. According to the lawsuit, as an analyst of marketing