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Wednesday 7 May 2014

Graphic photos: Another mob killing in Akure, Ondo State

OK you know what, if the government doesn't do something about jungle justice then I will be forced to think they approve. This is getting out of hand and the sooner we deal with it, the better.

Yesterday a woman was set ablaze in Abule Egba, Lagos and today another mob killing took place in Akure, Ondo state. The man they burnt to death at Adegbola junction in Akure was allegedly found with a child...some claimed the child was found dead, others said the child wasn't dead, but everyone agreed that the man was either mad or pretended to be mad. They beat him and set him ablaze.

'How I died twice with my only child' - mother of Nyanya bomb blast victim tells her story

A woman, madam Grace Omokoro Joe whose only child was killed in the Nyanya bombing narrated  the untimely death of her only  child who was to resume his first ever work on the said date in Abuja. The woman has been going through tough times since she lost her son. She fainted when she saw her son’s dead body at the park, and fainted the second time when the second bomb blast occurred. Right now, her only brother has relocated her from Nyanya since she can no longer stand the trauma.


Madam Grace spoke at a protest staged by the Nigerian Women in Clergy on Friday, under the leadership of Prophetess Nonie Roberson. The clergy women had used the protest to create a forum to target post traumatic syndrome among people they have identified as ‘forgotten victims’ of the bomb blast. Continue..

...and Michelle Obama lends her support

We thank the international community for being interested in this case, especially CNN. CNN has been all about Nigeria and this case for the last few days! It has made our government sit up and act...albeit three weeks after the kidnap.

MayD, Darey, Terry G, others turn up at Etisalat- sponsored Nigerian Idol eviction party

The on-going Etisalat-sponsored Nigerian Idol Season IV now has only 8 contestants left to battle for the star price.

In a dramatic twist last week, Miss Oge and NyroLove got evicted having secured the lowest number of votes. As usual, Etisalat hosted them at a party Saturday, May 3rd at Ember Creek, Awolowo Road in Ikoyi, Lagos. Continue...

Damn! Floyd Mayweather to make $70m for fighting for only 36mins

Mehn, some people are living life. Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather made $32million for fighting  Marcos Maidana on Saturday May 3rd in Las Vegas. Its been revealed that Mayweather could earn up to $70 million for fighting for only 36 minutes, following the release of the pay-per-view numbers.

Check out the numbers accompany the pic above which Mayweather himself posted on instagram. He made $14k per second, $888k per min, N2.6m per round, and $32m in 12rounds/36minutes which was how long the fight, which he won by majority decision, lasted.

And now he's waiting to make an additional $38million from the Pay-Per-View of the match!

'I never served as a househelp' - Rivers 1st Lady, Judith Amaechi

During the 'celebrity read a book' session at the 2014 UNESCO World Book Festival which held in Port Harcourt recently, First Lady of Rivers Mrs Judith Amaechi finally addressed long standing rumours that she was once a housemaid. When asked by a student if the story was true, Mr Amaechi said the rumor was laughable and totally untrue
"There is nothing wrong being a housemaid. Its a process and a path to success but I want to state emphatically and unequivocally that I was never and had never served as a housemaid to anyone. It is unfair. This falsehood and our children must be insulated from lies and propaganda" she said.
She went on to say that though her mother died when she was 4 years old, she was fortunate to be trained by her educationist aunt who sent her to highbrow schools
"I had the priviledge of attending highbrow primary school, that is the Port Harcourt Primary School and I made one of the best results. I sat for Common Entrance and then I was admitted into the Federal Government Girls College, Abuloma. These are schools reserved for children of the influential and top echelon in our society. Will any housemaid be admitted into such schools? This is just an attempt to smear my reputation" she said.

13 year old Willow Smith seen in bed with half-naked 20year old man

Will and Jada Smith's 13 year old daughter, Willow, was photographed in bed with her friend, 20 year old actor, Moises Arias, who is shirtless in the pic. Many feel it's inappropriate because she's just 13, whether anything inappropriate happened or not. Willow and the Disney actor have been friends for a while.

The pic was shown to L.A law enforcement who say there's nothing "sexual enough" in the pic to raise concern. Do you think it's inappropriate?

New Video: CashWale - Ghen Ghen Ti

Cashwale aka Mr Oshomolo releases video to his hit single Ghen Ghen Ti which is attracting massive airplay. The video was shot by Mattmaxx. Enjoy...

Malala Yousafzai & Naomi Campbell lend their voice to missing girls

The Pakistani schoolgirl who made a heroic recovery after being shot in the head by Taliban because she stood up for education, Malala Yousafzai, has shown support for missing Chibok girls. Speaking with CNN, the 16 year old Nobel Peace nominee said "I think they haven’t studied Islam yet, they haven’t studied Quran yet, and they should go and they should learn Islam. Islam means peace. I think that they should think of these girls as their own sisters. How can one imprison his own sisters and treat them in such a bad way?"

Super model Naomi Campbell also lent her support.

Nigeria’s Stolen Girls - What New York Times wrote about GEJ

Below is a New York Times editorial published yesterday May 6. Y'all need to read this. Find below..
Three weeks after their horrifying abduction in Nigeria, 276 of the more than 300 girls who were taken from a school by armed militants are still missing, possibly sold into slavery or married off. Nigerian security forces apparently do not know where the girls are and the country’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, has been shockingly slow and inept at addressing this monstrous crime.
On Tuesday, the United Nations Children’s Fund said Boko Haram, the ruthless Islamist group that claimed responsibility for the kidnappings, abducted more young girls from their homes in the same part of the country in the northeast over the weekend. The group, whose name roughly means “Western education is a sin,” has waged war against Nigeria for five years. Its goal is to destabilize and ultimately overthrow the government. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, said in a video released on Monday, “I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah.”

Kim Kardashian clears all the rumours about her upcoming wedding

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Ebonyi Assembly orders probe of collapsed centenary tower

Ebonyi State House of Assembly, yesterday ordered an investigation into the remote and immediate causes of the collapse, over the weekend, of the centenary tower under construction.

The house described the collapse of the N60m edifice as a huge embarrassment to the government and people of the state.

The house took the decision following a motion brought by the member representing Onicha East Constituency, Obasi Odefa. Continue...

Miss Dee magazine debuts

Miss Dee Fashion and Society magazine is a fashion and lifestyle magazine aimed at satisfying the needs of our readers who are searching for a lifestyle of luxury and class.

Its published 3 times a year and distributed in Abuja and Lagos for now. The main aim is to empower young entrepreneurs by offering them a very cost effective way to market and advertise their business, with a major focus on females under 40 in business. Continue...

Angelina Jolies sizzles in new Elle magazine photoshoot

Angelina is a goddess! She doesn't do magazine covers often but whenever she does..it's amazeballs!  The actress covers the May/June issue of Elle magazine. See more pics after the cut...

Photos: Ini Edo, the village chief

The actress tweeted some pics from the set of her new movie, where she's seen in a male village chief costume.

Chibok girls: France offers to help Nigeria with security intelligence

The French govt has offered to help Nigeria by providing intelligence that would help in rescuing the kidnapped girls. This was made known by the Foreign Affairs minister of France, Laurent Fabius.
 
Speaking about it today, Mr Fabius said;
"The President has instructed to put the (intelligence) services at the disposal of Nigeria and neighbouring countries. This morning he asked us to contact the Nigerian president to tell him that a specialized unit with all the means we have in the region was at the disposal of Nigeria to help find and recover these young girls"
Meanwhile President Barrack Obama in an interview with ABC News condemned the abduction of the Chibok girls saying it was "outrageous" and "heartbreaking". He said this abduction could be the event that how awaken the entire world to work towards stopping Boko Haram activities
"It’s a heartbreaking situation, outrageous situation. This may be the event that helps to mobilize the entire international community to finally do something against this horrendous organization that’s perpetrated such a terrible crime.” he said.

New music: T-kross - Mamma (Prod. by GospelonDaBeatz)

T-kross is back with a follow up to Onyeoma, a melodic mid tempo song released barely 8 weeks ago and this one is titled Mamma, written by T-kross. The song sings the praises of mothers everywhere. Produced by GospelonDaBeatz. Enjoy below...

Lupita Nyong'o crazily excited to meet Beyonce

She's met and dined with many A-list stars and even Oprah, but meeting Beyonce at the Met Gala on Monday night seemed to top it all for Lupita Nyong'o. She posted the above on her instagram page and said she hasn't stopped screaming inside yet!

Actress Dayo Amusa shows off new look

The actress showed off her new blonde bob haircut. You like? I do. She looks cute

Exclusive photos from designer Yomi Casual's house warming party

Omoniyi Makun, popular designer known as Yomi Casual, and the younger brother of comedian AY,  got himself a four bedroom duplex in Lekki some weeks back and had a small house warming party on Sunday May 4th. See pics from the party after the cut...

Half of a Yellow Sun, Lenovo A369i + 10 things Nigerians are shopping for this month

May is truly a fun-filled month to Nigerian shoppers, fashion lovers, football lovers, school students and other Nigerians looking forward to events such as the Uefa champions league final, roland garros, school resumption, shopping discount days, workers day holiday and children’s day.

The month kicked off in grand style with the smashing Konga Worker’s day mega sale which offered customers a whopping 70% discount across categories. And customers’ shopping trends so far offers credible insight on what Nigerians are interested in at the moment. Continue...

#BringBackOurGirls campaign: Drake lends his support

No, they don't!

Missing girls: Police offer N50million reward for credible information

The Nigerian police has announced a cash prize of N50million to anyone who comes forward with credible information that would help in locating and rescuing abducted Chibok school girls. This was announced in a statement released on their website this morning. Find the statement after the cut...

Video: US woman posts video of her abortion on YouTube

A US abortion counselor outraged thousands of people after she posted a video of herself having an abortion on YouTube. 25 year old Emily Letts, who said she got pregnant by mistake, filmed herself having a surgical abortion, which she said she wanted to use to "show other women it wasn't scary".

Emily, who was about 2 months pregnant, said she could have swallowed an abortion pill instead of going in for surgery, but wanted to do the one that women were most afraid of. "I wanted to show it wasn’t scary - and that there is such a thing as a ppositive abortion story. It’s my story."

In the three minutes video, Emily is seen being wheeled into the operating theater before being filmed from the waist up as doctors remove the embryo from her womb. She remains awake throughout the procedure, numbed only by local anesthetic. After the procedure is over, Emily excitedly says 'I'm done. Yay!'

The video has disgusted many people, especially pro-life campaigners who are asking her bosses at the Cherry Hill Women's Center in New Jersey to sack her.
"I got... "You deserve to die", "you killed your baby' but I don't feel like a bad person. I knew I wasn't ready to take care of a child. I knew what I was going to do was right - it was right for me and for no one else,' Emily said. Watch the video after the cut...

Suspected rapist drugs, attacks pupil inside bush

A suspected rapist in Osun state drugged and attacked a 15 year old secondary school student of Young Tajudeen Middle School, Ede, Osun for supposedly refusing him sex, Punch reports.
 
According to reports, on Wednesday April 30th, the victim who lived with her grandmother, had gone to the bush to pick mangoes when she was accosted by the alleged rapist who begged her for some mangoes. She said she obliged him but afterwards the man demanded for sex which refused. She said the man immediately forced a pill into her mouth which made her unconscious. By the time she woke up, there were machete cuts on her head, legs and wrist.
 
Explaining what happened, the girl said
"I went to the farm to pick mangoes on the day I was attacked. As I was heading for home, I met a man who asked me to give him some mangoes and I did. The man asked me of my name and I told him my name is Suweba, but my real name is (withheld). The man later said  he wanted to have sex with me, but I told him I was too young for that. The man threatened to cut off my head if I didn’t oblige him. He held my head, forced my mouth open and dropped a white pill inside my mouth. I fell down and I became unconscious. I was attacked around 2pm and I woke up when it was getting dark maybe around 7pm. I managed to crawl to the footpath and shouted for help, but none came until the following morning.” she said

3D Wall Panels from the staples of Zozodzine Perfezione

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This unique material is of unparalleled benefit to all professional stakeholders in the Design and Construction industry. With well over 45 different designs to choose from, it is as innovative as it is totally flawless in application. Architects adore it, Designers worship it, Developers are in love with it. Continue...

Photos: Robbery attack on Mile 2 route

Another robbery attack happened last night on the Mile 2 Bridge, Lagos. A woman in her car was attacked, the robbers broke her car window and robbed her in traffic. Motorists in the area say the robbery incident is becoming one too many and are asking the government to do something about it.

Boko Haram kill 300 people in fresh attack in Borno State

According to reports, Boko Haram men struck again on Monday night May 5th, killing 300 people and burning several houses in Gamboru Ngala, in Borno state. The men reportedly came into town in armored personnel carrier and armed with Improvised Explosive Devices, petrol bombs, assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Launchers. They targeted the market in the town, shooting people and then proceeded to set ablaze houses and properties in the area.
 
Confirming the incident to BBC Hausa service in Maiduguri, Senator Ahmed Zannah who represents the area at the national assembly said the 12 hour attack happened in the night when the people were sleeping. Continue...

Chibok girls kidnap: 2 of escaped victims share experience (video)

Two of the abducted girls who later escaped from Boko Haram men recently spoke with Channels TV crew where they recounted what happened when they were kidnapped and how they escaped. The girls who were writing WAEC examinations spoke in the local Hausa dialect. Watch above..

Shan George stuns in new photos

The actress shared these lovely new photos on Facebook. Continue to see more pics...

Users of PrivateProperty.com.ng Get Discounts on Berger Products

Nigeria’s number 1 property website, www.privateproperty.com.ng/, has partnered with leading paint brand, Berger Paints, to put a smile on the faces of property buyers, sellers and tenants in Nigeria. If you buy, sell or rent a property on their website, you automatically qualify for a 10% discount off Berger products. Continue...

Graphic pics: Suspected female ritualist set ablaze by a mob in Abule Egba

Can the Lagos State government please make jungle justice a crime punishable by many years in prison? This can't continue happening. We as citizens can't keep taking the laws into our hands. Other wise innocent people will suffer too. The pics from this scene is so gory, I don't know if I should share it.

The woman pictured above was accused of attempting to kidnap three primary school pupils in the Ekoro area of Abule-Egba, Lagos yesterday May 6th. Eye-witnesses claim the woman stopped the kids, who were aged 7-10 years as they were going to school, and asked to take them to school.

Then a female hawker in the area, suspecting the woman was up to no good, alerted others in the area who then surrounded the woman and started asking her questions. They say the woman claimed they were her children but couldn't give their names and the direction she was taking them wasn't where their school was...plus the children said they didn't know her and before anyone could stop it, they descended on the woman. Beating her to a stupor and then setting her ablaze.



Tuesday 6 May 2014

New cars for WEF Africa?

Someone tweeted that this is the new Mercedez Benz car bought for the World Economic Forum on Africa starting tomorrow in Abuja 

I'm not saying that the government bought these cars, I'm just asking. Found it on someone's twitter. But knowing our people I won't put this past them. Or maybe it's necessary?

Police arrest suspects of Nyanya school bus theft, recover the bus

This morning, gunmen snatched a school bus belonging to Vines International Academy from the driver of the bus while he cleaning it at the gate of the school (in case you missed it, read here)

The Nigerian police released a statement some hours ago, saying that not only have they recovered the bus, they have also arrested two suspects (pictured above).

Nosike Ogbuenyi, the Special Assistant to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, in a statement, said the vehicle with registration number XG 246 GWA was recovered this afternoon in Lafia in Nasarawa. He said that the two suspects who were arrested were found in the bus.

Evidence photos from Chris Brown's battery case surface online

Evidence photos from Chris Brown's upcoming assault trial were released by the D.C. prosecutors office yesterday May 5th as the singer celebrated his 25th birthday behind bars. Pictured right is Parker Adams, the guy Chris and his bodyguard are being accused of attacking in D.C as he tried to photo bomb his two female friends who were taking fan pics with Chris.

Chris' bodyguard has already been found guilty, while Chris is awaiting trial.

When Timaya, Sean Tizzle, Sound Sultan, others became MTN brand ambassadors

Africa’s largest ICT Company, MTN, played host to entertainment icons, celebrities, industry stakeholders, On Air Personalities (OAPs), DJs and the media recently when it unveiled six new Brand Ambassadors and premiered new songs and videos from African leading artistes.

The six new Brand Ambassadors that joined 15 existing ones are: Timaya, Sean Tizzle, Sound Sultan, Dr. Sid, Bank W and Harrysong. It was indeed, a night to remember as it was packed with fun and good music from leading Djs like Jimmy Jatt, Caise and Neptune. Continue...

Substandard phones also responsible for poor network services - NCC

According to Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Mr Tony Ojobo, the use of substandard phones is a major contributor to the poor network service telecommunications subscribers experience sometimes. He said this yesterday at Abuja while speaking with journalists.
"Substandard phones have contributed to the level of poor services because there is a certain required power in cell phones that would enable it to transmit signals. If the requirement is not met, then it will create problems in the network and that is why when people call a particular number they are unable to reach the number. This is not necessarily because there is no service there; but because their phones are not powered enough to sense signals because they are substandard" he said.
Really? Who believes substandard phones contribute to poor network services in Nigeria. Continue...

Rihanna shows off butt cleavage in very low slung dress at Met Gala afterparty

I'm sure she thinks we are all already bored with seeing her titties and wants to give us something else to talk about. The singer wore this very low slung gold dress that showed her butt cleavage to last night's Met Gala after-party. No bra, no pata. Rihanna, dia iz God oooo. See more photos after the cut...

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