Your Ex-President Doesn’t Pick My Calls, He Gave Boko Haram Power – Cameroon’s Biya To Buhari

The official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroun to discuss joint efforts to curb Boko Haram in the region has thrown up an indictment of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Music star Reminisce's dad passes on

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Celebrities, religious leaders kick against Amnesty International proposed legalisation of prostitution

A petition from the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) that protests 'a policy that calls for the decriminalization of pimps, brothel owners and buyers of sex - the pillars of a $99 billion global sex industry' has been signed by more than 400 people, including A-list Hollywood celebrities; Anne Hathaway, Kate Winslet, and Meryl Streep along with prominent church leaders like Judah Lawrence Couch, director, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd;
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Photos: 3 sisters burnt to death in fire outbreak in Lagos

3 sisters aged 5, 7 and 12 years old, all from the same parents, were burnt to death in a fire outbreakat their shop in Mechanic Village area of Oke Afa, Isolo, Lagos in the early hours of yesterday July 31st.  Residents say the sisters lived in the shop which is owned by their guardian. The cause of the fire is not yet known.

Their corpses have been dropped at the morgue by police officers from the Ejigbo police station. More photos after the jump...

Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61

Wrestling legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61. Piper, born Roderick George Toombs, died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood on Thursday night but was discovered on Friday. Piper had been diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in 2006 but last November he said he was cancer free. Piper was a wrestling icon one of the biggest stars in the WWE back in the '80s, and even wrestled in "Wrestlemania I" back in 1985, squaring off against Hulk Hogan and Mr. T. Piper was admitted into the WWE Hall of Fame back in 2005 and was one of the top 50 villains in the history of the WWE. Piper had a long relationship with WWE the last time he last wrestled was back in 2008, but has appeared on various WWE shows up until 2014. Piper is survived by his wife Kitty and their 4 kids. 3 daughters and son Colton.

Dear Biafrans- By Etcetera

Etcetera talks about the state of Biafra, the recent shut down of Radio Biafra and how he thinks the Igbos have been marginalized in Nigeria. He also talked about the growth of Nigeria.

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Union wants abandoned airplane removed

The Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) on Friday called for the removal of abandoned aircraft parked at aprons across the country's airports.
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Kim K shares photos of her daughter playing football

Soccer Mum Kim Kardashian shared photos of her daughter, North West playing football on a field. She proudly talked about how good her daughter was playing football and said she is now officially a soccer mum.

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Lobatan: Witches pushed me to rape 9-year-old girl, says father of 3

A 39-year-old father of 3, Ekpeyong Essien, who raped a 9 year old girl blamed his 2 sons, whom he alleged are witches, for pushing him to commit the crime.

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Naomi Campbell found guilty of assault, gets 6 months suspended prison sentence

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has been found guilty of assault following her encounter with a paparazzo photographer in August 2009. The photographer, Gaetano Di Giovanni, accused Naomi of scratching his eye and hitting him with a handbag when he attempted to take pictures of her and her former Russian billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin as they walked through the Sicilian island of Lipar in 2009. Di Giovanni said Naomi noticed he was taking photos of her and Vladimir and attacked him with her handbag. She scratched one of his eyes and he needed medical treatment following the incident and took three days to recover, he testified in court. Naomi was convicted of assault by a Sicilian court yesterday Friday July 31st and received a six months suspended prison sentence.

SARS men dressed our son like armed robber, placed gun on him – Family of murdered youth

Eight days after the killing of a 33-year-old man, Orimisan Omoboye, in Ilaje area of Ajah Lagos, during a botched operation by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Lagos, the family said their greatest fear has come true.
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Annie & Tuface loved up in new photo

Iyanya makes surprise appearance as MTN Football Scholars tour kicks off in Uni Abuja

Students of the University of Abuja got a pleasant surprise when Kukere crooner, Iyanya made a surprise performance to flag off the kick off of the 2015 edition of MTN Football Scholars 2015 edition.

This year’s edition will see the Football Scholars travelling to select Universities across the country to engage the Universities’ school team.
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Amber Rose breaks up with Machine Gun Kelly

Amber Rose and MGK unfollowed each other, and she deleted his photos off her page. According to reports, Amber said she broke up the relationship because MGK is on tour, she said she's been there, done that and doesn't want to walk that path anymore.

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Keke Napep falls into ditch (photos)

A Keke Napep this morning fell into a gully in front of the warehouse of the National Examinations Council, along Mandela Road, Minna, Niger State. Fortunately, the driver survived. See more photos after the jump...

Photo: Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde stuns in pink Peplum dress

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AlJazeera, that is not the governor of Borno state...lol

The television network used a picture of the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel in a news about former Governor of Borno State Ali Modu Sheriff. We all make mistakes...:-)

Photos: Buhari departs Nigeria for a 1-day State visit to the Republic of Benin

President Buhari this morning departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for a one day State visit to the Republic of Benin. According to Garba Shehu, The President will hold talks with President Boni Yayi as part of moves in strengthening regional cooperation against Boko Haram. More pics bellow.

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Pregnant Anna Ebiere travels to the US to give birth to Flavour's 2nd child

The 20 year old former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria has traveled to the US to give birth to her child with high life singer, Flavour. Flavour is expected to join her when the baby is due in a few weeks.

Actress Gloria Young explains why she caused commotion at a bank over 20,000 Naira

Popular actress, Gloria Anozie Young, has explained why she caused a scene at a bank recently. Speaking with Punch, the iconic actress, who is married to Norbert Young, said she had to react after the bank refused to refund her N20,000 which was debited from her account since December 2014.  

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Cecil The Lion fundraiser led by Jimmy Kimmel has surpassed $150k

Earlier this week, Jimmy Kimmel who got very emotional about the death of Cecil the Lion made a heartfelt plea for his viewers to donate to Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, who were studying Cecil via a GPS collar, in order to "show the world that not all Americans are like this jack****." He meant the Dentist of course.
“If you want to make this into a positive, you can,” he said, before choking up. “Make a donation. Support them. At the very least maybe we can show the world that not all Americans are like this jack****.”
Crying over a lion's death. I never saw him cry over an unarmed black man shot by a racist cop.

 

President Buhari orders immediate release of N5billion pledge to Boko Haram victims

According to reports, President Buhari yesterday directed the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, to release the N5billion the government pledged to the Victims Support Fund (VSF), since July 2014. He made the order after the Chairman of the Funds Presidential Committee, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd.) told him that out of the N55.92 billion pledged at a fund-raising dinner for the Fund in August last year, N33.54 billion was still outstanding, including N5 billion from the Federal Government. According to him, the VSF currently has N23.33 billion in four bank accounts, revealing that the government of former President Jonathan gave the Committee approval to incorporate the fund into a Trust Fund, to “insulate it from political interference’’.

 Source: Punch

Windows 10 Spies on Almost Everything You Do, Unless You Opt Out, see how to do that

Microsoft's Windows 10 is spying on nearly everything its users do, and anyone who agreed to the operating system's new terms of service consented to the surveillance, whether knowingly or otherwise.

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Bin Laden’s Family Members Killed in Plane Crash in England

A plane crash at a car auction in Hampshire England has left four dead. The tragedy is made all the more eerie by the fact the aircraft involved was a private jet owned by the family of Osama bin Laden.

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Mach 10 , Brand New Russian, Chinese Hypersonic Weapons Unnerve Pentagon

High-ranking US military officials acknowledged that highly maneuverable, ultra-fast and elusive hypersonic arms Russia and China are developing pose a strategic threat to the United States, who lacks hypersonics at the moment, national security expert Bill Gertz said.
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