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A Nigerian woman who attacked her lover’s genitals with a blazing hot iron while they were having sex has been jailed for nine years. Kenya Alozie, 31, was found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent at Woolwich Crown Court on December 14. She had been having sex with the victim, a man in his […]

A front-line Women’s right advocate and and executive director of Women’s Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON), Mrs. Olabisi Olateru-Olagbegi has died at the age of 63. Family sources say she died today after a long battle with Cancer. She was a delegate at the 2015 national confab. The President of Women Arise and Campaign for Democracy, […]

There was a growing anxiety among the friends, family and political associates of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, on Thursday as rumours made the round that the ailing ex-Minister had died on Thursday. The fact that Alison-Madueke is being treated for cancer in the United Kingdom heightened the rumour as […]

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said he owes nobody any apology for kneeling down to worship God during the thanksgiving service held in his honour at the Paul’s Anglican Church, Ife, after his coronation. The Ooni said this in statement in Osogbo on Thursday by the Director of Communications and Public Affairs, […]

INEC has announced that the Bayelsa governorship rerun election in Southern Ijaw LGA will take place on January 9. The electoral body declared the December 5 state governorship election inconclusive after cancelling the votes in the local government following cases of violence and election irregularities. Results from this rerun will determine who becomes the next […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the denial by President Muhammadu Buhari on the alleged benefit from funds relating to the arms deal scandal, and the consequent controversy trailing it underscores the need for a more neutral and transparent body like an Independent National Truth Commission to examine all issues relating to handling of security […]

24-year-old Adebimpe Quadri pictured right is the youngest FIFA badged referee from Nigeria. Source: LIB

President Buhari’s aides paid him a surprise visit at the state House this morning where they presented him a giant birthday card on the occasion of his 73rd birthday which is today Dec 17. More photos below:  LIB

These are beautiful ladies any day. No be lie o. Photo credit: Manza beauty

A Federal High Court Judge, sitting in Abuja has ordered the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu, Director of Radio Biafra and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Ruling on a case brought against Kanu by the Federal Government, Justice Adeniyi Ademola said it was illegal for the Department of State Services (DSS) to still be […]

You are knocking 40 and still single.The men didn’t come while you were 25, so you went and did a second degree. You got a better job, moved into a bigger ap­pointment. At 30, with no stable relationship, you picked a second Master’s and moved up your career ladder. The men who would not marry […]

That the violent confrontation in Zaria last weekend between members of the Sheikh Ibraheem Yaquob El-Zakzaky Islamic Movement of Nigeria sect and the military ended with several fatalities is no longer news. But with the propaganda machine of the two parties to the crisis into overdrive, it is difficult to ascertain what is true or […]

Lagos State Police Command has arrested a housemaid who robbed her madam of cash and valu­ables worth several mil­lions of Naira. Also in Police net is the elder brother to the house help. The housemaid, Chidima (other names withheld) and her brother, Emma, indi­genes of Ebonyi State are being detained at the Spe­cial Anti Robbery […]

Princess Adeola Ogunwusi is the only child and daughter of the Ooni of Ife, HRH Arole Oduduwa Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II. Another photo below: Photo Credit: MUA: Irewunmi Asake. Instagram/myradiantfaces

Senator Dino Melaye, Wednesday, revealed that N8 billion has so far been returned to the government treasury by those who stole from it. Dino said this while speaking as a guest on Channels TV today December 16th. “As I speak to you, about eight billion Naira has been refunded back to the treasury of government and […]

The two days call-to-bar ceremonies of the Nigerian Law School, Abuja, came to a glorious end yesterday in Abuja, with the children of Minister of Works, Housing and Power, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, among the 3,277 successful new wigs. Guest-of-honour, Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, was represented by […]

The Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission, EKSIEC, has barred women in purdah from voting in the local government elections slated for this Saturday. The decision to bar these category of women is due to the need to ensure facial identification during voters’ accreditation. The chairman of the commission, Kayode Bamisile, said on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has set out the guidelines for the operations of Bureau de Change (BDCs) operators in the country. The guidelines, which are contained in the CBN’s latest circular, has prohibited the age-long practice of hawking foreign exchange on the streets, common in Lagos, Abuja, Port-Harcourt and some major northern cities. […]

President Barack Obama has tapped Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who served in top roles at the Treasury Department, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs. Ms. Atkinson has served in her current post since June 2013, a position that includes coordinating U.S. participation in the annual summits of the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday accused the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), of compromising the security of the nation and committing economic sabotage through his alleged diversion of over N32bn meant for the purchase of arms to fight terrorists in the North -East. The commission, which also gave […]