See Photo: Man treks from Accra to Lagos in support for Internally Displaced Persons

Looks like another trend is about to start as this Nigerian man, Hussaini Kwaifa has indicated that he will be trekking from Accra to Lagos in support for the Internally Diplaced Persons...

Presidency denies placing ex-Governor Bola Tinubu under security watch

The Nigerian presidency has released a statement, denying an alleged plot to harass former Governor Bola Tinubu.

The Sun newspaper had reported Saturday that Mr. Tinubu was under watch over an alleged plot against President Muhammadu Buhari for purportedly ignoring his nominees for ministerial positions.

Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Is Dead , At Age 63

Former Bayelsa state governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is dead. He died of Cardiac arrest today at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital. He was reported to have gone into a coma two days ago and was placed on life support but didn't make it. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

NFF leadership in talks with Enyeama to return back to camp

The leadership of the Nigerian Football Federation NFF are currently in talks with Vincent Enyeama to convince him to return to the Super Eagles camp in Belgium.

Enyeama walked out from the camp and announced his retirement on Thursday October 8th after his face-off with Sunday Oliseh. 

He is currently in Brussels, Germany where he is holding talks with NFF President Amaju Pinnick.

#LMAO : Helen Paul vs Gordons: AY Carries Helen Paul Off The Stage

Comedy Turns Sour On Stage Between Helen Paul And Gordons


Brethren, Believe me. .This Has Got to be the Most Hilarious Thing I’ve watched today.

Apparently, it’s the norm to yab and also been yabbed as it’s one of the major criteria of Nigerian Stand up Comedy...

Prophecy was made that I will be vice president – Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says becoming the Vice President was the fulfillment of a prophecy in 2013 where it was said that he will be made Vice President of Nigeria....

#TRAGEDY : Sports journalist, Felix Okugbe dies after battle with cancer

Veteran sports journalist and Head of Sports communication at AIT/RayPower Felix Okugbe, has passed away. Family sources say he died this morning at the Lagos State Teaching Hospital after a long battle with cancer. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Hmmm; Senate Confirmation: Tough Time Awaits Buhari's Ministers

Tough times await ministerial nominees in the Senate on Tuesday as the Peoples Democratic Party senators on Friday vowed not to lower their guard during the screening at the upper legislative chamber.

According to PUNCH, it was reliably gathered that although some nominees had indirectly contacted some of the senators across party lines, their efforts had not yielded desired results so far...

Vincent Enyeama still sad! Apologizes for quitting the national team

As he shared on instagram today

NDLEA nab man at Lagos airport as he tried to smuggle $34,000 out of Nigeria

Ozoh Ikenna was arrested yesterday October 9th at the International Wing of the Murtala Muhammed Air­port, Ikeja, Lagos, by men of the National Drug Law En­forcement Agency (NDLEA) as he tried to smuggle  23 wraps containing 34 thousand dollars out of the country.

Corps Member "Omolola Abogunrin" Raped, Murdered Two Weeks To Wedding in Ibadan

Thirteen days to her wedding and 29th birthday, a corps member, Miss Omolola Abogunrin, has been murdered by unknown criminals.

She was murdered in a sultry afternoon in the compound of an agriculture research institute located in Apata area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Sunday....

Chibok Girls Alive; Many Impregnated, Carrying VVF, Other Diseases – Escapee Chibok Girl Reveals

There were indications weekend that many of the 200 girls of the Government Secondary School, Chibok abducted in April 2014, are alive and holed up in the Lake Chad region of the North-East epicentre of the battle to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from Nigeria.

Sources disclosed to Saturday Vanguard that the girls who were relocated from the initial Sambisa Camps of the terrorists, following unrelenting bombardments by air and land operations, have been relocated to Lake Chad area with some of the girls spread along border communities...

#CRIME: Sickle cell patient raped by stepfather forced to live on the street with her family

A 14-year-old girl, her 10 year old brother, and their 42-year-old mother have all been living in a makeshift kiosk that has seen better days in Shagari Estate in Iyana Ipaja – Ipaja, Lagos . ...

OMG! Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon Is At It Again!

Had Pa Edwin Clark known, he would have spoken in hushed tones...

Honourable just finished the elder stateman! I bet the man go still dey find meaning to these Englishes till he cross over to the other side... grin


“I read with smug satiation and righteous indignation the abjuration of Chief Edwin Clark to the effect that “Jonathan didn’t have the political will power to fight corruption…..Drivers of yesterday are living in palatial buildings now under his government”'.......

I’m ready to go to prison for Nigeria – Edwin Clark

TWENTY FOUR hours after Edwin Clark told newsmen that President Jonathan meant well but had problems fighting corruption, the Ijaw leader granted us another interview where he clarified things. He was quoted as having dumped the People’s Democratic Party, PDP for the ruling APC.

“I never said that I was joining APC. I said that at my age I should be an elderly statesman and will no longer play partisan politics. At 89 why should I be playing partisan politics?

What is most important to me is the interest of Nigeria. I’m ready to go to prison for the interest of Nigeria. I should be able to advise the younger ones on the interest of Nigeria.”.....

Jeez! : Nigeria loses $966million to crude oil swap deal – NEITI

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative on Friday said the Federal Government lost $966m in revenue from the crude oil swap deal between 2009 and 2012.

NEITI’s Communications Director Orji Ogbonnaya-Orji, made the disclosure in Lagos at a forum on subsidy organised by Media for Oil Reform in collaboration with School of Media Communication, Pan Atlantic University....

Photos: Governor Wike swears in new Permanent Secretaries

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike today swore in new permanent secretaries into various ministries and redeployed some existing ones.

 At the ceremony which held in the government house in Port Harcourt, Wike charged the permanent secretaries to be partisan in their duties and not be politically instigated.....

Kaduna Senators Against Amina Mohammed ministerial nomination, says she's not from their state

Some politicians in Kaduna state have kicked against President Buhari's ministerial nomination from their state, Amina Mohammed, claiming that she's not from Kaduna. The aggrieved politicians say Amina is originally from Gombe state but is married to a Kaduna state indigene. They argue that President Buhari should pick a nominee that is originally from the state as they have more competent hands than Amina...

FG Of Nigeria Dispels Ebola Outbreak In Calabar

The Federal Government on Friday dispelled speculation of a suspected fresh case Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Calabar, Cross River, and urged Nigerians to observe good hygiene behaviour.

Mr Linus Awute, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, allayed the public fear of the rumour while briefing newsmen in Abuja.....

Man charged with raping fiancee's 12-year-old daughter while babysitting her

How can you leave a man like this with your 12 year old? Shalin Ren Payne was arrested by Coweta County Sheriff's deputies for the rape of a 12-year-old. According to the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office, the 29-year-old Sharpsburg man was babysitting his fiancée’s 12-year-old daughter on Monday evening while she was at work when the attack took place....

OMG..! : 17 Babies and 4 Pregnant Teenagers Rescued From Baby Factory In Imo State

All these news about baby trafficking is becoming tiresome. Operatives of  the Nigerian Security And Civil Defence Corp 'rescued' 17 babies and 4 pregnant teenaged girls from an orphanage home called Jehovah Jireh in Orlu, Imo state that was allegedly being used as a baby factory...

Tribunal Sacks Buruji Kashamu, Orders Fresh Election in Ogun East

The National and state Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State today nullified the election of the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial district, Prince Buruji Kashamu, over non-compliance with electoral law.

Hmmm !! Jonathan to lead a 33-nation election observer mission in Tanzania

The Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Yahya Simba has revealed that former President Jonathan will be leading a 33-nation observer mission to the Sunday, October 25, General Election to be held in Tanzania....

A man pictured eating from a toilet seat

Because plates have finished in the market...:-)

Photo: Vincent Enyeama back home, trains with his wife

Awww, he's still grieving!

PHOTO: Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's Dancer Allegedly Murdered In Lagos

Afro-beat maestro, Femi Anikulapo-Kuti is saddened over the death of one of his late father's female dancers, Dodo Mayana.

Dodo, as she was fondly called was found dead at Grammar school bus/ stop along Ojodu Berger, Lagos....

Gunmen kill security guard at Shell-PDC oil field in Ogbia, Bayelsa

A security guard, Austin Igwe working at the Kolo Creek Oilfields operated by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bayelsa state. According to NAN, the gunmen stormed the oilfield in the early hours of today and in the process shot the deceased....

Popular Blogger JJ (Japhet) Omojuwa Dragged To Court By Deji Adeyanju, Court Grants Order of Substituted Service

Deji Adeyanju (Credits: reportsafrique.com)

Back in May, popular political blogger and online activist, JJ Omojuwa was sued by Deji Adeyanju, an Abuja based socio-political activist over a story Omojuwa wrote that purportedly defamed him,.....

Hmmmm ! I Will Move Fully Into God’s Ministry When He Calls Me- Terry G

Music act Terry G has said he will be going into the gospel of the Lord fully once He calls him. He says, as a matter of fact, he knows the secular music he is doing is not a permanent thing because God has called him to work for Him.

We won’t beg Enyeama to return to Super Eagles - NFF

Spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation Ademola Olajire says the football governing body has no plans to persuade goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return the Super Eagles. Olajire was quoted by NAN yesterday as saying;...

See How The Chinese Military Strengthens The Minds Of Their Soldiers

 

In a test of psychological strength, this Chinese soldier stood in a pit as a tank passed over in a simulated training exercise on Tuesday. 

According to China Military Online, the exercise is aimed at enhancing soldiers’ psyche. Kind of like iron body, mind of steel.....

See Photos of what a soldier did to this young man...

This incident reportedly happened at Oshodi yesterday afternoon.

Its not clear what the young man did but no one should be treated in this manner

SEE PHOTOS : Young Mother Dies After Contacting Surgeons For Buttocks Enlargement

A young Colombian mother has died after plastic surgery to enlarge her bottom went wrong and she was abandoned by doctors at A&E. Angie Carolina Mendoza, 23, died from a massive heart attack following a botched operation in Barranquilla, in Atlantico, north-east Colombia....

House of Rep members to investigate 2010 $470million CCTV contract

Following the recent bombing in Abuja and others parts of the country, the House of Representatives members yesterday instituted an adhoc committee to investigate the 2010 $470 million Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) contracts awarded for Lagos and Abuja in 2010 by the last administration....

Have You Seen This Legless Lagos Danfo Bus Driver? (Pictured)

Someone shared this with me and it is so inspiring. The man has no legs but he hustles like every other able bodied man on the tough streets of Lagos as a commercial driver.

Truly, there is ability in every disability.

 

See more photos after the cut.....

See Photos: Another trailer with container falls in Lagos

This happened at Ijora bus stop this morning. More photos after the cut...

EFCC arrests 2 men [Jonathan Odu Isikwei & Paschal Onuora Udeh] with 556 ATM cards and travellers’ cheques

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, has arrested 2 men identified as Jonathan Odu Isikwei and Paschal Onuora Udeh with 108 ATM cards and 448 travelers' cheques.....

Buhari rules out second term for Ibrahim Lamorde as EFCC Boss

There is speculation that the tenure of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde may not be renewed after his current 4 year tenure.

According to a top Presidency source on Thursday, President Buhari would not renew Lamorde’s tenure after it expires.....

#TRAGEDY: Wire Abandoned by Electricity Workers Electrocutes 15-year-old Pupil "Afusat Musa"

A 15-year-old resident of Ishaga Road in the Idi-Araba area of Lagos State, Afusat Musa, has been electrocuted by a live wire that was partially disconnected by officials of Eko Electricity Distribution Company.

Scene of the incident; Afusat | credits: Afeez Hanafi

About four officials were said to have stormed the neighbourhood penultimate Tuesday, around 2pm, and disconnected wires from houses, whose residents had yet to pay their bills...

#SAD: Again Police Man Shoots Another Citizen Dead

A police corporal has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly shooting a commercial bus driver to death at Sagamu tollgate, along Lagos-Benin Expressway.

The Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest of the policeman, saying the suspect would face the wrath of the law.....

Ex-Ondo PDP Chairman Alabi Turns Down Mimiko's Appointment

In a letter personally signed and addressed to Governor Mimiko by Mr. Alabi on Thursday, and later issued to journalists, said that Mr. Alabi would not accept the appointment due to personal business and professional activities, which would consume too much of his time...

Many UNILAG Students On Field Trip From Ilaro Currently Trapped In Sango

UNILAG Geology students trapped in Sango as their buses break down for hours, accuse management of risking their lives

Some Geology student of UNILAG have written in to splendormag this night to complain that they are currently stranded somewhere in Iyana Ipaja after their bus broke down as they are on their way from a field trip in Ilaro. They are blaming the school authority for showing a lackadaisically attitude.

Read what one of them wrote in... 

Diezani Alison-madueke Stricken With Cancer, Her Lawyer Says

Diezani Alison-Madueke is receiving treatment for cancer in the United Kingdom, her lawyer told our source on Thursday.


Mr. Oscar Onwudiwe said in a statement written exclusively for SaharaReporters that the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, who was arrested last week in London on corruption-related offences, began the treatment for cancer in the UK while she was in office.....

Mina stampede: 355 Nigerians involved, 99 confirmed dead

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) today said that 355 Nigerians were involved in the Mina Stampede that occurred on September 24th and that out of the 769 people that died, 99 of them were Nigerians.

The Commissioner in charge of Information, Research and Library Service of NAHCON, Dr Saleh Okenwa said 214 Nigerian pilgrims were still missing, 42 were injured and 7 are still on admission getting treatment

Pink LIPS : Please Beware Of Ikeja Boys!

GOT THIS FROM A READER: 

Today rained cat and dog in lagos, and ikeja (computer village) which happened to be the centre of lagos! The biggest area of commercial activities was all flooded to the extent that both male and females had to pull out their footwears to "swim" those floods, I and my friend aint exempted in this terrible experience as we had to pull off the shoes to start moving inside dirty ikeja water which only God knows the direction it was flowing from..