Super Eagles striker Kelechi Iheanacho to buy £2million mansion for his 'inseperable' best friend Ogbodo

Kelechi Iheanacho,19, now Nigeria's highest earning player in Europe with a £85k per week salary at Man City plans to celebrate his new bumper contract, by buying his best friend Kingsley Ogbodo, a mansion worth £2million in Manchester according to reports.

Kelechi Iheanacho who we recently revealed was building a house in Lagos,

Photos: Learner driver looses control of her car, runs over a motorcycle rider and damages a tricycle in Lagos

A Learner driver reportedly lost control of her car this morning and ran over a motorcycle rider, breaking his legs in the process. According to the LIB eyewitness who sent in these photos, the accident occurred at 9:06am today, along Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos state.

"A female learner driving a space bus, lost control and damaged both a Motorcycle and Tricycle (Keke Maruwa). The Okada man was the only one who sustained serious injury.

NIGERIANS: Before You Send Your Daughter or Sister To A University In Ghana

I was having my lunch in a restaurant in Accra this afternoon, when A friend started a discussion of what some of our female Nigerian students in Ghana have turned themselves into. I could not agree more. While the parents spend lots of money to ensure their daughters are comfortable and graduate with flying colours, their children have a different agenda.

2 arrested for stealing NITEL cables and offering police 500k bribe, suspects say police asked for the bribe

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Taofeek Babatunde and Ibrahim Sise for allegedly

RRS nabs 22 suspected kid robbers in Agege

The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have arrested 22 teenagers for robbery, stealing and cultism.

The 22 teenagers, amongst whom are four female, were arrested for allegedly involved in separate incidences of robbery, stealing and cultism around Agege and its environs.


The two leaders of the first gang, which consist of eight members, Babatunde, 15 and Tayo, 15, were arrested on last Thursday, at about 11:30 p.m. in Mulero, Agege for assaulting and robbing one Aladegbo Abidemi with an axe, and snatching her Blackberry Z10.

The suspects were reported to have given out other members of the gang the following day

Photos: Meet the HIV positive Malawian man who is paid $4 to $7 to have unprotected sex with underaged girls

Eric Avina pictured above is a middle aged HIV positive Malawian man whose responsibility it is to conduct "sexual cleansing" for underaged and also matured women in Nsanje district in southern Malawi.

Avina in his community is referred to as Hyena, a traditional title given to a man hired by communities in several remote parts of southern Malawi to provide what's called sexual "cleansing".

If a man dies, for example, his wife is required by tradition to sleep with Avina before she can bury him. If a woman has an abortion, she is expected to sleep with Avina to undergo cleansing. Also teenage girls,

Woman harassed in Benin, her basin of Akara and loaves of bread thrown away (photos)

According to a Facebook user, one of the people that collects tickets on behalf of the government, this morning harassed a woman selling akara (bean cake) and bread at ring road, Benin City, Edo State, and threw the food she was selling on the ground, all because of tickets.

House of Rep. member slumps and dies in Abuja this morning

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency of Lagos State, Hon. Elijah Adewale slumped and died this morning Thursday July 21, in his Abuja residence.

Adewale had earlier attended the caucus meeting of the House of Representatives yesterday before his sudden death. He was 65 years old.

Born in 1951, Adewale was a former Special Adviser on Education during former Governor Babatunde Fashola administration. He obtained a bachelor's degree in 1979 from the University of Nigeria Nsukka.

The cause of his death is not yet known.

Photos: Meet a male Accounting graduate who hawks food in a wheelbarrow in Ekpoma, Edo State

A Facebook user, Daniel Usifoh, a male university graduate who makes a living by selling cooked food at a motor park in Ekpoma, Edo State. What he wrote after the cut...

"I saw this man on my way to PH hawking cooked food in wheelbarrow this morning in Ekpoma, Edo State. I was moved to patronize him even when I was never hungry. Guess what...... he is an accountant, he graduated 4yrs ago but never got any job. He decided to go catering school. Today he stepped out in the streets of Ekpoma where he graduated from to do his first personal business ever.

'FG in talks with Niger Delta Militants' - President Buhari

President Buhari says his administration is talking to Niger Delta militants through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies to find a lasting solution to insecurity in the region.

Speaking at a farewell audience with Michael Zinner, the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria at the State House Abuja today, President Buhari said that government is studying the instruments of the Amnesty Programme inherited from the previous administration with a view to carrying out commitments made that were undelivered.

Photo of two young men allegedly shot dead by Nigerian soldiers during protest in Bokkos, Plateau State

Six people were shot dead by men of the Nigerian Army in Bokkos while protesting the attack on “Danan and Tasha Makarfi” villages by suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday night.

Unknown assailants had stormed the villages to carry out attacks days after the traditional ruler of Bokkos and his family members were killed by suspected herdsmen. *graphic photo after the cut*

Angry youth, earlier today barricaded all major roads leading to the area in protest against the attack. Soldiers serving with the Special Task Force in Jos opened fire on the protesters, killing six, and leaving many others with varying degree of injuries

EFCC acting wickedly, on vendetta mission - Ekiti Govt

Ekiti State Government has described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC ) decision to appeal the Abuja Federal High Court judgment, granting Governor Ayodele Fayose’s ally, Mr Abiodun Agbele bail and awarding N5 million damages in his favour as clear demonstration of the anti-corruption agency's wickedness and show of vendetta against the governor.

The government said it was curious that for the first time, EFCC was appealing against a judgment that merely enforced the fundamental rights of Mr Agbele by granting him bail in accordance with the laws of the country. Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media,

*966# eaZybanking: Zenith Bank’s New Easy-to-use Mobile Banking Service

Zenith Bank is pleased to announce the launch of our USSD Banking service themed the ‘Easy Way to Bank.’ The solution embodies every word in that statement by enabling you perform financial transactions on any kind of mobile phone (Feature, Smartlite or Smart), without having to go on the Internet or download a mobile app. So you can pay bills, buy airtime, transfer funds and lots more from any kind of phone, no data required…watch the video after the cut...

Musiliu Obanikoro advises Femi Fani Kayode to get a medical check up done

Former Minister of State for Defence and Minister of State Foreign Affairs, Musiliu Obanikoro welcomed Femi Fani Kayode who was just released from detention and advised him to get a thorough medical examination done to be on the safe side.

37 soldiers involved in ghastly accident in Kano

37 soldiers were injured yesterday after a military truck they were traveling in got involved in a ghastly accident along Kano- Gaya. According to the State sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Aminu Umar, the accident occurred around 9am when the military truck which was conveying the soldiers led by Maj. R. O. Alieze had brake failure in Gaya town in Gaya local government area of the state. He added that the injured soldiers had since been taken to General Hospital Dutse in for medical treatment. No death was recorded.

42 people killed in the attempted military coup in Turkey

Turkish President arriving at Istanbul after the failed coup attempt

An attempted Turkish military coup appeared to have failed in the early hours of Saturday after crowds answered President Tayyip Erdogan's call to take to the streets to fight for the country. The President who was on vacation when the attempted coup took place appeared in a video call to the studio of the Turkish sister channel of CNN, where an announcer held up a mobile phone to the camera to show him. He called on Turks through facetime to take to the streets to defend his government.

Police arrest 3 members of notorious kidnap gang in Kogi State, rescue victims

The Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested three members of a notorious kidnap gang that have terrorized Kogi State and its environs and rescued four kidnapped victims at different locations.

A statement by Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah said a special intelligence led operation conducted by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the IGP’s Monitoring Unit at different black spots in Kogi State, three members of a notorious kidnap gang that has for a while operated in major cities in Kogi and neighbouring States were trailed and arrested at their hideouts in the outskirt of Egume and Anyimgba Towns in Kogi State.

The leader of the gang who gave his name as Ibrahim Nasarawa led the operatives of Intelligence Response Team to their den where Edward Abutu Amedu was held hostage. On sighting the Operatives,

Woman jailed for cutting houseboy with razor blade, another sentenced to 2 years for buying a baby- NAPTIP

The Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 has recorded its first casualty as a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa, Abuja has sentenced a 29 year old housewife, Mrs. Onyekachi Okafor to 9 Months imprisonment for violating aspects of the Act.

This is coming on the heels of the conviction of Mrs. Mavis Solomon by a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, River State presided over by Justice A. Liman. Mrs. Solomon was charged by NAPTIP to Court for purchasing a 10 Months old baby at the cost of N200, 000 from 2 others who are also under prosecution. The offence is contrary to Section 21 of the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment.

Mrs. Okafor who resides at Dape

India's 'gold man' beaten to death at a birthday party

An Indian businessman, Datta Phuge  who made headlines in 2013 for buying one of the world's most expensive shirts, a customised gold shirt worth 12.7 million rupees, around $240,000 dollars at the time, which was made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report Friday.


It was made up of 14,000 pieces of 22-carat gold, weighed 3.32 kilogrammes (7.3 pounds) and was put together by 15 craftsmen over 16 days.

Phuge was a money lender from Pune in Maharashtra state and was nicknamed, "gold man", a title he cherished.

Police said Phuge,

Shiite/Army clash: Judicial Commission of Inquiry presents its final report to Gov. Malam Nasir el-Rufai

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the 12-14 December 2015 clashes between Nigerian Army and Shiite Muslims in Zaria, has presented its final report to Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai.

The 13-member Commission of Inquiry was inaugurated on 29 January 2016, with a mandate to report six weeks after its first public sitting.