Lagosians watch & take pics as abandoned baby dies by roadside

A new born baby, wrapped in a black sack and covered with a plaster on the mouth, died after being abandoned by the roadside in the Abule Egba area of Lagos by his mother, who's suspected to be mentally unstable. According to Punch, the baby was dumped in the area on Wednesday, January 28 and when people in the area saw the baby instead of helping the baby, they left him there for six hours until the baby died. Continue for the s...

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Exclusive pics: Armed robbers attack bus passengers at Ore

A gang of armed robbers attacked a vehicle loaded with Lagos passengers who left from Akure this morning. The robbers, who were about 15 in number, attacked immediately after the toll gate in Ore. They stole money, beat up passengers and manged to escape into the bush before police arrived. The passengers that saw and heard them speak say they believe the robbers were Fulani cattle rearers. See more photos after the cut...

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Photos: Nigerian refugees in Chad

  Nigerian refugees in Kinesserom Island being transferred to Bagasola in Chad earlier yesterday after Boko Haram attack in Munguno last Sunday. More pics after the cut....

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Obanikoro insists Buhari was stoned at Lagos Rally

He released a statement through his Special Adviser (Media Strategy) Ohimai Amaize Immediate past Minister of State for Defence and former PDP Lagos gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro on Friday chided the All Progressives Congress (APC) over denials that its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari was stoned in Lagos while making his way to the APC Lagos presidential ral...

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Pic: Pres. Jonathan visits Warri billionaire Ayiri Emami at his home

Ayiri Emami's younger brother shared the photo on instagram and wrote "We had to welcome the president to our home"...

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Heartbreaking pic of 8-month old baby who survived BH attack

Pictured above is 8-month-old Afiniki who lost her left arm during a Boko Haram attack in Chakawa village, a christian village in Plateau state on January 26th 2014. Photo credit: Washington Post....

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Sold by their own families for £50k: Tanzania's albinos hacked apart by witchdoctors who believe their body parts 'bring luck'

Tanzania has the highest number of killings and attacks of albinos in Africa and trade in body parts of the special people is driven by belief that they bring luck and weal...

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Graphic pics: Student's head cut open during clash between APC and PDP members in Ekiti state

A student of the Ekiti state University suffered severe cut on his head during a clash between the APC and the PDP in the state on Saturday January 24th. While the APC allege that the clash broke out after the National Vice-President, External, National Association of Nigerian Students, Tosin Ogunkuade was arrested by the state police for speaking during its presidential campaign, the state Governor in his defence said the people arrested...

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Certificate controversy: My critics will remain in court – Buhari

Presidential candidate of the APC, Gen Buhari says those who are aggrieved about his certificate and the issues surrounding it should go to court and remain there. He said this while speaking with some journalists after members of the Peoples Democratic Movement, PDM came to show their solidarity in the forthcoming election. He said that INEC said it has received his document and that anyone who has a contrary view to this is free...

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Photos: Accident in Benin leaves two seriously injured

An accident occurred around Mission Road axis in Benin today that left two people seriously injured. According to eye witnesses, a police Hilux bus collided with a commercial bus. The injured, only from the commercial bus, were immediately rushed to the hospital. More pics below............

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Photos: Chimamanda Adichie in Paris

Chimamanda Adichie was in France a few days ago to promote her book, 'Americanah', a New York Time’s 10 Best Books of the Year and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. The novel has already sold 500,000 copies in the US alone and has been translated into 25 different languages. In an interview with Nicolas Germain of France 24 about the upcoming election, Chimamanda said "none of the two main candidates inspire...

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Lol. You Nigerians have chased Buhari's daughter out of Twitter

Zahra Buhari, who broke the internet a few weeks ago when her beautiful pics hit the internet, has left twitter following serious bashing and criticisms from Nigerians who oppose her father's political ambition. The bashing came after Zahra tweeted support for her dad yesterday (read here). Guess she couldn't take it anymore and decided to delete her account or maybe she was made to? She used to tweet from Zahra3_ but the page no...

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59yr old Kris Jenner steps out in see-through pants at Paris show

Kris always finds a way to stay in the news. The 59 year old reality star stepped out in a see-through mesh pants at the Chanel show as part of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week today Jan. 27th where her daughter Kendall was modeling at. More pics below............

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NHRC to prosecute political hate campaigners, says its already gathering names

The National Human Rights Commission says it will prosecute any politician who engages in hate speeches ahead of the February election. They said they will also indict politicians who incite their supporters to violence through hate speeches. The NHRC said they are already compiling hate speeches and those who are found guilty will be made to face the law.&nb...

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Read the article by former CBN governor, Charles Soludo, that's got everyone talking

Former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Charles Soludo, wrote a very long article yesterday titled 'Buhari vs Jonathan, Beyond the elections', where he x-rayed the chances of the two men winning next month's general elections and the challenges that lie ahead. In the very incisive piece, Soludo berated the present administration of having poor economic plan which he graded "F". He says President Jonathan's economic team is too...

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Former Nigerian goalkeeper Wilfred Agbonavbare has died

Former Nigerian International goalkeeper, Wilfred Agbonavbare has reportedly lost his battle with cancer. The ex-Rayo Vallecano goalkeeper who had been receiving treatment at a Spanish hospital was said to have died yesterday January 26th. Agbonavbare, who was a member of Nigeria’s U-21 Mexico 1983 Flying Eagles, lost his wife three years ago to breast cancer. May his soul rest in peace, Ame...

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Shocking:Woman turns 40, had no man...and decided to marry herself. See her wedding pics

Yasmin Eleby from Houston, Texas promised herself when she was much younger that if she hit 40 and wasn't married, she would marry herself. And so when she hit 40 recently and wasn't married and didn't even have a man, she kept that promise to herself. Yasmin threw herself a full wedding, complete with a candlelit ceremony. She had her mum walk her down the aisle, and had her sister who is a minster, help her say vows, in a...

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Maiduguri under serious Boko Haram attack this morning

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Gospel singer Sammie Okpose apologizes to Buhari

Yesterday the singer took to his instagram page to slam APC presidential candidate Gen. Buhari over his certificate controversy, saying the 72 year old needs to be flogged for allegedly 'forging' his certificate. He's since had a re-think about his statement and has apologised. See what he wrote yesterday below.................

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Unmarked grave for Saudi king

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, one of the richest men in the history of the world, was carried in a simple white shroud to an unmarked grave on Friday in a Riyadh cemetery where many of his commoner subjects rest, in keeping with ascetic traditions. The Saudi state school of Wahhabi Sunni Islam holds ostentatious displays of grief or mourning to be sinful, akin to idolatr...

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