Tears flow as first-class graduate, Ukeme Monday who died during NYSC Camping is laid to rest

Those present in Akwa Ibom on Thursday could not hold back tears as the remains of Ukeme Monday Asuquo, a first class graduate of Petroleum Engineering from the University of Uyo, buried in his hometown, Ikot Udo Oto village in Etinan LGA of the state.

Monday died during the Batch B orientation camping exercise in Zamfara State after battling Diarrhoea.

Nigeria close ties with Taiwan threatens $29.9bn loan from China

Angry over Nigeria’s continued recognition of Taiwan as a sovereign nation, China may withhold part of the $29.9bn loans on which Nigeria partly pins its hope of financing next year.

The Nation reports that China is upset by the Federal Government’s diplomatic recognition of Taiwan as a sovereign nation.

The “cold war” over Taiwan may also affect the implementation of the $80 billion MoU between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and China.

Finally government releases Super Falcons' outstanding payment

Less than two days after embarking on protest to the Nation's assembly, the Super Falcons triumph again as the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation released the mandate to Central Bank of Nigeria for payment of naira equivalent of US$1,173,820.00 at N305/$ to Nigeria Football Federation to pay outstanding winning bonuses for the Super Falcons’ participation in the 10th Women’s Africa nations Cup.

Court dismisses appeal to reinstate Nyako as Adamawa governor

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by a former Governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, seeking an order reinstating him to office to enable him to complete his truncated second term.

Nyako still had 10 months left to spend in office when he was removed by the Adamawa State House of Assembly on July 15, 2014.

The seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Tanko Muhammad held in its judgment that it agreed with the earlier decision of the Court of Appeal that declared Nyako’s removal from office as illegal, but that it was unable to reinstate him because of the “special facts” of the case while it was before the lower court.

MTN Nigeria top executive, Amina Oyagbola quits

Amina Oyagbola, the Human Resources Executive at MTN Nigeria, is quitting the nation’s largest mobile phone company.

Oyagbola, who has held various positions, including Head of Regulatory and Corporate Services at MTN Nigeria, will be leaving the mobile company at the end of this year following what insiders described as “voluntary resignation.”

Actor, Nuhu Abdullahi says in Kannywood, you can’t touch or kiss a woman on set

Popular Kannywood actor, Nuhu Abdullahi reacted to why Kannywood banned actress Rahama Sadau from acting over “immoral” behaviour during an interview with TS Weekend in Kano.

According to Abudullahi, in Kannywood, you can’t touch or kiss woman on set.

Religion and culture come first in Kannywood and people just have to respect the leadership of the organisation.

Beautiful Photos From Zahra Buhari’s Cultural Henna Pre-wedding Party

Daughter of the President of Nigeria, Zahra Buhari will be tying the knot today in a Lavish Ceremony that will begin by 2pm.

The beautiful daughter had her cultural Henna prewedding party.

Na wa Ooo! Expert Says To Live Long, Avoid Smoked Fish, Roasted Corn, Plantain

For Nigerians to defeat non communicable diseases and live long, they must avoid excessive or continuous intake of smoked fish, roasted corn, roasted plantain and other enticing, but unhealthy foods, the Managing Director, Integrated Medical Centre, Dr. Damilola Familoni has said.

She notes that though these were hard to resist delicacies for Nigerians, they were ladened with cancer causing effects and other disease risk factors which manifests much later in life, stressing that one of the surest prevention methods against cancer, diabetes, hypertension and obesity was adopting a healthy lifestyle which includes healthy living.

Ghana President Mahama’s 8-year-old daughter writes him emotional letter after losing election

President John Mahama's 8-year-old daughter, Farida Mahama has lauds his father performance as the President of Ghana. The beautiful young lady believes his dad did his best for Ghanaians during his tenure of office.

Farida wrote an emotional letter to her father praising him for all the development he has brought to the country.

SHOCKING! Yahoo discloses hack of 1 billion accounts

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Yahoo disclosed a few days back that it has discovered a breach of more than one billion user accounts that occurred in August 2013. The breach is believed to be separate and distinct from the theft of data from 500 million accounts that Yahoo reported this September.

Troublingly, Yahoo’s chief information security officer Bob Lord says that the company hasn’t been able to determine how the data from the one billion accounts was stolen. “We have not been able to identify the intrusion associated with this theft,” Lord wrote in a post announcing the hack.

MMM Dominates Google Search This Week In Nigeria

The Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, popular Ponzi scheme known as MMM, payment suspension for one month was top on Google search this week, an official said on Thursday.

The Google’s Communications and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa, Mr. Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos.

He said that the search was as from December 7 to 14.

Dealing With Amateur Photographers at Your Wedding

The day she has been waiting for since she was just a little girl is now reserved on the calendar, and her dream is about to come true.  She has pictured this in her mind, and she is now contemplating that those pictures will soon become reality.  One day soon, the day will be over, and the result will be engraved in her mind and that of her groom, but forever, there must be priceless photos for all to see.

Technology is not like it was in her mom’s day.  Huge advances now.  With all those smart phones everybody carries, how will she handle picture taking without it getting completely out of control?  One thing is a must and that’s to have a professional photographer to capture the essence of the bridesmaid dress.  He will know exactly how to capture those certain moments. Then, there are not only special moments to be considered, but special things too. The picture of a bridesmaid dress must be perfect.

Nnamdi Kanu's wife blasts Buhari says even If it takes 20-years, they will not allow witness secrecy trial

Uchechi Okwu-Kanu, wife of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and director of UK-based Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu has said that her husband who is standing trial on 11 counts of treasonable felony will not accept the court's decision to protect the identity of prosecution witnesses, IBTimes UK reports

The Federal High Court of Abuja ruled, on 13 December, that witnesses testifying against Kanu would be protected by screens and would be using separate entrances to enter the court, local media reported.

Kanu's defence team is appealing against the ruling, arguing that it goes against the principles of a fair trial.

Lol! Lady dumps lover via text message just because he chose to play video game instead of taking her out

A lady who was absolutely annoyed that her boyfriend could choose to play video games and hanging out with his friends over her, has made her feelings known in a hilarious text message exchange. 

The lady's lover, however, refused to budge, saying it is his choice to spend his free time however he sees fit. 

Lol! See how Ibadan MMM Participant requested for his money back from Mavrodi

The announced restriction on the accounts of participants of the foremost wonder bank, MMM on the 13th of December, 2016 has yielded massive panic and awkward behaviours across the country as the 3 million members were taken by a rude shock.

A latest hilarious reaction seems to be coming from the largest city in West Africa, Ibadan where one Dayo who borrowed an assumed huge amount of money on his street is begging for a refund of his invested funds to save his face.

Unbelievable! Meet the Family Which Has Been Plagued by Evil Spirits for More Than 20 Years

Members of the Majeke family in Emnandi kasi, Somerset East, South Africa, are currently thanking God for saving them from an age-long problem.

The family revealed that for 21 years, the family has been terrorised by evil spirits, evil footsteps, gunshots and itching bodies at night.

The family also also said their relationships always ended in disaster and claimed some members of the family have disappeared.

Many powerful traditional healers reportedly tried but couldn’t help them out until now.

Odiegwu! Lagos socialite shares eye-popping massive b00bs photos online

Meet the new busty lady disturbing social media, she goes by the name Romangoddess, an up and coming socialite in the Lagos, who boasts of large followership on Instagram, following the uploads of sultry photos. Romangoddess lives in the Magodo area of the busy state.

 

After slowing down with the flaunting of her mind-boggling mammary glands, she seems to be back to her old ways of embarrassing male folks with her watermelons.

Lai Mohammed: Corrupt elements making us look as if we are not working

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says corrupt elements opposed to the change agenda are making government activities obscure to give the wrong impression that they are not working.

The minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the Federal Government of Nigeria Information App (FGN IAPP) that is designed to provide real time information from the government to Nigerians– home and abroad.

The minister said that the corrupt elements, in particular, had chosen to fight the government with their ill-gotten wealth, by “distorting our messages and obfuscating our activities’’

Excited Gov Fayose storms Zenith Bank to withdraws his N5million (Photos)

The Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, today stormed Zenith Bank to withdraw N5million after the court ordered his account to be defrozen.

According to the press statement:

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday stormed the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Zenith Bank to make withdrawal from his hitherto frozen account following a Federal High Court order asking the bank to de-freeze the governor’s account. Governor Fayose who made a withdrawal of N5 million in cash thanked Nigerians for standing with him and against the recklessness of the EFCC.

Mo Abudu looking astonishing in new photos

Veteran Media Personality, Mo Abudu wow in this Lanre Da Silva Ajayi hand painted dress. She rocked the dress to Chris Ubosi's 50th birthday party.

More photos after the cut:

Check out another lovely photo of Zahra Buhari and husband to be

The wife of Mr President, Aisha Buhari shared the lovely photo of her daughter, Zahra with her husband to be. They are so adorable. Happy Marriage Life to Them (In Advance).

Buhari rejected food bill for his daughter, Zahra's wedding

Garba Shehu, official Spokesperson to President Buhari in a series of tweet is saying that government funds were not used for Zahra Buhari's wedding, saying the president even rejected the wedding food bill.

See tweets after the cut:

Leo Messi set to marry his babies mama, Antonella Roccuzzo

Barcelona star and world football icon, Lionel Messi is reportedly set to marry his childhood sweetheart Antonella Roccuzzo next summer.

According to Mirror UK, the wedding is expected to take place in their native city of Rosario in Argentina where they met as children through Lucas Scaglia, Antonella’s footballer cousin and a close friend of Messi.

Local journalist Juan Pablo Varsky broke the news on Wednesday on a radio programme.

Photos: Woman Gives Birth To Baby With Two Heads In Lagos

A woman gave birth to a baby with two heads, on Tuesday at Med-in specialist hospital, Osogbo street, Lagos, through an elective Caesarean section.

Various scans the woman underwent in the course of the pregnancy, indicated that she was having a twins.

The baby was resuscitated and transferred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for advance care. According to one of the nurses who was in the delivery room, they had prepared two cots for each of the twins but were shocked when they saw that they were conjoined.

Bankers who spread the message of MMM to customers set to be sacked

Reports have emerged that some, if not many, bank workers may lose their jobs over the recent crash of the Ponzi scheme MMM, in Nigeria.

Some Banks may sack their workers that introduced customers to scheme. According to Naij, some banks are seriously considering sacking their workers who were found guilty of introducing customers to the Ponzi scheme.

MMM storms Kenya after swindling Nigerians, promises to pay 40% per month

Few days after putting its Nigerians participants in misery, MMM has taken its message to Kenya, promising 40% return on investment.

The scheme, which calls itself a Global financial social network but is really just a Ponzi scheme was created by Russian criminal, Sergei Mavrodi.

Photos: Pregnant Woman Who Was Raped By Lagos Pastor, Delivers Twins

A woman, Mrs. Esther James who was allegedly raped by her church pastor, Treasure Igbonazabi, while pregnant, has finally delivered a set of twins.

It was gathered the woman put to bed after months of apprehension due to complications arising from the assault by the pastor.

Pastor Igbonazabi of the Living Word Revival Assembly Church in Egbeda, Lagos was arrested and charged to a Lagos court with sexually assault and rape of Esther inside the church premises located at Samuel Banjo Street, Car Wash Bus Stop, Abule-Odo, Egbeda, Lagos.

Angry Wife Stabs Husband’s Lover With Broken Bottle In Lagos (Photos)

A housewife, Amudat Shosanya, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stabbing her husband’s lover with a broken bottle.

According to The Nation, Mrs Shosanya, who hails from Kwara State, was said to have stabbed Remilekun Adeshina on the head, neck, hand and fingers. The accused, it was learnt, has been married to her husband, Wasiu for eight years without a child.

The accused, it was learnt, caught her husband with Remilekun and quarrelled with him for having extra-marital affair. She allegedly stabbed her husband on the lap close to his manhood.

Russia President, Vladimir Putin named World Most Powerful Person for the 4th time

Vladimir Putin was the world’s most powerful person for a fourth straight year in 2016, with US president-elect Donald Trump in second place, Forbes magazine said Wednesday in its annual rankings.

“Russia’s president has exerted his country’s influence in nearly every corner of the globe,” the US business magazine wrote.

“From the motherland to Syria to the US presidential elections, Putin continues to get what he wants.”

Keyshia Cole Signs with Epic Records

Keyshia Cole took to Instagram to announced that she’s officially a part of the Epic Records family.

She captioned a video of herself posing with L.A. Reid:

Signed my first deal at the age of 21, released my first album June, 2005 second album, Sept, 25 2007 then my third just a year later Dec,16 2008! After that, I’ve released a album EVERY 2 years consistently 2010, 2012, and 2014 being the last album released Under my then, and forever IGA FamBam!!!! ?? Well 2016 is about to be over, ???? AND IM PAST MY INTERNAL DEADLINE!!!