Winners Of The 2016 Future Awards Africa (Full List)

Full List Of Winners At Future Awards Africa 2016The 11th edition of the Future Awards Africa held on Sunday at the Federal Palace Hotel Lagos.

Winners emerged across the 21 categories in the 2016 edition of the awards which featured a keynote speech by President-elect of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo.

The event also featured musical performances by Simi and Davido.

Buhari to sack 10 ministers as he prepares to reshuffle cabinet

According to recent reports, President Muhammadu Buhari may soon drop no fewer than 10 cabinet ministers.

Reports have it that some Ministers may also be asked to swap portfolios in 2017. The decision to reshuffle the cabinet is reportedly coming on the heels of indication that the Presidency has tapped leaders of the Senate to secure prompt and less rancorous screening process.

Rob Kardashian heartbroken and devastated after Blac Chyna left him (videos)

Rob Kardashian took to social media on Saturday evening to reveal that his fiancee Chyna has left him.

Apparently, the trouble all started after a hacker took control of Blac Chyna’s account and aired out some private conversations between her and her good friend Treasure about her “true feelings” about Rob and frustration about the relationship.

The explosive text messages - the authenticity of which cannot be verified - claim the former exotic dancer branded the father of her one-month-old baby daughter Dream 'fat,' 'lazy' and 'insecure' and 

talked about how she hoped to make money from the Kardashian name.

OMG! Check out text messages posted on Blac Chyna's official Instagram by hacker

These are the texts a hacker exposed on Blac Chyna's official Instagram page that set off the drama we are all seeing this morning.

The string of screen grabs are alleged to be text messages exchanged between Rob's fiance and other guys including Will Smith's son Jaden Smith.

Jayden appeared keen to meet up with Chyna to talk about his friend Kylie Jenner's romance with the former exotic dancer's ex Tyga.

Yemi Alade: "I do not consider Tiwa Savage a friend..."

Yemi Alade has said she doesn't consider Tiwa Savage a friend. During an interview with Punch, Yemi was asked about her relationship with Tiwa Savage, Seyi Shay and Chidinma.

Her reply:

Photos: Nigerian guy uses female friend as Best Man at his wedding

Nigerian Twitter user @AlabaOginni used his female friend as his Best Man and had this to say about it:

Feminism no be only by shouting or fighting. The beautiful lady behind me was my best man at my wedding today, and she did a darn good job 💪

Not Again! Sports Minister, Dalung embarrasses himself says "The funds spended were properly spended"

This our Minister won't kill me! Haba!

Nigeria's Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, appeared before the senate's committee on Sports on Friday and made a grammatical blunder caught on tape that has got him trending nationwide yet again.

He was asked why the Ministry was spending more than the allocated budget approved by the National Assembly, please watch Dalung say:

Solomon Dalung orders NFF accounts audited over $1.1m FIFA Grant

Sports minister Solomon Dalung has ordered an audit of the accounts of the Nigeria Football Federation  after  FIFA suspended further grants to the body  until the NFF  properly accounts for the $1.1m it (FIFA) had given  the NFF.

“I received a report from the NFF intimating me of FIFA’s audit report,  which  queried  the management of $1.1m  FIFA’s development grant to the NFF,” AfricanFootball.com quoted the minister as saying on Sunday.

Fulfill your promise of no 'sacred cows' in your government - Falana tells Buhari

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has called on President Buhari to fulfill his vow not to protect sacred cows in his government by immediately sacking the SGF.

The call came on the heels of an allegation by the Senate that the SGF awarded contracts to a conpany, Rholavision Engineering Limited, allegedly belong to him in the Internally Displaced Persons camps.

Also, a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, and the Executive Chairman, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, Mr. Debo Adeniran, have called on the Presidency to refer Lawal to the EFCC or the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission for probe.

Suspect narrates how he created route to neigbour’s house day before robbery

A 21-one-year-old undergraduate of a university in Osun State, Rilwan Iyiola, said he created a route to the attic of his neigbhours’ apartment a day before he and his brother, Kazeem Iyiola, 19, robbed the victims.

Rilwan, a 200-level student of Political Science, said he was desperate to raise money so he could go to another institution because the course he was studying presently was allegedly forced on him.

The victims were identified as a couple, Oluwafemi Imafidon and Yetunde, who lived with the suspects on Oluwole Fagbote Street, Ota, Ogun State.

“We are not a party to their so-called panel" - Wike on Leak Audio Investigation

Governor Wike said on Sunday that his administration and people of the state would not be a party to the police probe of the December 10 rerun elections, describing such investigation as phony.

The Rivers State governor, who spoke at a victory thanksgiving mass of the Peoples Democratic Party at Our Lady Chaplaincy of Catholic Institute of West Africa in Port Harcourt, said the probe into the rerun elections had a predetermined goal to indict the PDP and commence a politically-motivated prosecution of some members.

OMG! Nigerian Model bare bums for racy Xmas Photos

Beautiful model Aduke puts her hot body on display as she poses for a photoshoot to celebrate the Christmas season

WTH! Lagos big boy Pretty Mike step out with 2 girls by DOG LEASH (VIDEO)

A bizarre video has emerged which shows popular Lagos socialite, Mike Eze-Nwalie Nwogu popularly known as Prettymikeunoclub leading two girls by dog leash as he stepped out for an event in Lagos

Watch video below:

Police, kidnappers clash during rescue leaves four dead in Lagos

Four suspected kidnappers were killed on Friday in a fierce clash with some policemen from the Lagos State Police Command.

PUNCH Metro learnt that a medical doctor with St Francois Hospital, Onikan, identified simply as Dr Ajayi, who was kidnapped by the gang, was rescued unhurt by the police team.

Our correspondent gathered that Ajayi had been abducted on Friday, December 9, 2016, by the gunmen, who attacked the hospital and made away with some valuables.

Police arrest man who allegedly abuses minor for money ritual

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly abused  a minor sexually for money ritual in the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement in Enugu on Sunday.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Amaraizu said the suspect was nabbed on December 11, 2106, after the police got “a lot of report” about him.

"Negative prophecies against me will fail" - Gov. Fayose blasts clerics over impeachment prophecies

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Sunday lashed out at some clerics who had predicted that he would be impeached or removed from office in less than a year after his assumption of office.

Fayose said negative prophecies against him will always fail because he is God’s project whose destiny is only determined by God.

DRAMA! How Laura Ikeji’s Fiance, Ogbonna Nwankwo Dated a Nollywood Actress and Allegedly Dumped Her

Ogbonna Kanu is Kanu Nwankwo’s younger brother whose news of engagement to fashion blogger, Laura Ikeji has hit the media with a bang.

Ogbonna Kanu has been reportedly dating Laura for a year while rumours have it that the duo had before now being apparently living together. Kanu enjoyed a fairly successful football career in United Kingdom – Europe and also featured briefly for the Super Eagles.

He currently has two kids with a British woman. He is trapped in the web of alimony to the white woman who divorced him on the grounds of gross infidelity in the year 2013.

Germany Government donates €3m and military equipment to Nigeria

Minister of Defense

The German government on Sunday donated military equipment and the sum of €3m to fight insurgency in the North-East region.

The German Minister of Defence, Dr. Ursula Von der Layen, handed over the equipment to her Nigerian counterpart, Mansur Dan-Ali, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, saying that the donation was done under the 2012-2016 Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries.

Odiegwu! Check out the massive b00bs this lady is carrying ...

Meet HaruHi MiWaKo (Himiwako), a lady living with one of the biggest natural pairs of growing breasts in the world.

According to Himiwako,

My breast growth started March 2013 and it has been growing in varying stages throughout the years. The condition is called (juvenile) macromastia or (juvenile) gigantomastia [both are the same condition just different names for it]. 

"Who love epp" - Some Nigerians think Zahra Buhari is not in love with Ahmed rather their fortunes

A twitter user, Tayofunmi tweeted and asked the question "Y'all think Zahra is in love with the man she just married ? #curious"

Lol, some Nigerians quickly replied the tweets below:

SHOCKING! Dog found eating newborn baby left at dump site in Bauchi

There was outrage on Sunday at Gwallameji, a suburb of Bauchi, the Bauchi State capital, after a dog was found eating a newborn baby abandoned at a rubbish dump.

A resident of the area, who only gave his name as Isaiah, told PUNCH Metro that he was coming back from church when he came across the scene.

He said, “I was coming back home from my church when I saw many people gather behind a house. I became curious and I went to see what was happening.

Supervisor arraign for stealing N4.5m belonging to Company

A 30-year-old supervisor with Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Emmanuel Peters, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court for the alleged theft of N4.5m.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Peters, who lived on Ojelade Street, Jibowu, was employed as a supervisor by the company in 2013.

He was alleged to have collected N4.5m from some clients between 2014 and 2016, without remitting the money into the company’s account.

According to reports, the suspect fled with the money after the fraud was uncovered, just as the case was reported to the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan.

Police set to retrieve Wike’s call data this week over Rivers rerun saga

The Police team, currently investigating some emerging issues during the rerun elections in Rivers State on December 10, will this week write telecommunication firms for the call data of Governor Nyesom Wike, according to Punch reports.

Wike, in alleged telephone calls before the rerun polls in the state, instructed some electoral officials and other aides to rig the election.

An audio clip, alleged to be the recording of such conversation, has since been released, where a voice, said to belong to Wike, issued various directives, including a death threat.

Buhari orders Attorney General to probe SGF, others over corruption allegation

Following the allegation of corruption levelled against Mr. Babachir Lawal, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, President Muhammadu Buhari, on Sunday, directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), to probe all top government officials accused of corruption.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this in a two-paragraph statement.

Cossy Ojiakor display massive cleavage as she attends movie premiere

Nollywood actress Cossy Ojiakor on the red carpet at Sophia Williams movie premiere in Umuahia. As usual, she didn't fail to give the camera a tease of her massive boobs. Kudos!

Abia State | Police foil kidnap attempt, arrest suspects

Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad attached to the Abia State Criminal and Intelligence unit in Umuahia, have arrested a gang of kidnappers at Amavo Village in Owerrinta, along Enugu/ Port-Harcourt expressway.

The suspects paraded at the police officers mess in Umuahia by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, were Ifeanyi Monday, Ikenna Ubani, Uchenna Nwosu and Maduabuchi Sunday, while Uzoma James was reportedly on the run.

Ligue 1 club set to make Mikel Obi highest-paid player

French Ligue 1 side Marseille  may have succeeded in convincing  out-of-favour Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi to shun big-money move  to the Chinese Super League to help revive the club.

Former Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, who  bought Marseille in October, had promised to invest heavily in the January transfer window to help manager Rudi Garcia  build a team  that could be European champions.

Les Phoceens were ready to rescue Mikel  from  his Chelsea nightmare in the summer  but the player’s  reported £3.4m-a-year  salary  reportedly  aborted  the  move.

Barcelona 4-1 Espanyol: Luis Suarez double seals Catalan derby win

Two goals from Luis Suarez and a scintillating Lionel Messi display helped Barcelona to a 4-1 Catalan derby win over Espanyol on Sunday.

Suarez scored in each half before Jordi Alba added a third, but it was some astonishing footwork from Messi that brought Camp Nou to its feet as the home fans celebrated a victory that takes them back into second place in LaLiga.

Barca had not been beaten by their city rivals since 2009 and they looked set to extend that run as soon as Suarez put them ahead following a spectacular long pass from Andres Iniesta.

Suspect narrates how he duped 33 men on Instagram pretending to be a lady

Falope Oluwole Israel, a 22–year old suspect arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that he duped over 33 men while pretending to be a lady on Instagram.

Falope it was revealed, was arrested when officials of the RRS decoy team, who had been monitoring him for some weeks, trailed him to a popular club in Ikeja City Mall on Thursday evening, before arresting him.

The officers were reported to have monitored him, and those that he was interacting with at the club before arresting him and a colleague late in the night.

MMM founder, Sergey Mavrodi writes Nigerian bloggers, journalists to leave MMM alone in another open Letter

Sergey Mavrodi, the founder of Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM) has written an open letter to Nigerian journalists whom he claimed are causing unnecessary tension in the country.

According to him, MMM will be back by January as earlier stated, hence the rumour about the scheme collapse should stop.

Mavrodi described articles from Nigerians journalists and bloggers as “provocative and worthless articles.”

Read Mavrodi’s letter below.