VP Osinbajo: “We are progressing but it is slow"

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday admitted that although the current administration is making progress, it is slow.

He attributed the slow nature of the government’s progress to what he called “damages of the past.”

According to a statement from his media office, Osinbajo spoke when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Mpape artisans’ village, located near the Maitama district of Abuja.

Buhari, Osinbajo foreign trips will cost N1.05bn in 2017

The foreign trips of President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the State House headquarters will gulp about N1.05bn in the 2017 fiscal year.

Their local trips will cost the nation N353.115m.

These are some of the details of the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly as obtained by our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja.

According to the breakdown of the proposed budget, Buhari’s international travels and transport will gulp N739.487m; Osinbajo’s will cost N218.296m; while the State House Headquarters will spend N97.208m on the same item.

Glitz and Glam from the Red Carpet of the 2016 Headies Awards

The 2016 edition of the Headies Awards held yesterday night at the Eko Convention centre, Lagos.

The event had in attendance several celebrities including the just crowned 40th Most Beautiful Girl Nigeria.

Other celebrities present at the event include Celebrity stylist, Swanky Jerry, Simi, Humblesmith and a host of others.

Traditional Ruler in Delta State commits suicide

Tragedy hit the Umuachi-Ogo community of Ndokwa-East Local Government Area, Delta State, on Wednesday, when the traditional ruler of the community, HRM Onotuku Joseph Onyemali, committed suicide.

Our correspondent gathered that the monarch was found dead after consuming a substance suspected to be poisonous after an allegation of witchcraft was levelled against him by some of his subjects.

Sources told our correspondent on Thursday that the corpse of the monarch was discovered at 8am on Wednesday.

DSS accuses Governor Wike of sponsoring Abuja protests

The Department of State Services has accused the Governor of Rivers State, Mr.  Nyesom Wike, of sponsoring protests to disrupt public peace in strategic Federal Government’s offices in Abuja and its environs.

The DSS said that the plot behind the alleged protests was to provoke a violent breach of peace in the Federal Capital Territory.

The DSS stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its spokesperson, Mr. Tony Opuiyo.

Full List Of Winners at the 2016 HEADIES Award

One of the biggest Award platform in Nigeria, Headies Award was held yesterday December 23, 2016, at the Eko Convention Centre, Eko Hotels and Suites. One of biggest winner for the night was Kiss Daniel who won the best R&B/Pop Album, Album of the Year and Hip Hop revelation.

Below is the full list of winners of the Headies awards which held last night in Lagos.

List Of Powerful Political Moves James Ibori Pulled Off From Uk Prison

Former Delta State Governor, James Ibori may have spent some time in a UK Prison but that did nothing to diminish his political strength.

According to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Ibori pulled off major political moves from prison. Some of the things Ibori did from prison include:

VIDEO: Delta States Indigenes Celebrating The Release Of James Ibori

Many Delta state residents are currently celebrating the release of the state’s former governor, James Ibori, from prison.

The residents were spotted dabbing themselves with white powder as a sign of excitement and euphoria.

Many of the people celebrating were seen with the white substance on their heads as they jumped up for joy.

Boko Haram releases more 21 Chibok Girls

Another 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from their school have been released.

A report Thursday evening by the federal radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) stated that the girls were brought to Yola International Airport in Yola, Adamawa State capital around 3 pm on Thursday.

The girls were part of more than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls held since April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram. 21 of the girls were released on October 13 in a deal brokered by the International Committee of Red Cross and the Swiss government.

Scary! See what cat turned into after owner abandoned it for years (Photos)

Horrifying photographs show a neglected calico cat named Hidey with matted fur forming 'dreadlocks' on her body. Images of the overweight feline, who belonged to an elderly man with Alzheimer's, were posted on Facebook Friday by the Animal Rescue League Shelter & Wildlife Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The post said: 'This poor cat was brought to our clinic yesterday after her elderly (owner) had to move to a nursing home. 'She suffered from severe matting (dreadlocks, really), the likes of which had been neglected for years.'

Nigerian Pastor shows off his luxury hummer limousine in Lagos worth N80 million (Photos)

Founder of Christ Royal Family International Church, Bishop Tom Samson stormed Garden of Achiever in Ikotun, riding in his expensive Hummer limousine with many people staring in awe.

The man of God who owns a church estimated to be worth over N7 billion, in recent times has been showing off his fleet of cars and wealth.

Nigerian man who was wrongly sent to prison for 16-years finally released (photos)

A Nigerian man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for a crime he did not commit has regained his freedom.

According to Omega Fire Ministry, Lagos, he was released after spending 16 years and 3 months in the prison. Read the touching story as shared by the ministry on Facebook:

Wow! Lovely family of three called to the Nigerian Bar on the Same day

Three young scholars of the same family have given their people something to be proud of with their impressive academic feat.

A family from the South-eastern part of Nigeria has three good-looking and promising young lawyers inducted into the Nigerian Bar on the same day.

Hollywood legend Zsa Zsa Gabor dies at 99

The actress Zsa Zsa Gabor has died, aged 99, according her publicist quoted in US media reports.

Born in Hungary, she emigrated to the United States during World War Two and made her Hollywood debut in 1952.

Breaking: Truck plough into Christmas market in Berlin killing one

A truck ploughed into a crowd close to a Christmas market in the German capital Berlin on Monday evening, killing one person and injuring several others, German police said.

No other details were immediately available about the incident, which occurred near the fashionable Kurfuerstendamm avenue in the west of the city.

Breaking! Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov shot dead in Ankara

Russia's ambassador to Ankara has been killed in a gun attack in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Russia's foreign ministry said. 

Police later killed the assailant, Turkish station NTV reported.

Andrey Karlov, 62, was several minutes into a speech at an embassy-sponsored photo exhibition when a man in a suit shot the diplomat in the back from close range multiple times on Monday evening.

Toyin Aimakhu's Ex-Husband, Wins A Car From Funke Akindele's Ex-Husband (Photos)

Johnson Adeniyi, estranged husband of Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu, took to his Instagram page to thank Funke Akindele‘s ex-husband, Kehinde Oloyede for gifting him a car from a competition he participated in.

AOP Daddy Freeze Shares Rare Photos With His Son

Controversial OAP, Daddy Freeze is known for blasting 'men of God' shared this never seen photos of himself with his son. The cute little boy can been seen given is father knuckles.

Lol! EFCC Response To An Arsenal Fan After Their Loss Yesterday is Just Epic

Lol, the sarcasm of the guy running the EFCC account is just too hilarious! So, yesterday, after the English Football Club dropped to the 4th position in the league, following their defeat, this Twitter user, felt the EFCC needed to do something to the football club’s manager. The reply is just Epic!

Asthmatic Patient dies after marathon sex with a guy in Lagos

Twitter user, Fela, narrated how a guy was apprehended in Lagos after a random female he had sex with died of asthmatic attack while they were romping.

Recession not an excuse not to celebrate Christmas – Clergy

Pastor Peter Aina of Christ Word Assembly, Olunlade, Ilorin, has called on Christians to celebrate Christmas despite the current economic recession.

Aina, who made the call in Ilorin on Monday said that Christmas was an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus that deserves the best of celebration by his followers.

Lagos State Police recovers 15 weapons, 18 vehicles from robbers

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had recovered 15 different weapons and 18 vehicles from 33 armed robbery cases between November 18 and December 18.

Briefing newsmen in Ikeja, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said that the suspects who masterminded the abduction of a medical doctor from St. Francis Hospital, Onikan, Lagos, had been arrested.

The CP said that the suspects were traced to a forest in Delta where they held the doctor captive.

Owoseni said that members of another gang that attacked one Toyosi Akerele on her way from the airport and attempted to kidnap her were also arrested while trying to escape.

President Buhari sets up committee to raise revenue

President Muhammadu Buhari has constituted a Cabinet Committee to raise additional revenues from oil and other sectors to support the funding of the 2017 budget.

The Minister of Budget and National Planning , Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma, made this known at the public presentation of the 2017 budget proposal in Abuja on Monday.

He stated that the report of the committee would be ready in time for the National Assembly to take into account while considering the budget, next year.

Cult group clash in Osogbo kills South Africa-based Nigerian few days to his wedding

Residents of Osogbo, the Osun State capital are now living in fear following the siege laid to some parts of the town by some gun-wielding cultists, who are on a rampage.

The fresh crisis which erupted last week on Saturday claimed the life of a South Africa-based youth, Bode Ibidun, who returned to the town recently in preparation for his wedding on January 7, 2017.

Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was killed by members of a cult group known as ‘Arise Boys’ which is based in Igbona area because one of the members was dating the lady, who the deceased was planning to marry.

Group of youths hacked newspaper vendor to death in Osun

Hoodlums attacked and killed a newspaper agent known as Saheed Eluyera, in Ilesa, Osun State on Monday.

It was gathered that Eluyera had earlier gone to supply newspapers at Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa and was returning to his base when some youths attacked him and hacked him to death.

Another agent told Punch that Eluyera’s motor cycle broke down while returning and an argument ensued between him and some boys, who eventually hacked him to death.

Doggy Style S*x Position Causes Cancer And Stroke - Experts says

South Africa’s Minister of Health, Aaron Motsoaledi, has made a shocking discovery after three years of grueling research.

It appears the Minister has found the cure for stroke and cancer and he says, the antidote to these high death causing diseases resides in our s*xual desires.

Speaking to The Insider, the 58-year-old former Limpopo MEC said he had started the study after noticing that there had been increased cases of stroke and cancer in South Africa which is due to citizens’ untamed obsession with the s*xually exhilarating and yet dangerous style; doggy. 

Two Female Suicide Bombers Blow Themselves Into Pieces in Maiduguri

Explosion for illustrative purpose

Two female suicide bombers have left people in shock after detonating an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the outskirt of Maiduguri on Sunday.

This was made public by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Borno Police Command, Victor Isuku.

Puerto Rico's Stephanie Del Valle crowned Miss World 2016

On Sunday, Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico was crowned Miss World 2016. She outclassed runners-up from the Dominican Republic and Indonesia to win the top prize.

The 66th edition of the pageant was held in the United States. According to a report by Telegraph UK, Del Valle, 19, is a brown-eyed brunette student who speaks Spanish, English and French, and hopes to get into the entertainment industry.

She was handed her crown by Miss World 2015 Mireia Lalaguna of Spain, Del Valle who called it an "honor and a great responsibility" to represent her Caribbean homeland. She becomes the second titleholder from the island after Wilnelia Merced won the title in 1975.

Governor Udom Emmanuel Finally Speaks on Church Collapse

While speaking during the Akwa Ibom Christmas Carol in Uyo on Saturday, Governor Udom Emmanuel, has finally explained why he attended the ill-fated Reigners Bible Church which collapsed during the consecration service of the Founder of the church, Apostle Akan Weeks, as a bishop last week, trapping scores of persons to death.

The governor said even though some had also questioned his rationale for going to the church, he had no regret because his presence in the church was divinely arranged, adding that if he had not been there personally to supervise the rescue efforts, mobilise medical experts and rescue workers, the casualties would have been much.

See the BIZARRE way this Robber died after Stealing (Photos)

A robber has tragically met a sad and sharp ending to his robbery career after he met his untimely doom in a metal fence after burglarizing his victims. 

According to some shocking photos which emerged online some hours ago, a suspected robber who was trying to get away after burglarizing a house in the Robertsham area of South Africa on Saturday night, accidentally impaled himself on the sharp railings of the fence and ended his life there.

More photos below: