Controversial Islamic preacher with 86 wives dies in Niger State

Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Masaba, the controversial Islamic preacher and super polygamist, who married 86 wives, is dead.

He was aged 93.

His Personal Assistant, Alhaji Mutairu Salawudeen Bello, who confirmed Masaba’s death, said that the preacher died in his residence in Bida, Niger State, on Saturday, after a brief illness.

Ramsey Nouah reveals the real reason his wife don’t do red carpet with him

Many Nigerians have said Nollywood actor Ramsey Nouah doesn't walk red carpets with his wife Emelia Philips-Nouah because she is not beautiful.

They have been married for 15 years, wedded in 2002 and have 3 kids together. 

From a new interview with Premium Times, read Ramsey's reason for not doing red carpet with his wife.

Oh dear! 16-month-old baby mistakenly splashed boiling tea on herself ... See the resulting photo

A  toddler has been left with devastating burns after she poured her mother's cup of scalding tea over her face.

1-year-old Libbie Patterson had grabbed the mug from a kitchen table at home. And splashed the boiling tea over her head, face, shoulders and back and immediately began screaming in agony.

Her distraught mother called an ambulance and the toddler was rushed to hospital.

She spent three nights being treated for burns but medics hope her face - which was left disfigured - will not be permanently scarred.

Unbelievable! Goalkeeper sent off for peeing during game

Shettleston shot-stopper Gary Whyte saw red for a very unusual incident in a West of Scotland Super League First Division game

Scottish junior goalkeeper Gary Whyte got more than he bargained for when he answered the call of nature during Shettleston's clash with Shotts Bon Accord.

Ross Dickson had given Shotts the lead after 25 minutes before Shettleston were reduced to 10 men in the second-half.

Southampton 0 Arsenal 5: Welbeck's double, Walcott hat-trick help gunners thrash saints

A sensational performance from the Gunners saw them run riot pass Saints. Danny Welbeck's double and Walcott's hat-trick was enough for the gunners to advance to the stage of the FA Cup.

Crystal Palace 0 Manchester City 3: Sterling and Sane on target as City ease pass the eagles

There were no problems for the Etihad club on Saturday, as they dumped their struggling Premier League opponents out the historic competition

Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Yaya Toure were the men on target as Manchester City booked their place in the fifth round of the FA Cup with a routine 3-0 win at Crystal Palace.

City manager Pep Guardiola welcomed captain Vincent Kompany back into his side for the first time since November, when he suffered knee ligament damage at the same ground, and the Belgium centre-back was rarely extended by Sam Allardyce's men over the course of 90 minutes.

Palace's best spell of pressure immediately preceded the opening goal, when Sterling gratefully accepted and converted a beautifully judged pass from full debutant Gabriel Jesus two minutes before half-time.

Chelsea 4 Brentford 0: Blues thrash championship team

Branislav Ivanovic celebrated what may well be a farewell goal in Chelsea's comfortable 4-0 home win over Brentford to help his side through to the FA Cup fifth round.

The 32-year-old has been heavily linked with a move to Zenit, which would bring to an end his nine-year stint at Stamford Bridge, but he netted the third on Saturday to offer a timely reminder of his quality.

Brazil international Willian opened the scoring with a curling free-kick early on as the Premier League leaders underlined the gulf in class against their second-tier visitors.

Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg slams Donald Trump’s policy to block Muslims and refugees

Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg has criticised US President Donald Trump’s ban on Muslims and refugees in an emotional post on Facebook.

The founder of the social media giant said the United States was “a nation of immigrants” and that he was concerned by the President’s actions.

Yesterday President Trump signed an executive order denying people from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia entry to the USA for 90 days.

#Calexit: California Submits Proposal To Exit The United States

California has announced a proposal, called “Calexit” that would establish it as a separate nation from the U.S., officials have said.

The proposal for California to secede from the U.S. was submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office on Thursday, according to a report.

The proposed “Calexit” initiative was a name borrowed from the UK’s “Brexit” departure from the EU.

24-year-old lady living with HIV tells story of how she found out her status

Kenyan lady, Doreen Moraa, 24, was born with HIV and has disclosed in an interesting interview with eDaily how she learnt of her status while still in primary school.

Her touching story serves as a great lesson for those who still treat HIV and AIDs like a death sentence. Doreen’s parents are a discordant couple, meaning one of her parents is HIV positive(+) and the other one is HIV negative(-).

Ghanaians slam Rapper Sarkodie after he asked for financial help for little girl

Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie took to his social media accounts to share this photo of a 4-year-old girl who mistakenly swallowed caustic soda and needs GHC15,000 for an immediate surgery.

Some Ghanaians got enraged that the rapper, with his status, asked the public to donate when he can pay the amount to save the little girl.

“How do women who marry men with ‘small cucumber’ manage?” – Princess Shyngle asks

Nollywood actress, Princess Shyngle has thrown a question to her fellow ladies on how they manage to cope with men that has small "cucumber".

In a new Instagram post, the curvy screen goddess wondered how women manage with men with small penises.

Between a bride and groom on their wedding day

... When the bride has the strength and stamina more than the groom this is the results. But how come the man is putting up such smile!!!

Photos: See First Black Death Row Prisoner To Be Executed Under Donald Trump’s Presidency

Terry Edwards murdered two Subway workers back in 2003. 14 years later, he has become the first death row prisoner to be executed under Donald Trump’s U.S. presidency.

Terry Edwards was a former employee of the sandwich food chain, who had been fired several weeks before the crime. He was caught stealing from the register.

He was executed by lethal injection in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday at 10.17 pm. His last words before dying were:

Actress Lilian Esoro stun in new make-up free photo

Nollywood actress and mother of one, Lilian Esoro took to her Instagram page to share this beautiful make-up free photo and wrote alongside it:

Photos: Woman and Man declared wanted for stealing over N100million

The Nigeria Police has declared one Liliam Omekara wanted for the offense of conspiracy and stealing by conspiring with fraudsters to transfer over N29million to her account. She has since withdrawn the money and is currently at large.

Kemi Olunloyo says Actress, Angela Okorie has hands in death of Adama Barrow’s son

Controversial United States trained journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, and Nollywood actress, Angela Okorie fracas seems to have taken another dimension.

Ms. Olunloyo has in her latest post accused the actress of having a hand in the death of the eight-year-old son of The Gambian President-elect, Adama Barrow.

This is coming after Ms. Olunloyo lambasted the actress for ‘prostituting’ in the movie industry, and outside the shores of Nigeria.

Photos: Man Well-Dressed In Suit And Tie Caught Stealing Baby Food

A gentleman corporately dressed up in a suit and necktie was arrested in Malawi after he was caught stealing baby food.

See another photo below:

Photos: Obituary Of Four Brothers Who Died In A Car Crash

This is one heartbroken story. These four siblings photoed above are Biggy, Amany, KB and Frank, who all lost their lives in a fatal crash on the 24th of January.

See photos from the crash below:

Photo: Lady And Her Friend Go Missing On Her Birthday In Abuja

Veronica Otogo and Bisola Mohammed in the photo above have been reported missing – according to their friends, they were meant to have a get-together for Veronica yesterday.

Vero got back home at about 6pm with her sister and a friend of hers, Bisola.

Meet the movie producer who says he brought Genevieve Nnaji into Nollywood (Photo)

Meet the man who says he brought Nollywood actress Genevieve Nnaji into the spotlight. His name is Emeka Ojukwu Torino, self-acclaimed first Nollywood producer to venture into mobile marketing.

Emeka came out recently to solicit funds for his ailing colleague Prince Uche and in a new interview with Dupe Ayinla Olasunkanmi of TheNation revealed that Prince Uche’s wife had left him. 

Read excerpts below:

“Small Doctor is an ingrate, Learn from my mistake” – DJ Real slam street pop artist

Rising street pop artiste Small Doctor has been slammed and shown the exit door by his music label CEO, DJ Real who feels betrayed after turning the singer from an okada rider to a star only to get disrespected.

According to an open letter DJ Real shared on his Instagram page, problem started when small Doctor began experiencing mainstream acceptance and recognition and started ignoring his management “Real Beat Planet” who nurtured his career.

Small Doctor reportedly started performing shows without informing DJ Real or getting approval from the “Real Beat Planet” management and all efforts to correct this abnormally fell on deaf ears.

Nigerian guy gifts his ‘2go Girlfriend’ with a Brand new Benz On Her Birthday worth 15m

Two days ago, a Nigerian Guy with the Facebook name: Fasky millz took to Facebook to share photos of the car he surprised his Girlfriend with. A girl he met on 2go.. he surprised her with a brand new Mercedes-Benz C300 on her birthday.

He captioned the post with:

PHOTOS: Oshiomhole, others cast votes in Edo bye-election

Edo state bye-election into Etsako Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives vacated by Mr. Philip Shuaibu, now deputy governor of the state is underway.

Mr. Ibu reveals how his mother saved him from committing suicide

John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu in a new interview, has revealed that he would have taken his life since 1997 due to the hardship he faced in life.

According to him, at that point in his life, things were so hard that he could barely afford to feed himself. To make matters worse, the actor said he had no roof over his head and suicide seemed like the easiest option

He told Saturday Beats:

"Adebayor, Berbatov are very lazy players" - Brede Hangeland

Former Fulham defender, Brede Hangeland, says former Arsenal forward Emmanuel Adebayor and ex-Manchester United striker, Dimitar Berbatov are the laziest footballers he met in his career.

Hangeland, who retired in August, listed his two former teammates as laziest among other players he played alongside.

In a list which also has Crystal Palace’s Wilfried Zaha and Jimmy Bullard, Hangland revealed that Berbatov always spent more time getting massages than training.

Ghana’s only crude oil refinery shut after explosion

Tema Oil Refinery, Ghana’s only oil refinery, has been shut after an explosion at a newly installed €5.8-million crude oil heating unit, a senior union official told Reuters on Friday.

The blast at the crude distillation unit, which recorded no casualties, is the latest problem to hit the refinery, which has for decades performed below its capacity of 45,000 barrels per day.

“It was a damper failure. It failed to open to allow heat to escape through the chimney and that led to the explosion,” one source said.

Junaid Mohammed: Whoever says Boko Haram is dead is telling lies

Anyone who says Boko Haram has been defeated is “telling lies”, Junaid Mohammed, a former supporter-turned-fierce critic of President Muhammadu Buhari, has said.

President Buhari had in December 2016 declared that the stronghold of Boko Haram in Sambisa forest had fallen and the insurgents crushed.

“I want to use this opportunity to commend the determination, courage and resilience of troops of Operation Lafiya Dole at finally entering and crushing the remnants of the Boko Haram insurgents at ‘Camp Zero’, which is located deep within the heart of Sambisa forest,” Buhari had said.

Health Minister: Why Nigeria still battles with leprosy

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has attributed the prevalence of leprosy in Nigeria, after the country achieved the WHO elimination target in 1998, to pockets of high endemicity in some states.

Mr. Adewole made the remark at a news conference in Umuahia to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the World Leprosy Day Celebration on Friday with the theme: “Zero disability among children affected by leprosy”.

According to him, of 2,892 leprosy cases reported in 2015, nine per cent was made up of children, while victims with “grade II disability” accounted for 15 percent.

Coach Oliseh Suffers 1st Defeat As Fortuna Sittard Lose To Almere

Former Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh lost his first league match as manager of Dutch Jupiler League side Fortuna Sittard who lost 2-0 away to Almere City on Friday night.

Oliseh led out a team comprising mainly new signings after four players left the club recently. They played with remarkable vigour in the first half, but failed to score from some chances they created.

Almere City captain, Tom Overtoom scored the first goal in the 61st minute. Their new signing, Arsenio Valpoort who replaced Silvester v.d Water in the 68th minute, sealed the win for the home side at the dot of 90th minute.