Woman found out she’s HIV positive, then did this

Celestina Mamah cannot be described as accepting her situation, in spite of the associated trauma that comes with her status as being HIV positive. The 46-year-old took her life – having found out she tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus. Mamah went to a forest near Ogwu Rest House in Udenu Local Government in Enugu state and stabbed... Read More

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Rihanna x Dior collaborate on sunglass collection

Dior’s search for a creative director continues, but in the meantime, there’s one major name designing for the house: Rihanna. The singer has created a range of futuristic sunglasses in collaboration with Dior as part of her brand ambassadorship. The name of the collection is simply “Rihanna.” After a show-stealing performance at the 2016 Billboard Music Awards,... Read More

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Buhari met with South East politicians today… to discuss pro-Biafra agitation?

A day after several people were killed during the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Biafra Republic in some states in the South East and South South, President Muhammadu Buhari held a private meeting with politicians from the region. The meeting was held on Tuesday, May 31, inside the President Buhari’s office at... Read More

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Fayose’s aide resigns, says he can’t continue to ‘pretend’

Citing ‘basic developmental issues and the economic situation of Ekiti state’, the Special Assistant on Parliamentary Matters to Governor Ayodele Fayose, Samuel Ajibola, has resigned. In his letter of resignation dated May 28, Ajibola said he can no longer pretend over the issues affecting the state. “I humbly write this to formally notify you that I... Read More

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Opinion: Buhari and the tragedy of politics

By Abiodun Komolafe “He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.” – Harry Emerson Fosdick. I am a professed and an active Buharist... Read More

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Atiku scores Buhari a ‘D’

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday scored President Muhammadu Buhari a pass mark (a D or E) in his first year in office. Speaking in Abuja at the launch of a book titled “We Are All Biafrans’’ written by Chido Onumah, he said Buhari “promised to look into issues like power, insurgency, unemployment, corruption and diversification and if you are... Read More

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Annie Leibovitz captures the Queen of England in 8 powerful photos for Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair contributing photographer Annie Leibovitz captures Queen Elizabeth II in a series of portraits to mark her 90th birthday. The resulting portfolio—which includes two photos exclusive to Vanity Fair—captures the Queen in the intimate, familiar setting of her home at Windsor Castle. “The most moving, important thing about this shoot is that these were all her ideas,”... Read More

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Opinion: Who voted for Muhammadu Buhari?

By Ikechukwu Amaechi Voting on March 28, 2015 for the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, was almost a badge of honour. At polling booths, voters proudly flaunted their thump-printed ballot papers to prove that they were worthy ambassadors of the “change movement”. Today, perhaps, the real measure of how... Read More

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Opinion: To secede or not to secede – A case of Nigeria and Biafra

By Isa Eneye Mubarak One of the phrases used on National television “unity in diversity” as regard to Nigeria, a concept of “unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation” it seems to baffle me often times, it may have indeed made America and Britain great but obviously not the case in Nigeria. Our diverse cultural... Read More

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Photo(s) of the day: Big love, a short groom and a daring marital request

A lot of things break the internet these days – even more than nudity. These are the viral photos causing a ruckus on the internet today. A big love They say true love doesn’t care about size and these two are putting exactly that into practice. A photo of two lovers circulated cyber space and... Read More

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How much Skales got paid by MTN and 7 other things we learned today

Earlier today, a petition issued by Skales‘ record label, Baseline Music against his manager, Osagie of Metal Entertainment surfaced online after which she was invited to the police station for questioning. Apart from the accusations leveled against Osagie by Baseline Music, led by industry veterans Howie T and Dipo Abdul, there were other revealing and... Read More

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Why some former ministers, governors and senators will soon be arrested

In September 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari directed illegal holders of diplomatic/official passports to return them. But many refused to comply. Hence, several former ministers, governors, lawmakers and retired public office holders who are still holding on to official/diplomatic passports will soon be arrested. Recently appointed Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammad Babandede, on... Read More

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The late 5: These are the stories that drove the conversation today

Here are the top five news stories that drove the conversation today. 1) Ben Bruce and the Presidential snub Senator Ben Bruce, representing Bayelsa east federal constituency, has taken to social media to express his displeasure over the fact that he was prevented from greeting the President at the Presidential villa because he is an... Read More

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Old boy! 60-year-old sits for secondary school examination (PHOTOS)

A 60-year-old man was among some secondary school students sitting for the Somali national examinations conducted by the government. Photos of him in a similar uniform as the students, tweeted by a user, has since gone viral. Take a look below.

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What Ekeremadu said during plenary session about the Biafra Day deaths

Following the violent clash between the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and security forces, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday, urged security agencies to be cautious when handling protest and civil disturbances to avoid needless loss of lives. Ekweremadu, who noted that the clash caused a wanton loss of live that could have... Read More

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Toke Makinwa, J-Martins and Yemi Sax unleash their playful side at the LG G5 launch (PHOTOS)

You know what they say; work hard and play harder. LG is ready to get you to play more with its latest state of the art smartphone, the LG G5. The sophisticated smartphone which has won over 33 awards at the Mobile World Conference 2016 was launched at an exclusive event on Friday 13th May, 2016. Loaded with... Read More

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Lack of judges postpones Saraki’s fate

Inability to form a quorum by judges, on Tuesday, caused a delay in an appeal filed by President Saraki Bukola. Saraki had instituted a petition at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, questioning whether the Code of Conduct Tribunal had the jurisdiction to try his case. The Presiding Judge, Justice Moor Adumien, told the court the hearing... Read More

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Soldiers, policemen clash in banking hall

A fight between a soldier and four mobile policemen on Tuesday morning caused commotion at a branch of a new generation bank in Cross River state. Though the cause of the fight is still unknown, things got heated to the extent that a canister of tear gas had to be shot inside the banking hall, causing a... Read More

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Wizkid’s ex-manager accused of diverting N13m from Skales’ record label

Skales’ manager, Osagie Osarenkhoe was on Tuesday, invited by the Police over a petition issued by the singer’s record label Baseline for allegedly stealing the sum of N13,374,000. In the petition addressed to the Inspector General of Police, the record label alleged that the former manager to Wizkid had been diverting funds to her personal bank account as opposed to the... Read More

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Opinion: Ergonomics and you

By Ugochi Obidiegwu Too many young people and lots of older ones are at the mercy of musculoskeletal disorders, pain, aches and swellings in various body parts arising from our workplaces. Employees and employers alike experience this pain and it is a great source of discomfort. It could be caused by poor posture for long duration,... Read More

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Burna Boy’s ‘baby mama’ implies they shared more than a one night stand

A few weeks ago, Burna Boy insinuated that all he had was a one night rendezvous with Stella Uju – the woman claiming to be carrying his child. However, recent posts on Stella Uju’s Instagram page indicate that a relationship of some sort ensued between them or perhaps she assumed that’s what it was. First, she inferred that she used to be... Read More

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Oyinbo Madness: 5 things to know about the baby who’s ready for sex

In a world where anything is possible, a one-year-old baby, is ready to have sex. An Indian baby has been reported to have developed sexual urges and pubic hair as a result of a rare condition. His testosterone level increased to that of a 25-year-old complete with him growing facial and body hair. This rare condition is called “precocious... Read More

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Retirement package: Joseph Yobo gets political appointment from Governor Wike

Former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo, has been appointed as the Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development to Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike. A statement was released to this effect by Simeon Nwakaudu, Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media. Yobo recently commemorated his exit from the Nigerian national team with a... Read More

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Pius Adesanmi: The tasks ahead for President Buhari

On May 29, 2016, I found it expedient to buy a VIP ticket and watch two unfortunate extremities struggle to overreach, over-exert, and out-shout each other to exhaustion. On the one hand were the inconsolable losers of a bygone corrupt and derelict era for whom the idea that there is anything, anything at all, that... Read More

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PDP is coming back to life… poco a poco

After weeks of internal tussle occasioned by leadership crisis, the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on Tuesday reopened by the Nigerian Police. The secretariat was closed on May 22 – two days after the national convention of the PDP in Port Harcourt, which culminated in the ouster of Ali Modu-Sheriff as... Read More

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Kayode Ogundamisi makes a case for Nigerian journalists in 20 tweets

Emboldened by the institutional anomaly whereby government and private institutions divulge more information to foreign media than Nigerian media outfits, Twitter commentator and host of Politricks, Kayode Ogundamisi, in 20 tweets, makes a case for Nigerian journalists and media outfits. 1.They tell you Nigerian Journalists are lazy but they forget the bravery of Journalists such as... Read More

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3 ‘bahd guys’ – Falz, Olamide and Davido team up for ‘Bahd Baddo Baddest’ (WATCH)

Finally the wait is over. Falz the Bahd Guy has released the video for Bahd Baddo Baddest which features YBNL’s Olamide and HKN’s Davido. The video which was directed by Unlimited L.A, was shot in Lagos. See behind-the-scene pictures from the video shoot here. Watch video below:

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92 pro-Biafra supporters charged to court

92 members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB have been charged to court. Several members of MASSOB were on Monday, arrested in South East and South South states while commemorating the anniversary of those who died during the Nigerian civil war in 1967. The protests – in Onitsha... Read More

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Adele abruptly stops show because a fan was filming (WATCH)

Remember we said celebrities aren’t taking nonsense from fans anymore? Well, Adele has joined that bandwagon. The singer paused a live concert she was performing at in Italy just to caution a fan from filming her. In a polite manner, she asked the fan to enjoy the live show. Take a listen below.

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How Adaeze Yobo answered internet troll who called her ‘fat’

Adaeze Yobo, wife of retired Nigerian football player, Joseph Yobo has in the past, been attacked by cyber bullies for being ‘unambitious’. She was once again attacked recently by another internet troll who went on a rant on the comment section of her Instagram page about her increase in weight while labelling her a ‘lazy shadow’. However,... Read More

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