How I was raped and abused by a Nigerian boy – Australian victim

by Anike Jacobs An Australian teenager, Audrey Pekin, 19, has told how she was raped twice on Christmas Eve in Bali while holidaying with her family – she has slammed Indonesian police for letting her attacker, Henry Alafu, escape back to his native Nigeria. According to Daily Mail, Audrey was brutally raped on two separate occasions.... Read More

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audrey pekin, henry alafu, Nigerian rapists abroad, Nigerians in Diaspora

April 21, 2015

Timi Dakolo releases new single, ‘Wish me well’ [LISTEN]

by Damilola Jagun Nigeria’s king of soul, Timi Dakolo has announced the release of his second single ‘Wish Me Well’ off his forthcoming album; Love and Consequences. Timi Dakolo draws inspiration for this single from his days as a young boy in Port Harcourt just before West African Idols, going through the harsh events of life.... Read More

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April 21, 2015

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Okupe still on Buhari’s certificate matter | Fresh killings in Rivers as APC alleges members are targeted | PDP tells APC lawmakers to accept Fayose’s peace offering | More stories

Fayose’s supporters takes law into their hands as they lay siege to assembly. Punch CJN has an advise for Buhari and new governors. Vanguard Okupe still on Buhari’s no certificate matter. Punch Fresh killings in Rivers as APC alleges members are targeted. Vanguard Don’t worry, Buhari will not fail, Wamakko assures. Punch Ojudu shares his... Read More

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April 21, 2015

6 things we learnt from Ice Prince’s interview on American radio show “The Breakfast Club” (WATCH)

by Anike Jacobs Over the weekend, Nigerian Rapper Ice Prince was a guest at The Breakfast Club show hosted by DJ Envy, Charlamagne & Angela Yee on New York’s Power Fm 105.1 Fm. During the show, he spoke on Nigerian music, Boko Haram and how the incoming government will make things happen. Six things we... Read More

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April 21, 2015

.@Survivor17: Xenophobia – This is what happens when a king ‘misyarns’ (Y! Superblogger)

by Buki Otuyemi Man to man is so unjust, children: Ya don’t know who to trust. Your worst enemy could be your best friend, And your best friend your worse enemy. – Bob Marley By now most people have heard of the ongoing madness in South Africa where xenophobia is the order of the day and... Read More

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April 21, 2015

47-year-old father in court for defiling (his own) daughter

by Chinwe Okafor A 47-year-old man, Solomon Ojo, was on Monday arraigned in an Ota Senior Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State for alleged rape of his daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Ojo was charged with one count of rape. The prosecutor, Sergeant Rosemary Brown, told the court that the accused committed the offence sometime in... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Analysis: What does the PDP need to do to survive?

by Godwin Akanfe The outcome of the recent elections swept away the PDP’s sixteen-year dominance of Nigeria’s political life, and and has remodelled the party as an opposition party, albeit the main opposition to the APC which would take the position of the governing party at the federal level and in majority of the states.... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Opinion: Xenophobia – How not to honour the memory of Mandela

by Dominik Umosen We need to know that as a country, we are sitting on a time bomb’. Soon after, hell broke loose, featuring mobs of bleary-eyed In spite of my sympathy for Nigerians who believed in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), especially the added agony of having to contend with the sensational speed... Read More

Peoples Democratic Party, South Africans, Xenophobia

April 21, 2015

“The Igbo people are not worried about their fate” – Former Anambra governor

by Azubuike Azikiwe The impending reality that the South-East may not have any top leadership positions in the Senate and House of Representatives is apparently not a reason for concern among the people in the region. This was the sentiment of a former governor of Anambra State between 1992 and 1993, Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Although the... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Opinion: Nigeria’s problems cannot be solved by just voting Buhari

by Abiola Adebanjo The President-elect will need us very much in his quest to sanitise Nigeria if we truly desire a CHANGED Nigeria. We know some cannot wait to see him fail already, but we must do all we can to sustain this victory for the nation. The sheer promise of ‘change’ was enough for... Read More

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April 21, 2015

“It is very embarrassing and demeaning” – This Senator is tired of all the abnormal norms in Ekiti

by Kolapo Olapoju In recent time, Ekiti state has become a land of abnormal norms, where several illegal and unconstitutional acts are perpetrated by the governor, Ayo Fayose and the 7-man State House of Assembly. Some prominent citizens of the state have constantly criticised the happenings in the state and one of such persons is Senator Babafemi... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Apparently, Toolz’s waist cincher does work (LOOK)

by Chinwe Okafor We see. Toolz has been on a roll trying to work out to keep in shape while also shaping her waist to get that banging figure. She has been posting pictures of her progress and workouts on her Instagram page and now, she has posted some visible results to all the work... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Explosion rocks mosque in Yobe, 3 people injured

by Ranti Joseph A bomb blast from suspected Boko Haram suicide attacker targeted a group of Shiite Muslims and injured three people in Potiskum, Yobe State. The bomber on Monday detonated his explosives a few metres from an open-air mosque in the Dogo Tebo area of Potiskum shortly after noon prayers. An eye witnesses said... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Dear Nigeria, thanks for making us proud

by Linda Thomas-Greenfield Despite some technical glitches, it is clear that technology and use of social media — INEC’s online posting of results for each polling unit, live tweeting of results, the use of biometric permanent voter cards and electronic card readers—improved efficiency and limited fraud. The world takes notice when Nigerians, citizens of Africa’s... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Pius Adesanmi: Why Jonathan cannot sue Punch Newspaper

by Pius Adesanmi President Jonathan and his team stole so much public funds for their campaign that no area of our national life enjoyed immunity from looting. In the history of warfare, the trouble with the defensive barrier known as “abatis” – used by everybody from the Romans to the Incas and the European World... Read More

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April 21, 2015

A former President met with the President-elect in Abuja (PHOTOS)

by Damilola Jagun On Monday, April 20, a former President met with the President-elect. Olusegun Obasanjo, a one time military Head of State, met with Muhammadu Buhari, who has also served in the same capacity. The pair were all smiles when they met in Abuja, in the presence of their aides. See photos from the... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Uh-oh! The #KylieJennerChallenge gone totally wrong… (See Photos)

by Chinwe Okafor And it isn’t healthy too. A ‘#kyliejennerchallenge’ is making serious rounds on social media and has gone viral. Kylie Jenner’s lips have been one teens of today want to have and somehow, they have found a perfect way to get it- by blowing up their lips using bottles or shot glasses. The painful method involves teens placing... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Opinion: 10 reasons why Diezani Alison-Madueke must go to prison

by Churchill Okonkwo Diezani MUST go to prison so that dirty deals in the oil sector exposed by the Ribadu Report in 2012 but quickly buried by the corrupt administration of Goodluck Jonathan can be resurrected and offenders severely punished. To say that corruption under Goodluck Jonathan exceeded epidemic level is an understatement. Under Jonathan’s... Read More

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April 21, 2015

3-year-old girl who was abducted in Lagos, has been found in Ogun

by Chinwe Okafor On Sunday, April 19, two unidentified men sneaked into the Surulere Baptist Church, Ojuelegba Road, Lagos State premises and abducted a three-year-old girl, Oluwabunmi Ajelero. According to reports by Punch, the girl was playing with other children on the church premises at about 1pm when the kidnappers came in through the back of the... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Suraj Oyewale: Bad Muslims and the rest of us (Y! FrontPage)

by Suraj Oyewale I do read the statements of Boko Haram leaders as published in newspaper reports and what I find most worrying is that these people appear convinced that their activities are act of piety and they are doing their religion service by those acts. Like any other adjective that borders on morality, the... Read More

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April 21, 2015

Azuka Onwuka: Lagos is not a ‘No man’s land’ but…

by Azuka Onwuka “no man’s land” means “disputed ground between the front lines or trenches of two opposing armies” or “a piece of unowned land or wasteland.” One statement that riles the Yoruba is that Lagos is a no man’s land, which comes mainly from the Igbo residents in the city. The impression that statement... Read More

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April 21, 2015

This is what you must do, if you want to succeed – Bakare has a counsel for Buhari

by Kolapo Olapoju Pastor Tunde Bakare, has advised the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to make certain that he appoints technocrats as ministers if indeed , he wants to succeed. The founder of the Latter Rain Assembly, who was Buhari’s running mate during the 2011 presidential election, made the conments at the Wema Bank 70th commemorative lecture... Read More

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April 20, 2015

Hey sisters! Kardashian-Jenner siblings on a nudity spree

by Chinwe Okafor As opposed to normal? Kourtney seems to own the spotlight now after having taken time off to bear kids and raise them. Unseen photos from heavily pregnant Kourtney Kardashian’s nude shoot was aired on a new episode of reality show, KUWTK. The 36-year-old looked at ease with her body as she took the shots with absolutely... Read More

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April 20, 2015

You won’t believe what gave these robbers off… and got them arrested

by Chinwe Okafor Ever heard the idiom “get shot in the foot”? Well, if you read it both literally and otherwise, it means the same in this case. One of Nigeria’s most wanted robbers, Afam Omoba alias Obosi, was arrested after he was allegedly shot by a member of his own gang during an operation in Enugu.... Read More

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April 20, 2015

50-year-old woman delivers twins after 14 years of waiting

by Chinwe Okafor The new mother of two girls, Akinsola, has a lot to be joyful for. She just put to bed after waiting 14 years to have a child. The babies, who weighed 4.2kg and 2.3kg, came out healthy and bouncing without any complication. Akinsola, in an interview with NAN, expressed gratitude to God... Read More

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April 20, 2015

This mum threatened to stomp on baby’s head during fight with husband

by Chinwe Okafor Thanks to Vyacheslav Samoilov, 32, who began filming as an argument with wife Victoria, 30, escalated, the police are now investigating the attempted murder of an 18-month-old baby. The video appears to show her feigning to stamp on the 18-month-old child’s head while shouting into the camera in a park in Naginsk, near Moscow. The film... Read More

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April 20, 2015

Aww! See pictures of Chidi Mokeme’s new born baby boy

by Chinwe Okafor To Actor Chidi Mokeme and his wife Jean, a son is born and they named him Noah. The couple, who got married in 2012, revealed their recent bundle of joy in an exclusive feature in Ovation Magazine. See the pictures below;

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April 20, 2015

Is Reminisce trying to tell us something with his new album cover? (LOOK)

by Chinwe Okafor A doll? A baby carrier? A message? Reminisce released the album art of his soon to be released 3rd studio album, Baba Hafusa..The LP today and we couldn’t help but notice the subtle subliminal message written all over the artwork. The picture depicts the rapper holding onto a teddy bear on one hand and a... Read More

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April 20, 2015

This is the (weird) picture of a breastfeeding mom that’s got everyone talking (LOOK)

by Chinwe Okafor It went viral the moment it hit the internet. A picture of a mother breast feeding her child while taking a dump in a toilet in a dirty environment has caused an uproar on social media. Many found it adorable while most found it outrightly upsetting. We are sitting on the fence... Read More

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April 20, 2015

Fayose may be getting less-popular, as Okada riders, bus drivers fail to ‘defend his mandate’

by Kolapo Olapoju Although supporters and members of Governor Ayodele Fayose laid siege to the Ekiti State House of Assembly to prevent the resumption of the 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers on Monday, April 20, violence was averted as the lawmakers failed to show up. On Sunday, April 19, Fayose had announced that the G-19... Read More

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How I was raped and abused by a Nigerian boy – Australian victim

Timi Dakolo releases new single, ‘Wish me well’ [LISTEN]

THE 2015 TRACKLIST: Okupe still on Buhari’s certificate matter | Fresh killings in Rivers as APC alleges members are targeted | PDP tells APC lawmakers to accept Fayose’s peace offering | More stories

6 things we learnt from Ice Prince’s interview on American radio show “The Breakfast Club” (WATCH)

.@Survivor17: Xenophobia – This is what happens when a king ‘misyarns’ (Y! Superblogger)

47-year-old father in court for defiling (his own) daughter

Analysis: What does the PDP need to do to survive?

Opinion: Xenophobia – How not to honour the memory of Mandela

“The Igbo people are not worried about their fate” – Former Anambra governor

Opinion: Nigeria’s problems cannot be solved by just voting Buhari

“It is very embarrassing and demeaning” – This Senator is tired of all the abnormal norms in Ekiti

Apparently, Toolz’s waist cincher does work (LOOK)

Explosion rocks mosque in Yobe, 3 people injured

Linda Thomas-Greenfield: Dear Nigeria, thanks for making us proud

Pius Adesanmi: Why Jonathan cannot sue Punch Newspaper

A former President met with the President-elect in Abuja (PHOTOS)

Uh-oh! The #KylieJennerChallenge gone totally wrong… (See Photos)

Opinion: 10 reasons why Diezani Alison-Madueke must go to prison

3-year-old girl who was abducted in Lagos, has been found in Ogun

Suraj Oyewale: Bad Muslims and the rest of us (Y! FrontPage)

Azuka Onwuka: Lagos is not a ‘No man’s land’ but…

This is what you must do, if you want to succeed – Bakare has a counsel for Buhari

Hey sisters! Kardashian-Jenner siblings on a nudity spree

You won’t believe what gave these robbers off… and got them arrested

50-year-old woman delivers twins after 14 years of waiting

This mum threatened to stomp on baby’s head during fight with husband

Aww! See pictures of Chidi Mokeme’s new born baby boy

Is Reminisce trying to tell us something with his new album cover? (LOOK)

This is the (weird) picture of a breastfeeding mom that’s got everyone talking (LOOK)

Fayose may be getting less-popular, as Okada riders, bus drivers fail to ‘defend his mandate’

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