BBA update: Nigerian rep Beverly Osu makes out with Angelo

Nigerian rep Beverly Osu and fellow BBA housemate, South African dance teacher Angelo Collins, made out passionately Saturday night after the two danced intimately at the week’s party.(read more)

Why Jesse Jagz and Brymo left Chocolate City – Audu Maikori, record label boss opens up

Chocolate City record label boss, Audu Maikori has reportedly given the real reason signees, Jesse Jagz and Brymo, whose contract is yet to expire, left the label.

It was a shock when a few months ago, Jesse Jagz dramatically dropped out of the label that was like a family to him, soon afterwards, Brymo dropped out too.(read more)

Referee beheaded after killing player

An amateur football match in Brazil led to two deaths as a referee was beheaded by spectators after he had stabbed a player.
The shocking incidents occurred in Maranhao, Brazil, last Sunday. According to reports, referee Otavio Jordao da Silva fatally stabbed footballer Josenir dos Santos Abreu.(read more)

Boko Haram attacks curtailed in Yobe, says JTF Commander

Damaturu –  The Commander of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Yobe, Col. Ibrahim Ali, on Sunday said that activities of Boko Haram insurgents had been curtailed, following the declaration of state of emergency in the state.(read more)

Robbers attack Edebiri, ANPP leader’s residence in Edo, injure three

 
ARMED bandits, yesterday,  attacked the Benin-City residence of the Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP)  and governorship candidate of the party in the 2012 governorship election in Edo State, Mr Solomon Edebiri.(read more)

Justin Bieber posts photo with Selena Gomez titled '#heartbreaker'

Justin Bieber posted a picture with his on-off girlfriend, Selena Gomez, on his Instagram account on Friday, and captioned it ‘#heartbreaker. Its now i know this guy is really childish.
The picture has sparked speculation as to whether the on-again, off-again couple is back together, or the Canadian pop star is just promoting his upcoming single, which is also titled ‘Heartbreaker’, the New York Daily News reported.
Bieber and Gomez split up in fall 2012, but have been spotted together several times since their breakup.

Kanye West, Kim Kardashian to marry in Egypt?

9ja pal hasnt yet confirmed this but it was gotten that Rapper Kanye West and his socialite-fiance Kim Kardashian are reportedly planning to marry at an exotic location in Egypt.
The couple welcomed their first child, North West, last month.
"Kim and Kanye were talking to the baby when in mid-sentence he asked Kim to marry him. She started to cry and mouthed the word, 'Yes'," femalefirst.co.uk quoted a source as saying.
"This time she wants something different and exotic. She likes how Katy Perry and Russell Brand got married in India with an Indian-themed wedding. She wants that. Kim thinks she's the spitting image of Egyptian goddess Isis, so she has been talking about doing an Egyptian-themed wedding, at the pyramids," the source said.
"She says Kanye digs the idea too. It will cost millions to fly everyone to Egypt, but money is no object," added the source.

Boeing 777 crash lands in US

 

 

Gunmen kill 42 in Yobe school attack

KANO, July 6, 2013 (AFP) – Gunmen believed to be Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group killed 42 people, mostly students, in an overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday.(read more)

Illegal arms: Two cops, 15 others arrested in Jos

Plateau State Police Command has arrested two policemen and 15 other persons suspected to be members of firearms production syndicates. The policemen, whose names were given as Corporal Joseph and Constable Mafwai were alleged to be suppliers of ammunition to criminals.
They have been dismissed by the police and would face prosecution alongside the other members of the gang who were arrested at Barkin Ladi. Parading the suspects before newsmen, Plateau State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe, said the syndicates had perfected the art of manufacturing heavy rifles including revolver pistols and heavy rifles.(read more)

Policemen lament non-release of 11 slain colleagues for burial

There is anger at the Bayelsa State Police command over the delay in the burial of the 11 policemen who were killed and burnt on April 6 this year by ex-militants while escorting the body of the mother of a former militant leader, Torughedi Selky( a.k.a Young Shall Grow) for burial at Azuzuama in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
This is just as the Commissioner of Police, Mr Tonye Ebitibituwa, has allayed fears that suspects arrested over the killing would be extra judicially murdered. The slain policemen include Inspectors Joseph Ofozini, Mana Taru, Sergeants, Timothy Osimele, Monday Onwubuoya, Adokiye Jack, Corporal Ogholo Ukam, Constables Emmanuel Uyekpegha, Etim Mfreke, Collins Obiano, Adegbor Lucky and Ekpenyong Idongesit.(read more)

Subsidy fraud: How oil marketers defrauded FG –EFCC witness

A prosecution witness in the ongoing probe into abuse of the Petroleum Support Fund of the Federal Government, Mr. Mohammed Adedapo, has told a Lagos High Court, sitting in Ikeja, how three oil marketers allegedly forged documents to perpetrate N1.1 billion.
Adedapo, who testified in the trial of Messrs Abdullahi Alao, Opeyemi Ajuyah and Olarenwaju Olalusi, told Justice Lateefat Okunnu, how the marketers collected money for products not supplied.(read more)

Jonathan declares open reconstruction of N167bn Lagos-Ibadan road

                                                                                        President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday in Shagamu, Ogun State, that federal, states and local governments must collaborate to deliver dividends of democracy to the people, irrespective of party affiliations.
Shagamu (Ogun) -  President Goodluck Jonathan said on Friday in Shagamu, Ogun State, that federal, states and local governments must collaborate to deliver dividends of democracy to the people, irrespective of party affiliations.(read more)

Jonathan approves Kekere-Ekun’s appointment as Supreme Court justice

Abuja – President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as a Justice of the Supreme Court.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Mr Soji Oye, the Acting Director of Information, National Judicial Council.(read more)

Vatican approves sainthood for John Paul II, John XXIII

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VATICAN CITT (AFP) – Pope Francis gave the go-ahead on Friday for John Paul II to be made saint and granted a rare exception for canonisation at the same time for John XXIII, who had the same reformist views and personal touch as the current pontiff.
The announcement marked a historic day at the Vatican, which also issued an unprecedented text co-written by Francis and his living predecessor Benedict XVI in which the two popes said faith was a “common good” and called for dialogue with non-believers.(read more)

Gunmen kill 8, including five minors in Mexico

Gunmen have killed eight people, including five minors, in an attack at a rural area near Mexico’s Pacific resort of Acapulco, authorities said.
ACAPULCO (AFP) – Gunmen have killed eight people, including five minors, in an attack at a rural area near Mexico’s Pacific resort of Acapulco, authorities said.
The victims, who were between 12 and 25 years old, were fatally shot, some with bullet wounds to the head.(read more)

Facebook ‘delivers’ Jonathan from impostors

Impostors laying claim to the identity of President Goodluck Jonathan on Facebook have suffered a set-back, no thanks to Facebook which recently verified the profile of the President on the social network.

If you are finding it difficult to distinguish the authentic Facebook account of the President from the over 98 profiles bearing the President’s name and photographs, watch out for the social service’s  recently launched verified page’s check mark.(read more)