Nigeria Herdsmen Killings: Lagos Catholic bishops to hold peaceful protest on May 22

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has fixed Tuesday, May 22, as a day of protests for Catholic faithful across the country.

The announcement was made by the bishops in the Sunday Bulletin of the church and circulated to all the dioceses of the church in the country last month. The announcement, entitled “Peaceful Demonstration,” read:  

“The CBCN has directed that every Diocese in Nigeria should organise a peaceful demonstration/ rally against the barbaric but intolerable killing of two priests and 17 others by herdsmen last month in Benue State, Date May 22, 2018. Time:10am, as the funeral of the innocent victims would be going on. Details of how this all important solidarity action will take place in our dioceses will be communicated through the parish priests. Every Christian and all men and women of goodwill are hereby called to participate.”

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex cover the special edition of Vogue Australia royal wedding special

Newlywed Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on the cover of the special edition of Vogue Australia royal wedding special.

The couple who tied the knot on Saturday in a very emotional ceremony in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, looked regal on the magazine cover. The photo used is one from their wedding, taken during the procession through Windsor shortly after their wedding ceremony.

''Stay away from married men, they are demons''Nigerian single mum advises single ladies

A Nigerian lady, Zainab pictured above, has advised single ladies against having an affair with married men whom she tagged as ''Demons''. Read her story below

I misplaced my piority when I was 21? I was 17 when I lost my dad was preparing to write my SSCE then, am the 1st born will be 28 by next month. My mum was into petty trading and there was no way she could help continue with my education. After my SSCE I tried to further more but all effort to no avail. I gained admission into 3 different institutions different year but could not go due to funds. That how I began a wayward life just to help my little brother and my mum survive?? I did this for some years bfor my mum prayers called me back home.

Here's everything that went down at Harry and Meghan's wedding reception

After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had their wedding ceremony at St. George's Chapel in Windsor, they moved to Frogmore house for an evening reception consisting of 200 guests and it turned into an outrageous party with a royal dance-off and "beer pong" games.

As guests arrived at the evening party, they were asked to hand in their phones to prevent any ­unauthorised videos or pictures. Chat show superstar James Corden compered the event and he did his best to entertain.

Corden even instigated an extraordinary dance routine which featured Prince Charles, Prince William and Harry.

''15 Revenue-Generating Agencies fail to account for N8.1tillion under Jonathan'' Lai Mohammed says

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said 15 revenue generating agencies of the federal government failed to remit N8.1 trillion to the Federation Account between 2010 and 2015.

The Minister made the disclosure in Osogbo, Osun State, on Monday while commissioning the Channelization, De-silting, Flood Control and Development of Okoko and Ogbagba Rivers, phases one and two, on behalf
of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said the discovery by the auditing firm KPMG is many times worse than the N1.34 trillion carted away by 55 public officials between 2006 and 2013.

Photo: Spanish footballer, Fernando Torres arrives Nigeria

Spainish striker, Fernando Torres has touched down in Uyo, Nigeria alongside some of his team mates from Athletico Madrid.

The top flight LaLiga club are set to play against the Super Eagles of Nigeria on Tuesday, 22nd May 2018 at the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

''Don't blame Patience Jonathan for this administration's monumental failure'' Reno Omokri tells Garba Shehu

Former media aide to former president Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the article Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari, Garba Shehu, released last night in which he warned Nigerians against voting President Buhari out of office in  2019. 

Garba in his article, said the greatest benefactors of PDP's return to power will be the looters of the treasury when the party was in power for 16 years. Garba said the greatest beneficiary will be former first lady, Patience Jonathan. According to Garba, once PDP returns to power, all the assets seized form the former first lady will be returned.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, unveils his official website designed at N64 million

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, today upgraded his official website, www.osgf.gov.ng, built at a cost of N64 million.

At the launch of the website, the SGF said that the old official website which was created on an old technology that had limited features, lacked security features and was not compliant to the Executive Order 001, among other restrictions.

Breaking: Arsenal set to appoint Unai Emery as new manager to replace Arsene Wenger

New reports from Arsenal says the English club is set to appoint Unai Emery as their new manager.

Manchester City assistant manager and former Gunners captain Mikel Arteta was a strong favourite to succeed Arsene Wenger but  Emery emerged as the unanimous choice following a recruitment process in which all candidates were spoken to.

''Be ready to accept defeat come 2019'' PDP tells President Buhari

Read the press statement from PDP below

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges President Muhammadu Buhari to be prepared to accept defeat in the 2019 general election, given that all indices, including those released by his Presidency, show that Nigerians across board have overtly rejected him for another four years in office.

Indeed, with the degenerated economic, security and social situations in our nation under his incompetent and anti-people administration, in addition to the spate and weight of direct disapprovals from Nigerians and international bodies, President Buhari knows that he is now swimming against the tide.

Heartbreaking story: Groom dies in wedding day car crash

Two off-duty NYPD cops, one of whom was the groom on his wedding day, were killed Sunday night when their rented Maserati crashed, authorities said Monday.

Michael Colangelo, a 31-year-old officer with the NYPD who had just gotten married, and Detective John M. Martinez, 39, who was assigned to Brooklyn’s 84th Precinct, were killed in the crash in Ulster County, state police said. Both men, who lived on Long Island, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Oliverea Road in the town of Shandaken.

A third person in the car, a 28-year-old man from Wantagh, LI, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was rushed to Albany Medical Center.

Brazilian woman arrested at India airport with 106 capsules of cocaine in her stomach to be delivered to a Nigerian man

The narcotics control bureau (NCB) in India has arrested a 25-year-old Brazillian woman with 106 capsules of cocaine in her stomach from Indira Gandhi international (IGI) airport.

According to Vishwa Vijay, superintendent of NCB’s Delhi unit, the woman was caught on May 14, soon after she landed at the Delhi airport in a flight from Sao Paulo in Brazil based on prior information.

African woman nabbed at Bangkok airport with 1.16 kilos of heroin in her stomach

An African woman identified as Doobay Mimengaloso was arrested at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand on Sunday, after an X-ray found pellets of heroin inside her stomach.

Alert officials noticed suspicious behavior of the Zambian lady in transit to China at gate D3 on the second floor at Suvarnabhumi.

Kanye West speaks out against addiction to phones, says it's a tool not obligation

As rapper Kanye West shared via twitter. Anyone agree with him?

Public transport fraudsters, arrested with fake dollars in Lagos (photos)

The Lagos state Police have arrested some fraudsters who are part of one chance operators that pick up and swindle unsuspecting passengers in cars. According to the Police,

"The lady amongst dem would be found with millions of dollars and they will agree to share it with the passenger - who is then tricked to a native Dr that scams them of their belongings."

Lagos prophet arrested for giving member killer concoction

The Lagos State police command has arrested a Celestial Church prophet, Dominic Michael, for allegedly administering a killer concoction to one of his members, Ramat Audu.

EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu, denies nursing a governorship aspiration, to sue online publication over the false report

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has denied reports that he wants to run for governor of Borno state.

A statement released by the antigraft agency says Magu is not a politician and does not have any gubernatorial aspiration. The statement further added that an online platform that first published the false claim will be taken to court soon. Read the statement below

Nigerian student killed in fatal accident while returning from club in Malaysia

A Nigerian student was killed and a woman, 39, sustained light injuries in an accident at Jalan Semarak near Taman Semarah in Malaysia yesterday.

David Oyaele Audu, a student of the President College in Kuala Lumpur, was coming from a nightclub in Taman Semarak to Nilai town when his car veered off the road and hit the road divider before it was thrown to the opposite lane and crashed into another car driven by a woman. The woman sustained light injuries while Audu died on the spot due to severe head injuries.

The accident happened at about 8.15am on Monday morning. 

N24bn Police Pension Scam: Court grants Dangabar’s application to travel abroad for checkup

Justice Hussein Yusuf Baba of the FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja on Monday, May 21, 2018 granted the application of Esai Dangabar, a former director at the Police Pension Board, to travel overseas for medical checkup.

Dangabar is being prosecuted alongside six others for their complicity in the alleged N24billion fraud in the police pension office by the EFCC.

The others are Atiku Abubakar Kigo, Ahmed Inuwa Wada, Veronica Ulonma Onyegbula, Sani Habila Zira, Uzoma Cyril Attang and Christian Madubuke.

RCCG members to submit their genitals for examination as part of pre-marital medical tests? This one weak me

This letter is making the rounds on social media. According to the letter, the church now has the support of the General Overseer, Pastor E.A Adeboye, to examine the genitals of intending couples as part of their pre-marital medical test for intending couples. 

See the full letter dated May 10th below

Police arrest medical doctor who bought N28m Porsche car with fake bank alert, says hacking into Nigerian banks is very easy

A 28-year-old medical doctor and a professional hacker, Michael Williams, who specializes in generating fake bank alerts to buy assorted vehicles and divert online fund transfers, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command.

Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, who paraded the suspect before newsmen in the command's headquarters in Ikeja yesterday, said the suspect who hails from Delta State, claimed he learnt how to hack accounts when he relocated to Canada.  He alleged his roommate who is from  Israel had taught him the Act.

On how he was arrested, CP Imohimi said his office received a complaint that there exists a syndicate that goes to car shops,  buy any exotic car of their choice, configures a computer program that would send a fake payment alert to the seller and by so doing, obtain the car of their choice under false pretenses.

Williams had visited a car dealer, Abidogun Adewale and bought a Porsche SUV at N28 Million with a fake bank alert.

N9.2M Fraud: Former Oyo State court registrar bags 7years jail term

On Friday, May 18, 2018, EFCC secured the conviction of a former Deputy Chief Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mutiat Omobola Adio.

Justice O. M. Olagunju of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan found the convict guilty on one of a two count charge brought against her.  The count which earns the convict a jail term borders on the allegation of obtaining the sum of N9.2 million by false pretence from one Abiodun Rasheed Olonade, Nigerian reident in Ireland.‎

Meghan Markle's estranged half-sister asks the Duchess of Sussex to "do the right thing" and reunite their family

Samantha Markle, the estranged half-sister of Meghan Markle has called on Meghan to "do the right thing" and reunite their family in the wake of the royal wedding. 

Samantha says she was inspired by Bishop Michael Curry's message of love at Meghan's wedding inside St George's Chapel. Samantha said she was deeply affected by the message and she's asking Meghan to bring their family back together after years of separation. 

Samantha called on the Duchess of Sussex to "do the morally and religiously right thing", adding that their separation should "ride on her conscience".

She said:

I watched the bishop talk about love and unity and forgiveness and I hoped it would strike a chord within Meghan.

I feel a religious and moral obligation to be open to her and not be vindictive or isolating or hurt.

This should ride on her conscience as a moral obligation to at some point communicate with me and be united rather than divided – as that was the whole message.

Samantha made money out of Meghan's wedding by watching her half-sister wed from her home in Florida, alongside a television crew in a paid-for appearance. Her partner Mark Phillips, 60, suggested the appearance was earning her a five-figure sum.

A satellite truck was parked outside Samantha's Floridia house during the wedding

From outside his home, Mark told newsmen who tried to interview Samantha as she watched the royal wedding: "You can't go in there. She is making big money with an exclusive TV interview."

Samantha also took the chance to lash out at the Royal family, saying that their family dramas were far greater than the Markle's.

She said:

Why is it difficult for women to leave abusive relationships but easy to leave broke men? - Singer, Praiz asks

Nigerian singer, Praiz asked this very interesting question on twitter. He said, 'Why is it difficult for women to leave abusive relationships but easy to leave broke men?

Thoughts?

Abuja lady murdered by her boyfriend(photos)

An Abuja based woman identified as Onize Ismaila, has reportedly been murdered by her boyfriend. According to Twitter user @Ozo1Naija who shared the story online, the boyfriend stabbed her multiple times on her private part before slicing her throat. Read his tweets below

How mob rescued woman from suspected kidnappers and ritualists (photo)

A 22-year-old woman was rescued from a gang of suspected kidnappers and ritualists in Agege, Lagos, Nigeria.

Yesterday, Abidemi Omoniyi, a front desk officer at a hotel in Omole Phase I, boarded an unpainted taxi around 7am at  Egbatedo Bus Stop to go to Pen Cinema.

However, shortly after she got into the taxi, she realized she had joined a wrong vehicle and started screaming, at which point she said the driver, named Emeka Okeke, and his accomplices informed her that she would be taken to Ibadan where a customer was waiting to buy her vital organs.

She narrated to The Nation:

Loved-up photo of Gabrielle Union and her husband Dwyane Wade posing shirtless in bed

They look cute together!

Woman captured smiling in mugshot after causing deadly DUI crash that killed one person and left another injured (Photos)

A Florida woman was captured smiling in her mugshot after causing a deadly DUI crash that killed a woman and injured her daughter.

Florida Highway Patrol CBS affiliate WKMG reports that Angenette Marie Welk may face a DUI manslaughter charge after the accident in Marion County last week.

According to the crash report, Welk was driving her 2011 Chevrolet Avalon when she rear-ended a Hyundai Elantra, sandwiching that car between Welk's sedan and a tractor-trailer.

The driver of the Elantra, 18-year-old Shiyanne Kroll, suffered minor injuries, but her mother, 60-year-old Sandra Clarkson, who was in the car with her, suffered critical injuries and died some days later. The truck driver escaped unhurt.

''RCCG should also carry out psychiatric test for intending husbands to identify potential wife beaters'' comedian Wale Gates says

The comedian said this while reacting to the church's new law that says intending couples must be made to undergo genital examination as part of their pre-marital medical test.

The church in a letter dated May 10th, asked all its branches to ensure that intending couples are made to undergo a genital test as there has been a recurrence of marital crises within the fold, especially in the case of undeclared or unconfessed reproductive/genital status.

"You can call me Lord Ohanian" Alexis Ohanian shares cheeky video showing how he and Serena Williams got ready for the Royal Wedding

Tennis champion Serena Williams and her husband Alexis Ohanian were guests at the Royal Wedding which held on Saturday, and the tech entrepreneur just took to Instagram to share an adorable video showing how he and Serena got ready for the wedding.

In the video, Alexis is heard saying, "you can call me Lord Ohanian from now on" as hands are prepping him for the event. One hand sprayed a liquid substance on his hair while another combed his hair and touched up his eyebrows. The hand touching up his face soon begins poking his eyes in a playful manner.

“its unfair” - Seyi Shay reacts to drug use allegations

In a new mini-documentary released along with her new Electric Package EP, Nigerian singer Seyi Shay responded to speculations suggesting that she’s into drug use. 

“I think that it’s a price that we celebrities have to pay. There’s this stereotype that musicians are into drugs and all they do is smoke weed all day, It’s okay for people to speculate that. But its not true for many artistes and I think that its unfair to be subject to such harsh accusations” she said.

She also went on to address her infamous 2016 television blunder when she mistakenly asserted that the acronym “EP" (which originally means Extended Play) stood for “Electric Package”. She also detailed the painful aftermath of her embarrassing fall during a performance at the 2017 AFRIMA awards.

See the full video below...

Alleged Assassination plan:''Governor Wike is being haunted by the blood of the innocents he has shed since 2015'' Lauretta Onochie

Personal Assistant to the President on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has reacted to claims by Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, that the Federal government was planning to assassinate him. The governor made the allegation on Sunday during a church thanksgiving in Port Hrcourt, the state capital, as well as on Channels TV this morning. 

Lauretta via her twitter handle, said the governor is being haunted by the blood of the

This guy ended a long term friendship with someone who got a girl pregnant but refused to take responsibility

Twitter user, Takudzwanashe says he cut off a long term friend who got a girl pregnant and refused to take responsibility.  

Gina Haspel sworn in as CIA's first female director

Gina Haspel, 61, is being sworn in as the CIA's first female director.

The ceremony took place on Monday morning, May 21, at agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia, with President Donald Trump in attendance. 

Gina Haspel will be the first female director in the 71-year history of the agency. The 61-year-old, who has been a CIA employee for 33 years, won Senate confirmation last week after overcoming concerns about her role in the agency's use of harsh interrogation techniques after 9/11.