PHOTOS: Fashola Unveils Brand New Kia Rio Cars For LASTMA Officials

The Lagos State Government has unveiled brand new 2014 Kia Rio cars for LASTMA officials in the state to enable some of them carry out their duties even more effectively as seen in the picture above. The question is can Ambode (the recently elected state governor) meet up to the pace of Raji Fashola in lagos state?See another photo after the cut below...

Aregbesola Urges Labour Leaders To Suggest Ways Of Raising Money For Payment Of Salaries

Civil servants working in Osun state of Nigeria are most concern about this, it can be re-called that for a while now  the state government under the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola has not being able to meet up with the payment of salaries. For this reason, the Gov. has challenged labour leaders in the state to suggest how his administration could generate more funds to meet its obligations.

It will be recalled that the All Progressives Congress in the State in December, 2014 had said the allocation accruing to the state had fallen from N3.8bn per month to N1.3bn. The labour leaders have however said the government should consider the re-introduction of PTA back to schools to be able to raise little money considering that the people of Osun have been enjoying free healthcare, free education coupled with free meal for the students.

PHOTOS: Vehicle Knocks Down Motorcycle At Ikorodu Road, Kills Rider & Passenger On The Spot

Accidents hasn't being my thing these days but i just wish to share this with us all, so that we can be grateful for the gift of life yet within us. A motorcycle rider and his passenger were killed this morning at Anthony bus stop on Ikorodu road when a vehicle knocked them down on the highway.

According to an eyewitness who shared the photos, the rider and the passenger died right on the spot. It will be recalled that the Lagos State Government has warned motorcycle (okada) riders to desist from using highways as transport route. May their souls rest in peace. See their bodies after the cut.

An Expert In Robbing Vechicle Just Got Bursted.. "The Car Master-Key I Own Made My Operations Easy"

Tokunbo Ojo | Vechicle robber

A suspected expert in robbing vechicle which goes with the name "Tokunbo Ojo" has been arrested by the police in Lagos state. Tokunbo made it known that the secret of the ease and success he has been having with his previous operation has to do with the master-key he own.

Tokunbo further reveals the places of his operation "i steal from any car or vechicle packed during public ceremonies such as weddings, burials and so on.."

You Are To Quit Your Official Post With Us as African First Ladies President - African Ladies Peace Mission

The exit as a result of election loss of president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan wich took place on the 28th of March has started taking it's effect on his dear wife "Patience Jonathan". The African Ladies Peace Mission has finalised the arrangement to quit her official post in the mission, an arrangement which is due for two (2) months before the expiration of her tenure in office. The African Ladies Peace Mission comprises of wives of presidents of all African countries.

Mrs. Jonathan was elected the mission’s President at its seventh summit held in Abuja in July 2012 and her tenure would have expired in July 2015 when a new president would have been elected. But because she will cease to be Nigeria’s President’s wife from May 29 when her husband will hand over power to the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs. Jonathan had summoned an emergency summit of the mission for May 15 for the purpose of electing her successor.

XENOPHOBIC: South Africa Closes Their Consulate in Lagos Over Fears of Retaliatory Attacks

                             

Following anti-Xenophobia protests in Lagos and Abuja, the South African consulate in Lagos has shut down its embassy today. The consulate was shut after dozens of Nigerians carried placards on Tuesday and protested to the South African embassy in Abuja and also to MTN head office saying the attacks on black immigrants in Durban, South Africa must stop.


The protesters, led by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, demanded an immediate end to the attacks and killings. They also threatened to attack South African nationals and businesses in Nigeria, if the attacks did not stop within 72 hours. This we learnt is one of the major reasons the embassy was shut down today.

The Essentials We All Need To Know About "Our Blood Types"

Although all blood is made of the same basic elements, not all blood is alike. In fact, there are eight different common blood types, which are determined by the presence or absence of certain antigens – substances that can trigger an immune response if they are foreign to the body. Since some antigens can trigger a patient's immune system to attack the transfused blood, safe blood transfusions depend on careful blood typing and cross-matching.

The ABO Blood Group System

There are four major blood groups determined by the presence or absence of two antigens – A and B – on the surface of red blood cells:

PHOTOS: Oritsefemi's Accuses Fiancee Of Been The Hacker Behind his Latest Scandal

You stay with a man for so long; through his striving and hustling days, you remain sticked with him. You totally respect his person only for sh*t to happen and suddenly, without confirmation or warning, he throws you out to be devoured by some wild animals, just like that! That's the story of this pretty lady pictured above with 'Nigerian famous artist' Oritsefemi.

Oritsefemi had this morning uploaded her pic on his IG account as the hacker behind his latest scandal. Drama followed such that the heartbroken lady had to respond denying his accusations in a touching note and asked Oritsefemi to delete his Istagram post, which of-course is confirmed to have done now.

XENOPHOBIA: MTN Nigeria Warns 6,000 Nigerians Will Lose Jobs if They are Attacked

Hours after two groups protested in its Abuja and Benin offices against the violent killing of foreigners in its home country, South Africa, MTN Nigeria on Monday warned that should there be attacks on its facilities, it might be forced to close shop. And 99 per cent of its over 6,000 workforce in the country, who are Nigerians, would be thrown into the labour market.

According to the Corporate Service Executive, MTN Nigeria, Mr. Wale Goodluck, there are only 12 expatriates working for the company in the country, compared to a workforce of 6,000 Nigerians. It also said that calls for the boycott of its services were unjustified as such an action would affect its
support chain, which could cause another 500,000 Nigerians to lose their means of livelihood.

No Work, Schools Shutdown In Ekiti, As Fayose Calls On Okada Riders, Drivers To Help Defend His Mandate

Pupils in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital, were sent back home Monday morning and civil servants stayed away from the State Secretariat for fear of being caught in a potential outbreak of violence following the call by Governor Ayodele Fayose to Okada riders and drivers to rise up and help him protect his mandate.

Nineteen lawmakers of the All Progressives Congress have initiated impeachment proceedings against him and have requested the state chief judge to raise a panel to probe the governor.

XENOPHOBIA: Human Rights Group Barricade MTN Office in Edo, Threaten to Shut Down South African Businesses in Nigeria

Human Rights group under the aegis of "The Flagship" today barricaded the MTN office in Benin city, Edo state during a protest over the current Xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Likewise the anti-Xenophobia protest outside South Africa High Commission in Abuja today.

A number of groups held peaceful demonstrations outside the South African High Commission in Abuja today to protest the xenophobic attacks against foreigners living in SA, including Nigerians. After comments by a number of protest leaders, the group handed over a communique to a representative of the high commission and left peacefully. See photo below this report.

And to that of the Human Right group at Edo... The group called on the South African government to immediately resolve the issues or they will shut down South African businesses here in Nigeria.

Robbers Invade Pres. Jonathan’s Aide’ Home... Cart Away With Undisclosed Amount Of Money

Unidentified gunmen on Saturday forcefully gained entrance the home of the Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, and carted away an undisclosed amount of money after destroying the safe kept in one of his rooms.

It was learnt that the gunmen, about 10 in number, were dressed in police uniform. They were said to have robbed his residence in Okaka Estate, Yenagoa, around 8pm. It was learnt that when the robbers came, the three policemen guarding the residence of the Presidential aide were indisposed.

Nigerians Living in Durban South Africa Vows to Fight Back

A group of Nigerians living in Mahatma Gandhi Road in Durban have vowed to defend themselves if attacked by the locals.

Solomon Okoro, (a 31year old man) according to iol.co.za, said they have been receiving threatening messages but were alert and prepared for any trouble if police are not willing to protect them. He said they would have guns, knives and bottles ready. Okoro said they have no choice but to defend themselves if under attack.

“It is not like we do not know how to fight. It would not be a good thing because this is not our country, we are not here to fight. Also local people are our friends, we eat and drink together. Those fighting are racist – they cannot live side by side with other Africans. We (did) a lot for this country during apartheid. But now that everything is hunky dory we are being attacked… This is a slap of hypocrisy,” he said.

Aso Rock Describes N2trillion Election Funds Story as “Mischievous, False and Wrongheaded”

The presidency has exposed today's front-page story on the Sunday Punch that said Pres. Jonathan spent a whopping N2 trillion on the 2015 General elections, and that a committee of five has been set up by President Jonathan to conduct an audit of how the funds were payed out by party members and state officials.

In an interview with state house correspondents, the president’s spokesman, Reuben Abati, described the report as “mischievous, false and embarrassing. It was just to paint Mr president and his party bad to the people; the handiwork our its opposition.. he said".

Ababti continued saying... “The President has not set up any committee as alleged in that story. It is also not true that the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party used state funds, or spent N2 trillion during the campaigns. The innuendoes are wrong-headed; the motives behind the story are suspicious.

PHOTO: Couple Stabs 10-year old Girl in her Private Parts

A 10-year-old girl, Chidinma, has been admitted at an undisclosed hospital after a couple – Eucheria Chukwuma and Jerry Oko-Oboh – allegedly beat her up and stabbed her in the private parts with a broken bottle.

It was learnt that the couple and the victim’s family lived on Joshua Street, Agbabiaka, in the Ajangbadi area of Lagos. And that the couple assaulted the minor for allegedly fiddling with the vagina of their three-year-old daughter, Peace.

Orubebe Denies Involvement in Plot to Kidnap Jega - "So Shocking To Hear.. He Says''

The former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, has denied being a part in the alleged plot to kidnap the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega at the presidential results collation centre in Abuja.

Reports had claimed that Orubebe’s protest against the abandonment of his petition against underage voting in the North among other complaints against Prof Attahiru Jega was a deliberate action by him to cause confusion at the presidential result collation centre to pave way for Jega’s abduction and trigger national violence.

Grant Presidential Pardon To Ibori, Ijaw Group Urges Jonathan

An Ijaw group, the Ijaw People’s Development Initiative, IPDI, in Delta State, last weekend, called on President Godluck Jonathan to grant presidential pardon to the former governor of the state, Chief James Ibori, before his exit from Aso Villa, next month.

National President the group, Mr. Austin Ozobo, in interactive with newsmen, said:
“Chief Ibori has suffered enough and there is no justification for not granting him mercy, as had been done to others.”

Ondo Strange Disease Not Contagious, Initial Results Show Ethanol Poisoning

The Ondo State Government says a strange disease that has killed over a dozen people since its outbreak on April 15 in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of the state, is not contagious and could be a result of ethanol poisoning.

The Commissioner for Health in the state, Dayo Adeyanju, stated this on Sunday at a news conference in Akure. He said investigations from post-mortem carried out on the victims and other laboratory tests revealed that the disease was neither epidemic nor contagious. According to the commissioner, preliminary report showed ethanol poison found in the systems of all the victims.

WHO Scientists Land Ondo State To Investigate Strange Disease That Has Killed Over 20

WHO Scientists have arrived Ondo State, Nigeria, to investigate the mysterious disease which has killed over 20 people in the state. The disease which is said to kill less than 24 hours has killed over 20 according to reports, with symptoms ranging from headache to weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness. It drains the victim in just one day; how terrible.

WHO scientists who have however arrived Nigeria says blood and urine samples of two victims have been taken and cerebrospinal fluid from another, have all been sent to Lagos University Teaching Hospital to determine the cause of the disease.

The Massacre Here Will Be More Than What Happened In Rwanda In 1994- Xenophobic Attackers in SA Anounces

The horror in south africa continues as they kill so many each day. This Mozambican man was stabbed to death by angry South Africans. See another photo from the scene below after the cut.

Nigerians in South Africa, especially students have cried out against the xenophobic attacks on Africans especially Nigerians in parts of the country. In an interview with Sunday Punch, Nigerians studying in South Africa explains how they have been hiding from their attackers, how they have been sending them threat messages and how they have been moving in groups if at all they have to go out. What they told Punch after the cut. So terrible and heart breaking, this is not even whites against blacks.

PHOTOS: David Cameron Visits Sikh Temple just a Day after Prayers with Pastor Adeboye

So last night in London, UK Prime Minister David Cameron surprised a lot of people when he showed up at the Festival Of Life Conference and got prayed for by RCCG Pastor Adebayo. Minutes ago another news broke that David Cameron also visited a Sikh temple today just hours after the RCCG prayers.

I was pleasantly encouraged upon hearing the news this morning that the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, received prayers from our very own Nigerian Pastor Enoch Adeboye during the Festival Of Life Conference in London last night!

PHOTO: Girl Gives Birth to Baby Boy in Oyo after Having Sex with Snake

It sounds unbelievable, but from the account of 19-year-old Kehinde Adegoke, it really happened. The teenager who is an indigene of Ogbomoso in Oyo State, but whose parents live in Minna, Niger State, has told Sunday Tribune how she had sex with a snake in her dream for four years and eventually got pregnant without any physical relationship with any man.

Not only that, Kehinde was delivered of a baby boy in the early hours of March 28, 2015. The baby, however, brought strangeness as he had two teeth protruding from the gum in its lower jaw. He
however died on Sunday, March 29 without any ill health pinned to him.

Zimbabwe Begins Evacuation of Its Citizens From South Africa

Zimbabwe's High Commissioner to South Africa, Isaac Moyo says the Zimbabwean government has concluded plans to begin the evacuation of about 1,000 Zimbabweans resident in South Africa following the recent xenophobic attacks in the country.

"Identification and processing of repatriation documents has already been done. It is very sad. Most people do not have any documentation. They don't have any clothes apart from what they are wearing. Many of them had to leave all their clothes, businesses and properties behind. so sad!

20 Dies From Cholera Outbreak in Ebonyi State

20 people have been confirmed dead from a Cholera outbreak in Ebonyi state. The state Director, Public Health and Disease Control, in the Ministry of Health, Dr Chris Achi, who made this known to newsmen in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state, said seven local government areas namely Ohaukwu, Izzi, Ezza North, Ishielu, Ebonyi, Abakaliki and Ohaozara have recorded the highest number of cases.

Dr Ashi said one student of the Ebonyi State University has just died from the epidemic while 9 others are in the hospital after contracting the disease.

Forgive Me For The Sake Of The Masses & Orphans… Nobody Is Above Mistake - Fayose Begs

We don’t know exactly who Governor Ayo Fayose is directing his plea to, may be the APC lawmakers who are bent on impeaching him, or his numerous enemies in the political world. But the Governor yesterday at a special prayer session organised for him by the Ansar-udeen Mosque, Atikankan in Ado-Ekiti to celebrate his recent electoral victory at the Supreme Court, pleaded with the opposition and others he calls his enemies to please spare their sword and let peace reign in Ekiti. Continue below to read what Mr Fayose said.

“If they say someone has enemies, I am number one in the world. But God has been merciful and has been helping me to overcome my challenges.

Terrifying Photos Reveal the Horror of What's Really Happening in South Africa #Xenophobia

At least five people have been killed over the past two weeks since local vigilantes in South Africa started looting and attacking shops owned by immigrants mainly from other parts of Africa

In Johannesburg, Malawian immigrant Samuel Idrssa described how his friend was stabbed and set on fire by a mob. ‘We wanted to rescue him but there were too many of them,’ he said. ‘It was shocking.’ ‘We have all left our homes. Those affected are those of us who live in poor townships because we live with poor South Africans who do not have jobs.’

Violence flared days after Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini said in remarks that foreigners should 'take their bags and go'. And pictures below capture the horror of what's currently happening in the country.

Addressing parliament in Cape Town on Thursday, President Zuma had reiterated his condemnation of the violence, calling it a 'violation' of South Africa's values. No amount of frustration or anger can ever justify the attacks on foreign nationals and the looting of their shops,' he said. 'We condemn the violence in the strongest possible terms. The attacks violate all the values that South Africa embodies.' See Disturbing Photos below:

VIDEO: South African King Zwelithini Caught on Tape Saying Foreigners Must Pack up and Leave

We have all seen the havoc coming from South Africa since the violent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals especially the blacks. It turns out that way before the attacks, three weeks ago back in March, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini was recorded saying that foreigners must pack up and leave the country.

In the presence of both Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and provincial MEC Willies Mchunu, the king was reported to have told a gathering that it was time foreigners were made to return to their countries. The king accused them of messing up the country’s towns by hanging their fake clothing brands on the streets.

Lawyers Ask Court To Jail MultiChoice MD For Disobeying Court Order

Two Lagos-based legal practitioners, Oluyinka Oyeniji and Osasuyi Adebayo, have commenced contempt proceedings against the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, Mr. John Ugbe, for allegedly violating a court order.

Ugbe, alongside the Public Relations Manager of the company, Caroline Oghuma, is liable to being jailed if found guilty of the accusation filled against them. The lawyers had, on April 2, 2015, secured a court order of lag injunction restraining MultiChoice from giving effect to its proposed 20 per cent increament on subscription fee to the Digital Satellite Television (DStv).

Orekoya Kids' Nanny Kidnapper Begs for Forgiveness, Confesses The Mastermind Of The Kidnap

The nanny, who kidnapped three Orekoya children in the Surulere area of Lagos State, has begged for forgiveness of her wicked act and said her husband, by the name "Waheed Kareem" is the mastermind of the kidnap.

While being paraded at the Lagos State Police Command Headquatres in Ikeja, the nanny, who adopted a pseudonym, Mary Akinloye, to deceive the Orekoyas, confessed that her actual name is Funmilayo Adeyemi, a 35-year-old indigene of Osun State. PUNCH Metro reports she said she was contacted for maid jobs through her brother-in-law and his wife, who were always online to track posts.

She said when the police arrested her, she was at a fan repairer’s workshop, adding that her husband saw them taking her away and rather took off!

Peter Okoye Debuts With A Dance Reality Show

Peter Okoye, one half of the famous P-Square music duo, has kicked-off with ‘Dance Nigeria with Peter,’ a TV reality show designed to raise the bar in dance. Dance Nigeria with Peter is the first Dance Reality TV show that formally revoke the normal monotony of dance competition seen on TV.

It’s a show that brings about a whole new dimension to dance, dancing in an exciting display of talents, all wrapped up with suspense and indecision of the judge/mentors. The show witnesses Peter Okoye making his debut as a judge/mentor alongside dance Queen Kaffy and Nigerian hip hop dance choreographer, Flex.