Tiwa Savage this afternoon in a question and answer session via MTVBaseAfrica on twitter answered few questions from her fans. The idea is that, any celeb on hot seat must be willing to answer any question from fans. And the one that has got a lot of people talking, was when Tiwa said if she had not become a musician, she would have been a housewife.

President Barack Obama has directed the deployment of 80 members of its armed forces to Chad to help in the search for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, CNN reports. In a letter sent to members of the US National Assembly, the US president said the armed troops will be involved in maintaining aircraft and analyzing data
"These personnel will support the operation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for missions over northern Nigeria and the surrounding area. The force will remain in Chad until its support in resolving the kidnapping situation is no longer required."
According to a senior official, the troops deployment is not based on any new intelligence leads.

A Los Angeles woman,Amani Terrell’s decided to air her frustration at  Hollywood’s obsession with perfection by stripping down to her bikini in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard .
She did it to show other women that it’s perfectly fine to be large and have good self esteem and all women are beautiful.
Amani who weighs 260 pounds told Fox

“You can not seek validation from other people. This world is very cruel. You must seek validation within yourself and be kind to yourself.”

 While most people had a positive reaction…One guy yelled that he lost his appetite. Another sarcastically called her “Precious”.

After being attacked by jealous Nigerian who are busy hating on her, the famous transgender seems not to give a damn as she replies her haters with new picture and the caption below..

Beauty they say, is in the eyes of the beholder, so you don’t have to like my looks. I honestly don’t care about your hatred for my ‘plastic look’. HAHAHAHA. I am not doing it for your approval, I do it for myself! Because it feels and looks good. So keep your nasty hateful opinions to your boring self!

Just because you can’t achieve the same result as myself doesn’t make your BASIC FAT ASS more of a woman than me! JEALOUS NIGERIAN BITCHES sending me stupid hateful messages. Fools, I didn’t buy my looks from a surgeon’s table, I created my looks
out of knowledge and understanding of my own body!……. Buy your coffins bitches, you gonna be seeing more hotness from my end! Get ready to die or bow do…..UGLY COWS!

6 year old Magdalene (left) and her older sister, Sonia, 13, (right) were part of those that lost their lives on Sunday May 18th after a bomb went off at a popular drinking spot on Atiken Street in the Sabongari area of Kano state. 8 others died. May their souls rest in peace...amen. This has got to stop!

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We are all used to seeing Yvonne Nelson rocking long, dark weaves, but today the actress showed off her new ‘golden’ locks.

She shared the photo on Instagram this morning, and we think the blonde hair looks good on her .

What do you guys think about it, hot or not?

Nigeria's movie industry popularly called Nollywood is currently been threatened as ‘Nollywood’ is now a registered trademark owned by a Nigerian guy living in the States, Nicholas Opara.
According to the United States Patent and Trademark office, the trademark was issued to Nicholas of Kirkland, WA. on December 03, 2013. What this means is that Nicholas Opara now has legal ownership of the term "Nollywood" and every time someone uses that term, they either have to get permission from him or pay him royalties, making it a potential cash cow for him.

Anyone using the word Nollywood in any of his products or services without Nicholas Opara's permission faces legal liability for trademark infringement and there's a report that he, allegedly, has already sent a cease and desist letter to a company using the word ‘Nollywood.’

The two actresses showed off their looks this morning on their IG pages.... See Chika's photos after the cut



 

 

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 Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions said 49-year-old Samson Adeneye and a woman, Oyerinde Olawunmi, 48, have a case to answer in a matter in which a human skull was found in the ceiling of an orthodox church in Lagos.

Two policemen attached to Special Anti-robbery Squad – ASP Franklin Alade and Cpl Deleojo Odunayo – were also implicated in the matter, for abuse of office.

A human skull was found in the ceiling of the St. Peter Cherubim and Seraphim church on Moses Adebisi Street, in the Ketu area of Lagos.
Prior to the incident, Adeneye and Olawunmi, who were former members of the church, were said to have sent threat text messages to some of the church’s ministers.
The two suspects were said to have accused the pastors of occultism and threatened to deal with them and kill them.
Both suspects had alerted the two SARS officers that there was a case of gun-running in the assembly. And the policemen reportedly stormed the assembly without any search warrant and headed for the ceiling where they allegedly found the item.
According to Punch, further investigations by the police revealed that the two ex-embers might have arranged the object to implicate the pastors, as suggested by earlier text messages sent to them.
They were subsequently arrested and charged to Court. The matter was earlier adjourned for DPP’s advice.
The DPP, in its advice signed by the Deputy Director, Adegboyega Bajulaiye, said:
“After carefully considering the facts available in the duplicate case file, this office is of the view that there are sufficient facts to establish a prima facie case of conspiracy to commit felony to wit; offering violence to officiating ministers of religion, written threat to kill and publication of false news which is likely to cause fear and alarm to the public...
“Facts available in the duplicate case file reveal that prior to January 19, 2013, there was a malice that brewed up over the years between Apostle Albert Samson and Samson Adeneye, which culminated into unauthorised search on the premises of Albert by men of SARS, led by ASP Franklin Alade, on the trumped-up allegation of gunrunning. This act of the police officers, which was believed to have been instigated by Adeneye, amount to abuse of office….”
The advice further stated that the two defendants had been sending death threat messages to the ministers, that were meant to distract them from their duties as ministers.
On the matter of the skull, the advice said, “There is however a strong inference from the facts in the case file that Adeneye may have been instrumental to placing ritual objects, including human skulls, on the ceiling of Albert’s church because of his prior accusation of Albert being a ritualist. This will only amount to speculation and suspicion, which no matter how grave, cannot stand in the place of law, particularly in the absence of eyewitness account or unequivocal evidence of inference.”
The DPP said based on findings, Adeneye and Olawunmi, should be arraigned for conspiracy to commit felony, written threat to kill and publication of false information.
The magistrate, Mrs. A.O Adedayo, will give her position/ruling on the matter on July 1, 2014.

Nollywood actress Eniola Badmus is set to start a radio show on Monday, 26th of May 2014 on Wazobia FM. The show which will be focussing on environment will be a question and answer programme where listeners who call in will win gifts and cash prizes.

She will be live on air  Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 6pm of every week.

According to BBC, Boko Haram members last night May 20th launched a fresh attack at Alagarno village in Borno State killing at least 17 people. Village sources say virtually all the buildings in the village were also razed.

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What could be worse than struggling to train a child in school only to be killed by agents of the state? It was a dream cut short. A bungled hope. The brightness in the family of the Opobiyis in Ilorin, Kwara State suddenly turned into eternal darkness with the killing of their son, Muyideen Mustapha Opobiyi.

The young man, whose life may have been on the service lane, finally got it terminated and dispatched out of the earth by some hot lead. Muyideen’s father, Alhaji Mustapha Oke-Odo Opobiyi, in tearful eyes declared that it was the police that killed his 23-year-old son.

Pa Opobiyi narrated how he had been labouring to train his son who just completed his secondary school education about six months ago at Command Day Secondary School, Maitama, Abuja.

Whilst waiting for the opportunity to further his studies, Muyideen had returned to Ilorin, his birthplace, three months ago. Not wanting to be loafing about in idleness, he convinced his father to allow him undertake computer training. His father agreed.

He got enrolled at the Da’rul Salam Computer Training Institute of Information and Technology, Ilorin. The young man was said to have been enthusiastic and boastful of acquiring computer education and was keen on flouting his niche over his classmates at Abuja.

His joy knew no bounds when the computer training programme finally came to an end on Saturday, the New Year eve. But fate, nay “enemies” would not allow him revel in his joy and hope of a better tomorrow. Just three days, yes three days after completing the programme, a flying bullet completed his sojourn here on earth. He was mowed down by a hot bullet. Who fired the bullet?

The police have however denied firing the bullet that killed Muyideen, whom sources said, was not part of those protesting the removal of subsidy on petrol.

But Pa Opobiyi was pointedly declarative: “the police killed my son”, he announced, adding that the autopsy carried out on the body of the victim at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) showed that he died of bullet wound. So who dun it?

Pa Opobiyi, drawing from the stoic disposition of a Muslim, however said he had accepted the ill fate that befell his son as the will of Allah. But he insists that his surrender to the will of the supernatural does not preclude the demand for justice.

He therefore said: “We, the members of the family are after justice.”

He argued that it is only the identification and punishment of the perpetrator of such evil act (through judicious prosecution) that could serve as a lesson to others who always feel that they are above the law when in uniform.

Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, yesterday announced that the state government would be spending N150million for the rehabilitation of the 53 chibok girls that escaped from Boko Haram captivity as well as their parents whose source of livelihood was affected by the abduction, Sahara Reporters reports.
The Governor made this announcement when he received the Presidential Fact Finding Committee on the missing girls in his office yesterday. Gov Shettima decried the notion by some people that the missing Chibok girls was a scam or that it was a staged attempt by the state government to stop emergency rule extension in the state. Continue...


He called out former Minister of Aviation, Kema Chikwe for casting doubts on the authenticity of the abducted girls. He said the missing Malaysian plane was a good example of what is happening now, saying that with all the theories mounting up of the possibility that the passengers are dead, rescue efforts with massive investment is still going on in the search of the missing plane.
"Now, while that is going on, here is Nigeria, there was a report that over 200 human creatures, young Nigerian girls about completing their secondary school education, were attacked in their school at night and whisked away like slaves in ancient years. And some Nigerians, one of them a former Minister and one time member of the Federal Executive Council which is the highest decision making body of this country, worst of all, a woman and a mother, came out to cast doubt over the abduction of these girls. That woman completely disregarded the sensitivity of that issue, the pains of the agonizing parents and our pains as a Government, to whom, the parents of these girls, cry out in desperation, unimaginable confusion and anguish. Every other unreasonable Nigerian that came to adopt that view, only anchored the unfortunate position that was first expressed by Mrs Kema Chikwe.” he said
The Governor also revealed that since the beginning of this year, N1billion has been spent on the rehabilitation of people and places that have experienced attacks from Boko Haram.
"In this year alone, we had spent close to one billion naira on victims. In Gwoza, we spent two hundred million naira for reconstruction of destroyed houses, markets, places of worship and to provide cash to victims so they could have something to rely on in the immediate term to feed themselves and families or start small businesses in the interim. In Bama, we spent three hundred million for same purpose; in Konduga we spent two hundred million naira" he said
Full text of his address to the Presidential Panel below
Schoolgirls Abduction: What Governor Shettima told Presidential fact finding committee today (Tuesday) in Maiduguri

Well known for her skimpy and sexy dress sense, Mercy Johnson Okogie says getting married has influenced her style positively and that she laughs when looks back at some of the dresses she wore before she got married.




"Marriage is influencing my dress sense in a more positive way. As I always say my husband is my greatest critic but when it comes to my profession, he understands and has made me grow better than I used to. Sometimes when I look back and see the dresses I wore I laugh real hard and thank God for a blessed and understanding friend, manager and hubby.” she tells Punch
The actress also talked about not having any major endorsement deal like her other colleagues
"First of all I always remain grateful that I am appreciated and recommended by showbiz personalities and Nigerians. That for me is the biggest endorsement. The other one will come. Keep your fingers crossed. I am humbled, grateful and uplifted and full of gratitude to everyone who ‘Googled’ Mercy Johnson at all times.”she said

People really need to be vigilant with all these fake mad people with negative intentions. The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected mad man for being in possession of arms and ammunition. The man was arrested on Saturday by some vigilant residents of Gowon Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos.
“The people were curious about what he was dumping. Upon closer examination, it was discovered that the mad man emptied one locally-made double-barrel pistol and four live cartridges into the dust bin.
“The youths in the community claimed they have been seeing him around the area as a mad man. He was immediately handed over to the police at Gowon Estate but under interrogation, he was not coherent in his speech.
“He was later transferred to the State CID, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation."
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police, Lagos State Command, DSP Ngozi Braide, disclosed this during a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria. Braide said the suspect was allegedly caught at 5th Avenue, Customs Junction, Gowon Estate, Ipaja, while trying to empty some items into a dust bin.

The police commended residents of the Gowon Estate for their vigilance and security consciousness, and urged them to continue to assist the police with useful information on suspicious movements.

   
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The mother of one of the Chibok school girls abducted by Boko Haram has been confirmed dead.
The deceased identified as Mary Paul Lalai reportedly collapsed and died of heart attack after she got the news of the girls abduction.

Aimu Fona, a member representing Chibok constituency in the State House of Assembly disclosed this to newsmen.

The deceased has since been buried according to Christian rites at the Mbulabam Village in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.

The late Mary's husband who is mourning her is still hoping for the release of two of his daughters who are among the girls still held hostage by the dreaded sect.

Though some of the girls are back home and united with their families, it is believed that over 200 girls are still in Boko Haram's captivity.

The girls abduction has become a global issue and Nigeria has been getting help and support from foreign countries like the US, UK, China, Israel and others.

Boko Haram had asked the government release its detained members in exchange for the school girls but that proposal was rejected by the government.

According to an anonymous source, parents should stop hoping to get back their daughters anytime soon as their release may not be immediate so they do not keep dying of related diseases.

"Since they claim they have the bravado of the Americans not to negotiate, then these girls may surely spend the rest of their lives with those hooligans but I assure you, they will not be able to get back the girls by the use of force of arms this year. All they will be successful in is to give more publicity to the insurgents who have been longing for this kind of world publicity Al Qaeda enjoyed under Osama Bin Laden," the source said, while adding that all the frenzy by the international media has not and may never help secure the release of the girls.

Two big explosions this afternoon ripped through the market located at Jos Terminus behind the popular Ahmadu Bello way in Jos, Plateau state.

Details are sketchy at the moment and the number of casualty is unknown but eye-witnesses are tweeting pics from the scene. Details later. See more pics after the cut...

Update: The first explosion occurred at 2.30pm, the second one 30 minutes later, killing scores. The first explosion reportedly went off in a Sienna Space bus, but didn't kill many people but the second one, which occurred as people came back to rescue the injured from the first explosion, recorded a high number of casualty. Men of the Fire Service, NEMA and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are currently at the scene helping with rescue efforts.