Kissing on set: I’m always afraid of bad breaths – Habibat Jinad

Habibat Jinad needs no introduction in the entertainment industry. Many people who know her would remember her for her refreshing show ‘Miliki Express’ which airs from 1pm to 2pm on Startimes

PDP campaign organization denies diversion of funds for support groups.

ABUJA- PEOPLES Democratic Party, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDPPCO has denied speculations that funds meant for Support Groups have been embezzled by some officials working for the President under the auspices of the Goodluck Support Group,GSG.

Nigerians React to Musiliu Obanikoro Ministerial Appointment

The Senate, amidst tension, on Wednesday concluded the screening and confirmation of eight ministerial nominees including a former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, despite resistance by members of the opposition All Progressives Congress.

Amber Rose Claims O.J. Simpson is Khloe Kardashian's Real Dad, Feud Continues...

The feud between Amber Rose and Khloe Kardashian just keeps on going! After branding Kim Kardashian a "wh-re" during a Twitter war on Monday, Feb. 16, Rose is taking things one step further -- now she's rehashing old tabloid claims that O.J. Simpson is Khloe's real dad!

Bomb explosions rock Gombe, Bauchi

Scores of people were killed yesterday in an explosion in a busy market in Bauchi, hours after twin bomb attacks rocked neighbouring Gombe State, where 20 people were said to have died, with 40 others injured.Although the number of casualties could not be ascertained, but eyewitnesses said it would be high as large sections of the Bauchi central market were still on fire at the time of the report.

Buhari joins Twitter, thanks supporters

Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2015 General Elections, Muhammadu Buhari has finally joined Twitter with handle @ThisIsBuhari.

Many feared killed as blast rocks Bauchi market

A bomb explosion, Monday, ripped through the Central Market in Bauchi.

File: People putting out fire at the scene of bomb blast at the Gombe line motor park in

ASUU demands release of lecturer’s kidnapped wife

The Academic Staff Union of Universities‎ has demanded an unconditional release of the wife of Dr. Seye Abiona, who is the chairman of its Osun State University chapter.
Mrs Abiona was kidnapped on Friday night and taken to an undisclosed location by his captors. The kidnappers are asking for N50m ransom before she could be released.

Oil theft: Navy arrests 12 suspects in A’Ibom

The regular surveillance of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, has yielded results with the arrest of 12 suspected oil thieves.

The suspects were arrested in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.

The FOB’s Commanding Officer, Commodore Abdu Odumu, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday.

Liverpool: Brendan Rodgers says Reds can finish in top four

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said his side can finish in the Premier League top four after their battling 2-2 draw against Arsenal.

Martin Skrtel, playing with a head wound, nodded an equaliser seven minutes into injury time at

Tunisia election: Marzouki refuses to admit defeat

Moncef Marzouki has refused to admit defeat in Tunisia's first free presidential election after exit polls suggested Beji Caid Essebsi had won.

The caretaker president, a former exile, said his rival's declaration of victory was "undemocratic".
Mr Essebsi, 88, has been celebrating with supporters, telling them all Tunisians now need to "work together", and promising to bring stability.

4 Nigerians Dupe Banks GH¢2m

The Commercial Crime Unit of the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested four people for allegedly defrauding three top banks to the tune of over GH¢2 million through their (banks') Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).
The four, according to Superintendent Felix Mawusi, director in-charge of the Commercial Crime Unit, had cloned cards of customers of the banks which they used in withdrawing the monies bit by

Reckless Abuse Of People On The Increase In The Name Of Religion—DOVVSU

The National Secretariat of the Domestic Violence and Victims’ Support Unit (DOVSU) has identified religious abuse as a fast growing trend in most Ghanaian churches.
At a day’s workshop on Gender-based violence for media practitioners on the theme; “Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Gender-Based Violence” in Accra, administrator at the National Secretariat of DOVVSU, ASP Lydia Osei Agyemang noted that some churches and prayer camps in

S.Korea nuclear plant operator says hacked, but no risk to reactors

SEOUL (Reuters) – Computer systems at South Korea’s nuclear plant operator have been hacked, but only non-critical data has been lost and there is no risk to the safety of nuclear installations including the country’s 23 atomic reactors, the company and the government said on Monday.
The attacks come amid concerns that North Korea may mount cyberattacks against industrial and

Richard Mofe Damijo set to return to Nollywood in 2015

Legendary Nollywood actor, Richard Mofe Damijo is set to make a return to acting come 2015. The award winning actor delved into politics several years ago which saw his slow disappearance from our screens. He has worked as a Commissioner for the Delta State government for a long time. RMD,

Man kills policemen in revenge for Michael Brown, Eric Garner deaths

A gunman in New York has shot dead two police officers and then himself apparently in retaliation for the deaths of black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Brown and Garner were both killed by police officers and their deaths sparked protests across the US

Man jailed for attempting to dupe Australian of $800,000

A Lagos High Court has convicted and sentenced one Promise Ekemini to one year imprisonment, for attempting to sell the property of an Australian valued at $800,000.

Ekemini was said to have hacked the e-mail of his target victim, Brian Daniel, and offered his property on Western Australia for sale on the internet.

Weldone Naija!!! Pirated copies of Obasanjo’s book sell for N7,000 instead of 15, 000

Pirated copies of former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s controversial autobiography titled ‘My Watch’ have flooded the streets of Lagos State, selling for as low as N7,000.

The development came after a Federal Capital Territory High Court judge, Justice Valentine Ashi, ordered that security agents, including the police and men of the Department of State Service, should

Ijaw youths threaten attack on Buhari’s supporters

Ijaw youths have threatened to attack supporters of the presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), in southern part of Nigeria.

The youths said on Sunday that they would visit Buhari’s supporters in the South with violence if the loyalists of President Goodluck Jonathan should be attacked in the North.

N10bn jet scandal: Reps to appeal ruling on Diezani

The House of Representatives said on Sunday that it would appeal the judgment of an Abuja Federal High Court, which forbade it from summoning the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.

In a judgement given on Wednesday last week, the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, also

Ebola: US to quarantine Nigerian medical personnel

The United States-based Nigerian health professionals, comprising medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists on medical mission in Abia State, said they would be quarantined for 21 days for Ebola virus when they return to the US.

NLC protests planned sacking, rejects salaries

The Nigeria Labour Congress, Kogi State chapter, has directed civil servants in the state to reject their December salaries to protect the jobs of over 6,000 workers slated for sack by the government.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the NLC gave the directive on Sunday in Lokoja, in a communique issued at the end of the meeting of its executive committee.

Spend N21.27bn donation on electricity, Buhari group tells Jonathan

The Buhari 2015 Support Group Centre on Sunday flayed the over N21.27bn donated to President Goodluck Jonathan   by businessmen, multinationals and the Peoples Democratic Party governors   to finance his 2015 presidential election campaign.

Did my husband have this love child?

Years back, my husband had an affair with one of our daughter’s friends. The girl was married at the time, became pregnant and had a little girl who is now an adult.

Over the years, this girl divorced her first husband, remarried, then divorced again. Now she lives

Donkey dies after fat man sits on it to take photo

A man was arrested on charges of animal abuse after allegedly killing an animal by sitting on it, police in Spain said. Madrid Police said that the overweight man sat on the young donkey, and as a result, it died three days later. The five-month-old donkey named Platero, was on display along with other animals in Lucena. According to the police investigation, the suspect, who weighs about 330

Incredible woman: Story of Nigeria’s first blind photographer

ARUKAINO UMUKORO writes about how a blind Nigerian woman overcame her challenge of sight to pursue a career in photography

After the tripod was set, the photographer checked the angles to ensure the ‘balance’ was good. She then felt the buttons on the camera. Then, she looked into the lens. Camera. Ready. Action!

You may consider this the ordinary routine of a photographer. Yes it is. But, what makes it

Jonathan vs Buhari: The running mate politics

The choice of the running mate for the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, and the All Progressives Congress’s candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), may influence voting in the 2015 presidential election, writes LEKE BAIYEWU

The two biggest political parties in Nigeria — the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition, All Progressives Congress — have presented their candidates for the 2015 presidential

Nigeria: Need for credible elections in 2015

It has become imperative for the Independent National Electoral Commission to shift the commencement of the 2015 general elections from February 14, 2015 to a further date following the various lapses and glaring signs of unpreparedness by the commission as glaringly evident in the

Insurgency: UN scribe expresses solidarity with Nigeria

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed solidarity with the governments and people of Nigeria, Pakistan and Yemen in their fight against terrorism.

Ban, in a message in New York, also expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of the

Gunmen kidnap ASUU chairman’s wife in Osogbo

Gunmen have kidnapped  the wife of Chairman, Osun State University chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Mrs. Funmilayo Abiona.

Abiona was abducted  in Osogbo on Friday night.