“We will meet in the battlefield” – Asari-Dokubo challenges Boko Haram leader

Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, the leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force has challenged the leader of Boko Haram Islamic militant sect, Abubakar Shekau, following statement he allegedly made threatening the Niger Delta region and President Goodluck Jonathan.

Asari-Dokubo, who was speaking on Thursday night at a strategic partnership session with ex-militant leaders organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission, said “2015 is more than do-or-die. It is our very survival that is being challenged; it is our very existence that is being challenged.”

He reportedly said, “They are starting oo! Shekau (Boko Haram leader) said in his video that we should not play with them. He said ‘Goodluck, I am coming for you. Niger Delta, we are coming for you.’ Are we going to allow them? They will shoot the guns; throw the bombs and that is when we will dance.

“2015 is more than do-or-die. It is our very survival that is being challenged; it is our very existence that is being challenged and we must tell them; you are a man and I am a man, we are going to meet at the battlefield. Be prepared, be watchful. The enemies should not be allowed. In this region, there will be only one vote.”

Asari-Dokubo also talked about calls by the North for the reduction of 13 per cent derivation received by oil producing states to 5 per cent saying they shouldn’t dare.

“The people from the North have said that NDDC should be scrapped. They said 13 percent derivation should be reduced to five percent and that nobody owns oil.

“We have to gather again and tell them (North) that they dare not do it (scrap NDDC and reduce derivation). If they (North) try it now, they will see it. It is because our brother is the President; that is why we are hanging it (peaceful).”

Mujahid Asari-Dokubo is a former militant who later embraced late President Umar Musa Yar’Adua’s Amnesty Programme initiated to maintain peace and stability in the Niger Delta region

I will lead protest march to find missing girls – Patience Jonathan

The Boko Haram Islamic sect may soon get more than what they bargained for as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has threatened to hit the streets in protest if the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls are not released promptly.

The First Lady said this yesterday while meeting with governors’ and ministers’ wives, female senators, commissioners and more than 200 women from various groups at the State House in Abuja.‎

The meeting was organised to ascertain the exact whereabouts of the missing schoolgirls who were taken away by men suspected to be members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect on April 14.

Initial reports say the girls were spotted at a Boko Haram camp near Nigeria’s border to Cameroon but subsequent reports indicate the girls have been moved to different locations making it difficult to find and bring them home.

Chris Brown to spend his 25th birthday in jail

Chris Brown will be spending his 25th birthday in jail after a judge denied him bail again on Thurs. May 1st at a hearing in L.A. Superior Court.

After seven weeks in jail, the Loyal singer was hoping to be out in time for his birthday which will be May 5th, but he'll have to spend at least another week in jail as his next hearing won't be until May 9.

Mr. President, we’re going to need you to resign

The fact that Nigerians (not even those who like him or feel sorry for him) cannot trust this president, and do not believe that he has the capacity to keep us safe, to keep us well, to solve problems, is the urgent reason that this president immediately needs to resign.

Calling on the democratically elected president of a nation to resign is not something to be said in a hurry; flippantly, or to prove a point.

Even in times such as this, when, across the nation, media and analysts have fallen over themselves to make that exact request, restraint is a necessary virtue.

Indeed, when it comes to the cascade of negativity that this president has had to contend with, this board has been willing to be sympathetic, and to take a longer view. For good reason. Every president of Nigeria, before Goodluck Jonathan, has faced identical challenges – insecurity, corruption, a destroyed education system, more.

African Queen! Ghanaian Beauty Drives The Internet Crazy [PHOTOS]

Ghanaian Beauty Drives The Internet Crazy
God is good. All the time. And all the time God is good. You want to know what real beauty is? It’s right there in the Motherland with a woman by the name of Peace Hyde. All we know is this: we want to go to Ghana as soon as possible because we’re in love. Here are her pics…whoo lawd!

Amazing Photos: Elvina Ibru talks about her Weightloss, from 250kg to 115kg, in New Interview

Back in England two decades ago, popular daughter of billionaire businessman Olorongun Michael Ibru, Elvina Ibru won an unusual beauty contest. She was crowned the Miss Big and Beautiful Competition UK. At her peak, Elvina weighed all of 210 kgs. Fast forward to today, the former singer now weighs 115kg and she’s oozing so much sexiness with her new figure.

100 Sexiest Women in the World [PHOTOS]

As the 2014 winner is crowned, we take a look back at the past 10 ladies who landed the number one spot.

This year’s S3xiest Woman in the World – according to FHM readers – goes to ditsy American beauty Jennifer Lawrence, while former Corrie star Michelle Keegan topped the UK poll and came second worldwide.

Jen beat off stiff competition from mostly n4ked pop beauty Rihanna, who’s been hogging all the headlines with her recent bum and boob baring.

And with this, ahem, majorly need-to-know news being announced (FHM describe it as the most exciting date in their calendar), we though it provided the perfect excuse to take a look back at the other beauties who got greedy and nabbed all the votes.

SO SAD!! Chris Brown’s haggard and Unkept look will make you Cry (Photos)

Aww I just feel like crying for him.Chris Brown was photographed for the first time yesterday(Thursday May 1st) in an Orange prison suit looking very downcast during his latest hearing in Rihanna 2009 beating case..The Judge James Brandlin ruled he will remain in jail until May 9.Sad.,..More below

29-year-old man kills his own daughter over plate of rice

According to a report by Tribune, a 29-year-old man named Kingsley Ekerete (pictured above), has been arrested for killing his own 7 year old daughter over a plate of boiled rice in Obimama, Oyigbo LGA of Rivers state.
Kingsley, a commercial driver who hails from Nto Osung community in Ikot Ekpene Local Area of Akwa Ibom State, holds just a First Leaving Certificate and has to drive his bus daily through the bustling traffic of Port Harcourt to make ends meet and put food on the table for his young family.
Judging from his looks, no one would have taken him for a murderer or imagined that he is capable of killing his own child. On this fateful day of April 12, 2014, Kingsley returned home like every other day at 1900hrs, already famished. He hurried down to the pot of rice he had prepared before leaving for work only to find that his also hungry daughter, Favour, had helped herself to the meal he had reserved for himself. Kingsley’s animal instincts became awakened and what followed were fits of mad rage as the red-eyed father unleashed his beastly tendencies on his seven-year-old daughter.

Adorable pics of 2face and Annie Idibia's 4month old daughter, Olivia

She looks so much like her older sister, Isabella Idibia. She's soooo cute!

Former military Governor of Delta State dies at 64

A former military Governor of Delta state, Retired Col. John David Dungs has died. He died yesterday while being rushed to the hospital after he slumped at his residence in Rayfield, Jos.

His death is said to be very devastating to his family as he just lost his own father, Chief Dung Jok only last week and his body was still in the mortuary.

Late Rtd. Col. Dung was the Military Governor of Delta state from August 1996 until August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha. May his soul rest in peace.

Building collapse in Ibadan, one feared dead

An uncompleted 2-storey building collapsed yesterday at Ologuneru in Ido LGA of Ibadan city with one feared dead. According to those who were working at the site, they head a deafening noise at about 2pm, which made them all run out for safety but unfortunately, the tipper driver who supplies sand to the construction site didn't run fast enough and got trapped in the building as it collapsed.

Men from the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corps, Federal Road Safety Corps & other agencies were involved in rescue efforts but were not able to lift the heavy debris to rescue the man on time.

The site engineer reportedly fled the scene immediately the collapse happened

Chibok schoolgirls: Nigeria police, SSS say at least 276 still missing

According to Premium Times, the Police Command in Borno state and the State Security Service (SSS) yesterday May 1st had a joint press conference at the headquarters of the Borno State Police Command where they stated that the actual number of missing girls is 276 and not 234 as earlier reported and could even be more.

Speaking at the press conference yesterday, the Borno state Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawan said the figure they have is the authentic number as they have carefully gone round the Chibok village and its environ to collate the names of girls that have gone missing since April 14th when the school was attacked by the Boko Haram men. Continue...

Photos: Heavy military presence at MMIA, Lagos

According to multiple eye-witness reports, there's an unusual heavy presence of military personnel at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Ovation magazine publisher, Dele Momodu shared photos online and said the military men are making life difficult for passengers who are either departing or arriving the country. See more photos after the cut...

More photos from the scene of yesterday's blast in Abuja

Should people be gathered this close to a place where there has been two bombings? See more photos after the cut...

More photos from the scene of yesterday's blast in Abuja

Should people be gathered this close to a place where there has been two bombings? See more photos after the cut...

Woman caught trying to smuggle marijuana into Kirikiri prison

A female caterer in Lagos has gotten into trouble with the law after she was caught trying to smuggle illicit drugs into a prison.35-year-old Oyinyechi Ezirim is said to have made an attempt to sneak marijuana (cannabis sativa) into the Kirikiri prison where her boyfriend was being held.She is said to have concealed the dried weed inside packs of noodles which were inspected during the examination of food items brought for inmates.

Update on President Jonathan's security meeting today

The 7 hour extraordinary meeting President Jonathan ordered with the Service Chiefs has ended in the state house. Briefing newsmen after the meeting, the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku said the meeting focused on the missing Chibok girls and yesterday's bomb blast.

According to Maku, President Jonathan, while addressing the issue of the missing schoolgirls, said "wherever the girls are in the world, we will get them back, apprehend and punish the culprits."

"On the unfortunate kidnap of the Chibok girls, the security chiefs briefed the meeting on efforts so far made to locate and rescue the girls, and bring the perpetrators to justice. Extensive and intensive aerial surveillance by the Air Force has been carried out in all the routes leading into and out of Chibok up to the Chad and Cameroun borders. Other parts of Borno and Adamawa states are also under the searchlight. Every information relayed to security agencies has so far been investigated, including the search of all places suspected as a possible hide-away of the kidnapped girls", Maku said. Continue..

US embassy in Nigeria warns of possible terror attack on Sheraton Hotel in Lagos

The United States Embassy in Nigeria today Friday May 2nd issued a warning to U.S citizens, asking them to avoid Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, and also said 'groups associated with terrorism' are planning an attack on Sheraton Hotel in Lagos.

The warning was posted on their website here. Continue to read the full statement...

Aisha Sesay & Janelle Monae lend voices to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign

Leading CNN news anchor Aisha Sesay and US music star, Janelle Monae today learnt their voices to the growing campaign for the release of abducted schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno. Continue...

Hollywood actor James Franco exposes pubic hair in instagram pic

He's only 36 but he seems to be having some kind of mid-life crisis. First was his recent scandal involving a 17 year old girl who he tried to pick up online, and since then James Franco has been looking for more attention on social media by tweeting pics that many feel are inappropriate.

Last night he posted his most shocking pic yet, which shows him standing in front of a mirror in his bathroom in just his boxer briefs with his hand down his pants and pubic hair showing. He deleted it an hour later after serious backlash from fans who questioned his sanity. This is what B-list & reality stars do, not a bonafide Hollywood A-list actor.

Another blast hits Abuja (Nyanya) confirming 73 dead

These are the first pictures coming out of the Nyanya bomb blast that happened few minutes ago. The bomb was loaded in a car and exploded at the same spot where the April 14th Bomb blast took place.The Nyanya Abuja road has been sealed up by security agents..Casualties are being rushed to the hospitals..Number of dead cannot be confirmed yet by Nigerian Super Watch view more pics below

NIGERIAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ALLEGED TERROR CHARGES IN U.S OF AMERICA

33 year old Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi (pictured above) yesterday Tuesday April 29th pleaded guilty to terror charges in a US court. The Nigerian citizen is accused of providing material support to an al Qaeda affiliate, and participating in its media and recruitment campaigns, Reuters reports.

US prosecutors said that, from January 2010 to August 2011, Babafemi left Nigeria to Yemen twice to meet with some leaders of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, known as AQAP.

"The defendant traveled to Yemen to put himself at the disposal of a violent terrorist organization that has repeatedly demonstrated its determination to inflict bodily and economic harm on the US and its citizens," A U.S. Attorney said in a statement.

Prosecutors also say the al Qaeda leaders paid Babafemi, also known as 'Ayatollah Mustapha' almost $9,000 to recruit English-speaking people from Nigeria that would write for their online magazine called 'Inspire'. He was extradited August last year from Nigeria to the US.

Sentencing for the case has been scheduled for August 27th. Babafemi faces a maximum of 30 years in prison. So they are basically locking him for editing and getting writers for the al Qaeda magazine.

Photos: Work in progress on light rail system construction in Lagos

Th proposed light rail system being constructed by the Lagos state government in partnership with the World Bank is coming up well, with the rail tracks now being laid on the flyover rail-bridge that would run from Orile down to the island. The rail system is being developed to ease business transportation from the Badagry end of Lagos down to Lagos Island. See more exclusive photos after the cut..

14yr old girl kills another 14yr old girl after Facebook fight over a boy

14 year old Endia Martin (pictured above) was killed on Monday April 28th by another 14 year old girl after they argued on Facebook about a boy. Is this what 14 year olds should be doing? Fighting over boys and killing each other? My goodness!

According to Chicago Times, the handgun used to kill Endia Martin had been brought to the scene by someone who knew the suspect and knew 'there was going to be a fight' Chicago police said

"What would have been, under any other circumstance, probably a fistfight between 14-year-old girls, because they were fighting over a boy, turned into a murder. You introduce a firearm and you have a murder." The police said

Endia was walking home from school when the other girl approached, pulled the gun and opened fire around 4:30 p.m on Monday in West Garfield Boulevard, Chicago, according to police. Endia was hit in the back and killed instantly.

The 14 year old girl has been charged as a juvenile with murder, while her 24-year-old uncle and a 17-year-old boy are also facing charges. The two are being held for giving the gun to the killer.

P-Square's publicist releases statement, says he never said it was all a publicity stunt

Yesterday P-Square's publicity Bayo Adetu was quoted as saying the fight between the brothers was all a publicity stunt, and that they all decided to play along. Well, after the backlash from fans, Mr Adetu has backtracked and claims he never made those comments. A statement he released below.

My attention has been drawn to one magazine interview quoting me that the purported P-Square break-up tale was a ‘publicity stunt.’ It was indeed a misconception on the part of the writer. I never said the rumour was a ‘publicity stunt.’
There is no way I could have granted an official interview and speak in such denigrating manner as being portrayed by the magazine in question.
I can remember talking to Star FM and NTA2, and it is on record that I never spoke in such unprofessional manner! Most importantly, I never said it was a ‘publicity stunt’ because that amounts to toying with the emotions of P-Square fans. I cherish the fans more than Diamond and therefore, I will never disrespect or toy with their emotions. Thanks for your understanding.

Read the interview he supposedly granted to Icon magazine after the cut...

Chibok schoolgirls 'alive' & deal is 'within reach' - hostage negotiator claims

Found this report a foreign site, Channel4.com. Read below..

A hostage negotiator in direct contact with the kidnappers of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria tells Channel 4 News their safe release is "within reach", but that their fate rests on a knife-edge.
The girls, we believe, are alive but they have been moved from the location to which they were originally taken," the intermediary told Channel 4 News. "It would not be hard to engineer a deal. It looks like they want to release them."
The kidnappers have warned, however, that attempts by the military to launch a rescue attempt "may result in the deaths of many of the captives".


They want a way out," said the negotiator, who has long experience of dealing directly with the Islamist group Boko Haram in previous hostage crises.

Boko Haram translates as "western education is forbidden" and, like the Taliban, the group opposes the education of Muslim girls, particularly if that education has western influence.

Even though most of the kidnapped teenagers are from Christian families, the intermediary says the group believes it has already succeeded in embarrassing the government and instilling terror in the civilian population.

Unapologetic! Rihanna goes topless for French magazine, Lui

She actually posted all the pics on her instagram page a few minutes ago...and then deleted them a few minutes later. This is probably her most raunchy magazine cover yet. Check on the pics after the cut...

Pres. Jonathan fires his Special Adviser (political), Ahmed Gulak

President Jonathan has fired his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak with immediate effect. This was revealed in a series of tweets by the President's spokesman, Reuben Abati


They didn't give a reason for his termination.

FG To Provide Fresh Evidence That Ndume Has Link With Boko Haram

The Federal Government asked the court for permission to call additional witnesses and provide new evidence proving that Borno Senator Aliyu Ndume has links with the dreaded Boko Haram sect, The Nation reports.

It would be recalled that Ndume is accused of sponsoring insurgents.

The case took a new turn on Tuesday in a Federal High Court in Abuja, as the attorney from the office of Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) E. Orji moved the motion to give fresh facts proving in support of allegations against the senator.

"We urge this court to grant this motion and dismiss the counter affidavit of the accused because it is intended to cause a clog in the wheel of justice," he said.

Meanwhile defence asked the court to reject the request.

According to his lawyer I. A. Kaigama, if the request is satisfied, it will overreach the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal setting aside the admission of new evidence by trial court.

"The motion constitutes a gross abuse of the process of the court and should be refused. The application has no fact to convince the court to grant it. Bringing additional evidence will amount to unfair trial for the accused person," the lawyer stressed.

The trial judge fixed May 27 for ruling.
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One Million Nigerian Women Ready To Protest In Abuja

A group of Nigerian women, under the banner of “Women for Peace and Justice”, have said they would stage a peaceful protest in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city on Wednesday.

According to Premium Times, the women are staging the protest to demand the release of the remaining 230 Government Girls Secondary School students kidnapped in their hostel in Chibok, Borno State.

It could be recalled that about 273 school girls were reportedly whisked off by members of the Boko Haram on April 14.

It was also reported that forty-three of the girls have been found and reunited with their family after they allegedly escaped their abductors.

Since the rest of the girls are yet to be found, the Women for Peace and Justice, therefore, decided to have a one million protest march on Wednesday.

According to them, it is an attempt to bring the plight of these girls to world.\

“The procession will start from the Unity Fountain, Maitama [ by Transcorp Hilton] and march to the National Assembly to and the office of the National Security Adviser to deliver letters to the Senate President, Speaker and National Security Adviser respectively.

"The procession will then march back to the Unity Fountain and the selected spokespersons will address the crowd and the media,” the spokesperson of the women, Hadiza Usman, said in a statement.

DISGRACE! EFCC Shuts Down Actress Laide Bakare’s Boutique In Lagos

She left her husband and married a rich man, now the problems have started. I just hope she can manage:

Certainly, these are not the best of times for popular actress, Laide Bakare, as she seems to have been caught in the web of the face-off involving her husband, Alhaji Atanda Orilowo, a.k.a ATM, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a multi-billion Naira estate project in Lagos.

Her husband had threatened to go to court to put a stop to the intimidation by EFCC and settle all the issues once and for all, but it seems the man was just bragging. He has not been seen and the anti-corruption body say Alhaji Orilowo is on the run. They’ve now been empowered to take over his properties…see more pics below

Photos: Rihanna poses topless in racy new shoot for Vogue Brazil

Rihanna looks incredibly stunning in the May issue of Vogue Brazil. The singer stripped down for the mag a while back but pics from the photo shoot were recently released. See more pics after the cut.

Photos: Ini Edo's husband throws her surprise birthday party

Ini Edo's husband Phillip Ehigwina threw her a surprise birthday party yesterday and invited some of her close friends to celebrate with them. Ini turned 32 on April 23rd. See more pics after the cut...

APC Chieftain who battered wife arrested by Sagamu police

The APC chieftain, Bashorun Bayo Awosanya, who battered his wife at their residence in Sagamu on Easter Sunday April 20th (read here) after an argument was arrested yesterday April 28th by the Ogun State police command.

"The suspect personally reported himself to the Sagamu Divisional Police Officer, CSP Lawal Adebowale, around 0800hrs due to arrest warrants issued and pressure mounted on him to show up before he would be publicly declared wanted by the police" the PPRO of the Ogun State Command in a statement.He was later transferred to the Department of Criminal Investigation for further questioning. Ogun State police say they plan to charge him to court.

If you have a violent husband, you can actually get him arrested and locked up. Nigerian police now take domestic violence serious. If your spouse bribe their way out of an arrest, contact NGOs that cater for battered women and they will take up your case. Domestic violence needs to stop!

P-Square’s Younger Sister Engaged To Her Nollywood Actor Boo

It’s indeed a season of love, proposal and weddings for the Okoye family as the younger sister of the popular music duo P-square got engaged over the weekend.

Mary Okoye’s long time boo who is a Nollywood actor, Emma Emordi proposed and she said yes. SEE MORE PICS BELOW

Delta bursary fraud whistleblower arrested in Lagos & taken to Delta state

According to a report by SR, Ambrose Ezewani, an ex student of the University of Lagos and former President of the National Association of Delta State students, UNILAG chapter, who blew the lid on a systematic student bursary racketing allegedly spearheaded by the Commissioner for Higher Education in Delta state, Mr Hope Eghagha has been handed over to the Delta state Government

Sahara Reporters reports..

Police officers in Sabo Station yesterday afternoon handed him over after the Delta State officials visited to ask for his transfer to Asaba, Delta State where he will be most likely tortured and “tried” for revealing the fraud perpetrated by officials of the state.
Ezeanwani was President of the National Association of Delta State Students Union at the University of Lagos. During his tenure, he revealed that the bursary system was fraught with fraud, which he said was being perpetrated by men in the scholarship board in Delta State. Continue...