120 killed in mosque bomb explosions

                                
No fewer than 120 died and 270 were injured on Friday as the violent Boko Haram sect bombed the 10,000 capacity Kano Central Mosque where the Emir, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, usually leads prayers.

About 10 gunmen went on a shooting spree after the blast at the mosque, which is close to the Emir of Kano’s palace.

A rescue official, who spoke with Agence France-Presse, put casualty figures at almost 400, adding that 120 were killed and 270 hurt in the three explosions that rocked the mosque.

Seven drug traffickers nabbed on one flight excrete 8.7kg cocaine

                                      
Forty-nine-year-old Fred Obi was about to board an Ethiopian Air flight from Abuja to Tel Aviv, Israel with a strange cargo allegedly concealed in his stomach when the law caught up with him. He had ingested 1.594kg of cocaine.

But he was not the only one boarding that same flight with the intention of transporting narcotics they had ingested on November 22, 2014 when they were arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

North West, the stunning fashionista (photos)

Kim Kardashian dressed her 17 months old daughter in expensive designer fur coat, black leggins, black dress and black loafers and North carried it like a rockstar. Kim dressed North like that to an appointment at the spa in Beverly Hills and when paparazzi swamped the famous mum and daughter, North gave them a thumps up (right pic)...lol. How adorable! See more photos after the cut...

I Am A Committed Church Member, I Was Lured With N70,000 To Join The Robbery Gang – Robbery suspect

A suspected armed robber arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, Felix Odion, has said he never missed a church service despite the fact that he robbed for a living. Odion, who was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad along with his partner, Titus Anthony, on November 22 from a hideout in Ifo, Ogun State, said he was lured into joining a robbery gang and insisted that he was a committed church member.

No law prevents lawmakers from scaling fence –Victor Ndoma-Egba, senate leader

Some Nigerians believe that the executive has been taking the federal parliament for a ride because of the passive nature of the Senate. They cite last Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly by the police as a case in point. What is your comment on this?

Let me say that the show of force in the National Assembly by the security agencies last Thursday was quite unfortunate and totally unnecessary because the precincts of any parliament are supposed to be sacrosanct and their action was a violation of that. I will not be able to go into the substantive issues on why it happened or did not happen because I have been told that there are several court matters on those issues and being a lawyer, I will not be making any comment.

Agony of child slaves raped, abused by their bosses

                       
Theirs is a life devoid of any joy. People see them but never see the tragic lives they are trapped in. Day and night, many Nigerian children used as house helps labour and suffer in silence. They are locked in domestic servitude while their lucky peers go to school and live normal lives. KUNLE FALAYI, takes a look at the lives of such children, whose very existence are controlled by their bosses. They sometimes endure unimaginable trauma that changes their lives forever

Tosin Adeyanju rocked the six-month-old baby she was carrying gently to keep the child quiet. As the girl spoke, with a voice that belied the suffering and agony she had endured since she was a child, she looked around in fear.

Guess The Actresses Etcetera Took A Swipe At In New Husband/Divorce Drama?

This Etcetera no well. Hahaha so he thinks some of us won’t decode the people he is referring to in his new article? Lol… don’t send me your link again, I no dey do again…. Ahn Ahn… these are our girls now, lol. Okay quick one, you guys are going to read about a divorcee whom her new guy fell in love with after seeing her in Jennifer. And that’s Funke Akindele. The second divorcee who just spent $24,000 on a yacht trip in Dubai- Chika Ike, while the 3rd who just bought a Lekki house and rumoured G-Wagon is Ini Edo. Oya read the gist, so you will understand what I am saying better. Lol… Funny guy...

Tambuwal asks court to jail IG for contempt

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to summon the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, to explain why he should not be jailed for disobeying the court order.

Tambuwal accused Abba of consistently disobeying the court order made on November 7, 2014, which directed parties in his substantive suit filed to stop his removal as a member and Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No Environmental Sanitation Tomorrow In Lagos

The Lagos State monthly environmental sanitation exercise for November has been cancelled. It was cancelled to allow the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) officials easy access to their centres to distribute Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in the nine remaining local governments in Lagos.

The government said the cancellation of the exercise would also enable Lagosians to fully participate in the ongoing collection of PVCs and registration exercise. INEC will be working from Saturday to Sunday. I know this is more of good news to people having parties tomorrow.

Top prison boss gets 7 years in prison

Find the EFCC press statement below

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on  Friday 28, 2014, secured the conviction of a top prison officer as Justice J.J Majebi of the Kogi State High Court, Okene, convicted and sentenced Joseph Friday Idachaba, Deputy Controller of Prisons, to 7 years imprisonment for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretense. 

DNA result reveals Femi Kuti is not the biological father to two of his five children

Afrobeat king, Femi Kuti says he recently found out that two out of the 5 children he always thought were his, weren't. In an interview with Encomium mag, Femi said a DNA test conducted on a boy and a girl named Tosin and Dupe who were born after his first son, Made, showed he's not their biological father.

OAU students protest over President Jonathan's visit

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, are currently staging a peaceful protest on their campus. The students say they are angry that all activities at their school have been suspended due to President Jonathan's visit. They also say they are protesting the failure of the educational system under the GEJ administration. See more photos after the cut...

Kano Explosion: many feared dead

There was an explosion at the Central Mosque in Kano this afternoon as Muslim faithfuls were holding their Friday Jumat service. It's the same Mosque where Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido usually leads prayers but he wasn't there this afternoon. Many are feared dead. Details later....

Obasanjo blasted by Fayose for criticising Jonathan

                         

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, flayed former President Olusegun Obasanjo for allegedly criticising Jonathan’s administration on corruption and insecurity.

Fayose, who spoke at a summit in Ife, said that Obasanjo had no moral justification to criticise Jonathan’s administration because the former President’s government was far more corrupt than the one he criticised.

The attack from Fayose came just as notable leaders of the Yoruba race present at the summit endorsed Jonathan for a second term in office.

Rich Chinese man builds free luxury flats for poor people in the town where he grew up

A 54 year old Chinese businessman Xiong Shuihua did something amazing for the community where he grew up in Xinyu, Southern China. He paid to bulldoze all the wooden huts in the area then spent millions replacing them with an estate of luxury flats for the residents.

In total, he housed 72 families to repay them for their kindness towards him while he was growing up. He's also giving villas costing about £4m pounds to another 18 families who were particularly kind to him. In addition, elderly and low paid residents will also be given three meals a day for free.

Tanker carrying diesel tumbles and catches fire in Enugu

A tanker carrying diesel overturned after its brakes failed and caught fire along Abakpa Rd in Enugu state this evening. Thankfully no one died. The driver sustained minor burns though. See more pics after the cut...

Meet Obama daughters

16 year old Malia and 13 year old Sasha Obama looked all grown and beautiful as they stood next to their father, President Barrack Obama, as he pardoned the National Thanksgiving Turkey at the White House yesterday November 26th. See more photos after the cut...

19-year-old emerges WASSCE best pupil

                         

Ogun State-born Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji leads the pack in this year’s West African Examinations Council Academic Excellence Awards, CHARLES ABAH writes                

Nineteen-year-old Oloruntoba Ogunfolaji has emerged the best scholar in the 2013 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination.

The leadership of the West African Examinations Council honoured the lad alongside two females on Thursday in Minna, Niger State. The females are Ifeoluwapo Fasola and Maureen Anyanwu, both of who are natives of Oyo and Imo states, respectively.

For posting outstanding results, the trio received the WAEC’s prestigious National Distinction and Merit Awards. They scored A1 in all their subjects.

Nigerian musician turned armed-robber caught by Police

Lagos state Police command yesterday paraded a 25 year old musician named John Sunday pictured left, who says he took to armed robbery in order to gather N100,000 to promote his reggae album.

“I am a musician from Ikofepepe in Akwa Ibom State. We were three in the gang, but one is on the run. I needed money to launch my album, Tureke Reggae; that is why I went into robbery. I was targeting N100,000" John said when he was interrogated.

OAU, UNILAG Students Speak On Prostitution

Prostitution in Nigerian campuses has come to stay except God intervenes. Pm News Campus Square went about to ask some students why they think prostitution is so rampant on campuses and what they think can be done to curb it and here’s what they have to say…

“Prostitution in our tertiary institutions is a trade that has grown to the extent that it demands serious attention from the government.

“It is a business which the culprits are sometimes not ashamed of. Prostitution is something that the government should really look into.

Dieziani Alison-Madueke elected first female president of OPEC.........Congratulation

Nigeria's Minister of Petroleum, Dieziani Alison-Madueke has been elected the first female president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). She was elected today at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria.

N'Assembly drama: Senate sets up panel to probe IG of Police

The IG of Police Sulaiman Abba was invited by the House yesterday to explain why his men invaded the National Assembly last week Thursday but after the meeting abruptly ended over the IG's refusal to properly address Speaker Tambuwal, the Senate has now set up a committee to probe IGP Abba and other policemen involved in the siege.

man rapes and beats his 3 year old to death

A 19 year old Florida man Pascal Kaufmann (pictured above) has been arrested for allegedly raping and beating his 3 year old step-daughter to death, Charlie Brame died in hospital on Monday Nov. 24th. Police say she died from severe brain trauma & had signs of recent 'sexual & aggravated abuse'

According to Orlando Sentinel, the little girl was rushed to the hospital after Kaufmann reported she'd stopped moving at their home on Saturday November 22nd. When paramedics arrived at the home, the little girl was struggling to breathe, with bruises covering her back and head.

Phillip Hughes dies two days after being struck by ball

So sad to hear that this guy finally died. Been following his progress since yesterday. Australian Cricketer Philip Hughes has died two days after a ball hit him in the neck during a match between his team and South wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 25 November 2014.

Though he was wearing a helmet at the time of the freak accident, Philip collapsed and was rushed to St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney where he underwent surgery and was placed into an induced coma. He died this morning from his injuries. He was 25 years old. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

Doctors said his injury was a rare vertebral artery dissection which led to subarachnoid haemorrhage, which is bleeding in the brain. See pics taken immediately after he fell after the cut...

Beauty queen rescued from kidnapper who impersonated Aliko Dangote on Facebook

The Lagos state Police command has rescued the current Miss Nigeria International 2014 & daughter of an aide to Kwara state Governor, Miss Sa'adat Bibire, who was abducted two weeks ago by a gang of kidnappers who deceived her to come to Warri, Delta state from Lagos after they promised to make her the ambassador of the Aliko Dangote brand.

FG To Distribute Free Clean Cook Stoves To Citizens

The Nigerian government has approved N9billion for the distribution of 750, 000 Clean Cook Stoves and 18,000 Wonder bags to Nigerians, in a bid to stop the depletion of forest resources caused by indiscriminate felling of trees.

The approval followed a memo presented by the Minister of Environment, Laurentia Mallam, at the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting the Federal Government.

The stoves and wonder bags, meant for women in the rural areas, would be distributed under the National Clean Cooking Scheme, NCCS, which seeks to stem the use of solid fossils like firewood and charcoal for cooking.

Another Senseless Killing By The Police

You are going to feel sorry for the masses again after reading this.

Thirty-year-old first class graduate of Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu was shot dead by a constable with the Nigeria Police. Moses had on Sunday, left his No. 67 Ahmadu Ahidjo Street, Narayi High Cost family residence for a party in Barnawa, Kaduna State.

Dear Patsmart readers: I hate that my girlfriend has had 13 lovers

From a male Patsmart reader

The saying that don't ask except you really want to know is true because I regret asking my woman (now ex) how many lovers she has had. In a honest heart to heart the other day I asked her how many boyfriends she's had and she said four serious relationships. I assumed that was the number of men she has been with but she confessed she has slept with men she wasn't in relationships with. When I asked her how many men she has slept with she said 13. If she were 40, I'd be surprised but I will understand but she's just 26.

I haven't touched her since this revelation because I am so disappointed but she keeps telling me her friends have been with more men and hers isn't that bad. Well, I don't want a woman whose vijayjay has serviced that many KoKs. Mine makes it 14. Any LIB men looking to be 15th? I can throw in her number in the comment section.

80% Of Diseases Nigerians Suffer Are Caused By Open Defecation- Official

                             



Hajiya Rakiya Datti, the Deputy Director, Niger Ministry of Health, has said that over 80 per cent of diseases such as cholera, diarrhoea, polio and Ebola are contacted through open defecation. Datti disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna.


She also explained that children who were vulnerable die daily from the outbreak of the disease which are transmitted through water and air.

Photos: The body on Sheneka Adams though...

Sheneka Adams is a popular Atlanta society girl and owner of S.Adams Hair Collection. She burst onto the scene last week when iCloud leaked her nude photos. Now if you want to see dem nude pics just search her name on Twitter. Some of you men will thank me later..:-). See more pics of her after the cut...

Obasanjo rubbishes National Assembly, says it’s an assembly of thieves, looters

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, today Nov. 26th rubbished the National Assembly, saying it is an Assembly of looters and thieves. He said this while speaking at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Mustapha Akanbi, in Abuja. Some of what he said below...

Pics from the Internally Displaced Peoples camp in Yola, Adamawa

Here are some images showing the living condition of people at the Internally Displaced camp in Yola, Adamawa state, after fleeing their homes following Boko Haram attacks. See more photos after the cut...

Meet the prisoner who got 4 female guards pregnant while in jail for attempted murder

This romeo got not one but four female prison officials pregnant while serving a 20 year jail sentence forattempted murder inside a Baltimore City Detention Centre.

Tavon White, known as 'Kingpin' ran a vast drugs smuggling business from inside the prison, CBS Baltimore reports. Prosecutors say he made $10,000 to $20,000 a week smuggling drugs and cell phones into the prison and befriended the female guards who helped to make his business easy. He rewarded them with sex and got 4 pregnant. Two of the women even tattooed his name on their body.

EFCC arraigns 77yr old woman, 2 others for N65m land scam

Find the EFCC statement below

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday November 26, arraigned a 77- year- old woman, Alhaja Mulikat Shonekan and two others: Martins Ogiogwa, 40 and Mujekanm Petroleum Nigeria Company Limited, before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on a 5-count - charge bordering on conspiracy to obtain money under false pretence and issuance of dud cheque.

House Committee members walk out on IGP after he refers to the Speaker as 'one Alhaji Tambuwal"

House Committee Members this afternoon walked out on the Inspector general of police, Sulaiman Abba, after he refused to address Speaker Aminu Tambuwal properly when he appeared before the House of Representatives Police Committee today after several days of ignoring their invitation

According to Sahara Reporters; while trying to explain why his men invaded the National Assembly last week, the IGP said 'they had credible intelligence that some thugs had planned on causing mayhem at the resumed sitting of the house."

Photos: President Jonathan inaugurates airport in Kebbi

President Jonathan pictured above cutting the tape to inaugurate the Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin-Kebbi with Gov. Dakingari of Kebbi, Gov. Suswan of Benue, Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka, Min. Special Duties Alhaji Tanimu Turaki and Chair House Committee on Environment Hon. Uche Ekwunife (Mrs.)

Popular movie marketer Femi Adelakun dies

Popular Yoruba movie marketer and chairman of Zentury Pictures, Femi Adelakun, died suddenly today November 26th in his home. Adelakun, who was also a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly complained that he wasn't feeling well when he suddenly fell. He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead. May his soul rest in peace...amen.

10 year old Boy thrown into River over Witchcraft

                                 
A 10-year-old boy, Usen Okon, who was thrown into the Imo River in the Ikot Abasi area of Akwa Ibom State, by his aunty over witchcraft accusation, has survived the ordeal.

According to PUNCH, Okon was under the care of his paternal aunt, identified simply as Ekaeyen, at Etebi community in the Esit Eket Local Government Area of the state as his parents had died. A few days ago, Okon was aroused from sleep by Ekaeyen who took him to her husband and asked him to confess to being a wizard. When Okon denied the witchcraft accusation, his aunt threatened to throw him into a river.

Nigeria won’t break up in 2015, says Kumuyi, Deeper Life General Overseer

                                  
The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Kumuyi, has said that God will not allow Nigeria to break up in 2015.

He said that regardless of the political tension, insecurity and predictions that Nigeria would break up in 2015, the country would not be dismembered.

He spoke on Tuesday during a media briefing for the commencement of the Deeper Life Bible Church three-day crusade at Eiyenkorin in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

He advised against utterances and acts that could divide the country, saying that God’s purpose is for Nigeria to remain united.

Mother shot dead by her 3 year old son at their home in Oklahoma

26 year old Crista Engles (pictured above) was accidentally shot dead by her 3 year old son at their home as she was attending to her 1 year old daughter.

According NBC News, the little boy shot and killed his mother after finding a loaded semi-automatic handgun in their home in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday November 25th.

Bishop Tom Samson acquires N80million customized stretch limo...............what for?

                     

According to a report by Encomium mag, the General Overseer of Christ Royal Church just acquired stretch limousine SUV said to be worth about N80million, which was built to his specifications.

The limo, a Hummer brand, has the following specifications;

Double jet doors, double axe, 6 wheeler, 3 plasma TV, Smart torch control system, 42 inches TVin VIP compartment, three stereo systems, iPod ready stereo, CD/mp3 player, DVD player, specially lighted mirror ceiling, specially lighted floor, laser window, 4 bar compartments, 28 passenger, leather seats, 38 feet long, HXP box available, power divider that separates driver section. Continue..

Dogs killed two Cobras in Fidelis Duker compound

Na wa o. Nollywood producer Fidelis Duker shared how three of his dogs killed two Cobras in one month inside his compound. Don't know which part of Lagos he lives in, but if two Cobras visit in just a month, isn't that a dangerous place to live? He explained to his followers that the land next to his house is undeveloped..so that's where the snakes are coming from. He shared photos on his Facebook page. Continue to see them...