Abductors of Inengite Nitabai, the septuagenarian cousin of President Goodluck Jonathan, have requested a whooping N500m ransom to set him free.
The outrageous demand, it was learnt, had unsettled members of Nitabai’s family who were said to be running from pillar to post to find a solution to the matter.
A security source told our correspondent that the abductors threatened to kill their victim if the family failed to produce the money.
Didier Drogba walked at six months, left home at five and fell in love with the woman who was to become his wife at the tender age of 17.
Those are some of the landmark events covered in an account of the Ivorian footballer’s extraordinary life about to be published in cartoon form in France.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Ayodele Owoka, 47, over allegations of bribery. He was arrested on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Commission’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos as he attempted to bribe a team of operatives investigating a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, Ondo State.
You watch Nigerian music videos on a regular?, you must have come across her pretty face and dashing figure.
Her name is Venita Akpofure better known as Veezee Baybeh and she is Nigeria’s hottest video vixen.
Interestingly, Vezee seems not to take rubbish as she openly challenges an unknown friend on twitter to return the brazillain hair she borrowed from her, acclaiming that anything borrowed must be returned, we certainly do not know the cause of this move of hers…but it doesn’t look funny at all
A 72-year old substitute teacher at a public high school in the never-ending suburbs of Connecticut proved that he’s still got it when he was busted for allegedly masturbating right there in a hallway.
He shared a photo of the gift footballer, Samuel Eto’o got for him.The ‘Omo baba lowo’ who called the Cameroonian footballer /Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto’o his big brother shared the photos below on instagram with caption, “Thanks for the gift big bro !! Brand new rose gold rolly!!
The convoy of the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako was attacked by gunmen believed to be Boko Haram insurgents earlier today.
The incident occurred at Shuwari area of the State, as the governor was returning from paying a condolence visit to victims of Boko Haram attacks two days ago.
The governor reportedly escaped in an escort vehicle and no casualties were recorded.
Lagos-based songwriter, Harrison Okiri, aka Mr Songz, who is currently living large under his new management, Kcee’s 5Star Music, has disclosed that he now charges N1.5million to write songs.
Harrison, composer of Kcee’s Limpopo hit track, disclosed this in a recent interview with Punch newspaper.
A middle-aged man, identified as Mr. Ogadinma Chukwu, has reportedly died in Aba, Abia State while having sex with a prostitute (name unknown) in one of the popular brothels on St. Michael’s Road, Aba.
The incident, it was learnt, forced people at the brothel to flee. The area was deserted, as traders and shop owners closed businesses to avoid arrest.
Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister for the Economy and , Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala , said yesterday that the $ 500 million recovered Abacha loot was used to develop the nation’s rural areas.
The minister was reacting to an article by Mr. Sonala Olumhense who claimed that $2.5 billion was recovered from the funds looted by the then maximum ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha but that the money disappeared under the minister’s watch.
THREE of President Goodluck Jonathan’s successors-ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; ex-Heads of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) and Gen. Ibrahim Babangida – as well as President of the Senate, David Mark, were on Thursday absent from the country’s centenary being held in Abuja.
Samuel Eto'o has laughed off the leaked remarks from Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho questioning his age, joking that if he can manage a hat-trick against Manchester United "at 37" he must have plenty of years left in the tank.
A 14-year-old boy has become the youngest ever person to be charged with molesting their own mother, UK.
The crime is alleged to have taken place at their family home in Blackpool where the teen lives with his two brothers.
Kanye West has always claimed he's a God like genius but with rumours that he's going to cast fiancée Kim Kardashian in his first feature film, we can't help but wonder if that's really a smart move.
The rapper, producer and on-off fashion designer has now set his sights on conquering the silver screen, and in his quest for cinematic glory Kanye's going to try and make the future Mrs West a film star too.
The police have dropped the N130m fraud charges it instituted against a former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu, before a Federal High Court, Lagos.
Justice Mohammed Yunusa, in a short ruling, struck out the charges on Wednesday upon an application by the prosecuting counsel, Mr. Effiong Asuquo, for the withdrawal of the charges against Ojikutu.
Former world champion boxer Antonio Cermeno was kidnapped and killed in his native Venezuela, police said Tuesday.
Cermeno, a WBA super bantamweight and featherweight champion in the 1990s, was found shot to death Tuesday on a road in the central state of Miranda, local police chief Eliseo Guzman said.
Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt on Wednesday February 26, 2014 convicted and sentenced one Ibiba Jack to thirty five years imprisonment without an option of fine.
For all the fellas who may not be the “best” texters or most romantically savvy,introducing BroApp, a new smartphone application for men that promises to take care of that problem for you.
An Ikeja High Court on Thursday fixed March 3 for its ruling on an application filed by Fred Ajudua. Ajudua, in the application, is asking the court to quash the N1 billion fraud charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye fixed the date after hearing arguments from both the EFCC and Ajudua’s counsel on whether the charge should be dismissed.
A suspected stowaway was found frozen to death in the undercarriage of a South African Airline passenger jet at Dulles Airport in Washington, after the plane landed from Senegal.
The man, identified only as Chris Dikeh, with a Nigerian Passport and in his mid-30s, is believed to have frozen in temperatures around -60°C.
Two female students of the Osun State University (UniOsun) were allegedly raped at the weekend while several male students were brutalised by hoodlums who stormed their hostels located outside the Osogbo Main Campus of the university.
Prince Bartholomew Obitube, a Nigerian studying in a private college, has been sentenced to death by a High Court in Malaysia for trafficking 9,189 gramme of cannabis, also know as marijuana.