Jonathan rules out prisoner swap with Boko Haram

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday ruled out the release of Boko Haram fighters in exchange for the freedom of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by the militants a month ago.

Britain’s Africa minister Mark Simmonds, who is in Nigeria for talks about the international rescue mission, told reporters that he raised the issue with Jonathan during a meeting in Abuja.

Ogwuche, fleeing Nyanya bomber arrested in Sudan

Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, one of the two suspects declared wanted on Monday by the State Security Service in connection with the 14 April bomb attack at a bus station in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja has been arrested in Sudan.

Mike Omeri, the Director General of National Orientation Agency, NOA announced the arrest of the suspect at the National Briefing Centre, located at the headquarters of the agency on Wednesday.

Video: Cat Saves Kid From A Stray Dog!

I’ll win without rigging, violence –Omisore

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has said he will win the August 9 governorship election in the state without rigging or violence.Reacting to a statement credited to the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that the PDP could only win Osun governorship election through rigging, Omisore said Tinubu made the statement because he had seen the handwriting on the wall.

Photos: Actress Funmi Martins Reunites With Husband Afeez Abiodun Owo

According to a reliable Nollywood insider, Mide Martin’s husband, Afeez Abiodun popularly called Owo ignored the adultery news that was broke to him by his close friends.

Man, 51, arrested with 3.870kg drug at MMIA

Attempt by a 51-year-old man to smuggle 3.870kg of suspected Methamphetamine to Nairobi, Kenya has been foiled following his arrest by operatives of the  National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
There was small entrance wound beneath the base of her skull, Officer Leland Ashley told The News.

Tanzania Jails 4 Nigerian Footballers

 

Four Nigerian football players were sentenced to six-months jail by Kisutu Resident Magistrate’s court after pleading guilty of illegal stay in the country. Kisutu is an administrative ward in the Ilala district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. 

Man exposes girlfriend as fake soldier

 

The 323 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Akure, Ondo State, has arrested a woman, Angela Omieh, for posing as a soldier.

Sets of military uniform, police extract and a sworn affidavit for loss of her military identity card were said to have been found with her.

Video: Boy Shoots His Grandmother In The Head Over His Report Card

An Oklahoma (United States) woman says that her 11-year-old grandson shot her in the back of the head.

Annie Mougell-Walker, 42, reportedly survived the Monday shooting at her apartment about 4 p.m. in Tulsa and was able to return home later that day in a neck brace — with the bullet still lodged in her head.

Prophetess Sets Daughter Ablaze

 

A prophetess with a Celestial Church of Christ in Epe, Lagos State, western Nigeria, has been arrested by the police in Epe Division, Lagos for allegedly setting her 9–year old daughter on fire in a bid to deliver her from witchcraft.

The girl was rescued by the police and was taken to Epe General Hospital where she is receiving treatment at the emergency ward of the hospital for first degree burns.

Why Solange attacked Jay z

 

The New York Daily News is reporting that sources who attended the Met Gala after party witnessed the Jigga Man refuse to get Solange's non-famous friends in the party who name dropped him at the door.

UK offers spy planes to help Nigeria schoolgirl search

Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted a month ago by Boko Haram militants, Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday.

Chibok school principal’s list had names of 60-year-old people as students – Onyeka Owenu reveals

Renowned singer, cum politician, Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that the Principal of the Government Secondary School where Boko Haram attacked and kidnapped 300 students listed a 60-year-old as a school pupil.

Man Facing Life In Prison For Skype Sex Sessions With Underaged Girl

By the time the 15-year-old girl’s dad realized that something was going on, she had already participated in several online video sex sessions with a man who was nearly twice her age.

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations say a North Lauderdale man “met” the San Francisco teen in September using an anonymous online chatting site called Omegle.

Ibinabo Fiberisima Hits Back At Clarion Chukwurah

 

Chief Clarion Chukwurah,was how Ibinabo Fiberisima , the president of the AGN described her number one enemy, who has been hitting on her since she visited the president of Nigeria with some selected members.

Solange's Bi-Polar Secret Surfaces

 

According to an old Sandra Rose article, Solange has BEEN diagnosed bipolar. For a while hollywood has buzzed about Solange having mental issues. This incident repeatedly swinging at brother-in-law Jay-Z definitely shed light to her condition.

Bacary Sagna to leave Arsenal after FA Cup Final

 

Bacary Sagna will play his final game for Arsenal at Wembley on Saturday after the club refused to meet his £100,000-per-week wage demands.

The right-back has been involved in a long running contract dispute with the club that has seen him turn down three offers - the latest a three year deal worth around £80,000-per-week.

Five oil marketers bag 3 years imprisonment

 

A Federal High court, sitting in Lagos has sentenced five oil marketers to three years

imprisonment after they were arrested with two truck load of stolen Petrol from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline, Ibafo area of Ogun state.

'I Won't Say Where The Abducted School Girls Are Kept' - Senator Ahmed Zanna

While the Federal Government of Nigeria along with countries like the USA, France, China, the UK and others are strategising on how to rescue the over two hundreds girls kidnapped at the Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State on 14 April, a Nigerian lawmaker representing Borno North in the Upper Chamber, Senator Ahmed Zanna, has said he would no longer tell where the abducted girls are being kept.

Monalisa Chinda Allegedly Caught Sleeping With Boyfriend In A London Hotel

The drama between Monalisa Chinda and Lanre Nzeribe is only beginning, we thought it was all about business or love go sour, one Grace Amada has spilled the beans and alleged that Monalisa’ s infidelity with wealthy men for quick money crumbled that sweet affair.

Photos and Video: Billionaires James Packer and David Gyngel fight over Miranda Kerr

These extraordinary photographs show the moment two of Australia's richest men started brawling in the street after falling out when one of them left his wife and starting dating model Miranda Kerr.

James Packer and David Gyngell, both media moguls, have been friends since childhood, and Mr Gyngell was best man at Mr Packer's wedding to wife Erica.

$8.4m Fraud: Court Denies Ajudua Bail Again

A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Tuesday turned down a bail application filed by Fred Ajudua who is standing trial for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army Staff, Ishaya Bamaiyi of $8.4 million.

Ajudua is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly collecting the money from Bamaiyi while they were both in custody at Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos between November 2004 and June 2005.

BlackBerry fights back with budget smartphone

BlackBerry on Tuesday launched a new budget handset in Indonesia, one of its last bastions, a major step in the ailing smartphone maker’s fightback against titans Samsung and Apple.

The Z3, designed with Indonesia in mind but expected to be introduced in other emerging markets later, is the first new BlackBerry phone since chief executive John Chen took the helm of the crisis-hit company in November.

Lions Escape From Their Cage in Owerri Zoo in Imo State

 

A lion has escaped from the Zoo in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

A statement by the Imo State Police Command said the animal escaped on Monday night.

The statement advised the public to be careful as they move around.

It said the police command and the management of the zoo were doing their best to track the lion.

The zoo is located along Old Nekede Road in Owerri.

Messi to sign new Barcelona deal which will now make him the highest paid footballer in the world

Lionel Messi will sign a new contract at Barcelona, making him the best-paid player in the world, before the end of the week.

The player’s father met with the club officials Javier Faus and Antoni Rossich last week and effectively closed the deal which will keep the player, who will be 27 in June, at the club until 2018.