Former VP Atiku Abubakar celebrates as his wife is called to Bar today

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, whose birthday it is today, said he will be spending his birthday with family, as they celebrate his wife, Jennifer Jamilah Abubakar, call to bar.

Bomb blast reported at Maiduguri Monday Market, 30 killed

Two female suicide bombers reportedly blew themselves up this morning at the Maiduguri Monday market in Borno state, killing at least 30 people. The bomb explosions happened at about 11.30am.

Kim K and Kanye West fighting over North?

Insiders claim Kim and Kanye West are fighting over how to discipline their daughter, North

 From The National Enquirer

Child-rearing brouhaha brewing over beloved baby North between stern-but-doting dad Kanye West and spare-the-rod-don't-spoil-the-child Momma Bear Kim Kardashian, who growled when she spotted hubby tapping their wailing tyke ever-so-lightly on the hand while insisting “no … no …no” as Munch-kin kept stuffing bad junk in her li’l pie-hole!

Zaaki Azzay welcomes 4th child as new wife gives birth to son

Popular singer, Zaaki Azzay and his new wife, Hembadoon, have welcomed their first child together, a boy. Hembadoon gave birth to their first child together on Sunday November 23rd at the Federal Staff Hospital, Jabi Abuja. Zaaki and Hembadoon got married in May this year after his marriage to first wife and mother of his three children, Hadiza Anyamikegh collapsed two years ago.

Hadiza who walked out of their marriage two years ago following allegations of domestic violence, said she's congratulated her ex on the birth of his son.

"I am happy for Zaaki. I've congratulated him on his new bundle of joy. His children- Mimi, Didoo are really jumping and happy for their new baby. May the new born child never see rejection in Jesus name. And may he grow in the house of the Lord, Amen" Hadiza told Encomium magazine in a telephone chat

See what this white girl tweeted following riots in Ferguson

She tweeted this after blacks stormed city streets to protest a grand jury's decision not to charge the white cop who shot an unarmed black teen. After people started abusing her, she locked her twitter page.

Photos: 9ice rides horse to APC secretariat to submit House of Reps form

Abolore '9ice' Akande rode on a horse to submit his nomination form for House of Representatives at All Progressives Congress Secretariat, Yemetu, Ibadan yesterday, Monday 24th November. See the pics after the cut...

Violent protests in US after grand jury decides not to indict white cop who killed unarmed black teen

Thousands of people flooded the streets from L.A. to New York late Monday night after a grand jury decided they were not going to indict officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, saying that officer Wilson acted lawful.

The jury was of course composed of 12 people; six white men, three white women, two black women and one black man. They met on 25 separate days and heard more than 70 hours of testimony from about 60 witnesses, including three medical examiners and other experts on blood, toxicology and firearms. And decided officer Brown did nothing wrong by killing a black unarmed teen 6 times.

After the announcement, protesters flooded the streets burning cars, setting buildings on fire, torching police cars, looting shops, flooding highways and causing massive chaos especially in St. Louis and Oakland, California. See some pics after the cut...

Happy 99th birthday to Chief (Mrs) H.I.D Awolowo

Any individual who reaches this milestone deserves to be celebrated. Here's wishing Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the wife of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, many more healthy years.

Sad. P-Square loses dad two years after losing their mum

Two years after losing their mum, the Okoye boys have lost their dad. Mr Okoye died yesterday November 24th. A source close to the family said that the late Mr. Okoye recently had a successful knee surgery and was about going for physiotherapy when he just fell. So sad. May his soul rest in peace...amen.

Write Boko Haram to stop attacks, Oritsejafor tells Sultan of Sokoto

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has called on the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, to write a letter to members of Boko Haram to stop their attacks just as he did to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Pastor Oritsejafor made the call today at a 2-day meeting in Abuja with Senior Special Assistants on Religious Affairs to all state governors.

“His Eminence said he wrote a letter to ISIS, I have to truly congratulate you for that because that was a very good move. I didn’t know about it until today and I am so glad it happened. But I want to appeal that you also write to Boko Haram because Boko Haram is worst than ISIS.

Photos: Kim Kardashian covers up for Elle magazine UK

Kim Kardashian West covers up for Elle Magazine UK January 2015. See another pic after the cut...

Pics: Chris Brown wears safety pins in his nose

Chris Brown wore a safety pin through one side of his nose as he attended Trey Song's 30th birthday party in California on Saturday Nov. 22nd.

A 'runs girl' is nothing but a high class prostitute - eLDee tweets

 The rapper shared this on his instagram page and underneath it, he wrote;

#tellitlikeitis #AshawoNobework Stop encouraging little girls to sell their bodies for electronic gadgets, plane tickets, and designer bags, just to be able to flex on Instagram. Our society now condones prostitution so long as you're not standing on the road, but a whore is a whore, whether for N500 or a Birkin bag. #SaveTheNextGeneration #StopMakingProstitutionAwayOutForYoungGirls #ThereAreNobleAndLessDestructiveWaysToEarnALiving. Anyway sha, I no holy pass anybody, I jus dey observe, and I get loud speaker.

See some reactions to his tweet after the cut...

GEJ wishes Mrs H.I.D Awolowo happy 99th birthday celebrations

The wife of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Mrs Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo will turn 99 tomorrow November 25th. The president just released a statement wishing her happy celebrations..

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan heartily congratulates Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Dideolu Awolowo on the joyous occasion of her 99th birthday anniversary, tomorrow, Tuesday, November 25, 2014.

Actor Lance Gross' fiancee gives birth after posing nude with pregnancy

Actor and photographer Lance Gross and his fiancee Rebecca Jefferson welcomed their first child together, a baby girl - on November 20th. Lance posted a sweet black and white photo of his daughter clutching his hands, yesterday announcing her birth and name - Berkeley Brynn Gross.

Meanwhile, before Rebecca gave birth, she posed nude with her huge tummy for her man. See the pics after the cut...

Photos: Chinese car company unveils $22,000 copy of Range Rover

UK giant car company Jaguar Land Rover is furious after a relatively unknown Chinese car company called LandWind unveiled a car that looked almost exactly like the Range Rover E-vogue which at $22,000 cost $48,000 less than the Evogue which is about $70,000. Above is the Evogue and below is the Chinese car. It was launched at a motor show in China last week.

New music: Cynthia Morgan - Popori

Listen to Northside Inc First Lady Cynthia Morgan's new single Popori below...

Photos: Abuja High Court reportedly frees alleged Nyanya bomber

A Federal High court sitting in Abuja has freed Aminu Oguche, the suspected mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast which killed about 70 people in April.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the court in it's ruling, dismissed the two counts terrorism charges brought against him and freed him based on lack of diligent prosecution by the state.

Aminu escaped to Sudan after allegedly coordinating the attack. He was apprehend and repatriated to Nigeria in July. See more photos of him in court today after the cut...

Federal government bans the use of phones in Nigerian prisons

Following the recent jailbreak attempt in some Nigerian prisons in recent times, the Federal government today banned the use of phones by both prisoners and prison officials within the prison premises.

The ban was pronounced by Minister of Interior Affairs, Abba Moro while speaking with some senior prison officials in Abuja.

"I have visited some prisons in other countries as the Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Nobody, no matter how highly placed you are, you don’t come to prison with your phones, not even the minister of Interior as the supervising minister over the prisons. So, why are you an exception?. Henceforth, no matter who you are including myself, nobody goes into prison with telephones."

Photos: Pres. Goodluck Jonathan vists Chadian President, Idriss Deby

President Goodluck Jonathan pictured with Chadian President, Idriss Deby in Ndjamena, Chad today November 24th. See more pics after the cut...

Muslim body questions Jewish symbol on new N100 note

A Muslim body, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has released a statement expressing concern over what it termed a Jewish symbol on Nigeria’s new N100 note which was unveiled recently.

The Director of MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, in the statement issued yesterday November 23rd, alleged the insertion of a Jewish symbol into the new currency, demanding explanation from the Federal Government. See the statement after the cut...

Boko Haram members disguised as traders attack market in Borno state, many killed

Many market men and women are feared dead after Boko Haram militants disguised as traders attacked a market in Damasak town in the Mobar Local government area of Borno state this morning.

According to reports, the sect members arrived the fishing and farming community around 11am, moved into the middle of the market and opened fire on unsuspecting buyers and sellers. Details later

PDP chairman still lamenting about insults he gets on twitter

 Lol. See more tweets after the cut...

I have not slept with another woman since I got married in 2007 - Kenneth Okonkwo

Actor and politician, Kenneth Okonkwo, in an interview with City People magazine this week said since he got married to his wife Ifeoma in 2007, he has been 100% faithful

"Since I got married, I have not had a carnal knowledge of any other lady but I have been very close to it, been tempted but Jesus has been helping me, it has not happened" He said.

New video: Oritse Femi ft D'banj - Double Wahala part 2

Oritse Femi's brand new video 'Double Wahala Part 2' ft the Kokomaster Dbanj, shot on location in LA, directed by Mr Moe Musa. Enjoy...

Comedienne Helen Paul gives birth to baby boy

Popular comedienne, TV and radio host, Helen Paul welcomed her second child - a baby boy - this morning November 24th. Helen and husband Femi Bamisile who got married in 2010 already have a 3 year old son. Big congrats to them...

"I started the trend of actors and entertainers going into politics"- RMD

Actor and Commissioner for Culture in Delta state, Richard Mofe Damijo, says he started the trend of actors and entertainers venturing into politics. RMD said this when asked how he felt to be invited to serve as commissioner by the Delta state governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan...

"It's humbling. I mean, I couldn't have asked for a better thing. It's just humbling and I am glad that he made the call because today, I have started a trend. Every other actor or entertainment person is going into politics. Somebody saw me at the airport the other day and said na you cause all dis wahala o, all your colleagues want to be like you.  But my prayer is that all of them will be bigger than what I have done" - he told Yes! magazine

Red carpet pics from the 2014 American Music Awards + list of winners

The 2014 American Music Awards held in Los Angeles last night Sunday November 23rd and celebs came out in style. See the red carpet pics and full list of winners after the cut...

Pics: Model reportedly had two ribs removed to get an hourglass shape

A popular Miami video model and stripper named Estrella reportedly had two of her ribs removed to get the perfect hourglass shape.

MTO reports that she flew to South America to have her bottom two ribs removed. The controversial procedure is banned in the US (except for health reasons) because of how dangerous it is. It also has an extensive recovery time of up to 6 months sometimes. See more pics after the cut...

Actress Stephanie Linus addresses allegations against her older brother

The actress has released a statement addressing the rape allegations against her older brother, Daniel Okereke, who was arrested for allegedly raping a UNILAG student named Arinola (read here). Like any right thinking woman, Stephanie is devastated by this. See her statement below..

"Rape is Rape, Regardless of Who the Face of the Accused is” - Stephanie Linus

I am distraught and devastated to hear of the recent allegation of rape brought against a relative of mine, Daniel Okereke (my brother).

While it is a very difficult time for me, and my family; I feel the need to make clear my position, lest there be any doubt. Rape is rape, regardless of who the face of the accused is.