First pictures of Ibinabo Fiberesima at her white wedding

The white wedding took place yesterday. Big congrats to her!

Defence HQ reacts to reports of new abductions in Borno State, says search is ongoing

The Defence Headquarters has released a statement saying they are investigating reports of 185 women and children abducted by Boko Haram men in Gumsuri village in Borno state on Sunday Dec 14th. Find the statement below...

"Troops are patrolling the general area of Gumsuri in search of terrorists who were said to have attacked the community last weekend. Although it has been confirmed that some people were killed by the terrorists during the attack, efforts are ongoing to verify the reported abductions from credible sources in the community in view of claims by unidentified sources being quoted in some foreign media.

Photos: Kylie Jenner and her man, Tyga enjoy romantic dinner date

The 17 year old reality star and the 25 year old rapper were spotted leaving a restaurant in Beverly Hills after a romantic dinner on Thursday...

Lagos State to give its workers 15% bonus with December salary

Lagos State Government has decided to give its workers an end of the year gift by paying them 15% bonus with their December salary.

In a statement by the State Head of Service, Mrs Oluseyi Williams, the bonus would be paid along with the December salary any moment from now.

"Some states are owing their workers up to four months’ salary but that is not the case in Lagos. I was discussing with some HOS and they told me they are looking for money to pay their workers salaries. Our workers will receive their December salary any moment from now and I am happy to say it that it will come with 15 per cent bonus. Government appreciates your service to the state and urges you to continue to put in your best. Wherever you get your daily meal, it is good to put in your best; your reward is on earth.” (NAN)

Nicki Minaj releases more hot photos from her 2015 calendar

 Nicki Minaj's 2015 is the truth. She shared more photos on instagram. See more pics after the cut...

Jacob's Cross actor Fabian Lojede marries Uganda Radio/TV Presenter Séanice Kacungira

Nigerian actor Fabian Adeoye Lojede married top East African radio and TV presenter Séanice Kacungira on December 12th in Uganda after dating for four years.

Seanice is said to be the founder of one of Africa’s most successful digital advertising companies Blu flamingo, while Fabian is a successful actor, producer, writer and voice over artist who owns a top production company in South Africa – 1 Take Media. More photos from their wedding after the cut...

Kim and Khloe Kardashian put their big butt on display in tight outfits

The Kardashian sisters showed off their hourglass figure in tight, sexy outfits as filmed their reality show in LA yesterday. See more photos when you continue...

Pics: Fire guts Yabatech school of Liberal Studies

There was a fire incident at Yabatech School of Liberal Studies this evening. It started from one of the offices on the top floor and spread to other places. The cause of the fire is so far unknown but thankfully the Fire Service are already there trying to put it out...

First pictures of Ibinabo Fiberesima and husband at their wedding

Cute couple...

Board of Mainstreet Bank has been dissolved

Skye Bank recently acquired Mainstreet Bank (read here). Mainstreet board was dissolved yesterday.

14 year old boy executed in South Carolina in 1944 finally exonerated

70 years after 14 year old George Stinney Jnr. was executed for allegedly beating two young white girls to death in Alcolu, South Carolina, a judge yesterday Wednesday Dec 17th threw out his murder conviction.

When George was executed in 1944, he was so small he had to seat on a phone book in the electric chair. He's officially the youngest person to be executed in the U.S. in the 20th century.

George was found guilty of beating the girls, 11 and 8 years old with a railroad spike. His trial lasted only three hours and it took the a jury of all white people just 10 minutes to find him guilty - this was just 3 months after the girls were found murdered. This was back when there was a lot of segregation in America.

Photo of the day: Gen. Buhari and Obasanjo as young soldiers

General Buhari pictured left. Can you see Obasanjo behind them?

First photo of Ibinabo Fiberesima at her traditional wedding yesterday

Her traditional wedding held yesterday evening in Port Harcourt. Her white wedding will hold today.

Governor Rotimi Amaechi announced as APC's Presidential campaign coordinator

Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi has been announced as the Director General of APC's Presidential campaign. His appointment is contained in a statement released by the National Secretary of the party yesterday December 18th. See the full text of the appointment letter below..

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has named Gov. Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Organization, which will drive the party’s efforts to win the 2015 presidential election.

185 women and children reportedly abducted in Borno

According to a CNN breaking news, 185 women and children were kidnapped by Boko Haram men during a raid on Gumsuri village 20km from Chibok in Borno state on Sunday December 14th. Men were shot, homes were burnt and women taken away. This is the largest rounding up of women and children since the abduction of Chibok girls in April 2014.

32 people including the Chief Imam of the village were killed. Leaders of the opposition vigilante were also killed. Word of the attack was slow to emerge due to the destruction of telecoms towers in the community. Nigerian military are yet to react to this latest attack.

Jennifer Lopez, Kate Middleton, Beyonce top list of 2014’s hottest fashion trendsetters

Singer/actress Jennifer Lopez, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton and singer Beyonce have been voted the top fashion trendsetters of 2014. Kim Kardashian was featured last on the top 10 list.

The survey to find the trendsetters was conducted on 1,000 American women by online clothing subscription service LeTote.com. See the top 10 after the cut...

Mikel Obi and girlfriend Olga look more in love than ever in new photo

Awww...how sweet.

Actor Richard Mofe Damijo planning to return fully to acting in 2015

In a recent interview, iconic actor Richard Mofe Damijo, who has worked as Commissioner in the Delta State government for several years, revealed that he's very excited about 2015 because he's going back to his first love: acting. He said his new movie is coming out very soon and he's excited because he has finally heard pleas from his fans to get back into acting.

He also said that his AMVCA nomination means that he is still recognized first and foremost as an actor and he can't wait to showcase his various projects in 2015

Actress Jennifer Lawrence's gorgeous bodyguard sends twitter into frenzy

Oscar winning actress Jennifer Lawrence has a new bodyguard - a black man and he's hot! The actress arrived LA international airport this past Monday with the man by her side shielding her from paparazzi...and all of a sudden, the attention switched from Jennifer to the hot man by her side. At first, people thought he was her new man but nope, gorgeous Justin Riblet is Jennifer's new bodyguard and American girls want a piece of him. Twitter users have been talking about Justin ever since his pics hit the net, with many asking for how they can meet him.

"He looks like a freaking model" One person wrote. "If I were Jennifer, that would be my next boyfriend" another wrote. "I want to be Jennifer for one day with JR by my side"

According to his online profile, Justin is a graduate of Rutgers University, Camden, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He graduated in 2007 and spent five years with the U.S. Army, serving as a special forces weapons sergeant.

Pastor Adeboye disowns twitter handle endorsing Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

Pastor Adeboye through his verified Facebook page has disowned the Twitter handle, @RCCGWorldwide which tweeted endorsing Prof. (Pastor) Yemi Osinbajo, a RCCG pastor, who emerged Mohammadu Buhari’s running mate yesterday. In the Facebook post, Pastor Adeboye said,

“On behalf of The Governing Council of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, we would like to inform the public that RCCG is not affiliated nor represented by @rccgworldwide. The church’s official twitter page is @rccghq. The church cherishes the right of all citizens to participate in the democratic process to vote.”

Ibinabo Fiberisima begins marital journey today, shares new pics

AGN President Ibinabo Fiberisma will begin her marital journey today. She will marry Uche Egbuka in PH tomorrow. She shared the exciting news on her Facebook wall and released some new photos.

Toyin Aimakhu, Lilian Bach, Timi Dakolo are already in Port Harcourt.

Lagos SSG Oluranti Adegbule picked as Ambode's running mate

Mrs. Oluranti Adgebule, Secretary to the Lagos State Government (SSG), under Governor Babatunde Fashola has been nominated to be the running mate to Akinwunmi Ambode, APC's Guber Candidate for Lagos State in the 2015 Elections. Mrs Adegbule has a PHD in Islamic studies

INEC has given all registered  political parties in Nigeria today December 18th as the deadline of submission of all candidates to the Commission.

Boko Haram kill 32 in Borno State, kidnap scores

Suspected members of Boko Haram killed 32 people and kidnapped many others in an attack on Gumsuri village in Borno state on Sunday December 14th.
According to AFP, two Borno state officials who confirmed the attack said the villagers were still counting those abducted and that the figure could pass 100 and included women and children.

"After killing our youths, the insurgents have taken away our wives and daughters," said Mukhtar Buba, who fled Gumsuri to the Borno state capital Maiduguri.

Maheeda releases more hot Christmas themed photos

Raunchy. See more photos after the cut...

Why I chose Yemi Osinbajo as running mate - Buhari

APC Presidential flag-bearer, Gen Muhammadu Buhari yesterday stated reasons why he chose Prof Yemi Osibajo as his running mate for next year's general election. Below is what he said;

"To assist me in this great task of securing Nigeria’s future, I have chosen a man of unimpeachable integrity, an excellent professional, a man of faith, a devoted family man and a role model to our fellow countrymen and women. He is a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. An alumnus of the University of Lagos and the London School of Economics, he is a prodigious author who has to his credit several books on civil procedure in Nigerian superior courts.

Tinubu writes on turning down offer to be Gen. Buhari's running mate

Statement released by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu regarding his withdrawal from consideration for the APC Vice- Presidential Position.

I am a Nigerian who loves his country and am hopeful about what it can become. I have seen and conducted myself as a patriot long before I thought of myself as a politician.  I shall always walk this line and no other.

After all the political calculations are made and the dust of competition has settled, it must be this nation and its people who  stand first and foremost.

Photos: Stephanie Linus' Dry movie premiere

The private screening of Stephanie Linus’ movie “Dry” took place on Saturday 29th November at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, UK where part of the film was shot. With over 150 guests in attendance, movie enthusiasts and critics from the UK and beyond who attended the event had nothing but words of commendation and praise for DRY which received a resounding 10-minute-standing ovation from the entire audience. See the pics after the cut...

'I suffered sexual abuse in high school and physical abuse in university' - Lola Omotayo

While addressing a group of young women at Kinabuti's Dare2Dream Master Class event which happened in Lagos recently, Peter Okoye's wife and mother of 2, Lola Omotayo revealed that she suffered sexual abuse by a priest when she was in secondary school and beaten black and blue by a boyfriend in the university. She said she never told anyone about the molestation because she didn't believe anyone would believe her

"I couldn’t tell anyone because everyone would blame me, so I carried on the guilt and bitterness with me for years. I was filled with hate and I became an angry person, I was rebellious, I didn’t want to listen to anybody…and because I wanted to be expelled from school to avoid seeing this person, I would do so many terrible things, everything around me was just so negative, I felt I wasn’t good enough."

New video: Solidstar ft Timaya - My Body

Talented singer, SolidStar is out with the visual to his Timaya assisted track titled “My Body”, the audio which has been gaining massive radio plays is a dance hall-reggae infused song. Directed by prolific director, Aje Filmworks, the video stars Solidstar in a distressed situation with a lady and Timaya who seemingly offered to rescue him ended up being in the same situation with him. Enjoy!

Apart from changing to a dinner suit, nothing else has changed about Gen. Buhari - PDP

PDP shaded General Buhari in a statement they released yesterday welcoming the APC presidential candidate to the presidential race. The party said apart from Buhari changing to a dinner suit in his election campaign pictures, nothing else has changed about him. Find their statement below

2015: PDP Welcomes General Buhari To The Race, Insists Jonathan Is The Best

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the emergence of former Military Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari as the Presidential flagbearer of Bola Tinubu's All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 general elections.

This will be the fourth time General Buhari will be contesting in the presidential elections. On each of the three previous occasions, he failed to articulate a vision of the future that was acceptable to Nigerians. On each occasion his brand of politics was rejected across Nigeria. Apart from changing to a dinner suit, Buhari, has not changed the tired ideas and provocative utterances that Nigerians rejected in previous elections.