Watch as thousands hit the street to celebrate the return of James Ibori (Video)

Apparently, the return of former governor James Ibori to Nigeria and his home town is a big deal. Thousands of his fans and followers turned out to celebrate yesterday at Ogara, Delta State.

Many described him as a great man, another fan said, 'as you can see, a good product sells itself'. Watch the video captured by TV Continental after the cut...

Soma and Miyonse evicted from Big Brother Naija

Somadima became the first housemate to be evicted from the big brother house after two weeks. Shortly afterwards, he was joined by Miyonse.

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Lady exposes man who was caressing her thighs inside a commercial vehicle while pretending to be asleep

A Kenyan woman has exposed a man who was caressing her thighs in a commercial vehicle while pretending he was sleeping.

The woman, who goes by Mishy Shawn Nimo on Facebook said, she wanted to wait until she disembarked from the vehicle but instead she decided to wake him up and pushed his hands away.

Photo: See the EPL table after this weekend's round of matches

Chelsea, Tottenham, Man City and Arsenal are the top four teams right now, while Crystal Palace, Sunderland and Hull City are the three teams on the relegation spots.

Photos: RRS arrest member of a one-chance gang who robbed and threw victim out of moving vehicle

 Ajibola Alao, 29, a member of a one-chance gang arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command, has disclosed that his failure to heed his late mother’s advice not to steal other peoples’ sweat caused his arrest.
Alao was chased and arrested on Thursday afternoon during one of his routine operations in Oshodi after dispossessing their lone passenger of his two phones and the sum of N60,000:00.

Hunters gun down Hippopotamus terrorizing residents of Kwali Area Council, Abuja (photos)

Local hunters last Friday killed a hippopotamus that has been terrorizing residents of the riverine communities of Abaji and Kwali area council.

The animal was gunned down at the River Gurara forest, in Ashara village of Kwali area council. Some residents gathered together and butchered the hippopotamus for meat. See more photos after the cut...

A Twitter account has been opened for ex-governor James Ibori

Hours after the return of convicted ex-governor James Onanefe Ibori to Nigeria, a new Twitter account has been opened for him.  It's not clear if he has anything to do with the new account, but so far the tweets from the account are designed to look like he's the one tweeting himself. See the tweets after the cut...

Presidency belongs to the Igbos in 2019 - MASSOB declares

Uche Madu, Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has declared that absolutely nothing will stand in the way of an Igbo man from becoming Nigeria’s president come 2019.

Madu, also offered some words of advice to  President Muhammadu Buhari, asking that he frees leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and other Biafra agitators, as that is the only way to pacify the Igbos ahead of 2019.

"Nigeria is now in trouble" FFK says as Buhari extends vacation indefinitely

As he shared few minutes ago on twitter.

Prince William and Kate Middleton outsprinted by Prince Harry as royals race for charity

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge went head to head in a relay race this afternoon alongside Prince Harry as they turned out to support a training day for runners who are taking part in this year’s London Marathon.

Joined by around 150 runners, William, Kate and Harry competed against one-another for the 50 metre sprint. Competitive Kate tied her hair back as she pelted full throttle along side her husband during the 100m sprint which took part at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London on Sunday.

Pics: Mother refuses to breastfeed baby after claiming newborn looks like an alien

A horrified mum has refused to breastfeed her baby after claiming the 'cursed' child was born looking like an 'alien'. Priyanka Kumari, 25, refused to nurse the deformed little girl after giving birth to her in India on Tuesday. The baby, who is yet to be named, has a huge growth on her head, is covered in a hardened shell of skin and has bulging eyes.

SERAP writes Donald Trump...demands return of Nigeria’s stolen assets

A civil society group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald J. Trump urging his “Administration to attach and release to Nigeria some $500 million worth of US-based proceeds of corruption traced to former Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha.”

The organization said that, “these proceeds are separate from the $480 million of Abacha-origin funds that have been forfeited to the US under an August 2014 US federal district court order.

President Buhari extends vacation indefinitely

President Buhari has extended his 10-day vacation. The extension was contained in a three-paragraph statement made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.

Although he said Buhari had already dispatched a letter to the National Assembly on the extension, he did not specify the duration of the extension. The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors.

Actress Fathia Balogun turns a year older today

Nollywood actress, Fathia Balogun, is a year older today. The talented actress, who turned 48 today, took to her Instagram page to share a photo of herself alongside a beautiful birthday message.
She wrote:

Donald Trump is in love with my boyfriend - US actress Kristen Stewart

Hollywood actress, Kristen Stewart ripped into Donald Trump during her Saturday Night Live monologue, recounting the president's Twitter obsession with her 2012 cheating scandal and joking that he must have been in love with her boyfriend.

'Four years ago I was dating this guy named Robert,' she said. 'We broke up and then we got back together and for some reason it made Donald Trump go insane.'

Security guard murders man over rice and malt in Lagos

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday in Lagos remanded a security guard, Lazeez Idiris, for allegedly clubbing a man, Mohammed Saliy-Diya, to death over a plate of rice and malt drink.

The Magistrate, Mrs O.A. Salawu, ordered that the accused should be kept at Ikoyi Prison pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions. Idris, a security guard, who resides at No. 23, 2nd Avenue, University of Lagos Estate in Ikorodu, is facing a charge of murder.

Nicki Minaj shows off her cleavage in plunging swimsuit as she flaunts her pricey designer gifts

Nicki Minaj used her social media platform to give all of her fans a glimpse of her ample cleavage.

The 34-year-old rapper showed off her assets which nearly spilled out of her low-cut one piece crimson-colored swimsuit. Nicki looked red hot in the sexy social media post, which she captioned: 'Gifts.'

Fuji musician, K1 is a grandfather again!

Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as K-1 is a grandfather again. His daughter Sekinat Olatanwa gave birth to a baby boy in the US a few days ago.

K1 shared the news on social media saying, 'to the glory of God, newest addition to the family of Ojushagbola, as K1 De Ultimate’s daughter, Mrs Sekinat Olatanwa Ayoka & Fuad Adeyemo welcomed a new baby boy in Miami, Florida, USA'.

Actress Alissa Milano wears her hair in cornrows, and blacks are looking at her some how

Alissa Milano debuted her cornrows in Houston over the weekend and got some blacks looking at her some how! Lol...

CBN: Police arrest four persons caught hawking new naira notes

Four persons, have been arrested by the police and Central Bank of Nigeria CBN’s Enforcement Committee on the Abuse of the Naira, for hawking and selling crisp naira notes.
The suspects were arrested along Dei -Dei, Jabi and other locations in Abuja, and over N1.7m were recovered. The offence contravenes sections 20 and 21 of the CBN Act, 2007.

Young Nigerian man reportedly shot dead by armed robbers

A young man simply identified as Pascal a.k.a DJ died after he was shot by robbers. Details still sketchy. The tribute posted by a friend yesterday by a friend, partly reads "I called ur number so that I can speak with the armed robbers...it was switched off, cos  wanted to ask them a favour, but since they switched off your phone, so is their lives been switched off from this planet"

Beautiful photos of 60 year old first time bride and her husband

The 60 year old bride got married yesterday, for the first time (read here). Lovely couple!

Rapper Nicki Minaj throlls her fans with pregnancy pictures

Nicki Minaj is currently causing confusion online. Last night she shared a pregnant pic of herself with the caption, 'ATBIMS. y'all so childish.. - I was gonna wait to share the news but...'

Her caption doesn't quite hit the nail on the head and her fans are torn between congratulating her or concluding the viral photo was photoshopped. Of course she's just trolling her fans...

Yvonne Jegede and Kunle: "I see two people who genuinely love themselves enough to love each other'- Betty Irabor

Many people noticed how happy and in love Yvonne Jegede and Olakunle looked at their traditional wedding held yesterday in Lagos.

The publisher of Genevieve Magazine Betty Irabor took to her Instagram moments ago to praise the new couple for how they have handled their relationship so far. Read what she wrote after the cut..

Check out the body of 50 year old actress, Elise Neal

Oh my! Would you believe this is the body of a 50 year old woman? Actress Elise Neal will actually turn 51 on March 14th, 2017. This is a photo from a recent bikini shoot she's doing to celebrate her next birthday.

Cameroon will battle Egypt for African title tonight

Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions and the Pharaohs of Egypt will battle for the right to be crowned AFCON 2017 champions when they meet in the final this night in Libreville, Gabon.

Both teams are aiming to cap remarkable revivals by winning the Africa Cup of Nations when they meet in a final that few thought possible at the beginning of the 16-nation competition.

Rapper, Meek Mill responds to reports that he robbed Nicki Minaj

Rapper, Nicki Minaj was robbed of $200k worth of jewelry at her home last week and some of her fans think her ex, Meek Mill is behind it. Like, really? See the report from TMZ below...

Meek Mill scoffed at those who think he's behind the Nicki Minaj burglary, and he says the exculpatory evidence is around his neck. We got Meek at Life nightclub in Houston Friday and he showed us his massively expensive bling, followed up with a rhetorical question ... why would I need to rob Nicki?

TMZ broke the story ... Nicki's L.A. home was ransacked last week and the thieves made off with $200k in stuff. Our sources say the way the burglary went down it seemed "personal" Speaking of personal, don't ask Meek if he still speaks to Nicki.

The 2face cancelled protest - Charlyboy

Read his piece below...

The Struggle to overcome Political Insanity, Audacious impunity and Mindless looting in Nigeria took a Negative hit last night not just because Tuface Idibia called off the 6th of February, 2017 Protest; because most of the demons we are Fighting against hijack the Peoples Protest and Anger at the Establishment.

A pagan community in Niger State where women don't cover their breasts (photos)

Nafiu Umar Balarabe posted pictures from a remote community in Niger State that practice paganism, alleging that some evangelists are trying to convert the people to Christianity. His words after the cut.

"This is a challenge to all Muslim Community in the the North and especially from North central. This village is called Birnin Amina in Rijau Local Government of Niger state. The community there they don't practice any religion but paganism. Now our people of the other religions are taking advantage of their situation by clothing them as you can see on the picture below . Their main aim is convert them into Christianity. This is a challenge to both of us. Pls let's do something in time.