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  The movie, which was to be released earlier this year, but could not as a result of problems with the Nigeria Film and Video Censors Board, has however been approved for release and would be in cinemas from August 1 The highly anticipated movie adapted from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel: “Half of a Yellow Sun,” would be in the cinemas across Nigeria from this Friday. Half of a Yellow Sun, which has been released in cinemas in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, has been able to generate N280 million from cinema releases, in-flight right sales and online viewing right sales. The movie is however expected to do better in the Nigerian market as the writer, producer and director are all Nigerians. As the cinema release date of Half of a Yellow Sun for the Nigerian market draws closer, heightened expectations and excitement await the day as can be seen in several posts on social media platforms. The movie, which was to be released earlier this year, but could not as a ...

  An explosion has just been reported in the vicinity of the Polytechnic in Kano, Kano State. The explosive was detonated by a female suicide bomber. The explosion occurred as students were checking their results in the school. The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the explosion. The casualty figure could not be ascertained as at press time. But the figure is feared to be high

  The actor who was in Monrovia, Liberia for business, left the country a few hours ago following reports of the virus spreading in the country. He shared a pic of himself at the airport saying though his business is unfinished, he was leaving because he's scared. Who can blame him?

  Controversy has erupted between parents of the kidnapped girls and leaders of the Chibok community in Abuja over an alleged N100million cash gift given by President Goodluck Jonathan. PUNCH reports that some of the parents, who spoke in separate interviews on Tuesday with the British Broadcasting Corporation Hausa service, accused the Chibok community leaders of making a fortune out of their misfortune. One parent said. Continue... “When we came to Abuja, we were given some money. I received N200,000, some got N300,000 and some got nothing at all. Somebody told me that they (Presidency) gave about N100m.” Another parent claimed that some of them that did not make the Abuja trip received as low as N7,000. He said:  “I was not able to go to Abuja; they chose some people from among us. Some received N100,000, some received N200,000, some N300,000. Those of us in the village were given N7,000. This is not a thing of joy. What we want are our girls to be brought b...

  Nollywood actor and Chairman, Lagos chapter of  the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Victor Osuagwu  with his kids at a wedding.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has suspended all ASky Airlines flight operations into Nigeria over the transportation of an Ebola virus victim into the country. Benedict Adeyileka, the Acting Director-General of the NCAA, announced the decision in a statement issued by the General Manager, Public Communications of NCAA, Fan Ndubuoke, in Lagos on Monday. Adeyileka said that the regulatory authority had to take the action to protect Nigerians from the deadly Ebola virus, currently ravaging some parts of Africa. ASky Airline is an important player in East, West and Central Africa, operating 80 flights into Lagos and Abuja weekly. The airline flew a Liberian infected with Ebola virus into Lagos, where he died. Adeyileka said the Country Manager of ASky airlines had been invited to explain issues relating to the trip but that he could not offer any conclusive or substantial evidence on the matter. He said that the airline manager did not demonstrate any capacity to be able t...

THE most consistent artiste from Nigeria ‘ever’ has just released the Visuals for the recently released single ‘Story For The Gods. Watch below! YBNL Nation boss Olamide a.k.a “Baddo” has been churning out hits after hits lately starting with “Dansaki“, “Jogodo“, “Koduro Be“, “Awon Goons Mi” and now here comes the video for the smash hit single which hit the airwaves a few weeks ago “Story for the gods“. Olamide in this crystal video switched things a bit from the regular kind of visuals to a more sexy side of the Baddo with lots of beautiful girls shaking their bums from the party scenes to the Jacuzzi. This is a video to watch, shot and directed by Unlimited L.A. 

No fewer than 50 houses have been destroyed by flood at Kutufare village in Gudu Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Also, one of the bridges linking the village and farmlands was affected by the rampaging flooding.The member of the state House of Assembly representing the area, Alhaji Sani Yakubu, who confirmed this to journalists in Sokoto, said assorted household items belonging to the victims were destroyed by the flood. Continue...  The lawmaker said the incident occurred on the night of July 26, following the overflow of water from Kalmalo River. Yakubu further stated that about 65 farmlands and assorted farm produce including sweet potatoes, millet, guinea corn, beans and cassava, worth millions of naira were destroyed by the flood. He appealed to the state government to, as a matter of urgency, provide succour to the affected villagers, adding that most of their livelihoods had been destroyed. He also appealed to the state government to take urgent steps t...

Boko Haram  insurgents have attacked a remote community in Yobe State, killing no fewer than eight people. The insurgents also blew up a bridge linking the communities with other North East states of Adamawa, Borno and Gombe, residents said. The gunmen attacked Kartako in Gujba Local Government Area  of Yobe State, about 25 kilometres from Damaturu, the state capital, on Monday night. “They came to the town at about 7.30p.m. shooting sporadically,” a police source said. Residents said the insurgents first ambushed some military troops at their base in the town before they started shooting into people’s houses. They said the shooting and throwing of improvised explosives into houses  forced people out and the insurgents opened fire on them. “They came here and launched an unsuccessful attack on the military base before embarking on some selective killings within town, living us with eight casualties presently being prepared for burial,” a fleeing resident told jo...

  The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celectina Kalu, at the command headquarters on Tuesday in Asaba, said victim was attacked in his apartment, “shot on his chest and robbed of the sum of N20, 000.00 cash” and the hoodlums escaped.  Samuel Agoko, Samuel Peter and Lawrence Adjoma have been arrested for attempting to kill a student of the Niger Delta Oil and Gas Technical Skills Acquisition Centre, Usiefurun in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The victim was shot on the chest after the suspects made frantic effort to dispossess him of his N20,000. Continue.. The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Celectina Kalu, at the command headquarters on Tuesday in Asaba, said victim was attacked in his apartment, “shot on his chest and robbed of the sum of N20, 000.00 cash” and the hoodlums escaped. But based on the report, detectives swung into action and arrested the three suspects. The culprits have confessed to the crime and...

  The Sierra Leonean doctor who treated more than 100 Ebola patients has also died. Dr Sheik Umar Khan (pictured above), who was hailed as a national hero for disregarding his own health and helping sick patients, died today July 29th from the disease after being diagnosed with the virus last week. He contacted the virus despite wearing protective gear when treating patients. In an interview last month, the 39yr old doctor had expressed fears for his life because of his constant contact with Ebola patients. "I am afraid for my life. Health workers are prone to the disease because we are the first port of call for somebody who is sickened by the disease. Even with the full protective clothing you put on, you are at risk" He told Reuters His death comes days after a senior doctor at Liberia's largest hospital, Samuel Brisbane, died on Saturday at an Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia. 3 nurses working in the same Ebola treatment centre alongside Khan also died f...

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs Doyin Okupe has denied that President Jonathan gave any money to Chibok parents. Who do you believe?

Early this morning July 29th, a man was found dead head down inside a well (pictured above) with his slippers beside the well in a house at Akanyn street, Shibiri Rd, Ilemba in Ojo, Ajangbadi, Lagos. Many residents of the house had fetched water from the well and even made use of the water before someone discovered there was a corpse inside it. When he was eventually pulled from the well, he was recognized as someone who lived around..a carpenter whose wife recently left him. Some people claimed to have seen him the previous day, very drunk. No one knew how he fell into the well. A source told LIB that the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ojo division and Ajangbadi police were contacted and they came to remove the corpse and took it away for fuurther investigation. See the exclusive graphic pic after the cut...

El Rufai's son Hamza El Rufai died this morning in a fatal accident. Here are pics from the accident scene. Hamza was driving the black Lexus car (pictured above) when he ran into a stationery blue colored Volkswagen Saloon car around the Ningi Barrack along A.Y.A - Kubwa road aroudn  5.30am this morning July 29th. Two persons were involved in the crash but only Hamza died. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps, his corpse was taken to the national mosque by his parents while the crashed vehicles were deposited at the Maitama Police station. Continue to see more pics and GEJ's message commiserating with El Rufai ... Hamza was a student of Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai and was billed to graduate in 2015. PRESIDENT JONATHAN COMMISERATES WITH MALLAM EL-RUFAI ON THE LOSS OF HIS SON President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with a deep sense of grief and shock, news of the sudden and untimely death of Hamza El-Rufai, son of the former Minister of th...

59 people including the Nigerian Ambassador to Liberia, Chigozie Obi Nnadozie are said to have had direct and indirect contact with the late Liberian man, Patrick Sawyer, who died on Friday July 25th from the Ebola Virus in Lagos.  At a Joint Ministerial Press briefing of the Lagos State Ministry of Health and Federal Ministry of Health on development concerning the disease yesterday July 28th, the state Commissioner of Health, Dr Jide Idris said out of the 59 people who had contact with the late Patrick Sawyer, 44 were hospital contacts (38 healthcare workers & 6 laboratory staff) and 15 Airport contacts comprising 3 ECOWAS staff-driver, Liaison, and Protocol officers, Nigerian Ambassador to Monrovia, two nursing staff and five Airport passenger handlers. Continue... Dr Idris explained that out of the number, 20 contacts had been physically screened of which 50% are of the type one contact and another 50% had type two contact, adding that the airline manifest has not...

A bomb explosion has ripped through an NNPC depot in Kano, according to the Nigeria Police Force social media page. Residents of Kano who have also taken to the social media posting updates say there is heavy casualty but i cannot independly verify such claims.

According to this tweet from NTA's official account, testing on passengers who were on board the flight with Liberian Ebola virus victim has begun. It is feared all passengers on the late Patrick Sawyer's Lagos-bound plane have been exposed to Ebola.

Pandemonium broke out in the Asipa community as an apprentice bricklayer, identified as Rasheed Sulaiman, was shot dead while testing the potency of a bullet-proof charm given to him by a herbalist. A resident of Asipa, a community in the Ife North Local Government Area, told PUNCH Metro that Sulaiman, on Saturday called his cousin, Siji, to follow him to a secluded place to test the charm. Sulaiman wore the amulet and gave a gun to his cousin to fire at him. The cousin fired the shot and killed Sulaiman instantly. Residents were unaware of the mission of duo, but the sound of a gunshot was said to have attracted attention of the people of the area to where the incident happened. Siji was said to be found weeping beside the body of the deceased. Siji reportedly explained that the deceased compelled him to shoot at him to test the potency of an amulet. It was gathered that the deceased, who was known to be a tough guy, could be preparing to use the charm for the governorship ...

The General Overseer of God of Cham­pion Royal As­sembly, Brother Joshua Ignila, the same man that ac­curately predicted the exit of Brazil in the World Cup and the victory of Germany in the FIFA World Cup has spoken again. And this time, according to DailySun, Joshua says a private jet carry­ing some governors who are opposed to certain decisions in the country would crash. Joshua reportedly told his congregation:  “I have warned them through my broadcast on Champions Television and I have tried to reach out to those I saw in my predic­tion. It is going to happen soon and nobody should blame anybody for it. It is either they retreat from that meeting they want to attend or they will perish.Continue.... Joshua also said a lower rank military officer of the Nigerian Army will arrest Abuba­kar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect. A Nigerian soldier, he said, would shoot Shekau in the leg and capture him, while also advising security leaders to tig...

The Police in Kano have arrested five male suspects for their complicity in bomb attacks in the ancient city, including the Sunday bomb blast at St. Charles Catholic Church in which at least five people were killed and eight were injured. Two of the suspects were arrested in connection with the foiled bomb attack at Isyaku Rabiu Mosque, according to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba. He said: Continue...  “As part of ongoing investigations into the various terror-related incidents that occurred in Kano, Police operatives have arrested five male suspects for their complicity in the attacks. Two were arrested in connection with the foiled attack on Isyaku Rabiu Mosque while three were arrested in connection with the attack on St. Charles Church. All the suspects are currently undergoing interrogation at different police facilities.” Mba said the attack on the church came shortly after the end of mass, when the suspects were believed to have thro...

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) have arrested a 6-man internet fraud syndicate that includes a First Class honor graduate who specialize in designing the organisation’s websites and using same to defraud unsuspecting job seekers, this is according to a report on the Nigerian police website. A petition dated 22nd August 2013, received from OPEC FUND for International Development alleged that a website designed as “OFID Scholarship Website” with OFID name and logo has been used to defraud innocent Nigerian applicants.  That in the website, applicants were required to pay N2,500.00 as an application fee and over 2,000 applicants responded and paid the fees through the First Bank Account Number 2020874607 and Access Bank Account Number 0056941009 with the name OFID WSAS NG.  The petitioner stated further that it was one of the victims that contacted OFID via facebook, accusing OFID of being complicit in the fraud. Continue... The Cybercrime Section of the Un...

Airtel Nigeria, has taken yet another bold step in realization of its corporate vision of becoming the No1 mobile Internet service provider in Nigeriaas it announces the introduction of Internet Bundles for Android devices. According to Airtel, the new value offering, which is first of its kind in the country, is consistent with its key objective of providing innovative and affordable mobile Internet solutions that will make life simpler, exciting and more enjoyable for telecoms consumers across the country. Continue... The new Android Internet Bundle plan is specifically tailored to empower Android users to connect with business associates, family and friends and also enable them enjoy an amazing data experience on their smartphones. The Bundle plan comes in two variants, the Android 2.0, which comes with2GBdata designed for medium Internet users while the Android Bundle 4.5 with 4.5GB data is tailored for high Internet consumers.  Speaking on the new value offering, the Chief Com...

Ghanaian model Nish Kards, who reportedly dated Nigerian pop singer Davido, has posted some raunchy pictures on Instagram. She captioned the pictures ‘U can touch U CAN PLAY’ Do you think she’s the hottest Ghanaian model? See pictures below…...  

The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] has fired no fewer than 30 of its personnel accused of aiding electoral malpractices across the country during the 2011 gene ral election, the electoral body has said. Sixteen of the dismissed staff were punished for their alleged involvement in election-related offences in Anambra state, the South-East state which elections are usually tainted by rigging and thuggery. Continue... Other states, whose elections led to the dismissal of INEC officials, are Imo (3), Edo (1), Zamfara (1), FCT (1), Delta (1), Oyo (2), Rivers (1), Lagos (1), and Osun (2). A staff based at the INEC Headquarters in Abuja was also shown the door for allegedly colluding with politicians to perpetrate electoral fraud. Besides, the Commission is prosecuting nine out of its 12 staff apprehended for committing various forms of electoral offences during the governorship elections in six states. Two out of the 12 electoral offenders have been di...

She was eight years old when her uncle first raped her. Her mother worked third shift and entrusted her in the hands of this family member wh ile she worked at nights. But her uncle, her father’s brother, would molest and rape her through those nights, then walked her down at each dawn to their neighbourhood Mcdonalds and bought her happy meals breakfast as compensation. Years later,Ms. Jones, an emerging plus model, mother and care giver, shares her compelling tear jerking story of rape, love and addiction to sex from the brutalities of a dear family. Her story. Continue... “The cool morning summer breeze slapped my silky window curtains. I lay in bed, naked and wondering if it was time to get up and begin another hustle in the city. The children had dressed themselves and taken the school bus that snaked into our subdivision earlier. Bored and undecided about how to chase the new day, I engaged my imaginations with my life as a single mother in these times… It’s been a h...

A 63-year-old Chinese woman, Ding Liang got a rude shock recently when she was told by her son not to come visiting because she was too ugly and would embarrass him, accordi ng to local media, SMACK. Liang had traveled five hours from her village to meet her son and his newborn child in the Hangzhou province of China. Years ago, her son moved to the city to pursue a college education – he did well at school, landed a job at a reputable car dealer shop and got married. When she attended the wedding dressed like a peasant, her son was very furious, refusing to recognise her as his mother. Continue Soon after, the son began to ignore Ding and the rest of the family back in the village. He would never call and hardly spoke to her even when she called. “I don’t mind, I know he has his own life now, so I understand that he doesn’t call and only speaks to me when I ring him,” Ding said. “But when he rang me the other day to say that he had had a baby, I wanted to visit him and ...

KICC Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo's son, Tomi Michael, is getting married to his heartthrob, Dorothy Jeneba Kamara at his dad's KICC Prayer City in Kent today. Dorothy is from Sierra Leone. Big congrats to them. Scroll down to see more photos from their wedding ....