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A US-based Nigerian man who recently returned to the country has been humiliated and disgraced at the Nnamdi Azikwe University after storming the school to fight for his girlfriend. The unidentified man stormed the university last night after an unknown man picked up his girlfriend’s phone when he called. In the course of the conversation, the unknown man threatened to beat the US-returnee. UNIZIK                                           US-based Nigerian man disgraced                                               after storming UNIZIK to beat up                                             his girlfriend's lover  In his anger, the US-based Nig...

The age of 'youth' has for too long been seen as an age of much strength and vigour channeled into foolishness, however, the times have changed and knowledge has increased. The world has experienced innovations and exploits in various facets of life, championed by young people. Hence, following the trend of this age in which the youths or young people as some may term them, are doing greater things than their fathers and generations before them, many nations have thought it wise to place trust in the capabilities of their young people to actualise the transformation agenda. It is in this light that a nation like the US continued in its tradition of believe in youths, by giving Barack Obama the mandate to rule. As of the time of his inauguration on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, the brilliant Obama was only aged 47 years, 169 days. Now bringing it down home to Nigeria, the military era saw a rule by very young individuals; and many analysts argue that the era was a very prospe...

A 30-year-old fake chemist, Godswill Umoren, has allegedly injected a pregnant woman to death in an attempt to help her abort her unborn child. Umoren who claimed to be a chemist said he administered the injection under the orders of the deceased’s husband, Sunday Udofia. Fake chemist                                                         Fake chemist allegedly kills pregnant woman while trying to                                                                    help her abort her unborn child He said: “I was the one that gave her the injection. Her husband called me to his house to examine his sick wife. I asked her what happened, she said that she was having body pain a...

- A good number of the citizens are blaming President Muhammadu Buhari for the current economic downturns the country is facing - Nigerian youths should know nobody is ready to spoon-feed them anymore in the present day Nigeria - It is high time people thought outside the box and stopped to angelise or demonise others One of the things Nigerian youths love doing is to pass the blame for whatever challenges they are facing onto other people. Although, a few people are involved in epicaricacy of these youths, however, one will not shun away from the the fact that these young able-bodied men and women need to look inwards. These are the 10 reasons Nigerian youths should blame themselves for their misfortune but not President Buhari                                        President Muhammadu Buhari is seen as the cause of some youths' problems According to a Chinese Proverb, “he wh...

President Muhammadu Buhari who has just returned from a prolonged vacation in the United Kingdom (UK), has said he had never been this sick in his entire life.                        BREAKING: I have never been this sick before - Buhari Speaking to government officials at the State House in Abuja, Buhari said: “I couldn’t recall being so sick since I was a young man, including in the military with its ups and downs” . The president also said he could not recall the last time he had a blood transfusion. Buhari, however, stressed that with or without him, Nigeria will continue. Buhari expressed gratitude to Nigerians for all the prayers and show of goodwill, pledging to rededicate himself to the service of the nation. Addressing the country from the State House, shortly after arriving from London, President Buhari said he was fully committed to serving the nation and protecting the right of all Nigerians. ‘‘I am dee...

Four men have been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Birnin Kebbi for being in possession of fake one thousand Naira notes, a total of N583,000. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday, March 9, secured the conviction of four counterfeit currency dealers. fake currency 4 Nigerian men caught with over N500K fake currency sentenced to 5 years in jail The accused men, Usman Ahmed, Isiyaku Mohammed, Mohammed Abubakar and Rilwanu Abdullahi were brought before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court Kebbi state on a four count charge of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit currency. Justice Amobeda sentenced all the accused persons to 5 years imprisonments. The sentence is to begin from the day of the arrest. Na wa oo!

A woman was recently arrested in Cross River state for reportedly keeping guns for criminals to carry out their deadly operations. Lady who keeps gun for her boyfriend arrested in Cross River State                                           25-year-old Hope Usang helped her boyfriend keep guns for his operations According to reports from Vanguard, a 25-year-old woman was recently arrested after investigations revealed that was linked to some notorious thieves in Cross River state. The woman identified as Hope Usang, was arrested along with 21 other armed robbers after one of their victims, Paschal Bisong, laid a complaint at the police station. Usang was said to be the custodian of the guns used by the armed robbers for their operations. This was revealed after two of the suspects, Emmanuel Edet-Etim and Idoreyin Usa, confessed to getting their guns from her. Speaking to n...

- Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has revealed why his faction of the PDP is fighting Ali Modu Sheriff - Fayose says Sheriff's planned convention is being sponsored by the All Progressives Congress which has made funds available Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has revealed that the factional chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, may have received $1 million from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fayose reveals how APC dished out $1m to Sheriff                                        Ayodele Fayose is accusing Ali Modu Sheriff of receiving $1 million from APC Fayose, who is the chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, further reiterated his support for the decision of the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee to appeal the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt judgement on the leadership of the party. “There cannot be any meaningful re...

President Buhari's return to Nigeria is the headline for today. After 51 days on a medical vacation with rumors, speculations, photo-shopped pictures and a lot of calls for his resignation, the president is back.                                                               Buhari landing in Nigeria on March 10, 2017 Now, there will be those who are ecstatic at his return, who already are tweeting and flooding social media with welcome messages. Yet, there are also those who will not be so happy, for various reasons. Here are some of such people: 1. Opposition party As Buhari's medical vacation lengthened, the All Progressives Congress (APC) opposition party criticized his absence and some even called for his resignation as president. There were insinuations that he was dead. His coming back will be a big blow to them...

A ritualist gang has invaded an Islamic school in Tungan Magajiya, Rijau local government area of Niger state. It was gathered that the ritualist gang attacked five male students and cut out their throats while they were asleep. Ritualists                                                              Ritualists invade Islamic school, kills 3 male students According to Vanguard, two of the boys died instantly while one who was rushed to a nearby hospital died later. The Niger state police public relations officer, Bala Elkana, who disclosed that the attack took place on Wednesday, March 8, said two of the victims survived the attack. He said: “It was suspected ritualists be­cause they took away the victims’ blood around 3am on Wednesday.” Elkana revealed that an investigation to apprehend the ritualist has started and the su...

A group of Nigerian students came together to create Africa’s first electric car from scratch, using locally sourced materials. Unilag students have built first 'electric car' in Africa (photos, video) Unilag students have built first 'electric car' in Africa The project began was said to have commenced in 2014 and by 2015 the students had built a zero emission electric powered prototype vehicle called the ‘DOVE P1’. Olukoya Olusanya and Maduka Smart pioneered the project, and enlisted other students to help. However, during an interview they revealed that ‘DOVE’ is an acronym for Designed for Zero Vehicle Emission. The electric car was made of a fibre glass body which weighs about 200kg and is capable of speeds of up to 35 km/h

A very innocent newborn baby has suffocated to death at the Isheri powerline area of Lagos state, after being abandoned inside a zipped bag by the wicked mother. Newborn baby reported dead after being abandoned inside ‘Ghana must-go’ bag in Lagos (photos, video)                                                                                   Baby abandoned in a bag An Instagram user identified simply as Tee Hai (@tee_hai1), has taken to the social networking site and shared the shocking video and heartbreaking story of a baby who suffocated to death after being abandoned inside a zipped bag at the Isheri powerline area of Lagos state. The poster who shared the video wrote: "An unfortunate human being abandoned this baby over night at d early hour of 8 and zipped the baby up ti...

A 29-year-old housewife identified as, Onyinyechi Akunne, has been arrested after she allegedly stabbed her husband, 35-year-old Abuchi Akunne to death. The woman was said to have stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife at their home at 85, Idimu road, Ejigbo, Lagos because he was looking at his Baba Ijebu lotto game card while she was making his food. Housewife, 28, stabs husband to death over Baba Ijebu lotto game Group of people at the Baba Ijebu lotto game spot Vanguard reports that, Onyinyechi is facing a murder charge and was brought before an Ikeja High Court on Tuesday, March 7. She denied the charge but the state prosecutor, Mrs C. K. Tuiyi-Carena, told the court that Onyinyechi committed the offence on March 28, 2015. She said: “On the day of the alleged murder, Onyinyechi was preparing a meal while Abuchi was sitting on a chair in their home looking at his Baba Ijebu lottery tickets. Angered by her husband’s action, Onyinyechi scolded him for his love for lotto ga...

A man posing as an army officer has been caught and taken into custody in Port Harcourt. Fake army officer arrested in Port Harcourt Nki Ru shared photos of the arrest on her page. A similar incident occurred a few months ago in Lagos state, when a man posing as a soldier was caught by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery squad (SARS) stealing motorcycles across the state. Na wa oo!

Political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop toying with Nigerians by releasing every day report of phone calls he is making on vacation in London. Stop deceiving Nigerians with phone calls, CNPP tells Buhari Ezugwu, CNPP secretary general, says Nigerians want good governance and not reports of phone calls CNPP noted in a statement sent to naijalatestblog.blogspot.com.ng  and signed by Willy Ezugwu, its secretary general, that the almost daily reports of phone calls from the President to eminent Nigerians and other global leaders was becoming distracting. Political parties in Nigeria under the aegis of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop toying with Nigerians by releasing every day report of phone calls he is making on vacation in London. Stop deceiving Nigerians with phone calls, CNPP tells Buhari Ezugwu...

- Acting President yemi Osinbajo was in Lagos on Tuesday, March 7 for the flag-off of the Lagos-Ibadan rail line - The acting president spoke glowingly about the administration of Muhammadu Buhari and made more promises to Nigerians Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has promised Nigerians that the Lagos-Ibadan rail line project flagged off on Tuesday, March 7 would be completed in December 2018. Lagos-Ibadan rail line construction to be completed in December 2018                                                              Ajimobi, Amaechi, Osinbajo and Ambode at the event Osinbajo, who spoke at the ground-breaking ceremony of the segment II of the project with extension to the Lagos port complex in Apapa, recalled that President Buhari, during his visit to China in January 2016, reopened negotiation on the Chinese support for t...

A two-year-old girl, Gbonjubola Williams, has been allegedly shot by police operatives from the Lagos state, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).                                                         SARS policemen allegedly shoot 2-year-old girl in the                                                                         chest during raid in Lagos A stray bullet grazed the little girl’s chest and shoulder when the policemen raided the community to capture suspected drug peddlers around 5:00pm on Friday, March 3. SARS policemen It was gathered that the girl was with her mother a few meters away from the scene of the raid when the stray bullet hit her. While...

- Acting President Osinbajo has explained steps he intends to take to end corruption in Nigeria - He said he will defeat corruption by replicating the model he used to end corruption in Lagos Judiciary Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that he will tackle corruption in Nigeria the same way he tackled and reduced corruption in the Lagos state Judiciary when he was the commissioner of justice in the state. He made this statement during a talk-shop organized in Abuja by Office of the Vice-President in contribution to the national dialogue on corruption. Daily Post reports that Osinbajo said that corruption in the Lagos State Judiciary dropped to zero percent following the sack of 22 corrupt magistrates and three judges, and by drastic improvement in welfare. Osinbajo said he once met an honest judge who retired after 10 years on the Bench but lived in someone’s boys quarters because he had no house. He said a judge’s salary of N67,000 then could not build a house. ...

The minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi has gone inspecting the Ebute Metta Railway Compound,where Acting President Osinbajo will flag off construction of Lagos-Ibadan Line on Tuesday, March 7.                                                                            While Buhari is away, Amaechi inspects railway, as                                                                                                            Osinbajo heads  to Lagos for the  commissionin Below are photos from the minister's inspection exer...

Nigerian couples just would not rest; they keep inspiring us with their creative concepts with the pre-wedding photo-shoots they do these days. You will have to trust our judgment when we say these pictures are good and they would make you fall in love again. Most of these couples have been able to create a clear and perfect picture of love with the way we see them in these picture. Sometimes ago, we showcased some amazing pre-wedding pictures of some Nigerian couples who are planning to walk down the aisle. This is a sequel to that piece and we hope you would find them delightful too. Furthermore, they could also light up the creative spark in you and give you great ideas on how to go about your pre-wedding photo-shoots if you are planning one. Find below some of the stunning pictures we have put together for you: 1. The one inspired by water                        10 amazing pre-wedding pictures of some Nigerian c...

Prominent Nigerian politician in Anambra state, Governor Willie Obiano, was reported to be sharing ‘political bread’ to citizens of his state ahead of the 2017, gubernatorial election. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), candidate has been tipped for a second term in office for transforming the state. However, a picture of him could be seen on the bread nylon with the logo of his party. Sharing of food materials in the heat of the election to cajole the electorate is an endemic nature of politicians in Nigeria. Materials like rice, bread, Bean-cake (Akara) as well as money are circulated to bamboozle voters for their benefits.

Reports filtering-in from Argentina have it that Geronimo Rojo, a cousin to Manchester United star Marcos Rojo, has been shot dead after trying to rob an ex-police officer. Breaking: Manchester united star’s cousin shot dead        Manchester United star Marcus Rojo It was alleged that the 17-year-old was killed alongside an accomplice, a 26-year-old named Ivan Rodrigo Barbosa, who also died in the incident. The Sun (UK) reports that the duo were said to have targeted 50-year-old Raul Anibal at about 10pm on Sunday night, March 5, from a getaway motorbike outside a bank cash machine. The tragic incident was said to have occurred in Marcos Rojo’s home town of La Plata, which is just an hour drive from an Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. Witnesses say the retired police officer identified himself to the criminals before firing shots which killed the robbers. Barbosa was said to have died on the spot from bullet wounds while young Rojo later passed-on at t...

- A member of the presidential committee on constitution and electoral reforms accuses Rotimi Amaechi of imposing leaders on the APC in Cross River state - Utum Eteng calls on Amaechi to concentrate on the politics of Rivers state - The APC chieftain says the serial defeat the APC has suffered at every election in Rivers state should give Amaechi enough challenge to be worried about A member of the presidential committee on constitution and electoral reforms has warned former governor of Rivers state and minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, to stay off the affairs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River state. Utum Eteng, who is a chieftain of the APC in Cross River, accused the minister of imposing leaders on the APC in Cross River, which he said, had caused divisions and problems in the party. According to Tribune, the APC chieftain in a statement on Monday, March 6, called on Amaechi to concentrate on the politics of Rivers state and stop meddling in t...