Thursday 16 April 2015

Photos: Multiple accident in Port Harcourt

Multiple car accident happened this evening along Transamadi road in Port Harcourt Rivers state. Another photo after the cut...

President Jonathan urges world leaders to support incoming administration

Read the State House press release..


President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged world leaders and international institutions to give their fullest possible support to the incoming Administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. President Jonathan also called on all Nigerians to do their utmost best to help the incoming President succeed in leading the country to greater heights of accomplishment.

Xenophobia: House of Rep member calls for evacuation of Nigerians in SA

The Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje, has called on the Federal government to initiate moves to evacuate Nigerians in South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Ukeje said;
“The Federal Government of Nigeria should rise up to the occasion by having contingency plans to evacuate Nigerians within 24 hours to avoid us losing our citizens to these attacks. It is expedient to think of where all Nigerians can gather within 24 hours for safety either in our embassy or mission for the safety of our citizens,” she said.

'Skinny mom' who caused Instagram uproar gives birth to baby boy

30 year old US model, Sarah Stage, who caused quite a storm on social media with her pregnant-yet-toned physique, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy on April 14. He's been named James Hunter.

The model became popular on instagram by regularly posting pics showing off her tiny, barely-there pregnancy belly. In the pic above, she was nearly 9 months. Amazing stuff! Congrats to her.

Photos: Tunde Bakare pays Gen. Buhari congratulatory visit

Founder of Latter Rain Assembly and former Vice Presidential candidate of General Buhari in 2011, Pastor Tunder Bakare paid the President-elect a congratulatory visit in Kaduna today April 16th. More photos after the cut...

Man indicted in US for drug deal elected Senator in Nigeria - AP

This is an exclusive report by Associated Press and it's about PDP Chieftain, Buruji Kashamu. Read the report below...
A man indicted in America for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a court case that was the basis for the TV hit "Orange Is The New Black," has been elected a senator in Nigeria.
Buruji Kashamu was little known before he returned home in 2003 from Britain despite a U.S. extradition order to become a major financier of President Jonathan's party.
Election results posted late Wednesday identify Kashamu as a senator-elect in southwest Ogun state. Opponents are challenging his victory in court, saying ballots were rigged.

Photos: Lagos governor-elect, Ambode receives Certificate of Return

Lagos state Governor-elect, Akinwunmi Ambode, pictured with his wife receiving his certificate of return from INEC officials this afternoon. More photos after the cut...

World’s first head transplant volunteer could experience something "worse than death” - Surgeon

Last week, 30-year-old Russian man, Valery Spiridonov, announced that he will become the subject of the first human head transplant ever performed. Val, who's paralyzed from waist down, says he wants his head removed from his non-functioning body and installed on another person’s able body.

He volunteered himself as a guinea pic after Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero said head transplant was possible and outlined the transplant technique he intends to follow. But now a top surgeon said Val will experience a death worse than death is he goes ahead with this...

WTF? Boko Haram leader makes TIME Most Influential People list

Is this a joke? Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau made TIME magazine 2015 Most Influential People list. Why is a terrorist in this list? Below is what TIME wrote about Shekau...
Most Americans do not yet recognize his name, but the citizens of Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, know Abubakar Shekau all too well: he is the most violent killer their country has ever seen. Shekau took over the terrorist organization Boko Haram in 2009 after the group had been weakened by Nigerian government forces. Shekau, who is believed to be in his 30s, began to stage increasingly daring kidnapping and killing raids on schools, churches and mosques thought by Boko Haram to be violating their interpretation of Islam.

Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili. Kim K, Kanye West, Obama make TIME 100 Most Influenctial People

President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari and Former Education minister and co-convener of Bring Back Our Girls, Oby Ezekwesili, author Chimamanda Adichie made TIME magazine 100 Most Influential People list of 2015.  Others on the list which was released today April 16th include Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Barack Obama, and Apple CEO, Tim Cook.

Tom Brady writes Gisele Bundchen a love note as she quits runway modeling

The world's highest paid model Gisele Bunchen is quitting runway modeling. The 34 year old mother of two walked her final runway show of her career for designer Colcci at Sao Paulo Fashion Week yesterday Wednesday, April 15th. Her husband NFL star Tom Brady, who watched her catwalk for the last time took to Facebook to express how proud of her she was. What he wrote below...
"Congratulations Love of my Life. You inspire me every day to be a better person. I am so proud of you and everything you have accomplished on the runway. I have never met someone with more of a will to succeed and determination to overcome any obstacle in the way. You never cease to amaze me. Nobody loves life more then you and your beauty runs much deeper then what the eye can see. I can't wait to see what's next. I love you."

Photos: Gov Shettima of Borno state receive certificate of return from INEC

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state pictured receiving his certificate of return from INEC officials today April 16th. Governor Shettima was re-elected for a 2nd term in the last governorship election. More photos after the cut...