Turkey Coup Attempt: Messi and Iniesta not in Turkey, Arda and others safe

Barcelona stars Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta are still in Spain ahead of their planned appearance at a charity match in Turkey, which has been embroiled by a military coup on Friday. 

Messi and Iniesta were scheduled to take part in the charity event organised by former Barca striker Samuel Eto'o, who now plays for Antalyaspor in Turkey. 

However, an army group in Turkey says it has taken over the country, with military scattered across the capital Ankara and Istanbul.

Ronaldo is not as arrogant as people paint - Quaresma

Ricardo Quaresma insists his Portugal team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo is misunderstood and is not as arrogant as perceived.

The pair played together at Sporting CP in the early 2000s before Ronaldo's move to Manchester United, and have teamed up regularly for the national side.

The Real Madrid superstar has unquestionably earned a place among the pantheon of the greatest players in history, but his on-field demeanour and sometimes seemingly selfish attitude have drawn criticism in the past.

Say What! Two men fall from cliff while playing ‘Pokemon Go’

Two men who fell from a seaside cliff north of San Diego told authorities they became distracted while playing augmented reality game Pokemon Go.

Encinitas fire Battalion Chief Robbie Ford said one of the men fell about 50 feet down the bluff in Encinitas while the other man fell about 80 to 90 feet to the beach below.

Ford said the man who fell to the beach told San Diego County sheriff’s deputies he and the other man had been playing smartphone game Pokemon Go, which sends players to real-world locations to capture digital monsters.

Governor Obiano’s Demolition leaves 1 Dead, 10 in Coma, Others in Shock

The marking of 500 different houses for demolition in Ugwuachalla Ikenga village, Ogidi, Idemili North local government area of Anambra State by officials of the Anambra State Physical Planning Board (ANSPPB) has sent a middle aged woman (names withheld) to her untimely grave even as 10 others went into coma when the officials stormed the area yesterday.

The shock was too much for her and she simply slumped and died while others in shock like her were rushed to the hospital.

The said officials stormed the area with armed policemen and local vigilante groups who gave them protection as they embarked on marking the houses for demolition.

Report Card: NSCDC Destroys over 250 Illegal refineries, Arrests 118

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it has destroyed over 250 illegal refineries and made 118 arrests in the last one year.

This is contained in a statement signed by the Corps spokesperson, Emmanuel Okeh on Friday in Abuja.

The statement quoted the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abdullahi Gana has disclosed this in his office.

He said over 40 suspects had also been convicted since he assumed duty in July 2015.

Dear Lord! Story of an Owerri Lady who at 4, Lost Her Mom, Violated at 7, Raped at 17 & Impregnated at 22

For Ruth, life is not a song worth singing; it’s a dirge, at best. A victim of ruthless circumstances, she had spent much of her 26 years on earth in pains, sorrows and tears.

Today, her life is in turmoil even as she lives with the scars of the unkind blow life had dealt her.

“I have cried so much,” she told the reporter. “I cry but all these years I have learnt that tears won’t take me any further. Tears are for the weak. I have been wounded and I know that getting up will not be easy but I have to give it a try. I tried drink­ing, smoking, doing hemp. It doesn’t get me high as they said it does. So, I stopped. It only gave me momentary happiness and then disappears before you know it.”

(PHOTOS) Drunk Prostitutes Fight Dirty in Imo State

Obiaku Lancelot Ifeanyi, shared the story on Facebook:

“It was a big show of shame as two ladies believed to be “commercial sex workers” residing and plying their trade at the rural community of Amaraku in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, South East Nigeria, horribly fought each other, on Friday evening.

“According to an eye witness account, the two prostitutes were at a bar near Orie Amaraku market where they drank to stupor before deciding to negotiate their way home.

Turkey Coup Updates: 90 people dead, 1154 injured and 1563 soldiers arrested

At least 90 people were killed during overnight clashes in capital Ankara following an attempted coup in Turkey. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said a new acting army chief of staff has been appointed after an attempted coup to topple the democratically elected government.

Turkish President Erdogan has urged supporters to remain in public squares until the situation returns to normal and has informed them that his govt. is still in charge. 

He added that there is still a small disturbance in Ankara, hopefully, it will be overcome soon, says Erdogan.

Defiant Turkish civilians were captured climbing on to tanks and yanking soldiers from their vehicles during the failed coup attempt by the nation's armed forces.

South African Police arrest two Nigerian Nationals after ransacking a drug lab

A statement released by South African Police Service today said that members of the Organised Crime in Pretoria have on dismantled a clandestine laboratory in Dukathole, Sandton on Thursday, July 14 and arrested two Nigerian nationals. 

The Nigerian nationals, aged 32 and 39, were arrested at the scene and will appear at the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Friday, July 15. The value of the drug is estimated to be R100 000.

UK Daily Mail uses Nigeria Girl Photo among those missing following terrorist attack in Nice - Girl cry out

Nigerian girl Amara Ajuzie, who lives in Port Harcourt woke up this morning to find her photo among those missing following the terrorist attack in Nice, France on Thursday July 14th. She says she's not missing, but hale and hearty..

She wrote:

German Club, Borussia Dortmund gets its own Customised Private

Players of German side, Borussia Dortmund will travel in style after the club got its very own private jet. The Eurowings A320 airbus has been painted in the club's unique black and yellow colours.

BVB Forward Aubameyang said: 'Wow! It's simply fantastic. There's probably no other club in Europe that has an aeroplane like that decked out in its own colours.'

What they won't tell the president by Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, reactions to my column last week were not unexpected. As anticipated, they were indeed varied. Some people were impressed that anyone could tell President Muhammadu Buhari what most people would never dare. Others felt I could talk because I don’t work with the President and therefore do not feel the pressure of those that do.

A few more simply dismissed my contribution as they usually do without any good reason. It could be true that more often than not, aides usually misread their bosses and idols and so feel under pressure not to irritate, annoy or even antagonise their Boss. I have had the privilege of working and interacting with bigwigs at home and abroad and noticed that many of their employees treat them with awe, fear and trepidation but not necessarily with respect.

India: Gold man battered to death at a birthday party

An Indian businessman, Datta Phuge  who made headlines in 2013 for buying one of the world's most expensive shirts, a customised gold shirt worth 12.7 million rupees, around $240,000 dollars at the time, which was made entirely of gold has been beaten to death in western India, according to a report Friday.

It was made up of 14,000 pieces of 22-carat gold, weighed 3.32 kilogrammes (7.3 pounds) and was put together by 15 craftsmen over 16 days.

James Blunt took two years to reply troll who said his song sucks

Did you notice the circles? The troll actually made that comment in May 2014 and James replied it in 2016. Lol, this is a clear case that James Blunt doesn't uses his social media account efficiently or maybe he has been too busy to check it out. Come to think of it, James where have you been?

Say What! 71-year-old woman marries 17-year-old teenage boy

A 71-year-old woman, Almeda Errell, got married to 17-year-old teenager, Gary Hardwick, just three weeks after she met him at the funeral of her 49 year old son. After a whirlwind three-week romance, the pensioner and the teenage boy tied the knots in a ceremony he arranged within 6 days for just about $200 in six days. The couple consummated their relationship for the first time on their wedding night.

Gary said:

Popular GSM market in Kano gutted by Fire

Many shops have been razed with goods worth millions of Naira destroyed after fire broke out at a section of the popular GSM market in Kano this afternoon.

Prof Wole Soyinka says He is Pro Biafra

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has identified himself with the agitation for the Republic of Biafra, stressing that the Igbo people have been brutalized that they have no choice than to consider opting out of Nigeria.

The respected playwright in an interview with Al Jazeera yesterday, stressed that “I don’t agitate on some certain entity called a nation; I agitate on humanity.”

His words, “I am very much pro- Biafra because I recognise that the Igbos have been wronged desperately.

Fuddle woman spotted on camera rolling in the streets naked (PHOTOS)

According to a video taken in the Bronx, New York, it shows a woman high on drugs acting up in the streets naked.

The video which was posted to LiveLeak shows her rolling on the floor and twerking while in the nude. The video showed the nude woman walking toward two police officers, and touching the wrist of one officer.

Ayo Fayose says he is unmoved by EFCC’s media trial

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that he remained unmoved by the alleged media trial adopted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against him, saying “the anti-corruption agency and its collaborators in the All Progressives Congress (APC) should not be in a hurry in their ill-motive, rather they should wait till 2018 after my tenure when I will confront their lies.”

He said, “the EFCC did more than this in 2006 but when I challenged their cooked up stories on poultry project in the court, the EFCC failed to substantiate all their allegations against me and their case crumbled like a pack of cards.”

Federal High Court explains real reasons behind Ikpeazu sack

The Federal High Court on Friday explained why Justice Okon Abang ordered the sack of Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.

The Court said the judge discovered that Ikpeazu allegedly submitted false tax information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Chief Registrar, Emmanuel Gakko, said in a statement that the judgement had nothing to do with forgery of tax documents and that there were two different cases against Ikpeazu.

He said one of the cases was filed by Sir Friday Nwosu with Dr. Ikpeazu and Dr. Sampson Uche Ogah as defendants. The case was before Justice Ambrose Allagoa.

Niger State: Muslim youths attack Catholic Church says ‘Friday belongs to us’

A group of Muslim youths, on Friday attacked St. Philip’s Catholic Parish, Baki Iku, very close to Zuma Rock in Niger State.

According to eyewitnesses, some Catholics, who had gone to the church to pray were attacked by the Muslims on the claim that Friday was their day of prayer and that the Church only had right to worship on Sundays.

Information gathered from eyewitnesses showed that they destroyed the Church properties, including doors and windows.

Femi Fani Kayode glad to reunite with his son

Free at last! His son is so cute!

Police smash Notorious kidnapping rings in Kogi, rescues victims

The Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has again smashed more notorious kidnap gangs that have been terrorizing Kogi State and its environs.

The team also rescued four kidnapped victims at different locations in Kogi State.

Force spokesman, DCP Don Awunah, in a statement said a special intelligence operation conducted by the operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the IGP’s Monitoring Unit at different black spots in Kogi State, unmasked three members of a notorious kidnap gang that had operated in major cities in Kogi and neighbouring States.

Alert! Zika virus now transmitted via sex

New York City’s Health Department on Friday reported the first female-to-male transmission of the Zika virus, which is most typically spread by the bite of an infected mosquito.

The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said the report was the first documented case of sexual transmission of Zika from a woman to her male sex partner.

“All previously reported cases of sexually transmitted Zika virus infection have been spread from men to their sex partners,’’ the Atlanta-based CDC said in a statement.

(PHOTOS) Man nab while trying to steal a car at night club in Lagos

A 27-year-old man, Benjamin Michael has been arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of the Lagos State Police Command for robbery.

Michael was arrested at a popular night club in Ikeja, in his attempt to steal a Mercedes Benz A-Class with registration number UB 202 AAA from the park lot.

Luck ran out on him when angry mob sighted him entering the car and pounced on him.

The suspect sustained various degrees of injuries on his head before the arrival of RRS operatives.

He was taken to the hospital for medical attention by the police.

Checkout these new Photos of Patience Jonathan

Who has missed our own Mama Peace?

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode releases statement following his release from detention

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode who has been in detention since May 9, 2016, finally regained freedom today, Friday, July 15, 2016, after fulfilling his bail conditions. In a statement released by the former Minister of Aviation, he said his trial and detention were all politically motivated but that he would not be broken. While expressing thanks to all those who stood by him in his trying times, he reiterated his innocence while stating his readiness to stand trial and vigorously defend himself and concluded by vowing that the struggle would continue.

2006 MBGN, Biola Bashorun, called to bar

Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2006, Abiola Bashorun, was called to Bar yesterday July 14th. Congrats to her. 

NUC terminates admission into NOUN’s law programme

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has put on hold admissions into the law programme of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Julius Okojie, NUC’s Executive Secretary has said.

Okojie said at an interactive dinner with newsmen on Thursday that the moratorium would be in place pending the resolution of issues with the Council on Legal Education (CLE).

The CLE has persistently disallowed NOUN’s law graduates from being admitted into the Nigerian Law School.

The council has argued that the teaching and study of law were clinical and cannot be done by correspondence.

Obanikoro reacts to DSS raid on home, wife’s arrest

Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro has reacted to Thursday’s arrest of his wife, Moroophat, by officials of the Department of State Security Service.

A statement by his media aide, Mr. Jonathan Eze, warned media houses not to malign his wife in whatever way, neither should facts which were supposed to be sacred distorted to skew investigation, thereby influencing public opinion negatively on a patriotic, hard-working and innocent woman, who was completely apolitical.

He said: “We are saddened by the fact that the media was awash with false and conflicting information about the invitation of Senator Obanikoro’s wife. Ordinarily, we considered ignoring these concocted lies but for the sake of the discerning and right thinking public, hence the need to straighten matters.