JUST IN | Five Dead As Russia’s Mi-8 Chopper Shot Down In Syria

A Russian helicopter with five people on board has been shot down after delivering aid to the Syrian city of Aleppo, the Russia Defense Ministry said Monday.

The Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by a ground fire with three crew members and two officers on board as they returned to a Russian base, according to a ministry statement cited by Russian state TV. The condition of those on board is unknown, the ministry said.

Newly Crowned Miss Teen USA Slam for Using Racial Slurs Online

On Saturday, shortly after the 18-year-old was crowned in Las Vegas, the Twittersphere unearthed a string of past tweets from the 18-year-old’s account laced with racial slurs, according to the Daily Mail.

One of the first people to identify and call attention to the Southern belle’s string of hateful missives from 2013 and 2014 was Xavier Burgin, a Los Angeles-based writer and director who posted a screenshot of the tweets — in which she repeatedly uses the “n word” — from his own account:

See The Countries With The Fastest Internet In The World (See Where Nigeria Is)

I was hoping to find Nigeria on the list too, but too bad we couldn't make it. Anyway, lets hope we would make the top 100 as this list is only for the top 5.

Electronic devices are things that we use every day and have a huge influence on our daily life. Especially the Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody, probably more important than the devices themselves, and is now our most preferred means of everyday communication.

(Photos) Man who splashed N4.9m on wedding suit, Tuoyo Omatsuli and his wife welcome triplets

Former executive director, projects at the NDDC, Tuoyo Omatsuli and his wife Oludewa Jemide welcomed triplets recently.

The Warri Big Boy made news last year when he splashed a whopping N4.9 million on a hand made Ermenegildo Zegana 3-piece suit for his wedding held on January 10,2015.

South African envoy says Nelson Mandela once came to Nigeria to beg for money

Lulu Mnguni, South African high commissioner to Nigeria, recently went down memory lane in recalling the role Nigeria played during the apartheid era in his country.

While speaking as a special guest at a forum organised by the Abuja Writers Forum, Mnguni narrated how the iconic Nelson Mandela, who led the struggle against apartheid forces, came to Nigeria in 1963 to solicit financial assistance.

FLASH | Abdulmuminu Jibrin Arrives ICPC with His Lawyers To Present Evidence On 2016 Padded Budget

Hon. Jibrin Abdul Muminu with his lawyers at the ICPC office to present evidence on the 2016 padded budget.

Interpol nabs Nigerian behind $60m online fraud network in Port Harcourt

A  Nigerian behind an online fraud network which engineered scams worth more than $60 million (54 million euros) has been arrested in southern oil city of Port Harcourt, Interpol said on Monday.

“The 40-year-old Nigerian national, known as ‘Mike’, is believed to be behind scams totalling more than $60 million involving hundreds of victims worldwide,” the international police organisation said in a statement.

Singer Adekunle Gold reveals His SHOCKING greatest fear

The singer during an interview on Saturday, July 30, 2016 spoke about his faith and his greatest fear in life

The 'Orente' crooner, who recently disclosed that he is not leaving YBNL, was asked about what his greatest concern is.

Rio Olympics | Mikel Obi Named U-23 Eagles Captain

Nigeria Olympic team head coach Samson Siasia has appointed Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi as captain of the team going into the men’s football tournament of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Making the announcement on Saturday while meeting with players and other officials, Siasia said the choice of Mikel was automatic as he is the captain of the Super Eagles and also the captain of Team Nigeria to the Games.

Why bank manager took his life – FCMB releases Statement

First City Monument Bank Plc says its official, Olisa Nwakoby, who committed suicide on Friday in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Lekki, Lagos State, had personal challenges and became frustrated.

The bank, however, noted that neither the management nor colleagues of the deceased were aware of the challenges, adding that it was working with Nwakoby’s family and the police to unravel the nature of the challenges.

Forty-four-year-old Nwakoby, said to be the manager of the bank’s branch in Lekki, shot himself in the head over a bad debt estimated at N350m on Friday.

D'banj reportedly leaves GLO for MTN

According to reports Nigerian pop star D'banj has left the Mike Adenuga led telco GLO and has signed for rival telco MTN.

THE NET claims that the self-acclaimed Entertainer parted ways with GLO a few weeks ago and signed the dotted line with MTN making him a brand ambassador for the company. "The deal happened a few weeks ago and Dbanj is very happy about it"

Eat Cockroaches For Protein – CNN Report

Yuck! It was said that in China, people rear cockroaches. They call themselves, roach farmers. Chinese pharmacists, through CNN, reported that cockroaches have about four times the equivalent of cow’s milk.  They said, milk from cockroaches is important for growth and development.

Happy Birthday to Football Legend, Kanu Nwankwo @papilokanu

Here are some facts and records about Football Legend, Nwankwo Kanu. He captained the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010. 

Kanu has won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He made the third-most substitute appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times.

Watch this video below to recollect Kanu's football prowess:

(PHOTOS) Terrible Accident Involving Dangote Truck and Multiples Vehicles at Lagos-Ogun Road

There was a tragic accident this morning involving a Dangote truck and two other vehicles at Tollgate Ota, Ogun-Lagos highway. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained as the incident has caused a heavy gridlock in the area.

Abdulmumin Jibrin says He Wasn’t Part Of The 2016 Budget Padding

In a no-holds-barred interview with Channels TV which was aired yesterday evening, sacked chairman of the House of the Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, says he was never part of the 2016 padding which he described as insertion. 

He said:

“Well, I wasn’t part of the insertions but I think I also didn’t help myself because I started speaking quite late. The event that pushed me to start talking doesn’t look too attractive to people because they are saying why am I talking now that I have left the position”.

Federal Government to commence Payment of Ex-Militants today

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd), has stated that ex-Niger Delta militants will start receiving their stipends on Monday while appealing to the ex-militants in the region to shelve the plan to declare the Niger Delta Republic.

South Africa | Two Nigerians Killed In Fresh Attacks

Barely three days after Ikejiaku Chinedu, a 35-year-old Nigerian businessman, was beaten to death in South Africa, two other Nigerians have been killed in the country.

The fresh cases of death bring to 17, the total number of Nigerians killed in 2016 alone.

Lamenting over the incessant killings, Ikechukwu Anyene, president, the Nigeria Union in South Africa, called for the intervention of the federal government.

Militants blow up Agip Pipeline in Delta State

Niger Militants on Sunday blew up a crude pipeline operated by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in Delta State.

The incident occurred at about 1:00 am near Odimodi community in Delta State, a local source confirmed.

The pipeline had been previously targeted by militants.

Militants Call off Plans to Declare Niger Delta Republic as Goodluck Jonathan Intervenes

The Adaka Boro Avengers (ABA) has heeded please by the Federal Government and suspended today’s proposed declaration of Niger Delta republic. However, the group vowed that they  “will not stop until the Nigerian government is ready to sit on a roundtable to dialogue and to restructure Nigeria.”

The group further issued a warning to the Federal Government against having any discussion with the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) describing MEND as “greedy fellows” who are only after “stipends.”

Cost of drivers license remains N6, 350 for three years and N10, 350 for five years – FRSC

The Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi has congratulated the Federal Government on the recent commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line.

The FRSC boss, who stated that the new development, would reduce road mishaps along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway drastically, added that the cost of obtaining driving license remained N6, 350 for three years and N10, 350 for five years.

He made this disclosure in Lagos at the weekend during the annual training workshop organized by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA).

Dino Melaye drags Manitoba to EFCC over N13.8bn fraud

Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory and Founder of Anti-Corruption Network, ACN, Senator Dino Melaye, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe Manitoba Hydro International Nigeria Limited for alleged abuse of Public Procurement Act and diversion of funds amounting to N13.8 billion.

In his petition already submitted to the Director of Public Affairs of the Agency, Osita Nwaja, Melaye said the company was awarded a management contract to oversee the Transmission Company of Nigeria‎ assets and liabilities after the privatisation and unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria to Generating Companies and Distribution Companies by the Bureau of Public Enterprises in March 2012 for a term of three years.

Kakatar CE layoff Over 1000 Workers due to Buhari’s Hostility

Kakatar CE Limited, one of the biggest in­digenous construc­tion companies in Nigeria owned by Mr. Azibaola Rob­ert, a cousin to former Presi­dent Goodluck Jonathan, has laid- off over 1,000 workers.

A source close to the com­pany said that the employees were dis­engaged in batches, first in June and last month follow­ing the company’s inabili­ty to keep” thousands of the workers who merely report daily without doing anything.”

Kakatar, checks revealed, is being owed over N10 billion by the Federal Government for vari­ous construction projects. On top of that, its accounts were frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commis­sion (EFCC) in the wake of an investigation of the oper­ations of a sister company, OnePlus Holdings, over a $40 million pipeline securi­ty contract.

Suspected Cultists kill four in Ikorodu rampage

Suspected cult members of a six-man gang, over the weekend, shot dead four persons at 24 Road, in the Igbogbo, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

It was gathered that the suspected cultists arrived the community around 8pm on two motorcycles.

Rasheed Yusuf, aka Low Banger, a 63-year-old native doctor, who was walking along the road, was the first target.

The attackers according to reports also shot at Rasheed’s wife, Falilat, and a two-year-old girl, Kehinde, both died on the spot.

'Have a nice afterlife' - 14-year-old girl says after slitting her brother's girlfriend's throat

A 14-year-old teenager, Kali Jade Bookey from New Richmond, Wisconsin, was charged as an adult by police on 28 July with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and if convicted, she could be jailed for up to 40 years.

According to police documents, Bookey attacked her brother's girlfriend, in the girl's bedroom, by first trying to suffocate her. She is then alleged to have smashed two bowls on the victim's head, and finally cut her throat with a shard from one of the bowls.

After she slit her brother's girlfriend's throat, Bookey called the St Croix County Sheriff's Department on 27 July, claiming that two men in a green pickup truck attempted to kidnap her while she was out for a bike ride.

Ayo Fayose says he regrets campaigning for Sheriff to become PDP Chairman

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, said he regrets campaigning for the embattled factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to become the Chairman.

Fayose said:

See the funny reason this woman is getting a divorce

Lol! Are you kidding Me!

Hillary Clinton says Russian intelligence services hacked DNC

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Russian intelligence services hacked into Democratic National Committee computers and she accused Republican contender Donald Trump of showing support for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“We know that Russian intelligence services hacked into the DNC and we know that they arranged for a lot of those emails to be released and we know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up Putin, to support Putin,” Clinton said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday.”

Happy New Month, Fam!

Have a blissful month ahead!

SnapChat Game | Checkout Hilarious Photos of Grannies using the App

Snapchat is not just for the young - as proved by these brilliant photos of grannies making the most of the app.

Recent research revealed that Snapchat is becoming increasingly popular among older generations and roughly 150 million people are now using it every day. 

SHOCKING | The New York Post publishes nude photos of Donald Trump's wife (18+ Photos)

The New York Post has published photos of Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump posing nude in a photo spread for a now-defunct French men’s magazine.

The Slovenian-born model, then 25 years old and known by her professional moniker Melania K, did the steamy photo session in Manhattan in 1995, according to Alé de Basse­ville, the French photographer who shot the sexy photos.

The images, some rarely seen and others never published, were obtained exclusively by The Post.