Meet the blind man who hawks phone accessories instead of begging

A blind man identified as Lawan was spotted around Trade Fair Complex in Jos, Plateau State, selling phone accessories. 

Instead of taking to begging like most physically disabled individuals, Lawan decided to hawk chargers and cords in order to make a living. And that is what he has been doing for the past seven years with the help of his son. 

Kano | Sharia Police begins prosecution of women for 'romancing' men that aren't their husbands and other crimes

The Faggae Outpost of the Kano State Hisbah Board (Sharia Police) on Monday, said it has began the prosecution of 11 women who were found drinking, smoking and romancing with men who are not their husbands, vices which are contrary to the Sharia legal system.

According to Malam Salisu Umar, the Commander, Special Services of the board, the suspects, including four divorcees with kids and a three-month-old pregnant woman, were apprehended around the Sabongari area during a special patrol conducted by the Fagge local government office of the Board.

Triple MG boss, Ubi Franklin buys his cousin and PA a new car to appreciate him

Triple MG boss, Ubi Franklin has gifted his older cousin, who also works as his personal assistant a brand new car as a token of appreciation. 

See what Ubi wrote after the cut...

"This is not a show off But an appreciation to a friend and brother," the father of one began. "A year after You were born(twins with your sister) I was also born with my twin brother unfortunately my Twin brother died and I had to grow up with that trauma which Hasn't Left and that followed by the death of my father and it broke me so bad. 

Lesbian S*x tape: Amarachi Grace apologizes for saying Ominiaho threatened her, says it was a misunderstanding

Amarachi Grace aka Gracia, the girl in the center of the lesbian sex tape that has been much talked about yesterday, has apologized to comedian Omini on her instagram page after alleging he threatened to release a sextape of her recorded years back.

According to her, it was all a mistake and misunderstanding on her part. She apologized to City FM for bringing them into the matter. 

17-year-old Nigerian girl breaks sports record in India

A Nigerian sensational girl, Esther Ruby Daniel, has become the number one athlete in the Amity University, Haryana, India.

The 17-years-old talented 200 level student, who hails from Akwa Ibom State, has won various medals in different sporting events in the University.

In her first month in the University, she won the silver medal during All Indian Law Student University Game.

Ex-Manchester United midfielder ordained as a catholic deacon

Former Manchester and Northern Ireland football star, Philip Mulryne has been ordained as a deacon in the Catholic Church.  The 38-year-old who earned 27 caps for his country and also represented Norwich, Leyon Orient, King’s Lynn and Cardiff City was ordained by the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, on Saturday and is now a member of the Dominican Order.

Hustler! Chinese woman gets 20 iPhone7 from 20 boyfriend's, sells them to buy a house

A Chinese woman has used 20 iPhones to buy a house.

Xiaoli, a woman from the city of Shenzhen in southern China, who is from a poor home and the oldest child in her family asked each of her 20 boyfriends to buy her a newly launched iPhone 7. The woman who is the breadwinner of her family, got all 20 iPhone7 phones and then sold all of the phones to a mobile phone recycling site called Hui Shou Bao for 120,000 Chinese yuan (about £14,500), and used the money to put down a deposit on a house in the countryside.

REVEALED! See Rob Kardashian's threatening messages to Pilot Jones

Rob Kardashian is reportedly under investigation for threatening Blac Chyna's former friend, Piot Jones. Pilot Jones has claimed that he may be the father of Blac Chyna's unborn baby and released photos of him making out with Blac. Blac Chyna has since denied having anything sexual to do with Pilot. claiming he is gay and that they only took those photos to make his boyfriend jealous.

After the photos were leaked, Rob reportedly threatened Pilot via text. The text messages that triggered a criminal threat investigation had gay slurs in it and racial connotations.

Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi spotted driving himself (PHOTOs)

Sunmer Shagari Sambo captured former Rivers State Governor and Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi driving himself in Abuja yesterday.

Mark Zuckerberg & family attire for Halloween

Facebook Founder and the 5th richest person in the world, Mark Zuckerberg and family dressed for Halloween

Kano State | Sharia police destroy thousands of bottles of beer (PHOTOs)

The Kano State Hisbah Board destroyed bottles of beer it confiscated from members of the public. The photos were posted on the Board's official Facebook page on October 12th.

Wives of Northern Governors visit Aisha Buhari

Wives of Northern Governors yesterday paid a courtesy visit to Mrs. Aisha Buhari earlier, their meeting was to brief Mrs. Buhari on the outcome of the Governors Wives Forum meeting which held earlier today, the meeting was focused on the peculiar challenges faced in the northern part of Nigeria, including drug addiction, girl child education and the general health and welfare of women and children in the North.

Lol! Twitter user's viral reaction to the Taylor Swift and Drake are dating rumour

Twitter user @MarlonBrandan tweeted the above as rumour keeping mounting about Drake and Taylor Swift's relationship. His tweets have since gone viral and retweeted over 23,000 times

Concern for North Korea’s first lady after not being seen publicly since March 2016

Worries are growing for the safety of North Korea’s first lady, who has vanished from public view for the past seven months. Ri Sol-Ju got married to Kim Jong Un in 2009 and soon after, she gave birth to their child and heir to the country. She was always seen in public wearing designer clothes and expensive handbags and has appeared alongside her husband several times as he toured factories and theme parks.

But for the past seven months, she has vanished from public view after last being seen at a sporting event in March.

50 Cent shares throwback photo with his oldest son

50cent took to his social media page to share this throwback photo of his oldest son. Hopefully, one day 50 Cent will make up with his oldest son, Marquise Jackson so they become a family again.

Reality TV star, Marlo Hampton poses n*de as Lil Kim for Halloween

Reality TV star Marlo Hampton of Housewives of Atlanta posed as Lil Kim for Halloween. She nailed it!

Fan poses as North West for Halloween

Another fan poses as North West for Halloween ...

Alicia Keys looks flawless as she goes make-up free on V magazine

Make up free singer, Alicia Keys is on one of the first of five covers for V magazine issue #V104 which honors her as one of the leaders shaping pop culture. 

Floyd Mayweather poses as himself the 'Money Man' on Halloween

Former professional boxer shared the photo and captioned it: "This Halloween costume speaks for itself, "Money Man".

#Halloween: Jay-Z and Beyonce dress up as Black Barbie and Ken

Beyonce dressed up as Black Barbie, while her husband, Jay-Z dressed up as Ken for the second Halloween party they attended. Their daughter Blue Ivy, who stood with them, had a jacket with 'Barbie' written on it

Bishop Kukah pays visit to Fani-Kayode, Obanikoro & Abati, in EFCC custody

On Monday, October 31, 2016, the highly revered Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, paid a visit to the trio of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Musiliu Obanikoro and Dr Reuben Abati in EFCC custody. On his arrival there, he met them at the clinic and afterwards had some private moments with them away from the prying eyes of journalists.

Bishop Kukah spoke inspirational words of encouragement to the trio wherein he encouraged them to be strong and see this as a trying period for them. He prayed for them before departing.

Buhari orders IGP to investigate alleged sexual assault on female IDPs by police, soldiers, others

A few days ago there was a report published by the Human Rights Watch about the alleged sexual assault by some police soldiers, vigilante, and other government officials on female IDPs in various camps in the North. 

President Buhari yesterday instructed the Inspector General of Police and governor of the states with IDP camps, to investigate the allegations. President Buhari's instruction is contained in a statement released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba. 

Read the statement below:

Buhari's new son-in-law, Yau Kumo allegedly under investigation by the EFCC over 3bn fraud

According to Sahara Reporters, Yau Kumo who wedded President Buhari's daughter last week is under investigation at EFCC over N3b Fraud he committed as MD of FMBN

Singer Jaywon welcomes baby boy with his Girlfriend

The singer who just welcomed a baby boy with his longtime girlfriend in Praha, Czech Republic, made the announcement today. Congratulations Uncle Jay!

Man Caught With A Woman’s Head Inside A Bag At Night (Photos)

An unidentified man has been arrested by the Police at the Greater Accra campaign launch of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) after being caught with a human head.

According to Ghana Web, the man is said to have carried to the campaign grounds, a severed head of a lady.

He was nearly lynched by angry party supporters who saw him carrying the severed head in a polythene bag at the campaign grounds.

Buhari lauds Nigerian doctor, Olutoye over successful surgery on unborn baby

The Federal Government has hailed United State-based Nigerian Surgeon, Dr. Oluyinka Olutoye on his recent feat in carrying out a successful operation on an unborn baby with a tumour in her mother’s womb.

This is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

Dr. Olutoye of Texas Children’s Hospital, USA, was said to have carried out an operation on a baby at 23 weeks, who suffered from a tumour known as Sacrococcygeal Teratoma.

Bastian Schweinsteiger set to leave Man United despite first-team recall

Bastian Schweinsteiger is set to leave Manchester United, despite re-joining first-team training on Monday.

The German midfielder made a shock return at Carrington after Jose Mourinho froze him out since he took over in the summer .

Schweinsteiger has been training alone ever since and is yet to make an appearance this season, as United’s difficult start to the new campaign continues.

240 Boko Haram Members surrender to Military

No fewer than 240 members of Boko Haram sect have surrendered following sustained ground and air raid at their hideouts by the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF).

The Task Force, made up of soldiers from Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon, had embarked on Operation Gama Aiki to flush out the insurgents from the countries.

A statement by Colonel Muhammad Dole, Chief Military Public Information Officer, said the mass defection took place in Sector 2 Area of Responsibility (AOR) Bagasola in Chad.

Ijaw group accuses Buhari of been insincere about Niger Delta problems

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has stated that it is beginning to doubt the sincerity of President Muhammadu Buhari.

INC said the meeting with elders and leaders from the region scheduled for today may not resolve the Niger Delta problems.

President of INC, Alatubo Charles Harry, stated this yesterday when he appeared on a radio programme in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in reaction to the Federal Government’s plan to bring N10 billion infrastructure fund to the region.

Super Eagles to play their 50th World Cup home match against Algeria

The Super Eagles will be playing their 50th World Cup qualifying home matches when they take on the Fennecs of Algeria at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo next week Saturday.

In their previous 49 home matches, the Eagles had won 39 and drawn seven, while losing three.

The first home match for Nigeria was on September 10, 1960, when they tied 2-2 with Ghana’s Black Stars in Lagos. The team had earlier lost the first leg 4-1 to the Ghanaians in Accra and crashed out of the race to the 1962 World Cup finals in Chile.