Orji Uzor Kalu's daughter's wedding postponed to February 2017

Former Abia state governor Orji Uzor Kalu's daughter, Neya was supposed to be traditionally wedded to her heartthrob, Lawrence Iyere tomorrow Dec. 28th at her father's home town in Igbere, Bende LGA of Abia state.

The wedding has however been postponed.

The Indimis and their marriage to children of Heads of State

Contrary to the widespread tale that the marriage of Zahra Buhari is the third the Indimis are staging with children of the occupants of Nigeria’s seat of power, this wedding is actually the second.

Rahama Yakolo, one of the daughters of the oil tycoon, Muhammadu Indimi, married Mohammed Babangida, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s son in 2004, long after the man had left power (he reigned and ruled between 1985 to 1993).

Photos of some vehicles recovered from former IG of Police Solomon Arase

According to Sahara Reporters, here are some of the automobiles recovered from former Nigeria Police Force Inspector General Solomon Arase.

The current Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had ordered an investigation into the purchase and distribution of vehicles by his predecessors after he discovered that retiring officers, including former  IGs and Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, were in the habit of appropriating police vehicles for their personal use.

'Mad' man selling baby diapers to native doctors for rituals caught in Ogun state (Photos)

An elderly man who pretends to be a mad man and goes from house to house looking for used baby pampers from dust bins. He allegedly sells them to ritualists, who use them to make charms, causing the babies to die not long after the sale.

When he was caught, used baby diapers, lots of cash, and other materials were found on him Nigerian Facebook user Zevi Gins shared the pics and said:

Twitter user slams Nigerian men that use hot water to bath during harmattan

Twitter user slams guys who uses hot water to bath during harmattan ... But is there anything wrong with that? I am not saying I do shall but this guy is mean shall 😦😪

Photos: Plane skids off runway during takeoff with 161 People aboard, many injured

A plane has skidded off the runway during takeoff at Goa airport. The Jet Airways aircraft was headed to Mumbai, India with 161 people on board, including seven crew members, when the incident took place in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Flight 9W 2374 veered off the runway at Dabolim airport in Goa while aligning for takeoff, the Indian Express reported. Some 12 passengers are believed to have been injured, the airline said.

In a statement, Jet Airways said all passengers have been evacuated safely.

Photos: Chinese Man Rescued By Firefighters After Being Trapped In A Deep Well

A man became trapped in a 10-meter-deep well in Fuzhou, Jiangxi province after the well's shaft unexpectedly collapsed. He was ultimately saved by firefighters and a rescue team, who used their bare hands to extract him after an excavator demolished the well.

Governor Wike's Wife And Children At A Christmas Party In Port-Harcourt (Photos)

Photonews; Special Christmas party hosted by the Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike -held at the government house in Port-Harcourt on Boxing day.  It was a gathering of privileged and less privileged children who mixed together as they enjoyed good music, food, dance and social interactions.

Photos: Governor Shettima celebrates boxing day in Chibok with 21 freed schoolgirls

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima spent the whole of Monday, being Boxing Day, in Chibok town, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents at a Government Secondary School on April 14, 2014, after a night attack.

While in Chibok, the Governor met 21 schoolgirls freed by the Boko Haram in October 2016 following a negotiation with the insurgents that was brokered by International mediators. 

The 21 girls have been in custody of the Federal Government in Abuja but were brought to Chibok to mark their first Christmas since abduction over two years ago. ‎Armed soldiers and officials of the Department of State Security escorted the 21 girls to Chibok and remain their strict guards throughout the Christmas.

Photos: Aisha Buhari Present Christmas Gifts To Sick Soldiers In Borno

Wife of the President and founder of Future Assured Initiative, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari celebrates christams with injured soldiers in Borno. 

The first lady, who was ably represented by wife of Borno State Governor Hajiya Nana Shettima who is the Chairperson, Mrs Aisha Buhari's Committee on Distribution of Donated Items (WIPCOMDI) on Monday reached out to sick and injured Soldiers at Maimalari Barack and University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) Maiduguri, to celebrate Christmas festivities and to support them as well as appreciate their efforts in restoring back peace to entire Nation.

VIDEO: Partygoers arrested in Saudi Arabia for 'dancing and drinking' alcohol

Several women have been arrested by 'morality police' in Saudi Arabia after they were filmed wearing western-style clothes, dancing, and mixing with men at a party in the strict Muslim country. A man who organised the party, where alcohol was allegedly consumed, has also reportedly been held by police.

ISIS militant behead elderly man publicly over accusation of being a wizard (Photos)

An ISIS militant ordered the beheading of an elderly prisoner -after accusing him of being a wizard. The extremist read out his charges in a town square near Damascus in Syria. A crowd of men and boys watched on as an executioner wielding a sword decapitated the prisoner. 

Photos: Police reacts to killing of Malaysia-Based Nigerian in Owerri

The Imo state police command has reacted over the killing of one Friday Nduka, by a police Inspector, Mike Edem, who was on duty at the premises of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mega Station located at the Control Post junction in Owerri... 

It was learnt that he victim, who returned from Malaysia for his wedding in Owerri on December 27, 2016, was reportedly shot dead on December 22 by the trigger-happy policeman, who is now at large, in the presence of his fiancée and younger brother.

Oh No! Bolivian President mistakenly plays porn in the middle of a Court Hearing (Watch Video)

A South American leader had been left red-faced after what sounded like wild sex noises blared from his mobile during an international court hearing. Bolivian president Evo Morales was in session with international lawyers when he started playing with the device, but it suddenly emits the sound of a woman moaning with pleasure.

In apparent shock, the politician fumbles with the phone and sends it flying, forcing him to rise from his seat and scoop up the handset - still wailing - from the floor.

Ogun State | Community gets electricity after ’10 years of darkness’

Magboro community on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, popularly referred to as “Second Lagos’’, unexpectedly had electricity restored to the area Monday as “Christmas present’’ after a decade.

Magboro, including Ibafo and Asese on the axis had been without power supply for many years.

The communities had at various times protested the protracted power outage in their communities.

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, responsible for the power supply to the affected communities, however, blamed the protracted darkness on the contractors engaged by the Federal Government to build its power project.

EFCC to spend N6.13bn on new head office in 2017 after N7.912bn was budgeted for it in 2016

The Federal Government will spend additional N6.129bn on a new head office for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2017.

According to Today NG reports, this was apart from a total of N7.912bn budgeted for the same project in the 2016 Budget.

The commission’s current head office is located on Fomella Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja.

According to a copy of the details of the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly, N4.584bn would be spent on the completion of the ongoing construction of the new head office.

Suspended Rep Member, Jibrin says Buhari playing into enemies’ hands

Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he has allowed himself to be taken hostage.

The former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, did not say who took the President hostage, but in a series of tweets on his twitter handle, @AbdulAbmJ, on Monday, the lawmaker asked Buhari to either fight those blackmailing him or give up the Presidency.

In one of the tweets, he wrote, “A President must repel blackmail with all his arsenals or give up the Presidency. You cannot be an effective president while in hostage!”

Leicester Coach demand improvement from Riyad Mahrez

Claudio Ranieri has told Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez he needs to provide more graft and guile as Leicester try to pull away from the relegation fight.

Ranieri’s struggling champions slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Everton on Monday which kept them just three points above the Premier League’s bottom three.

And although Ranieri was without suspended striker Jamie Vardy, Mahrez, last season’s PFA Player of the Year, didn’t even make the starting line-up at the King Power Stadium.

It was a far cry from last term when everything Mahrez touched turned to gold during Leicester’s fairytale title triumph.

PDP faults Buhari’s success claims over defeat of Boko Haram

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to rejoice over the alleged defeat of the Boko Haram sect.

The party also enjoined the President to do more in order to stop the killings in Southern Kaduna and intensify the war against the Boko Haram foot soldiers.

Recall that the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday disclosed that Sambisa forest would now serve as training ground for officers of the Nigerian Army as from next year.

Doctors will soon be able to transplant Pig's kidney to human

If you need a kidney transplant tomorrow, chances are you will wait around three years. Even before you get transplanted, assuming you live, you will most likely spend years on dialysis. Right now there are more than 100,000 people in the US waiting for kidney transplants. Every year nearly 5,000 people will die just waiting for one. On the horizon though, is a potential source of donors that may revolutionize kidney transplantation as we know it. Best of all, it may be that we only have to go to a local farm to get one.

In 1984 at Loma Linda University Medical Center an infant girl known as "Baby Fae" received the first xenotransplant, also known as non-human to human transplant. In this case, Baby Fae received a baboon heart in a last ditch effort to save her life. Sadly, Baby Fae died 21 days later. 

Actress Funke Akindele Will Be Childless Unless... – Nigerian Prophets Predicts

A popular Nigerian prophet has claimed that the only way fans favorite, Funke Akindele can bare a child is if she starts engaging in special prayers and that can be possible if she re-marries a pastor that can help her with it. This story is coming in few months after her marriage.

This same prophet revealed earlier in the year that 5 elderly and 5 young show biz stars will die this year and once again has come with a lot of revelations for the coming 2017 and they are all prophesies of doom.

He had revelations for different people and sectors including for Funke Akindele, President Buhari, Governor Ayo Fayose, TB Joshua and for all Nigerians.

JRC accuses Buhari of not wanting peace in Niger Delta

The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not genuinely interested in bringing about peace in the Niger Delta.

According to the JRC, which used to be an amalgam of major militant groups in the Niger Delta, it alleged that Buhari’s preference for dialogue with fake groups in the region has made attainment of genuine peace cumbersome.

Muslim Northern governors spend Christmas in Akwa Ibom, call for unity

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to double efforts at bridging gaps in the country, saying what unites the people is more important than things that divide them.

Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, when he joined two other Muslim northern governors to take part in festivities to commemorate this year’s Christmas, Mr. Tambuwal said Nigeria’s diversity is a source of strength which should be cherished and nurtured for the benefit of the people.

The other governors in the entourage were Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi.

Delta State | Unknown gunmen kidnap wife of PDP’s chieftain

Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the wife of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s chieftain in Asaba, Mrs. Mercy Ugboma.

The woman was abducted on her way to a Church vigil when the six-man gang intercepted her at Okwe area in the state capital.

According to the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, the woman was taken away in her Prado Jeep, which the kidnappers later abandoned for another vehicle.

Emeka Ezeugo: Federal Government must stop funding NFF

Former international, Emeka Ezeugo, has urged the Federal Government to allow the Nigeria Football Federation run as an independent body sourcing its own funds for its programmes.

The NFF relies on allocation from the Federal Government to take care of the national teams.

Ezeugo also said a lack of legislation is killing football in the country.

Economist says Buhari’s 2017 budget can’t end recession

An economist has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s optimism that his 2017 federal ‘Budget of Recovery & Growth’ would bring an end to the current economic recession in the country.

The president said at the opening of the induction course for Nigerian career ambassadors-designate in Abuja that he was optimistic the current economic recession would end in 2017.

He based his confidence on his administration’s reform policies and measures outlined in his 2017 budget speech to the National Assembly to turn around the country’s macroeconomic environment.

"This year’s Christmas is the worse in the history of Nigeria" - Gov Fayose slam Buhari's Government

Governor Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to repent and accept that he's the reason Nigerians are suffering.

In a statement released on Monday, Fayose said Buhari should stop diverting the attention of Nigerians with victorious news about Boko Haram or the antigraft war so as to cover up the bad situation of things.

APC chieftain, Senator Francis Okpozo is dead

A Second Republic Senator and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South from Delta State, Chief Spanner Francis Okpozo is dead.

The octogenarian politician died Monday after a brief illness, close family relatives told our correspondent on Tuesday.

Nigeria's external reserves rise further to $25.4bn

The nation’s foreign exchange reserves have risen further to $25.4bn, according to the latest data obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

In less than one week, the reserves rose by almost $300m from $25.084bn recorded on December 16, 2016 to $25.361 on December 22, 2016, the CBN data showed

This indicated that the foreign exchange reserves had risen to almost four-month high.

The last time the reserves recorded something close to this figure was on September 2 when it had the balance of $24.361bn.

Daddy Freeze Reacts To Negative Prophecy Over Funke Akindele On Bearing Children

Following the controversial prediction on actress Funke Akindele, on her needing serious prayers to bear children, OAP Freeze took to his page to say an open prayer for her to reverse the negative prophecy.

He wrote: