UNICEF Report Shows Nigeria Has 2nd Highest Prevalence Of Child Deaths Globally

In a recent United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF’s report, it was revealed that every single day, Nigeria loses about 2300 under five-year olds and 145 women of childbearing age. This makes the country the second largest contributor to the under-five and maternal mortality rate in the world. 

Also UNICEF says that deaths of newborn babies in Nigeria represent a quarter of the total number of deaths of children under-five majority of these occur within the first week of life, mainly due to complications during pregnancy and delivery reflecting the intimate link between newborn survival and the quality of maternal care. Main causes of neonatal deaths are birth asphyxia severe infection including tetanus and premature birth. 

Two Nigerians Arrested For $1.2 Million UK Bank Fraud

The Police Special Fraud Unit, Ikoyi, has arrested two men, Oladapo Oyeniyi and Kunle Ayotoye, for allegedly defrauding a United Kingdom (UK)-based bank of 1,200,000 US dollars under false pretences.

The police said Oyeniyi, 48, and Ayotoye, 45, stole the money between December 2012 and January 2013, during their employment at a firm at No. 3, Oje Imsisnvan Street, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.

The duo, of unknown addresses, were arraigned yesterday before Chief Magistrate A. O. Awogboro of an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court.

Election: APC Chieftain Launches Bring-Back-Jonathan-In-2019

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Borno State has become rattled by the launch of the Bring-Back-Goodluck-Jonathan-in-2019 campaign by a former chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency, SEMA, Grema Terab, who parades himself as a chieftain of the ruling party 

The party, however, distanced itself from the campaign, going ahead to disown Alhaji Grema Terab, saying that there is no record of him being registered as card a carrying member of the APC in any of the 312 wards across the 27 local government areas of the state. 

Borno State secretary of APC, Bello Ayuba, issued a statement saying:

JAMB, NSCDC To Raid Cyber Cafe Over UTME Registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is embarking on a national raid of cyber cafe, ahead of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Dr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, told newsmen on Friday in Lagos that the exercise would be jointly carried out with the officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). 

He said the raid was meant to smash the operations of some syndicates operating cyber cafes to print fake UTME registration numbers and application documents to prospective candidates.

My Father Is An Apc Leader - Apostle Johnson Suleiman

Johnson Suleman, general overseer of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, who recently escaped arrest from operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS), has revealed that his father is a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in his hometown of Auchi in Edo state. 

Operatives of the secret police had stormed the hotel where the fiery preacher who was in Ekiti state for a 2-day crusade lodged, with the intention of arresting him.

The incident happened days after Suleman told his security aides to kill any herdsman found around his church premises.

Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti, had prevented the arrest.

He’s A Political Orphan - Dino Melaye Blasts Kogi State Gov. Yahayah Bello

The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial district, Dino Melaye has described his state governor, Yahayah Bello as a political rat who is not fit to govern the state.

Melaye said he was sorry for installing Bello as the governor.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Friday to mark Bello’s one year in office, Melaye said the former was not a member of the APC and should never be addressed as one.

He said, “Quote me well: Yahayah Bello is a small rat in politics.

See alleged Photo of President Buhari In London

Photo above is that of President Muhammadu Buhari on alleged vacation in London has emerged. The photos were posted on Facebook Friday night by a user, Buhari Sallau.

Presidency confirms President Buhari To Return On The 6th Of February

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Femi Adesina has revealed the day his principal will return.

This is as he described the growing tension over the health of the president as “purely unnecessary”.

In a chat with TVC on Friday, the presidential spokesperson reiterated that the President is hale and hearty.

Adesina also disclosed that Buhari is expected back into the country on February 6th.

MTN Nigeria Stops Blackberry Service Today, Urges Subscribers To Get Smartphone

Effect today Friday the 27th of January 2017, the company will no longer be offering BB service. MTN urged subscribers to get smartphones if they want to continue to enjoy 100% bonus.

Here is a text message the company recently sent across to subscribers using Blackberry:

Jealous Woman Blindfolds Boyfriend And Slices Off His Manh00d After S3x

A jilted woman cut off her lover’s p*nis with a gardening tool before running down the street with it after he told her he was marrying someone else. She hatched a plan to stop him sleeping with the other woman by luring him to her home for s*x, but after blindfolding the 23-year-old, she grabbed a sickle and slashed off his privates.

Incredibly, the victim tried covering for her by claiming he had chopped it off himself in India.

His horrified parents raced him to hospital when they found him writhing in agony in his bedroom after he managed to stumble back.

(Must Read) How To Survive Valentine’s Day Been Single

As valentine is a few weeks away, some singles who aren’t in a relationship will be worried about celebrating love alone. But you know that you can still have a rocking and lovely valentine even though you are single? So, you don’t have to feel sorry for yourself. Jumia Travel shares ways you can survive Valentine’s Day as a single.

United Nations Chief Warns Of Re-surging Xenophobia As He Commemorates Holocaust

The world is faced with a troubling rise of intolerance against minorities and foreigners, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday in a message to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“It would be a dangerous error to think of the Holocaust as simply the result of the insanity of a group of criminal Nazis,’’ he said.

Kogi State University Female Student Caught In S3xual Act (18+ Photos)

Kogi State University is in the news for unpleasant reasons again as lesb!an records involving students of the university recently emerged on the campus. Some of the students involved are those of Economics and English Education departments.

The two popular students in one of the videos revealed how deep the culture of Lesbianism had infiltrated the female hostels in the school.Already, one of the students is considering leaving the school to avoid possible stigmatization as the videos had gone viral. A female student in the Department of Zoology who craved anonymity, told Vanguard that Lesb!anism was becoming a big issue in the university.

Morocco To Join AU After 33years Of Denouncing Membership

Morocco is set to rejoin the African Union during the 28th African summit scheduled for Jan. 30 to Jan. 31 in Addis-Ababa, after leaving the pan-African organisation three decades ago.

In 1984, Morocco decided to withdraw from the Organisation of African Unity, which later became the AU, over the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as a full member of the organisation.

SADR claims sovereignty over the whole Western Sahara territory, which Morocco claims as its own.

Kim Kardashian Wears New Weird Nails

The reality star, Kim Kardashian is gradually winning back her fans after going off social media due to her Paris robbery. She took to her social media page to share a set of well manicured but pierced fingernails, cute but looks weird.

See The Reason Drake And Wizkid Have Never Met In Person Despite Three Collaboration

Sony Music is getting set to finally unleash Wizkid’s new collaboration with Drake, however it seems strange that after multiple songs together, there’s not ONE photograph online of Wizkid and Drake, together.

Drake hopped on Wizkid’s Ojuelegba in 2015, that was after the second rapper in the remix, Skepta sent the song to Drake for him to record his part.

I Stripped Naked To Prove My Big Derrière Is Real – Actress Tonia Okoro (Photos)

Actress, Tonia Ferrari Okoro, whose dad is from Delta State and mum from Cameroon is not in the top class yet but hopes to get there someday. She said some people hardly believe her bum is real, to the extent that she had to open it for some guys to see:

That will be when some actors accused me of wearing fake hips and bum. At first I thought it was a joke but they were dead serious about it. They went on and on about it that I had to prove it to them that I am all natural. So, I pulled down my jeans and showed them my nak*d bum.

Five Star Music Arrests Former Artist, Harrysong

According to new reports going around the media, the quarrel between singer Harrysong and his former Record Label has just gotten messier.

For some time, the Nigerian entertainment media has been awash with stories confirming the quarrel brewing between Harrysong and his former label, Five Star Music.

Harrysong even left the label to float his own, Alterplate Music. However, new information has shown that the altercation between Harrysong and Five Star Music may have gotten to an entirely different level.

Say What | Wife Seeks Divorce After Husband Choose His Brother As Next Of Kin

A housewife, Folasade Fayemi, on Friday urged a Customary Court at Agodi, Ibadan, to dissolve her three-year-old marriage, citing her husband’s decision to make his brother the next of kin and also accusing him of beating and harassing her.

She told the court.;

“My Lord, my husband bought a plot of land and put the name of his sibling as the next of kin without considering me and my son, who is the only child of the marriage.

Face Of The Fisherman Who Invited Kidnappers To Abduct Turkish College Teachers & Students

Meet the fisherman who gave kidnappers the information that led to the abduction of staff and students of the Nigerian Turkish College in Isheri few days ago.

According to police investigation, the suspect 34-year-old Tokhi Okoda reportedly gave detail information about the school to some Ijaw kidnappers living in the creeks.

President Buhari’s Health Concerns Flood Google Trend

Search trends on Google indicate that Nigerians are keen to know about the true state of their President’s health as they flooded the Internet search engine with key search terms relating to the health status of the President.

There have been reports from different quarters that the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari is dead, after he flew to the United Kingdom on a 10-day medical leave.

Although, aides of the President have debunked as rumours the reports, the President himself is yet to address the nation to prove he is alive and kicking.

34 Student Bags 1st Class As Federal University Of Technology Minna Graduates 3,734 Students

The Federal University of Technology, Minna has produced 34 First Class and 35 PhD graduates out of 3,734 graduating students in the 2015/2016 session. This was disclosed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Musbau Adewumi Akanji while briefing newsmen concerning the 26th Convocation ceremony and 35th Founder’s Day Celebration.

Nigerian Customs Seizes Two Helicopters At Lagos Airport

An attempt to smuggle two civil model Bell Helicopters into the country by a yet to be identified person has led to their forfeiture to the Nigerian Customs Service, the Customs said on Friday.

The helicopters were subsequently handed over to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to aid its fight against the Boko Haram insurgency in the Northeast.

The contraband was seized at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on November 7, 2016.

PDP Blast Okorocha Says He Should Be Praying For Buhari, Not Campaigning For 2019

The Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the procurement of aircraft and inauguration of an airline, ‘Imo Air’ by Governor Rochas Okorocha at the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri, saying the governor was busy campaigning for his 2019 presidential ambition instead of praying for president Muhammadu Buhari who is on his sick bed.

PDP in a statement signed by Hon. Ray Emeana, described the inauguration of the airline as the commencement of Okorocha’s presidential campaign for 2019, accusing the governor of assembling resources at the expense of the state for his presidential ambition in 2019.

Photos: Nigeria University students worship God under heavy rain

Facebook user, Runcie Mike shared the story on her page. She wrote:

'Last night under a very heavy rain at Michael Okpara University Abia State, men and women were receiving Christ, they just kept coming out as the rains continued to pour heavily, we continue tonight at The Pavilion Stadium.

It's time for the harvest'

Check out Mr Eazi Ghana Must Go outfit (Photos)

Rave of the moment artist Mr Eazi wore this 'Ghana Must Go' outfit in a shoot to promote his mixtape 'Accra To Lagos'

How would you rate his outfit on a scale of 0-10? More photo below:

VIDEO: Ludacris' wife, Eudoxie Mbouguiengue makes fufu for her kids

American rapper Ludacris's wife, Eudoxie Mbouguiengue shared a video making fufu for her kids, and also while they ate it

She wrote:

"They literally want to eat fufu every day. Lol Cai likes to eat hers with a spoon or fork while Cadence is straight motherland with it. 😂😂 #Gabonesehouse #Africanbabiesinthemaking"

Photos: Janet Jackson spotted out for first time since welcoming son

50-year-old Janet Jackson and husband Wissam Al Mana welcomed their first born, son Eissa, three weeks ago and on Tuesday the pop star was spotted out for the first time in London as she shopped at high-end baby boutique, Blue Almonds.

More photos after the cut:

65-year-old man arrested for raping 8 & 10-year-old girls

The men of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man, Alosuposo Louis, for allegedly defiling two minors, aged 10 and eight respectively.

The police said the suspect was arrested following a complaint from the mother of one of the victims at the Ayetoro Police Division.

Deputy Director Buhari Support Organisations Blessing Agbomhere Cautions The DSS, FG Against Alleged Arrest Of Apostle Johnson Suleiman As It can Lead To Religious War

The Buhari Support Organizations (BSO) has cautioned the Directorate of State Security (DSS) against arresting founder and General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman.

It said it does not want the DSS or the Federal Government to be drawn into a religious battle.

Governor Ayodele Fayose had told newsmen in Ekiti State that he foiled attempt by operatives of the DSS to arrest Apostle Suleiman who is in the state for a crusade.