Why Naira is appreciating - CBN

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said yesterday that the currency’s appreciation against others was the result of its market monitoring and intervention.

Its spokesman Isaac Okorafor refuted the claim that illegal sale of foreign currencies at ridiculous rates was responsible for the change in Forex policy.

Okorafor, who spoke in Sokoto, also explained that the appreciation of the Naira was in no way connected to the allegations of illegal sale of foreign currencies.

Photos: Blac Chyna shows off her post-baby bod

The new mom is gradually regaining her body confidence since after given birth. Chyna showed off her tight abs in this all black outfit.

House of Reps bemoans the high cost of law school fees

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, expressed worry over the high cost of fees being collected from students by the Nigerian Law School.

It, therefore, mandated its Committees on Justice; Tertiary Education and Services, and Finance to interface with the Director-General of Nigerian Law School and other stakeholders on the issue.

The move stemmed from the adoption of a motion by Rep. Mark Gbillah (Benue-APC), who told the chamber that the increase in fees of the school over the last couple of years was alarming.

See what a WICKED father did to his motherless daughter (Disturbing Photos)

This story of how a father mercilessly brutalized her daughter currently trending online as was shared by one Aderemi Goncalves.

See what he shared below:

INEC probes 202 officials over N23 Billion bribe

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is currently probing 202 of its personnel suspected to have benefited from a N23 billion bribe offered them during the 2015 general elections. 

This is even as the commission now suffers shortage of 33 Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, as four will be retiring this weekend to join 29 RECs, who had exited service in October last year.

INEC National Commissioner, May Agbamuche-Mbu, who disclosed these during a media interface, yesterday, in Abuja, added that 29 INEC officials indicted by either the Police probe panel or the commission’s administrative panel had been referred for disciplinary action. “By March 4, four more Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, will complete their tenure. This is in addition to the 29 RECs, who had earlier completed their tenure with the commission,” she said. 

(Very Graphic Photos): Passengers burnt beyond recognition in fatal accident along Enugu expressway

A passenger bus went up in flames burning its occupants beyond recognition at Obollo Afor along Enugu express road two days ago. Such a sad incident. 

See very graphic photos from the scene of the accident after the cut:

South African Lesbian athlete, Caster Semenya debunks reports that she is death

The 2016 Olympic champion and lesbian athlete, has debunked the misinformation circulating on the internet, which claimed she died on Friday at a Palo Alto hospital in California.

The false report which was published on abs.cbn-tv.com, claimed Semenya suddenly fell ill while she and her wife Violet were in the United States for 'a possible endorsement deal' with Apple Inc.

So sad! 28-year-old woman dies after giving birth (Photos)

A young woman, Chinwendu Ogbuagu died shortly after giving birth to a baby girl on January 5th, 2017.She was laid to rest on March 1st, in her in her hometown, Mgbaja Ossah in Umuahia, Abia State.

#BBNaija: They Say Actor Yemi Blaq is the voice of Big Brother ...

Well, according to African Facts Zone, Yemi Blaq is the voice behind Big Brother ... It is possible though!!

Wanputu! Plus-size model Ashley Graham shows off her derrière in sexy new pics

Plus-size model Ashley Graham showed off her famous curves during a Baywatch-themed photo shoot for Swimsuits For All on Miami Beach.

More photos after the cut:

Tyrese Gibson's new wife has a Masters Degree and makes a 6 figure salary

According to TMZ, Tyrese's new wife has plenty of degrees and money of her own. Read their report below... 

A source close to the couple tells us the missus' name is Samantha Lee -- a New Jersey native who got a Master's degree in social work at the University of Georgia. We're told she's put her education to work on serious issues -- fighting sex and human trafficking and counseling for inmates. She's also handled cases for the Division of Family and Children Services in GA.

Meet the couple who are so used to OUTDOOR sex that having it in bed is now BORING (Photos)

A couple identified as Adam Francis, 24, and Megan Winfield, 23, from Ascot, England, have confessed that they love having s*x outdoors.

According to The Sun UK, Adam, who works as a singer, said: “We make love outside as often and in as many places as we can.We both love the feeling of communing with nature and feeling the sun and the breeze on our n*ked bodies.

“We find making love in a bed so boring now!”

Wawu! There Is A 'Baby Bin" For Parents Who Wants to Dump Their Unwanted Babies (Photos)

A South African church has installed a baby bin for desperate mothers who do not want their babies.

According to The Sun UK, the church claims to have saved thousands of lives. The Berea Baptist Church in Johannesburg installed the hatch so tots could be left anonymously by parents unable or unwilling to care for them.

When it was installed in 1999, up to 50 babies were being dumped on the streets and left to die by their parents every month.

Take A Look At The World Fastest Phone Charger - It Gets Your Battery To 100% in 20 Minutes

A Chinese technology company has designed a new battery which can charge to full in 20 minutes – beating current phones by a huge margin, Metro UK reports.

Meizu’s Super mCharge can deliver up to 55 watts – using ‘two groups of conversion circuits to directly output half of the voltage.’

Customs Gives Vehicle Owners Ultimatum to Clear Their Vehicles or Face the Penalty

The Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali, has approved one month grace for all Nigerian vehicle owners who have not paid duties to do so or face outright seizure of the vehicles. And this applies even to new vehicles bought from car dealers.

The Acting Public Relations Officer of the NCS, Mr Joseph Attah, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

He said that the comptroller-general had given  a window of one month,  from March 13 to April 12 for car owners to pay the appropriate duty on their vehicles.

Heart Melting Story Of How Facebook Reunites Mother and Son After 33 Years

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A simple Facebook search reunited a mother and son who were separated without contact for 33 years, the pair said on Thursday.

Vipavadee Thisorn, 54, and Parinya Thisorn, 36, met each other for the first time in three decades in an emotional encounter on Wednesday at Thailand’s southern city of Hat Yai.

Policeman Who 'Gunned Down' the Notorious Kidnapper, Vampire Cheered By Colleagues (Photos)

Nigeria's foremost crime buster Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari has been reported to have led the crack team that neutralized the dreaded kidnapping and armed robbery team of Vampire.

He was photographed being carried shoulder high and congratulated after he and his crack team killed South-east notorious killer, Vampire who recently escaped from a court in Owerri, Imo State.

The Wedding Night - Marathon S*x or Abeg Let Me Sleep?

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Expectations for the wedding night are high. The goal is to have the best s*x of your life in the swankiest hotel room you've ever stayed in after an exceedingly exhausting day, but did it always work out like that? 

It feels like when you’ve attended one wedding ‘production’ in Nigeria, you’ve seen them all. The script is standard; the only thing that is different is the cast and scale of production of wedding.

In light of this sentiment, I couldn’t explain why it hurt me so much that I wasn’t in Abuja this past weekend, as one of my ‘bestest‘ friends in the whole wide world, got married. I tried to keep up with the wedding photos and videos on Instagram, but it only filled me with more pain.

See The Multi-Million Naira Jewelry Recovered From Former NSA Brother-In-Law's House

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has recovered jewelry worth millions of naira from the house of one Akka Babba Danagundi, brother-in-law to a former National Security Adviser to the late President Umar Musa Yar’aduwa, Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar.

The jewelry was found in a fireproof safe hidden in a house belonging to one Akka Babba Danagundi at No. 375, Gwangwazo quarters of Kano Municipal, Kano State. About 50 documents in respect of landed properties bearing the name of the former NSA and his wife, Binta Sarki Mukhtar were also discovered.

Spain Government appoints Minister For SEX to Help Boost Their Declining Population (Photo)

The Spanish Government has appointed a Minister of Sex in order to boost the nation’s declining population.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy confirmed Edelmira Barreira as the country’s top sex official. With this move, the government hopes to boost Spain’s falling birth rate, which is one of the lowest in the developed world.

Drama in Court as Magistrate Sentence Two Blind Homosexuals to Prison in Niger State

A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced two blind homos*xuals to a total of six years imprisonment without an option of fine for s*xually abusing two boys.

The Magistrate, Hajiya Hauwa Yusuf, handed down the verdict after the duo of Idris Usman popularly called Bagobiri and Abubakar Sadiq pleaded guilty to the charge.

She sentenced each of them to three years in jail.

Football Legend, Pele's son released pending appeal of money laundering conviction

The son of Brazilian football legend Pele was released on Wednesday pending an appeal against his conviction and 13-year sentence for laundering drug-trafficking money.

Edson 'Edinho' Cholbi do Nascimento, due to a lengthy appeal process had his initial 33-years- sentence in 2014, cut down to 13 years on Friday, February 24, 2017.

Hilarious! That moment a hungry GOAT tried to steal cassava from a boiling pot on fire

Facebook user Adepoju Yemi shared the photo with the caption:

"I saw this goat deeping her mouth into a pot of boiling water on fire blowing out hot steem, to bring out part of the cassava that

Gernot Rohr drops Mikel Obi, Odion Ighalo from friendly squad (See List)

Super Eagles Chief technical adviser, Gernot Rohr, has released a list of player names that will prosecute the upcoming friendlies against Senegal and Burkina Faso later this month. Including Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, Trabzonspor midfielder Ogenyi Onazi while notably excluding Chinese League players John Mikel Obi and Odion Ighalo.

Unbelievable! See the number of Nigerians who lost a whopping sum of N18bn to MMM

Managing Director of the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Umaru Ibrahim, says going by the data gathered on social media, about three million Nigerians lost an estimated N18 billion in the failed Ponzi scheme popularly known as Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM).

'I grew up in poverty and a rat-infested apartments' - Oscar-winning Viola Davis speaks

Award-winning actress, Viola Davis in a very emotional video has shared her grass to grace story. 

The record-breaking actress who won an Oscar on Sunday opened up about what growing up was like for her, how tough life had been and what winning the Oscar meant for her.

Court grant Emeka Ike custody of his 4 children as his 14-years marriage comes to an end😞

The 14-year-old marriage of actor, Emeka Ike and his estranged wife, Emma, was today dissolved by the Lagos Island Customary Court. The president of the court, Awos Awosola, granted the request of Emma who in July 2015, had approached the court to dissolve her marriage over allegations of physical abuse she suffered while they lived together as a couple. 

Delivering judgment, the president of the court said:

Photo: Kim Kardashian keeping it hot and hot!

Reality star and mother of two is all shades of hotness in this new photo which shows that she was probably shopping.

Man who allegedly raped a lady few hours to his marriage found guilty of the crime

Derry Flynn McCann, 28, who was charged to court for raping a woman just hours before his wedding has confessed to the crime.

McCann had accosted his victim outside an East London park on January 13 as she was going home from an art gallery where she had been with friends. She had avoided walking through the middle of the park because that was too dangerous, she walked around the side, but unfortunately when near the exit of the park and just within sight of her home, McCann grabbed her arm and pulled her to one side where he raped her violently for two hours.

UPDATES: Notorious kidnap kingpin, Vampire, murdered his girlfriend and 8 members of her family after collecting ransom (Photos)

The Imo State Police Command today, displayed the body of notorious armed robber/kidnap kingpin, Vampire, who was shot dead in the early hours of today during gun duel with police in Rivers State, and other members of his gang responsible for several kidnappings, armed robberies and murders in Imo State and other states in the South East, at the command Headquarters.

Below is the press release which includes chilling details details about victims of the slain deadly kingpin, Vampire: