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Cast your votes and go, no waiting at polling booths after voting – IG

The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, on Thursday   warned voters to go back to their homes after casting their votes on election days. Abba, who addressed accredited observers for the general elections in Abuja, said the possibility of committing electoral offence was very high if voters stayed back at the polling booths for votes to […]

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Photos: Woman beaten, stabbed and has her unborn baby cut from the womb by female attacker – Police

A Colorado woman was beaten, stabbed and had her unborn baby cut from the womb Wednesday in a brutal attack by another woman she didn’t know, police said. The alleged attacker, a 34-year-old woman, showed up at Longmont United Hospital with the dead fetus, claiming she had a miscarriage, Longmont Police Commander Jeffrey M. Satur […]

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Man knifes woman to death in front of child

A jealous man who stabbed a woman to death in front of a six-year-old girl after she turned down his advances is facing a life sentence. Lloyd Byfield, 48, used a claw hammer to smash his way into the home of 26-year-old Leighann Duffy before knifing her repeatedly in the arms and neck. The ‘despicable’ […]

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Female child thief nabbed, stripped & clubbed to death in Owerri

A suspected child thief was Tuesday nabbed, stripped naked and clubbed to death in Owerri, Imo State capital. The middled aged woman, who was identified simply as Chioma, was allegedly caught while trying to steal a baby boy at the Ogugba Park, in Owerri municipality. Vanguard gathered that before the angry mob snuffed life out […]

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Student who posted ‘it is better to die from vodka than from boredom’ dies from vodka (Photo)

His Facebook profile said ‘it is better to die from vodka than from boredom’. A drinking competition went tragically wrong for 23-year-old Humberto Moura Fonseca when died after downing 25 shots of vodka in less than 60 seconds. The University of Julio de Mesquita student was taken part in a drinking game in Bauru, south-western Brazil, […]

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Court nullifies movement restriction during Lagos monthly sanitation

A Federal High Court in Lagos has declared as unlawful the restriction of citizens’ movement during the monthly Lagos environmental sanitation exercise. Justice Mohammed Idris, in a judgment delivered on Monday, held that such restriction of movement, in the name of sanitation, amounted to a violation of the citizens’ right to personal liberty and freedom […]

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Horrific injuries of mum left with broken back after being beaten by jealous boyfriend (Photos)

A violent boyfriend beat up the mother of his four children so badly after he believed she was sleeping with other men that he broke her back. Jealous Dallas Mpala, 30, attacked his ex-girlfriend Gemma Holland and left her with horrific bruising as well as a broken vertebrae. The thug was jailed for three years […]

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Lekki bank robbery: We know the robbers — Police

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, weekend, said that the command had clue of who the robbers that stormed a second generation bank last Thursday, killing three policemen and a teenager, were, assuring that it would soon round them up. This is just as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abbah, has given […]

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Davido Confirms His Relationship With Sira (Photos)

His new boo Sira, is a model from Guinea but lives in the US…

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Blaming me for ​Lekki Robbery​ “utterly irresponsible” – Jonathan to Fashola

  The Presidency, Friday, reacted with anger ​to Governor Babatunde Fashola’s claim that the robbery incident in Lagos, Thursday evening, could have been averted if security personnel were not deployed to guard President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser on Media, the Presidency said that the president’s visits does not necessitate […]

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Jonathan admits Nigeria lied over Morocco phone row; orders probe

President Goodluck Jonathan admitted Friday that he did not speak on telephone with the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, as claimed last week by the Nigerian foreign affairs ministry, an apparently false claim that sparked a diplomatic spat between the two countries with Morocco recalling its ambassador. The president has ordered a full investigation into […]

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Lekki Robbery: Blame Jonathan, he took away police officers — Fashola

Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, has said that the robbery incident in Lagos, Thursday evening, could have been averted if enough police officers were available. About six people, including three police officers, were killed by about half a dozen armed robbers who stormed a bank on Admiralty Way in Lekki Phase 1, according to Premium […]

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Boko Haram will be ended in a couple of days – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has given a strong assurance that Boko Haram will be defeated in the north eastern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa in the next couple of days. President Jonathan told the Voice of America (VOA) in an interview that the military is doing its best to clear the insurgents from occupied areas […]

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Under Jonathan, even EFCC boss is accused of corruption — Buhari

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has not recorded any high profile conviction since President Goodluck Jonathan came to power four years ago. Speaking through his spokesperson Garba Shehu at a press conference Thursday in Abuja, Mr. Buhari said EFCC’s inability to […]

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Jennifer Lopez steals the show at the American Idol finalists party (Photos)

Jennifer Lopez must have dropped jaws when she arrived to the American Idol XIV Finalist Party held at The District in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The 45-year-old entertainer swayed gazes her way thanks to that stunning, white, thigh-skimming Marchesa frock featuring a gold embroidered pattern from its mock turtleneck to the very short hem…

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‘They gave my girlfriend 48 hours to live so we got married in the hospital waiting room’ (Photos)

Devastated Jack Beniston had to act fast when he was told him his cancer-stricken girlfriend only had two days to live. Within six hours of the heart-breaking bombshell, Jack, 22, had proposed to her and they had wed in a waiting room at the hospital where she was a patient. Friends, family and staff helped organise […]

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Jonathan accuses Buhari of assuring western nations of his preparedness to support same-sex marriage if he wins

President Goodluck Jonathan has accused his main challenger in March 28 election, Muhammadu Buhari, of assuring western nations of his preparedness to support same-sex marriage if he wins the forthcoming polls. Mr. Jonathan, who spoke through his campaign organization, said Mr. Buhari made the pledge to secure the support of the countries to win election. […]

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Why we aired ‘The Lion Of Bourdillon Documentary’, NTA, AIT tell Reps

The Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) and African Independent Television (AIT), on Tuesday, explained to the House of Representatives Committee on Information and National Orientation why it aired a documentary of “The Lion Of Bourdillon,” which alleged that the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, was corrupt. Addressing the House committee […]

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