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A fire outbreak has occurred in a plaza on Ereko Street in Idumota, Lagos Island. The fire started this afternoon from the middle floor of the plaza and luckily, fire fighters quickly responded to the calls they got. Two other plazas have been affected by fire lately in Lagos Island, with traders loosing goods worth millions of Naira. It will be recalled that Lagos State Governor,Babtunde Raji Fashola promised to help some of those traders start again when he visited them shortly after the fire incident.

A crowd beat to death a teenage girl accused of planning to be a suicide bomber and then set her body ablaze Sunday, according to police and witnesses at a northeastern Nigerian market. Accordng to AP,a second suspect, also a teenage girl, was arrested at Muda Lawal, the biggest market in Bauchi city. In Bauchi, the two girls aroused suspicion by refusing to be searched when they arrived at the gate to the vegetable market, said yam vendor Mohd Adamu. People overpowered one girl and discovered she had two bottles strapped to her body, he said. They clubbed her to death, put a tire doused in fuel over her head and set it on fire, he said. It seems doubtful the girl was actually a bomber as she did not detonate any explosives when she was attacked, said Police Deputy Superintendent Mohammad Haruna. He described her as the victim of"mob action carried out by an irate crowd."

The re-election campaign of Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State turned bloody during his visit to Remo North Local Government area of the state, when the supporters of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples’ Democratic Party clashed, leaving some people injured. The clash which occurred , weekend, also led to the destruction of some vehicles , shops and billboards belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party’s House of Representatives candidate, Remo Federal Constituency, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu. An eye witness told our correspondent that the violence occurred when the APC Senatorial Candidate, Ogun East, Prince Dapo Abiodun and APC’s House of Assembly Candidate, Ikenne State Constituency, Olusola Sonuga embarked on a walk across Iperu with their supporters. It was gathered that during the walk on the old Lagos-Ibadan road of the town, members of the two parties clashed using dangerous weapons freely on each other. During the mayhem, people scampered for safety while some inn

Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Director of Media of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode on the All Progressives Congress and its leaders. Fani-Kayode alleges that Asiwaju Tinubu would become president by asking the Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo toresign after six months in office in the belief that the. President Muhammadu Buhari may have terminal health challenges. That the message came through Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode who, just a few days ago, was brought to answer corruption charges, makes the message incredulous. The whole world knows the other reasons for the incredulity of any message delivered through him. However, to the uninformed, there is no iota of truth in such allegation. It is the product of infantile, wild imagination of a convoluted, distorted and warped mind in the APC, we do not indulge in oath-taking, pact-signing and such other rituals that the PDP establishment is adept at. Su

Committing suicide because you were dumped by a lover?. Such an awkward act. A young Nigerian girl has taken her life after her boyfriend dumped her for her best friend. According to a close source,the deceased body was found at the back of a building few days after her boy friend dumped her. She however declined to say the name of the deceased and her boy friend.

Thousands of people in Cameroon on Saturday marched in Yaounde, the country’s capital, to protest against the Boko Haram insurgency and to show support for the Cameroonian army, which is fighting alongside Nigeria and regional neighbours to defeat the Islamist group. One of the organisers of the march told newsmen that the march was carried out as a means of informing the public, especially those in the southern region, about the threat of the terrorists,Yahoo News reports. “It was important to tell Cameroonians that we are at war and a part of the country is suffering…about 150,000 people have been displaced by the conflict,” said Gubai Gatama,a newspaper editor who was among the march’s organisers. Gatama also stated that about 170 schools in the country’s Northern region have been closed due to the Boko Haram insurgency.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has put the percentage of Permanent Voter Cards collected by voters at 78.93 per cent.This was contained in the report released by the commission in Abuja on Friday. The figure was based on the report released by the commission on Friday. While it put the number of registered voters at 68,833,476, it added that it had delivered 67,206,600 PVCs across the country. However, the commission said that only 54,327,747, which represents 78.93 percent of the cards, had been collected.Jigawa, Gombe and Akwa Ibom States top the list of states with highest collection of PVCs.While Jigawa State has a total of 1,831,276 registered voters, 1,794,646 of them had picked their PVCs. This figure represents 98 per cent of PVCs collection. Gombe State with 1,120,023 registered voters has recorded the collection of 1,064,577 PVCs which amounts to 95 per cent. Akwa Ibom State came third with 94.46 percent PVC collection out of its 1,680,759 registered voters

Residents of Obele community in Oko-Agbola, Magbon area of Badagry, Lagos, were taken aback at the sight of policemen at the site of a swimming pool around the area on February 13, 2015. However, before their arrival, a crowd had gathered to watch the bloated headless body of a man in the river. At the approach of the policemen, the crowd disappeared into thin air for fear of possible arrest. On closer observation , it was discovered that the headless man also had other parts of his body mutilated. For instance, his two breasts were slashed off, his two wrists chopped off and his chest region dissected, revealing a conspicuously deep hole. Not only that, his stomach was also discovered to have been sliced open with the intestines missing, as well as his manhood. Before the arrival of the policemen, the crowd reportedly tried in vain to fathom the true identity of the headless man who was dumped in the river, stark naked. However, the nut has been cracked by operatives of the Homic

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation says it has uncovered a plan by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to assume the position of president of  Nigeria through the back door. The Director of Media and publicity, Femi Fani-Kayode, while speaking to reporters  in Abuja on Friday also alleged that the vice presidential candidate of the APC , Professor Yemi Osinbajo, had been asked to take an oath and step down after six month ‘if APC wins’. Mr Fani-Kayode said the plan was one of the reasons the leadership of the opposition party was desperate for power. “The real reason why Senator Tinubu nominated Professor Osinbajo has been made known to us and we hereby offer a public service to the Nigerian people by drawing attention to it. “Credible piece of information at our disposal indicates that Tinubu has perfected plans to come to power through the back door. “Senator Tinubu, according to our information,

Chadian military captured and kill many Boko Haram this week in Gambaru in North East Nigeria, and the most shocking thing is that, some of the BH members were young boys!. See more pictures after the cut..

A man arrested for allegedly attempting to rape his daughter in Ajeromi, Ifelodun local government area of Lagos State, has told the police that he wanted to test her virginity. The suspect, identified simply as Alex, was said to have attempted to rape his 15-year- old daughter, Agnes (not real name), in his apartment at Abiodun street, Ajegunle. Alex was apprehended by his neighbours and handed over to the police at Ajegunle police station but was later released on bail at the weekend. Leadershipgathered that Alex had told Agnes to undress up to her underwear, and allegedly wanted to make love to her but she raised the alarm. The neighbours came to her rescue after forcing the door open.A police inspector attached to Ajegunle police station, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Leadership that it was neighbours that dragged the suspect to the station. He said:“His wife was not at home when he wanted to perpetrate the act but the man denied doing that. You know that nobod

EBONYI state House of Assembly Friday morning served an impeachment notice on Governor Martin Elechi over what it described as act of gross misconduct by the Governor. Reading the notice at the plenary, the acting leader of the House, Hon. Francis Nwifruru accused the Governor of huge financial misappropriation, undermining of the integrity of the House, among other offences. The motion for him to be served the notice was moved by Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa andseconded by Hon. Valentine Okike Vanguard

A middle-aged palm tree harvester, George Maduabuchi, from Owerrinta in the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Areaof Abia State is in the police net for allegedly selling his 14-month-old son for N300,000. The father of four was said to have connived with another suspect, Obinna Erondu, now at large, to perpetrate the act. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habila, who paraded the suspect along with other suspected criminals on Thursday, said,“Luck ran out on Maduabuchi when the wife alerted the police on his questionable role when the baby fell ill and he took him out and did not return with him.”But the suspect told our correspondent that he did not sell his son, but only took him to a herbalist when he took ill. He said, “The herbalist gave me money and told me that he could not heal the baby. I therefore left the baby in the herbalist’s home.”But his explanation was countered by his wife, Eberechi, who said he took their son, who had a cough to the said herbalist, but inste

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Thursday, urged women in the country to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying no one loves Nigerian women than President Goodluck Jonathan. She tried a pun about the slogan of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), as she boasts that the PDP acts more and talks less. “The PDP is a party that talks less and does more, unlike the APC that tells new lies every week. When you catch them today, they will tell another lie tomorrow. We (PDP) do not tell you about change because we are not bus conductors that ask for change,” said Mrs Jonathan at Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, where the PDP Women for Change Initiative Presidential Rally held. “We are now in a digital age and we should reject anyone who wants to take us back to analog days. They keep saying they will do this and that. They should tell us what they have done for Nigerians while in office. As for President Jonathan, he has vowed to do more

The arrival of a baby in every home heralds joy. But this was not the case for Mr. Mudashiru Sheriffdeen of Bosun Street, Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.The wife, Taiwo, was on Tuesday delivered of a baby boy who had no arms. The baby boy, our correspondent gathered, was born around 2pm at a private hospital, Majotal Medical Clinic at the Ilogbo area of Ado/Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.It was further learnt that the baby weighed 3.25 kilogrammes at birth. The mother of the baby told our correspondent that immediately she gave birth to the baby boy, her husband took to his heels on hearing that the baby was born without arms. Expressing her sadness, she said, “This is my first child and I do not know why I gave birth to this kind of a baby. “Immediately my husband was informed that his son had deformity, he ran away and had not come to see me. He is a commercial bus driver, and we had been married now for almost two years before God decided to answ

Three Al-Jazeera journalists have been arrested for the alleged illegal flying of a drone in Paris after being spotted by police in the Bois de Boulogne area. A spokesman for prosecutors said there was "no relationship for the moment" between the arrests and mysterious drone flights over the city at night. Al-Jazeera said the journalists had been "filming a report on the city's recent mystery drones". Drones were spotted over city landmarks for a second night running on Tuesday. Flying drones over Paris without a licence is banned by law. The offence carries a maximum one-year prison sentence and a €75,000 (£55,000; $85,000) fine. A judicial source told AFP news agency of the three people arrested: "The first was piloting the drone, the second was filming and the third was watching." The names and nationalities of the journalists have not been released. Al-Jazeera is a Qatar- based satellite TV channel. It is against the law for any aircraft

Peoples Democratic Party has said that the party will record outstanding victory in the six geo-political zones in the country especially in the south-west. National Deputy Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus while speaking with newsmen in Abuja said “the president is not going to lose the election. I am telling you emphatically that we will win this election convincingly in the six geopolitical zones. Even in the South-West, we will shock them,“We will do far better than we did in 2011 in the entire North generally, despite the security challenges we are facing over there. “There is no shaking In the North-West, especially Kano, where we lost the governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, to the APC, but we gained the incumbent education minister, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau and he is going to make the difference.” He added that All Progressives Congress will be grossly disappointed by the resultsof the polls in the south west because in the last two weeks, President Goodluck Jonathan ha

Former President Shehu Shagari turned 90years old today and President Jonathan and other former Heads of State including Chief Ernest Shonekan, Gen. Babangida, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and Gen. Abubakar Abdulsalami, stormed Sokoto state to celebrate with him. Born 25th February 1925, Sir Shagari served as President of Nigeria's Second Republic from 1979 -1983.

Kidnappers have demanded the sum of N60m for the American missionary abducted from her workplace in Kogi State.Rev. Phyllis Sortor was snatched by masked gunmen, who stormed the Hope Alive Nursery/Primary School, which she runs in Emiworo, Ajaokuta Local government Area of Kogi State on Monday. According to the Nation,Commissioner of Police Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi said the five kidnappers had tabled N60 million ransom demand. The kidnappers were “unknown gunmen…(who) came into the school premises shooting sporadically to scare away people before taking (the hostage) away into the bush”,He added that the gunmen came through the hill at the back of the school and forcibly pulled her out from her office. The abductors scaled over the fence with her. They all disappeared through the hill“Her whereabouts are unknown but the police have deployed their men to secure the pupils and locate Rev. Sortor.”The abducted missionary worker is from Seattle in the United States.

Operator(s) of@SegunObasanjo, a controversial Twitter handle associated with former President Olusegun Obasanjo,may have to look elsewhere for another deceptive platform. The account has been deactivated from the social networking platform. Investigation shows that the account, which was still active last weekend, was removed from Twitter on Tuesday. The Twitter handle rode on the back of the recent political rift between Obasanjo and President Goodluck Jonathan to gain prominence. It enjoyed regular visits by politicians and journalists, who saw it as a useful source of information. Cashing in on the internal conflict in the Peoples Democratic Party, in which Obasanjo was a key factor, the operator (s) in the account attacked perceived enemies of the former President and responded to their remarks. A number of the statements credited to Obasanjo, even by some traditional media organisations (PUNCH excluded), were sourced from the fake account. Indeed, Obasanjo publicly refuted