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  US reality show star, Kim Kardashian reportedly tweeted about her recent visit to Nigeria that “Nigeria is such a disgusting country. ”I couldn’t wait to leave. lol Scott said their women look like apes, and I agree.” According to 24/7 News she has finally decided to speak out, saying the alleged tweet was not from her twitter handle,  that it was probably framed and that she would never post a tweet like that about Nigeria. See tweets below…

Sometimes it’s hard to know if a girl is sending you signals to ask her out, or if she is just friendly, or is actually obsessed with your friend, or what. But watch closely for these cues, because if she’s throwing them at you, it means she’s probably hoping you ask her out. So just work up the courage to do it and do it.

Nigerian entertainers once more proved their worth as trail blazers on the continent as Answers Africa listed Tuface, BankyW, D’Banj and PSquare among Africa’s ten wealthiest artistes. BankyW was listed number 9, 2Face Idibia on 7th position, D’Banj came 3rd while PSquare was placed 2nd after Senegalese singer, Youssou N’Dour who topped the list.

According to Sahara Reporters... Two officers of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, were ambushed and killed by police officers attached to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation according to information relived by eyewitnesses and also confirmed with the spokesperson of the NSCDC in Lagos, Okeh Emmanuel. Two officers involved in anti-vandal activities were fatally shot as they drove in the NSCDC operational vehicle after arresting four vandals of pipelines belonging to the NNPC after they were caught siphoning fuel. Some officers were also injured in the attack which took place in the Ikorodu axis of Lagos.

Alleged Supplier of arms to Niger Delta Militants in Nigeria, Henry Okah has been jailed for 24 years by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. "Effectively, the accused [Okah] is therefore sentenced to 24 years imprisonment," Judge Neels Claassen said as he handed down sentence. Okah was on the 21st of January,  found guilty on 13 counts of terrorism, engaging in terrorist activities, conspiracy to engage in terrorist activities, and delivering, placing, and detonating an explosive device. The charges were related to two car bombs in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 1 2010 (Nigeria's Independence Anniversary) in which 12 people were killed and 36 injured. The second bombing took place in Warri on 15 March 2010 at a post amnesty dialogue meeting. One person was killed and 11 seriously injured.

The Senate President, David Mark, has denied giving any car to the award winning musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, and his wife, Annie, as a wedding gift. In a statement by his spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the senate president said he did not give a Ferrari car or any other to the musician. “The President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, did not give a N47m Ferrari car to Tuface Idibia contrary to wild stories being circulated on social sites,” Mr. Ologbondiyan stated on his facebook page. According to Premium Times, b oth Tuface and Mr. Mark are Idoma from Benue State. Pictures of the Ferrari exhibited by the couple at the ceremony have been circulated on social media sites. Clearly attached to the car was a statement saying it was donated by the senate president. Mr. Ologbondiyan, however, described the allegation as “wicked, ridiculous and irresponsible.”

Godfrey Oboab o na of Sunshine stars of Akure, Ondo state who was an integral part of the Super Eagles team that won Nigeria's  third nations cup trophy in South Africa is about to land a contract of a life time, that is if he succeeds in a planned trial at Arsenal football club of London. According to the UK SUN ...

Kano State Governor, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday released  the names of some of the victims of last Monday’s suicide bombing  attack on a luxury bus terminal in Kano.   Apparently to refute that  most of the victims were from South Eastern part of Nigeria. The  governor was speaking to a visiting federal government representatives who  had come to commiserate with the state government regarding the deadly  Monday suicide bombing of a bus station that killed at least 25 people.

Barely a week after an explosion rocked a motor park in Kano, killing scores and injuring many others, two explosions also shook the northern city in the early hours of Saturday, killing the two suicide bombers in the process. According to the state Police Command, the remote controlled explosives which were being carried in a wheel barrow went off at the Eastern bye-pass and blew up the two suspected bombers.

In 1966 he predicted in his book "a man of the people" that there would be a coup, it came to pass as the first Republic was chased out by the military. He warned us that things will "fall apart" and it did in 1967 as Nigeria and the breakaway Republic of Biafra went to war, before joining his ancestors, he hinted us that "there was a country" and they all criticized him for being too sentimental in favour of his ethnic group (Igbo). Now the literary icon is gone for good, you can run the show the way you like, but remember, He rejected National honours because of the rot and massive corruption in governance, he refused to come back to his homeland because of insecurity and lull in academic enterprise in the once notable citadels of learning, he continues to be an icon even in death. Rest in peace Prof. Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe...laa n'udo. NEDU ECHIANU

        The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday reviewed   downward the interconnection rates among telecoms operators.NCC’s director of public affairs Tony Ojobo said in a statement that from April 1, the termination rates for voice services provided by new entrants and small operators in country irrespective of the originating network would be N6.40.

Online news medium Sahara Reporters has just reported the death of one of the most distinguished African writer of all time, Prof Chinua Achebe. Chinua Achebe, one of the world’s most celebrated writers and author of the classic novel Things Fall Apart, is dead. SaharaReporters learned that Achebe, who was the David and Mariana Fisher Professor of Literature at Brown University, died last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Professor Achebe had been sick for some time. He was 82 years old

Nigeria's lower chamber of Parliament also known as the House of Representatives yesterday unanimously adopted a motion calling on President Goodluck Jonathan to grant amnesty to members of Boko Haram sect without further delay in order to put an end to the renewed spate of attacks in the country. Adopting a motion on matters of urgent national importance sponsored by Rep. Ibrahim Olaifa (AC, Oyo), the lawmakers said it was in the interest of the nation to seek an end to the violence that recently assumed an alarming frequency. In his motion, Rep. Olaifa argued that if the same government had given amnesty to Niger Delta militants there was no reason why it should not extend same to Boko Haram members because they too are Nigerians who deserve to be treated as such. “We have continued to lose lives and property everyday but there is nothing to lose if we engage these people in dialogue and offer them amnesty. They are Nigerians and we know that poverty pushe

This is how Daily Trust Newspaper reported the deadly suicide bomb attack that left sveral Nigerians dead in the Northern city of Kano.  

The Nigeria security and civil defense corps NSCDC has arrested and paraded 61 fake corps members and four drivers at an illegal orientation camp at fati mai masa near Government secondary school Tammah in Nasarawa state. Parading the suspects at NSCDC’s Keffi divisional command, Nasarawa state, the commandant Amos Andekein disclosed that on the 17 th of March officers and men on routine surveillance to Nasarawa local government came across the illegal camp and arrested the suspects.    Andekein said in the course of their investigation the corps discovered that most of the suspects are graduates of the consultancy unit of the University of Jos.

According to Sahara Reportesr at least twenty person have died after bombs exploded at a bus park in Sabon Gari area of Kano state, other media outlets have put the deaths at over sixty five. An eye witness, Rien a Chisa Luke who lives close to the Sabon Gari area where the blast occur ed wr ote this on her facebook page: It all happened this evening (yesterday) at about 5pm in S abon G eri lux u ry bus park. I came back f rom work and was in taking a shower when sudenly i heard th is strange sound th at shook our building like an earth q uake, i ran out of the bath at once. Behold it was a bomb blast. P eop le were running helter skelter. About 3 lu xur y buses were attacked with passenger inside. They are our brothers and sisters. What a wicked and heartless world. Why are p eop le this wicked. Why do they derive joy in hurting and killling innocent people. Enough is en o ugh for terorism. Please stop killing our people. Stop taking away the life which you c

Problems of poor officiating have continued to mar the beauty of the game of football in Nigeria's domestic football league. Football clubs here have always found a way of coercing match referees to officiate in their favour when playing at home, and if they end up not getting the result they need, the referees become punching bags by supporters of these clubs who see home victory as a right . I n this report, Collin Udoh of Kickoff.com says Nigerian referees have come up with an innovation to ensure their safety during league matches.

The horrendous gaffe by the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC)  Obafaiye Shem during an interview with Channels Television seems to be spiraling out of control on the internet even as "my oga at the top" tee shirts have been introduced in the market, the latest is this hilarious mix by DJ Ziggy, take a look...

Relationships are good. The various Holy books recommend marriage, and most men want to settle down with someone good.  However, if you are a woman and unable to find a man who consistently enjoys your company, then there’s a problem.  I’ve tried to categorize some character traits commonly found in women which tend to keep the prospective men at bay. If you fall into one or two of these categories, sister, it just might be time to make a change.  

Latest news coming from Online news medium, Premium Times says the former Governor of Bayelsa state, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha will soon get a presidential pardon eight years after his impeachment by the Bayeslsa state House of Assembly and subsequent indictment for corruption which saw him sentenced to 2 years in prison. This is how the news of this anticipated pardon is breaking as reported by Premium Times.

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the removal of Dr Harold Demuren from office as the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority NCAA with effect from March 12. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the approval is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja and signed by Sam Nwaobasi, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. The statement said the removal followed a careful consideration of Demuren’s unsatisfactory response to the numerous concerns of stakeholders in the aviation sector. It added that Jonathan wished him well in his future endeavours.

The following statement was released by the Imo state Chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA who alleged that there is a plot orchestrated by the ruling People's Democratic Party to remove from power the people oriented administration of Governor Rochas Okorocha.

T ake a look at this video and you will understand why some analysts have said that Nigeria was never meant to be, as it was just set up for the economic convinience of the Colonialists (Britain)

There are indications that the main reason for President Jonathan's visit to Yobe and Borno states today is to announce an amnesty programme for the militant Boko haram sect. This is how the People's daily Newspaper is reporting the news...

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arrested 26-year-old Igwe Ogbonna for possessing 630 grammes of cocaine hidden inside two pairs of sandals and his luggage. The discovery was made at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos while Ognonna was attempting to board a Kenyan Airways flight to India.

Twenty suspected Boko Haram militants were killed Sunday morning during an attack on a Military Barracks in Monguno, Borno State.    A statement by Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, the Joint Task Force (JTF) spokesman, said the attack took place at about 5 am in the village, which is in Monguno Local Government Area.   Monguno is about 200 kilometers, or a two-hour drive away, from Maiduguri.   The spokesman said the attack was repelled by the FOB’s and JTF troops on the outskirt of the barracks.    In addition to the death of the sect members, three four-wheel vehicles and eight motor cycles used by the terrorists were destroyed. According to the spokesman, the JTF also recovered seven AK47 rifles; 10 Rocket Propelled Grenades; two RPG tubes; a large quantity of assorted ammunition; and eight assorted magazines.   The spokesman also announced the arrest, in another incident, of two “high profile Boko Haram Commanders” responsible for the explosions in Maidugu

Enugu state Governor, Sullivan Chime who recently returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom where he had gone for cancer treatment has been reportedly flown back again for further treatment. Unconfirmed reports from Popular blogger, Linda Ikeji say there has not been any word from Enugu state government officials on the latest development.