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Photo: 3-year-old boy is suffering because his lower lip won't stop growing When 22-year-old Gilfred Mathe and his girlfriend Moditor Shoko, 20 found out they were going to have a baby three years ago, they were over the moon. But their joy soon turned to shock when their son, Prosper Mathe, was born with a very long tongue hanging out of his mouth. They hoped Prosper would get better as he got older, but the tongue just carried on growing and growing. After a while, the child couldn’t eat any more. He had to be put on a drip. Eventually the boy was operated on and his tongue was made shorter. "The operation went well" Gilfred said. "We thought the problem was over, but we were just fooling ourselves. We soon noticed Prosper’s lower lip had been dragged down and stretched by the weight of the tongue but again we thought it would come right by itself." The family has moved to Phomolong in Tembisa, Ekurhuleni to start a new life but Prosper’s...

VP Yemi Osinbajo mourns victims of Dikwa bomb blast, says there will be no hiding place for terrorist Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has released a statement mourning the victims of the Dikwa suicide attacks that happened on Tuesday February 9th, which left over 60 people dead and several others injured. In the statement which was shared on his Facebook wall, Osinbajo said Federal government will continue to work towards hunting down Boko Haram members and that there will be no hiding place for them again. The statement reads "There are no words to capture the anguish we felt, when our citizens were subjected to the terror of the suicide bombing at the IDP camp in Dikwa, Borno State. The full weight of the Federal Government’s force will be deployed to hunt down the perpetrators of this evil act and confront terrorists who threaten lives, liberty and property of all Nigerians. There will be no hiding place for terrorists! Directives have been issued for formidable security i...

Mexican crime reporter's half-naked, bound body found by side of road (photos) Half-naked, bound and with a plastic bag over her head,was how they found the body of a Mexican crime reporter who was murdered after being abducted by 8 armed men wearing military uniforms. Mother-of-two, Anabel Flores Salazar, who was a journalist for the newspaper El Sol de Orizaba, was snatched from her home by men with guns claiming they had a warrant for her arrest. She was forced into one of three gray trucks and driven away from her home in Orizaba, in the state of Veracruz, her aunt, who was at the home, said. Ms Flores Salazar's body was found tied up and abandoned by the side of a road in the neighboring state, Puebla, on Tuesday, a day after she was abducted. Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte Ochoa said officials were investigating whether she had been targeted because she was a journalist. Flores Salazar's aunt, Sandra Luz Salazar, told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)...

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Photos: Patience Jonathan, Ben Bruce, Peter Odili , Govs of Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa attend Nyesom Wike's thanksgiving service Former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Murrauy-Bruce, joined other dignitaries including Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom state and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa at the thanksgiving service and reception hosted by Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, following his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Continue to see more photos...

Photos: Patience Jonathan, Ben Bruce, Peter Odili , Govs of Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa attend Nyesom Wike's thanksgiving service Former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Murrauy-Bruce, joined other dignitaries including Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom state and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa at the thanksgiving service and reception hosted by Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, following his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Continue to see more photos...

Photos: Patience Jonathan, Ben Bruce, Peter Odili , Govs of Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa attend Nyesom Wike's thanksgiving service Former First Lady Patience Jonathan, Senator Ben Murrauy-Bruce, joined other dignitaries including Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom state and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa at the thanksgiving service and reception hosted by Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, following his recent victory at the Supreme Court. Continue to see more photos...

11-year-old boy who killed girl, 8 for refusing to let him play with puppies found guilty of first-degree murder The young boy who killed 8-year-old MaKayla Dyer with a shotgun on the Tennessee trailer park where they both lived has been found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to state custody until he turns 19. The judge’s order, posted online by local television station WATE-TV, said the state should use all reasonable resources to determine why the boy shot the girl, and added he should be treated and rehabilitated so this never happens again. "A child who commits first-degree murder cannot be willy-nilly turned loose into society." Judge Dennis Roach wrote. According to his description of events, on October 3, 2015, MaKayla and her sister were playing outside and talking to the boy while he sat at his bedroom window on the mobile home site in the town of White Pine. He then asked the sisters to go get their puppies and when they refused he ...

Group of APC Senators call for Saraki's resignation as he faces CCT trial A group of APC Senators under the aegis Unity Forum, have called on Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to resign from office as he faces trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Unity Forum is made of APC Senators like Sen. Ahmed Lawan, APC's choice for Senate President & Suleiman Hunkunyi. Saraki is facing a 1-count charge of asset falsification filed against him by the Federal government. The Supreme Court last Friday, struck out an appeal filed by Saraki, challenging the constitution of the tribunal and also asking the apex court to quash all the charges. In a telephone interview with Premium Times , Senator Kabiru Marafa, the most vocal of the Unity Forum, said that although Saraki had the right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, he should resign now “before he is disgraced out”. "The Senate should have understanding with Senator Saraki. What’s happening at the ...

Baby rescued after 30 hours in rubble of collapsed building following Taiwan earthquake Rescuers in Taiwan raced on Sunday to save more than 120 people still trapped under the rubble of a building after it collapsed during a powerful earthquake. Emergency workers worked around the clock to comb the ruins of the 17-storey building in southern Tainan city following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Saturday. As rescue operations continued, the death toll from the earthquake rose to 28, with most victims - including a ten-day-old baby girl - killed in the ill- fated Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building. Among those rescued from the collapsed building, which was home to 256 residents, was a six- month-old baby girl who was reportedly rushed to hospital after more than 30 hours under rubble. Anxious relatives gathering near the rescue operations included a woman who called herself Chang, 42, who described how she was waiting to hear from her 24-year-old daugh...

What an amazing transformation! Pastor rescues and rehabilitates a violent mad man (photos) A Zimbabwean man of God, Prophet Walter Magaya won the hearts of many after he rescued a once violent mad man. Mkoma Garikai who has since regained his sanity and memory was brought to the church where he was delivered, cleaned up and rehabilitated. See the photos after the cut... A statement by the Church said: "He has regained his memory to last episode when he was still sane and is giving out details of his life as he is still making coversation with the Servant of God. Prphet W. Magaya" Prophet Magaya also plans on buying him a house.

Olajumoke Orisaguna: A Portrait With Grace- Ty Bello Jumoke's story can only be described as a case of when hardwork, opportunity meets with grace, anything can happen. Bellow is what Ty Bello has to say about our favourite breadseller turned model "Aso kan na ni mo wo kiri Lana '.. Jumoke the 'model' the Internet had been searching for speaks almost no English. She explained how she had worn the exact outfit in our photograph the day before and someone showed her her own photograph on his phone from face book. A mallam led her to my studio that morning . She narrated her journey to Lagos ...A hair stylist from Ire in Osun state but not making enough profit between she and her husband , a sliding door installer in from same village ,to care for their two young children .At the invitation of a distant relative who knew someone operating a bakery , she relocated lagos with her 14 month old daughter to give bread hawking a try , leaving her husba...

Pakistan police arrest six for arranging wedding between 6 & 7year old boy & girl Police have arrested six people accused of arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl in eastern Pakistan, officials said Saturday. The fathers of both children, the cleric performing the ceremony, and three witnesses were charged under the Child Marriage Restraint Act on Saturday after being arrested in Punjab province on Friday, senior police official Saifullah Khan told AFP. They face six months imprisonment and/or a fine of 50,000 rupees ($500). Local police chief Mehr Riaz Hussain said the accused have denied that the wedding took place, but police have it on video. Pakistani lawmakers last month withdrew a proposal to impose harsher penalties on those who arrange child marriages after it was scuttled by a religious body which branded it "blasphemous" and against Islam. The proposal, which would also have raised the legal age of marri...

Chibok Kidnapping: "Nobody can bring back the girls because they are nowhere to be found"- Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said the over 200 girls abducted by Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State may never be found because their whereabout is unknown. He stated this on Friday, February 5 while fielding questions during the Seventh Roundtable with Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, a programme organised by Obafemi Awolowo University Staff Club. "The search for the abducted Chibok girls may not be fruitful. Nobody can bring back the girls because they are nowhere to be found." he said. Obasanjo blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for ignoring the distress call to rescue the girls on the day they were abducted. "The former president heard about the kidnap 8am in the morning of the abduction but failed to act until 72 hours later and by then it was too late." "Anyone saying the Chibok girls will return is telling lies, maybe s...

Prince Odi Okojie answers questions on his political ambition Mercy Johnson's husband speaks on his political ambition. Read below... Since the news hit the media that Edo State youth have resolved to have one of their own to represent them in the upcoming governorship election in Edo State and have called on me to come and represent them, I have been inundated by calls, messages, volunteers making themselves freely available, and independently sponsored publicity all encouraging me to come out (since my party in their wisdom, have zoned the deputy governorship ticket to my senatorial district- Edo central) and answer this call to serve my land and my people. However, in the midst of this gazillion support and encouragement, a few persons mostly out of concern have wondered audibly “why would a vibrant and young man border to waste his time and money in politics?” In response to this and many other questions – some I have privately answer- and be...

Prince Odi Okojie answers questions on his political ambition Mercy Johnson's husband speaks on his political ambition. Read below... Since the news hit the media that Edo State youth have resolved to have one of their own to represent them in the upcoming governorship election in Edo State and have called on me to come and represent them, I have been inundated by calls, messages, volunteers making themselves freely available, and independently sponsored publicity all encouraging me to come out (since my party in their wisdom, have zoned the deputy governorship ticket to my senatorial district- Edo central) and answer this call to serve my land and my people. However, in the midst of this gazillion support and encouragement, a few persons mostly out of concern have wondered audibly “why would a vibrant and young man border to waste his time and money in politics?” In response to this and many other questions – some I have privately answer- and be...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong-Abraham Lincoln. 'Good Night'

Wow a wonderful celebration in Ikot ekpene celebrating the victorious winning power he won in supreme court with is people, His people are happy and enjoying their self I can tell you thousands of people who would have voted the man out would be the same they

Iara Oshiomhole describes divorce rumours as "warped imagination of the purveyors of lies" A few online platforms published a report this week claiming Adams Oshiomhole's new wife Iara Oshiomhole had filed for divorce after complaining that he was too fetish. This report has been rubbished in a statement released today. Iara's spokesperson described the report "as warped imagination of the purveyors of lies" insisting that Iara had no reason to leave her husband as their marriage is strong. The press statement which was issued by Executive Director, Media and Public Affairs, Governor’s Office, John Mayaki, states that the Edo First Lady has been busy holding meetings & brainstorming on how to better the lots of the less- privileged Women and Children in the state through her pet project. "The rumour mongers are well advised to find more productive engagements to deploy their energies rather than market inanities about public pe...

Naija loves messaging apps: Whatsapp, Instagram, BBM and the next killer app is…? This is a sponsored post. Read below... No doubt, Nigerians love social media and messaging apps like crazy and this love isn’t about to go away anytime soon. There is a simple reason for this kind of soul tie to chat appsand it is content sharing-like seriously,Naija, we can share content for Africa! From videos to pictures, GIFs, music, even movies and with the growing number of affordable smart phones currently flooding our phone markets from all over the world, my dear, Naija has only begun ‘Press-ups’ in terms of mobile chatting and apps. Ok, let’s take for instance.You know there are three (3) popular messaging apps that Nigerians love to use while chatting and exchanging files with friends over the mobile which is Whatsapp, Instagram and BBM. But do you know that there is a fourth app which Naija is opting in big timewith active user base swelling...

Ini Edo offers another glance into her closet...as she confirms her political appointment The actress who was recently appointed as the Special Assistant on Tourism to Akwa Ibom state Governor shared the photo on her Instagram. She wrote: "To be called to serve is an honour. I give God all the glory. Am grateful to my state, my Governor, everyone of you with your constant prayers and support... God bless u"

Ini Edo offers another glance into her closet...as she confirms her political appointment The actress who was recently appointed as the Special Assistant on Tourism to Akwa Ibom state Governor shared the photo on her Instagram. She wrote: "To be called to serve is an honour. I give God all the glory. Am grateful to my state, my Governor, everyone of you with your constant prayers and support... God bless u"

WATCH VIDEO: Nigerian Air Force drone hits Boko Haram’s base in Sambisa killing many terrorists Boko Haram terrorists yesterday suffered massive losses after an Air Force drone hit their base near Sambisa Forest, killing many and destroying equipment, according to the military. Watch video below... Also yesterday, two would-be suicide bombers were stopped by troops from entering Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Explaining how the sect’s members were hit, Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, said in a statement: “The Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group. “The UAV was on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission when it came across the gathering of BHTs at Garin Moloma, about one kilometre north of the Sambisa Forest. “At the time of the UAV attack, the location, though un...

Akwa Ibom State 2015 Elections UDOM VS AKPABIO WAR BEGINS ...I was forced to name the stadium after Akpabio - Udom ...Appoint Emem Akpabio SSG or risk impeachment- Akpabio tells Udom ...I'm the Governor, not you - Udom fumes ...As Prince clash with former Governor over Senate nomination form error With less than 24 hours after losing immunity and executive powers as Governor of Akwa Ibom state, the political marriage between the former Chairman of PDP Governors Forum and his protege and successor, Governor Udom Emmanuel seems to be over with the Governor insisting that he was forced to name the Akwa Ibom International Stadium, formerly known as "Nest of Champions" after the immediate past Governor, Godswill Akpabio. This is coming against the backdrop of condemnation that has greeted the change of name which has further fuelled public perception that the new Governor will always be a rubber stamp of his predecessor. It could be recalled that the exc...

The Supreme Court has upheld the election of Udom Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party as governor of the oil-rich Akwa Ibom State. The court gave the ruling validating the April 11 governorship election on Wednesday night but did not provide reasons for its judgment. The court reversed the decision of the Court of Appeal, which nullified Mr. Udom’s election. The Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Udom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won the lawfully cast votes in the April 11, 2015 election. Full details of the ruling would be provided on a February 15, the court said. Background The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on December 18 nullified the Akwa Ibom State governorship election of April 11, removing Mr. Emmanuel, from office. Mr. Emmanuel’s election was challenged by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Umana Umana. At the election tribunal, Mr. Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party, had secured partial victory, with the e...

At the election tribunal, Mr. Emmanuel of the Peoples Democratic Party, had secured partial victory, with the election cancelled only in 18 out of the state’s 31 local government areas. The tribunal had ordered a rerun. Mr. Emmanuel had challenged the ruling, insisting he won in all 31 LGAs. The APC candidate, Mr. Umana, also appealed against the ruling, seeking a total nullification of the election. But a five-man panel at the Court of Appeal dismissed Mr. Emmanuel’s argument, and cancelled the entire election. The appeal court had said the tribunal was wrong in its refusal to comply with section 179 (2) of the Constitution. The court said having agreed with the evidence of principal witnesses, video evidence, and evidence from state collation agents, the tribunal should have concluded that there was no collation and that votes were merely allotted. “The question is, if there was no collation, can there be said to be an election,” the court asked. “Indeed whe...

Direct Sale-Direct-Purchase of crude oil products eliminates the middleman and saves the FG $1 billion- Dr. Kachikwu The Minister of State for Petroleum/Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr. Ibe. Kachikwu, yesterday appeared before the House of Representatives’ Ad-Hoc Committee set up to investigate the NNPC’s offshore processing and crude swap arrangement for the period from 2010 to date stating that the Federal Government did not pay any subsidy on petroleum products in January 2016. He also said that the country would save $1 billion from the newly introduced Direct-Sale-Direct- Purchase, DSDP, arrangement in Nigeria’s crude oil for products transaction which is supposed to start next month He explained that the DSDP was adopted to replace the Crude Oil Swap initiative and the Offshore Processing Arrangement in order to introduce and entrench transparency in the crude oil for product transaction by the corporation in...

5-year-old calmly calls 911 after his parents are killed, says this dude shot ‘em’ A 5-year-old boy from Chattanooga, Tenn., made a heartbreaking call to the police on Sunday night at about 11 pm telling the dispatcher that “my daddy and my mama got shot.” The boy, who seemed too young to know his address, calmly tells the dispatcher that “this dude shot ’em” and asks her to “tell the police officers to come.” The police found George Dillard, 24, and Lakita Hicks, 25, dead in the house, according to News Channel 9. They say the child, who remains unnamed, is unharmed and is currently with extended family. The boy remained on the phone with the dispatcher for more than a minute, as she repeatedly reassured him that help was on the way. When asked by the dispatcher whether his parents were talking, the child replied, “No. They dead.” The boy’s father, Dillard, was a gang member, but police have not said whether the shooting was gang related and have not released in...

'APC will soon disintegrate' - Falae Former Secretary to the Federation and National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Olu Falae says APC will soon disintegrate. Falae said this while receiving a former Minister of Power & Steel, Dr. Olu Agunloye, at his party's secretariat in Akure, Ondo state yesterday February 2nd. "This mega party will soon disintegrate and all the members that came together to form it will find their ways. It is certain that what bound them together will soon disintegrate them. After tearing apart, the members will come back to join us and we shall accept them, as long as they are ready to abide with our rules and regulations.” he said

Ruth Kadiri and a chronicle of her journey For everyone making it big, there is always that beginning story, that time past that you seem ruffled and then progressively, you begin to iron yourself out, which encompasses your loos, your skills, and how see life generally. Ruth Kadiri has succeed in breaking her path into the hearts of Nollywood lovers and then when we look down the memory lane, we are like “wow”. As a graduate of Business Administration and Mass Communication at the Yaba College of Technology and University of Lagos (UNILAG) respectively, she was discovered by Uche Jombo for her prowess in script writing and acting. She went on to act in such movies as Strange Madness, High School Tussle, Yankee Student 2. Ruth has moved on to write and produce her own movies and is on her way to become one of the biggest producers in Nigeria. Ruth has just concluded a major movie production, Circle of Trust which she also starred in alongside Yul Edochi...

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.-Abdul Kalam. 'Good Night'