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Nigeria’s Federal Government has declared Thursday, 24 January 2013 as public holiday to commemorate the Muslim celebration of Eid-El-Maulud. The Minister of Interior, Mr Abba Moro, made the announcement in Abuja on Friday, in a statement signed by Mr Adetayo Sode, the Director of Citizenship and Business in the ministry.  Moro, who congratulated Muslims on the occasion, urged them to use the occasion to pray for sustained efforts to uplift the nation.  He also urged Nigerians to use the occasion to pray for the peace and unity of the country.

The Nigeria Broadcasting Coporation has banned the video of P Square’s Alingo for what they called Erotic dance steps. They also banned the video for Flavour’s Shake. Goldie also didn’t escape the ban as her video for Ski bobo also got the ban.   Full list of Banned [Not To Be Broadcast (NTBB)] videos 1. Tillaman ft Vector- Ma Roll (contains Intimate and suggestive dance steps) 2. Wande Coal – Go Low (scenes of nuditiy in the video) 3. D’Prince – Take Banana (contains Intimate, vulgar, words and suggestive dance steps) 4. Flavour – Shake (vulgar and suggestive dance steps) 5. Goldie – Ski bo bo (features minor with suggestive and immoral dance steps) 6. Chuddy K – Chop My Dollar (features ladies and children with suggestive and Intimate dance steps ) 7. Timaya – Shake Ur Bum Bum (Intimate, suggestive dance steps with vulgar lyrics 8. P Square – Alingo (Intimate dance scenes at the end of the musical video)   Did you expect some of the videos on this list

The Minister of Culture, Education and Information in the Nigeria Embassy in Washington DC, Dr Stephen Momoh Baba, said President of the United States Barack Obama has promised to visit Nigeria this year. President Obama was on Monday sworn in for his second term of another four years as president. In an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP, Dr Baba said: "Obama has promised to visit Nigeria towards the end of the year; we are working with the state department and the Nigeria ambassador to ensure reality of the visit. We are doing everything we can to make sure he keeps to his promise and visit to Nigeria this year. "America has been working with Africa and Nigeria behind the scenes even in Obama’s first term.They are helping us with agricultural credit activities; they are also assisting us in terms of security by tackling the Boko Haram insurgence." As to Obama’s inaugural speech, Baba believes it was very pragmatic and straight to the point. "Obama

The Edo State Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Charles Arhiavbere, challenging the results of the 2012 governorship election in the state. The judge said that the petitioner failed woefully to prove his allegation and thereafter dismissed the petition on that basis. The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared the candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria and incumbent Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as winner of the election. The Judge further said there was no infraction proved to prevent the return of Oshiomhole in anyway and that if there was a petition completely starved of evidence, this is completely one. The petition is bereft and devoid of any substance, said the Judge. Gen. Charles Arhiavbere had filed a petition at the Election Petitions Tribunal challenging the victory of Governor Adams Oshiomole in the July 14 Edo Governorship election. The petition stated that the ‘purported

Nigerian rapper, Ruggedman says he’s not in a relationship with actress, Olaide Olaogun. Speaking with Nigerian Entertainment Today, the 36-year-old rapper expressed shock at the news, describing it as untrue and biased. He however confirmed he’s friendship with the actress. ‘Na so I see ma o. I am even expecting an invitation card to the wedding sef’.  Asked what he thinks could have triggered the news, he said, ‘I don’t know why people spread such news. Perhaps it was because of a picture I took with her’ he said. RELATED ARTICLE:  RuggedMan & Girlfriend Plan Secret Wedding

Dutch playmaker Wesley Sneijder signed a 3-1/2 year contract with Istanbul club Galatasaray on Tuesday after leaving Inter Milan and rejecting moves to higher-profile leagues. “I had many offers but Galatasaray was the number one,” Sneijder told a news conference a day after hundreds of Galatasaray fans gave him a rapturous welcome on his arrival in Istanbul. Reports said teams including Premier League Liverpool were also interested in the 28-year-old, who inspired Inter Milan to a Champions League, Serie A and Italian Cup treble in 2010 before helping the Netherlands finish World Cup runners-up. “That was the best season so far in my life. The period after was a hard period,” he said. Sneijder struggled to maintain that success and was caught up in a contract dispute at Inter this season after failing to renegotiate his deal as the club sought to cut costs and being banished from the team. The signing of Sneijder is a major coup for the Turkish league, which is more used

Osun State Police Command, yesterday, paraded a 21-year-old Shina Amusa, for allegedly having canal knowledge of an 18-year-old deaf and dumb. The Command stated in Osogbo that already the suspect had been subjected to thorough and systematic investigations by detectives attached to Dugbe Divisional Police Headquarters, Osogbo. Giving the details of the crime, the Investigating Police Officer in charge of the case, said the suspect overpowered and forced the hepless deaf and dumb girl inside his room before allegedly raping her. He said: “The case which was reported to the station by the father of the victim, Yisa Adebayo has been taken with every seriousness as the Divisional Police Officer, (DPO) CSP Rauf Razak is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the suspect faces the full consequence of his offence.” Meanwhile, Ladoke Akintola Teaching University Hospital, (LAUTECH), Osogbo, had confirmed in a  medical check-up that there was penetration into the victim. The case

Not many Nigerians know much about the Super Eagles of Nigeria group opponents in the ongoing African Cup of Nations soccer fiesta holding in South Africa. Here are the group opponents, how they qualified, their managers and star players. Zambia Zambia qualified in dramatic circumstances. They faced Uganda in the second round of qualification and took a 1-0 lead into the second leg of the tie. Uganda brought the tie back to level terms, determined to keep the 2012 champions fighting to the bitter end. However, Zambia rallied, showing the team spirit which had won the tournament in Equatorial Guinea and eventually eventually gained entrance to the 2013 African Cup of Nations after winning a breath-taking penalty shootout 9-8 in Kampala. Zambian National Team Their coach Herve Renard is a hard taskmaster who puts the team ahead of the individual, always expecting one hundred per cent from every one of his players. He has taken Zambia to three Afcon tournaments and his ability t

A poor little girl (fascinated with western technology) got caught and stripped naked for stealing an outdated black berry by a cross section of Nigerian Masses. She was tortured, violated, fingered,molested and raped. The same girl would not have stolen the blackberry if her money stolen by the Nigerian elite was properly accounted to her. Yet, nobody dare do same to Patience Jonathan (wife of current Nigerian President) when she was caught at the airport trying to freight away over $15 million U.S dollars and other hard currencies. Saint Nuhu Ribadu who handled the case as EFCC boss now claims such event never happened. The same Ribadu also claimed that Bola Tinubu is now innocent. An the question is: why kill a harmless bird when these big thieves walk? After all, the big idiot that recovered the stolen phone should have forgiven the poor little chap knowing that more was stolen from him and her by the Nigerian elite. Rather than hold these thieves accountable by Niger

Yobo was reacting to a letter delivered to the team on Monday evening by the Sports Minister, Hon. Bolaji Abdulahi, who was in the company of the Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa S. S. Yusuf, President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Aminu Maiagari, Executive Committee member of the federation, Chief Emeka Inyama and Director, Technical, Dr Emmanuel Ikpeme. The letter, which was personally signed by President Jonathan, read in part: “The Africa Cup of Nations has always been an exciting and important sports event for us in Nigeria and other African countries. However, this edition of 2013 even holds a greater significance for us as a nation. “Next year, 2014, our dear country will be 100 years old. As we look back and celebrate our achievements as a strong and united nation, we cannot understate the role sports, especially football, has played in our national life. Football remains one enduring unifying factor in our country, which transcends our diversity. A

In its strides to keep a healthy and sustainable environment in the state, the Lagos State government has shut down Mile 12 and Ketu fruit markets for not keeping to the state sanitation law. Commissioner for the Environment, Tunji Bello, noted that both markets were closed for their flagrant abuse of the state environmental sanitation law and indiscriminate loading and off-loading of goods on the main road, thereby creating traffic bottlenecks for other road users. According to him, there were inadequate toilets in the markets, while traders in the markets pollute the surrounding environment with human wastes. He pointed out that the closure of the markets became inevitable after several unheeded warnings to forestall epidemics and other health hazards in the state. Tunji Bello reiterated the fact the Government’s policy of not allowing traders reside in the market was still in force, adding that markets were meant for business activities and not for residential purposes and that conv

The General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation, Barrister Musa Amadu has allayed fears over the qualification of the Super Eagles from the group stage of the ongoing 2013 Africa Cup of Nations following the team’s opening draw against Burkina Faso on Monday. Alain Traore scored a late equaliser after Emmanuel Emenike had put the Super Eagles in front in the first half and Efe Ambrose was sent off for a second yellow card. “I know football loving Nigerians were not happy that we surrendered a 1-0 lead in the last seconds of the match to Burkina Faso. But I can assure them that there is no cause for alarm. The team would raise their game in the next match against the defending Champions Zambia,” Amadu told Goal.com. “We have spoken with the chief coach Stephen Keshi and he has assured us that all mistakes noticed in the team during the match would be corrected and we will definitely see a more aggressive and hungry Eagles on Friday.” The scribe of the NFF was upbeat

It was December 27, 2012. A quarrel arose between a taxi driver, Kehinde Adekunle, and two men on motorbike at Mpape, a suburb and shantytown of the FCT. In the melee, a passenger of the motorcycle asked the rider to chase the taxi man. At the junction where the road to Katampe intersects that going right to the centre of Mpape, the bike caught up with the green taxi. Distraught widow, three kids wail their loss, ask for justice Immediately, the man, who later identified himself as Anthony and a soldier that serves in a formation in Kaduna but with family resident in Katampe, jumped down from the bike, grabbed the cabman at the jugular, aimed a deadly jab at his head. The man allegedly slumped and hit his head further on a hard substance as the doctors later found in hospital. Kehinde, 45, and father of three young kids, went unconscious. The state of coma lasted for about 12 days until the battle to revive him after head operation in Wellington Hospital in Wuse 2, was lost.

Six states of the federation will experience power outage on Saturday and Sunday, the Transmission Company of Nigeria has said. A statement issued by the Assistant General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, Mr. Dave Ifabiyi, in Abuja on Tuesday, named the states as Abia, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi, Imo and parts of Benue. According to Ifabiyi, the light out will enable the company’s contractors enhance the capacity of the transmission system that serves the affected areas. He said, “In the bid to complete the final connection works on the new double circuit 330kV transmission line from Benin, in Edo State, to Onitsha, in Anambra State, and the associated substation at Onitsha, there will be power interruption to Abia, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo states in the eastern part of the federation, as well as parts of Benue State on Saturday, January 26 and Sunday, January 27, 2013. “The crucial final connection works to be carried out by our contractors, having completed the stringing of 33

Yesterday evening, the First Lady , Mrs. Patience Jonathan, returned to the country from Germany where she had travelled to for medical treatment. READ RELATED STORIES: Patience Jonathan Health Stories Surface Again: First Lady Off to Germany for 'Medical Check-up' Presidency Confused Over First Lady’s Health   Special Assistant on Media, Ayo Osilu who confirmed her return, however, declined to give further details of return after confirming also that she was warming up to depart to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to attend the First Lady Only Brainstorming Session of the 12th Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS. The event in Addis Ababa will commence on January 27th at the African Union building in Addis Ababa, a source in the Presidency has disclosed. Last year, Patience Jonathan was re-elected President of the African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM), for the next two years at the end of a conference held in Abuja.

26-year-old NYSC member, Samuel Udeh, was on Tuesday sentenced to two months imprisonment by an Ado-Ekiti Federal High Court for possessing 50 grammes of Indian hemp. The prosecuting counsel, Iliya Waji, told the court that Udeh was arrested on November 19, 2012 with 50 grammes of the illicit drug. Waji said Udeh committed the offence at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Emure-Ekiti. The offence, he said, contravened Section 11 (c) of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency Act, Cap N30, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 2004. The accused pleaded guilty to the one-count charge while his counsel, Cletus Nnechetta, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.   Nnechetta said the accused was remorseful for his actions, adding that he could still be useful to the society as a member of the NYSC. In his judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Adamu Hobon sentenced Udeh to two months imprison without an option of fine to serve as deterrent to others.

There is an ongoing battle between late actress, Bisi Komolafe’s family and her fiancé, Alhaji Tunde Ijaodola over her property. It has been gathered that the family of the deceased actress, Bisi Komolafe petitioned the Police to arrest Alhaji Tunde Ijaodola, fiancé to the deceased for refusing to release her seized property. We learnt after Bisi Komolafe‘s burial, her family ordered her fiancé to return all her properties in his custody which he bluntly refused to deliver all as he only sent back her Honda Pilot car while holding on to her Ultima car and other multi-million naira property. Trouble loomed when he has refused to pick their calls and this has forced Bisi Komolafe’s family members to petition the police to get him arrested for theft. The talented actress passed away on January 1st, 2013 after a controversial abortion related issue that resulted in complication.

MTV Base VJ Search grand finale is happening this Friday, January 25th at Don Jazzy’s club, POP and the Mavins will be performing at the big showdown along with Iyanya and other artistes.   Rumour has it that Don Jazzy will be hosting the exclusive after-party also at his club POP. Kemi Owatemi, Ada Ogunkeye and Ehizojia Okoeguale  who have been having the time of their lives since their emergence as finalists for the  MTV Base VJ Search  competition after competing against thousands, will go through the final stage of the competition this Friday and Iyanya, Ice Prince and Burna Boy will be on ground to mentor the finalists.   Lagos born  Ada  is an on-air personality at 92.3 Inspiration radio. A self-confessed “life enthusiast”, Ada’s Twitter page describes her as an “opinionated, impulsive giggle-bot, knowledge fiend, natural hair lover, dancer, and all round dude”. According to Ada, ‘I feel like I’ve been preparing for this moment my whole life – it feels right!”   Sm

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A young man dashes out of a beer parlour with clenched teeth, pulls open his zippers and urinates carelessly by the walls of the building. A market woman pressed by a full bladder trots to a corner of the market and empties her bladder just by the side of food stalls. A school child rushes out of the classroom, takes a quick look to his right and left, retires to a small bush by the school building, and drops off lumps of smelly faeces. During Sunday service, members of the congregation, men and women, children and adults, line up by the side of the church building to release the contents of their bowels or bladder. We love to defecate in open spaces. These unhealthy practices are common in our society. When nature calls, everyone responds differently. We seem to have a fascination for defecating in public places and in bushes. Why do many Nigerians prefer to ease themselves in open spaces even when there are toilets in their homes or workplaces or in public areas? When people ur

The Nigerian Army on Tuesday in Abuja dismissed four soldiers accused of rape, extortion and assault. The soldiers include one corporal and three privates, who were attached to the Guards Brigade, an arm of the Nigerian Army, Abuja. The Guards Brigade, which has three battalions  (7, 176 and 177), is a special unit of the military that oversees the security of the President and Aso Rock. President Goodluck Jonathan lives in Aso Rock. Brig-Gen Emmanuel Atewe, the Commander of the Brigade, said the soldiers were said to have abducted and raped some women at a garden in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja. The commander, who was represented by Maj. Peter Elayo, said the Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) reported the incident on Jan 14. Mr. Atewe said that the report made the brigade to institute a Board of Inquiry to investigate the circumstance surrounding the allegation with a view to taking punitive action to prevent future reoccurrence. “The board whose report has already been submitted w

Mavin artiste, D' Prince knows he is well built and has all it takes for ladies to flock around him. He posted a picture of himself topless on instagram.

Yesterday 22nd of January 2012, BN brought you the happy news that Peter Okoye of P-Square and Lola Omotayo had welcomed their 2nd child, a baby girl named Aliona. Now you get to see the cute bundle of joy! We have to say that Lola looks gorgeous for someone who just gave birth! Totally adorable to see mother and daughter. Congrats to Lola, Peter and Big Brother Cameron. Yesterday 22nd of January 2012, BN brought you the happy news that Peter Okoye of P-Square and Lola Omotayo had welcomed their 2nd child, a baby girl named Aliona. Now you get to see the cute bundle of joy! We have to say that Lola looks gorgeous for someone who just gave birth! Totally adorable to see mother and daughter. Congrats to Lola, Peter and Big Brother Cameron.

Benitez took over from Roberto Di Matteo following the Blues' exit from the Champions League, and has since endured a testing time from the club's supporters. Abramovich, though, expressed his satisfaction with Benitez's tenure thus far, and said as much to the manager after Chelsea defeated rivals Arsenal on Sunday. "We have people that talk with him and I have the information," Benitez said. "The other day I had time with him and he was really pleased. He was really pleased with the game. "He has ideas. I have ideas. We share ideas. We explained to each other what we're trying to do. It's fine." Chelsea were in contention for seven trophies at the start of the season and now it is three, including the Capital One Cup, where Benitez's side must overturn a 2-0 deficit at Swansea in the semi-final second leg on Wednesday. "In a transitional period - we have new players and some of them are at the end of their contracts

Stephens, playing in only her seventh grand slam event, took full advantage as Williams injured her back and then lost her temper. Stephens, the No 29 seed, showed no nerves facing her idol as she recovered from dropping the first set to win 3-6 7-5 6-4. Williams, a winner in Melbourne in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2010, needed a medical time out during the second set - while she was warned in the decider after smashing her racquet. The frustration appeared to come from the fact that Williams had seemingly been on course for a straightforward win over her fellow American after taking the first set fairly comfortably. Stephens had other ideas, though, as she broke in the eighth game of the second set to move 5-3 up. However she blotted her copybook by wasting a set-point chance, with Williams breaking back. Williams, though, hurt herself in the process - and Stephens took advantage as she broke again to finally level the match. Stephens again had to show her fighting qua

Nigerian actor, Osita Iheme, popularly known as Pawpaw, bumped into super eagles camp to wish them good luck in their quest to winning the African cup of nations soccer competition. He snapped a picture with chelsea winger, Victor Moses and the latter posted it on his twitter page. Victor Moses had to ''go down low'' for the shot.

Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday urged President Goodluck Jonathan to consider dialogue with the dreaded Islamist sect- Boko Haram and other outlawed groups causing violence in the country as the best option. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion titled “Urgent need for the Federal Government to open avenues for dialogue as a means of addressing security challenges in the country,” which was moved by Muhammed Bashir Galadanchi. Galadanchi, while moving the motion, expressed concern that the present approach of the government of “military action, random arrests and imprisonments obviously had limited effectiveness and escalated trends of insecurity, indicating that they are only short-term solutions”. He added that, “if this approach is not reversed and more long-term solutions deployed, these incessant incidents will pose serious threats to our security, democracy, rights and freedom of our innocent citizens and ultimately destabilise the nation’s

200 buildings, electric poles and property worth millions of naira, Monday evening, were destroyed by the 2013 first rainfall in Owo, Ondo State. We learnt that residential buildings, shops, vehicles, four public schools, churches and stadium were also damaged by the rainstorm. Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Niran Sule-Akinsuyi, lamented the extent of damage caused by the storm, noting that the town is presently in total black out following the destruction of it’s electric poles by the rainstorm. He appealed that “Relevant authorities and agencies of government should quickly come to the aid of the affected people as many of them have been rendered homeless” Meanwhile, several buildings in Obasanjo Estate, in Ikere Ekiti were also destroyed by the rain. We gathered that electric poles and some trees were also uprooted by the rainstorm. The chairman of the Landlords and Residents Association of the estate, Mr. Jide Ogunluyi said, “We are counting our losses. Parts of t