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Popular Nigerian entertainer, Denrele Edun, recently opened up about fellow artiste Goldie Harvey and talks about the late singer's last few hours... This interview is a tribute to Goldie who passed away on valentines day 2013. Watch below;

These heartbreaking pictures show a rural Indian girl of just 18 months old suffering from hydrocephalus, a build up of fluid inside the skull. The family of Roona Begum, from the village of Jirania in India's north-eastern state of Tripura, cannot afford to pay for her to be treated. Her father Abdul Rahman, 26, works in a brick factory, where he earns the equivalent of just N434 a day. Babies who are born with hydrocephalus would normally require prompt surgical treatment to avoid being left permanently disabled. But without the means to pay for a doctor, Mr Rahman and his family can only do their best to keep Roona comfortable as they watch her condition slowly and inexorably deteriorate. Sometimes misleadingly known as water on the brain, hydrocephalus is caused by a build-up of the cerebrospinal fluid inside the skull, increasing pressure on the brain inside. The brain constantly produces new cerebrospinal fluid at the rate of about a 500 mL a day, while old fluid is

The post-mortem examination of the body of the late Cynthia Osokogu revealed that she died from asphyxia – absence of Oxygen supply to the body, a pathologist told the court on Friday. Ms. Osokogu, 24, was allegedly drugged and murdered in a hotel room last July in Lagos. Okwumo Nwabufor and Olisaeloka Ezike are charged, for Ms. Osokogu’s death, with conspiracy to commit murder, murder, and felony. Osita Orji, a Pharmacist who sold the Rophynol drug to the alleged murderers, is accused of reckless and negligent act; while Nonso Ezike, who pawned the deceased’s Blackberry phone, is charged with possession of stolen property. While testifying on Friday, John Obafunwa, a Professor of Forensic Medicine, said that the blockage of the deceased’s upper respiratory airways was the immediate cause of her death. He dispelled any probability of a self-inflicted harm or outright suicide. His account of the state of the corpse at autopsy was as revealing as it was chilling – hair net

The body of the late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, was buried today in his hometown, Abraka, Delta State. The late theatre icon began his final journey home with a Tribute Night organised by the Actors’ Guild of Nigerian in Lagos. It was followed by a service of songs and general mass on Tuesday and Wednesday respectively at St. Jude Catholic Church, Mafoluku, Lagos, before his body was taken to Delta State for burial. Friday morning, a commendation mass/lying-in-state was held at the Polo Turf in Abraka, before the body of Esiri was moved to his residence in Abraka for interment and entertainment of guests. Chief Esiri popularly known as the Village Headmaster, died on 19 February following complications from diabetes. Born in 1942, Esiri had his primary and secondary school education in Abraka and Warri, respectively, before proceeding to the Maximillan University and Weners Institute of Engineering in Germany, between 1964 and 1968. Having worked for some time as a

The mass burial announced by authorities of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for victims of last Friday’s multiple accident, along Benin-Ore road, in Igbogui, Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, will hold on Saturday. Authorities of the hospital had arranged to bury the corpses of the victims on Wednesday, but could not, apparently due to failure to secure enough space for about 60 corpses from the accident, that were deposited at the  mortuary. A source at the hospital said the victims will be buried at the Third Cemetery, located along Akugbe Street, off New Lagos Road, Benin. The source further disclosed that the burial will be preceded by a brief prayer session in the premises of UBTH by 8.00am. Source:  Punch Nigeria Video Below  Pictures below   

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have foiled a plot to smuggle 40.255kg of methamphetamine to South Africa aboard a South African Airline. It was gathered that the consignment was detected at the cargo section of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. A total of 41 parcels of the methamphetamine were found hidden inside grinded melon packed with cosmetics and provisions. According to the NDLEA Airport Commander, Hamza Umar, the drug was recovered from a bag of provisions and cosmetics. Umar said, “The drug was packaged in 41 parcels in white transparent polythene and hidden inside grinded melon. "Other items like gala, biscuits, milk, body cream and food ingredient were also in the package to divert attention. We have impounded a Hummer Jeep, Range Rover Jeep and a Bus from suspected members of the cartel.” The 25 year-old suspect, Ihedioha Chidi, who is a patent medicine dealer, said that he was given N450,000 to send the

Charly boy posted a photo of his family and tagged it 'My family, My rock'. The picture has some of Charly boy's children, his wife, Lady Di and his dad and mum. See more photos below. Akunjeri Yvonne Oputa is a media producer, marketer, interior decoration artist and director of TAAKRA Afro Resources. He calls her 'my right arm, my song, my princess'. Charles Alex Oputa is a fashion designer and also the CEO of Alexander O. Alexander. Charley boy calls him 'my souljah,my prince'. He is also dating the fast rising rapper, Eva. Miss Daisy J. Oputa recently graduated from one of the prestigious universities in the U.S. He calls her 'my song, my princess'.

Secret documents link family and associates of one of Africa’s most popular pastors, Nigerian televangelist the Rev. Chris Oyakhilome, to an offshore company in the British Virgin Islands. A business associate of the pastor says some directors in the company held shares on behalf of the pastor’s daughters, Sharon and Charlyn, who are now teenagers. The company in question is Gmobile Nigeria Limited, an offshore firm incorporated in 2007 in a Caribbean tax haven, the British Virgin Islands, according to a cache of documents reviewed by Premium Times and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The shareholders listed in the documents include Oyakhilome’s wife, Anita; another pastor in his organization, Thomas Amenkhienan; a business associate, Aigobomian Inegbedion; and another British Virgin Islands’ company, GTMT International Group Limited. He has also set up satellite broadcast channels in the United Kingdom (LoveWorld TV), South Africa (LoveWo

Obama is reacting prudently. But Pyongyang’s belligerence doesn’t bode well for arms control. The Obama administration is reacting responsibly to a series of provocations from North Korea, shoring up defenses while seeking a diplomatic solution to the crisis . But even if North Korea is deterred from attacking South Korea or U.S. forces for the foreseeable future, the defiance it has demonstrated in the last several weeks renders more elusive than ever achievement of the administration’s ultimate goal: a Korean peninsula without nuclear weapons. Last month the U.N. Security Council — including China, North Korea’s longtime patron — approved new economic sanctions after North Korea conducted a third nuclear test. Undeterred, the North announced Tuesday that it would restart a plutonium reactor it shuttered in 2007. The immediate concern for the United States and South Korea is a cascade of statements and actions by North Korea that threaten the military and political status

Paul Okoye of Psquare cradles his new born son as he becomes a father for the first time . Few hours ago Paul Okoye and his long time girl friend Anita welcomed their first child a baby boy to the world. The boy who has been named Andre was born in Atlanta, United States Paul’s twin brother and other half, Peter…posted this photo of the proud father with his new son on Instagram. Peter also tweeted Like and share to congratulate them

  A joint campaign poster of two serving governors, Sule Lamido of Jigawa State and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, on Wednesday flooded Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital and its environs. The posters announced the desire of the two men to contest the 2015 presidential election. Though both men are members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, they are believed to be in the bad books of President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of their party. Mr. Amaechi is the current Chairman of the Nigeria Governor’s Forum and has admitted that the presidency wants him out of the position because of his insistence on probity and accountability in the oil sector. The recent formation of the PDP Governors Forum by the party leadership is believed to have been done to whittle down the influence of the Rivers State Governor among his colleagues. The new forum is headed by another PDP governor, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom. Prior to the emergence of the posters in A