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According to confirmed reports, Former  Chief of General Staff, Admiral Mike Okhai Akihgbe is presently lying critically ill in an American hospital. The nature of his ailment has not been verified. Mike Akhigbe was second in command toformer military ruler, General Abdusalami Abubakar, from 1998 till the termination of military government in Nigeria, in 1999. Here's wishing Admiral Akhigbe speedy recovery.

It was only reported recently that former President of PMAN, Mustafa Amego, was down with cancer. No sooner had the news reached us, than the sad news of the passing of Amego also came, while we were still trying to take in the news of his ailment... He died in the US, where he has been living for many years now... May his soul find eternal rest...

It was shock and sadness recently when a teenage motorist, Chinyere Wagbaranta, in company with her brother, Chisom, and a police corporal attached to Police Mobile Force 22, Felix Adebayo, in a Mercedes Benz Sports Utility Vehicle, drove into the compound carelessly and hit a little girl. The victim, three-years-old Ikeoluwa Olaniyi, had been playing with other children in her grandfather's compound in Ire-Akari Estate, Isolo. According to her grandfather, “ On the day of the incident, I came in and saw her eating yam just outside the main door and told her to go inside. A few minutes later, I wanted to go to my friend who lives a few houses away from mine and Ikeoluwa attempted to follow me but she met some of her friends playing in the compound so she joined them. “A few minutes later, I heard a loud scream that Ikeoluwa had been crushed by a vehicle in the compound. I ran to the scene and observed that the side of her head had been crushed. I saw the vehicle ...

Amidst allegations of Financial impropriety, the embattled Nigerian Aviation Minister who accompanied President Jonathan to Israel, is set to sign to sign a Bilateral Air Service Agreement, BASA, with the State of Israel, on behalf of Nigeria. The agreement will pave way for direct flights between both territories on the principle of reciprocity by designated airlines of both countries. Before now, Nigerians traveling to Israel, including Christian pilgrims, have had to endure long-winding stop-overs in neighboring countries before being finally airlifted to the Holy Land. Meanwhile, under the terms of the agreement, Nigeria and Israel will enjoy equal rights and privileges, as against past BASAs that were heavily skewed against Nigerian airlines.

A United States Senator, Ted Cruz, on Thursday apologized for taking a jibe at Nigerians, saying he did not mean to offend Nigerians with the statement he made regarding Nigeria. Senator Cruz was speaking about technical glitches on a new US government website that have prevented Americans from buying health insurance under the Affordable Health Care Act, during which he jokingly said: “You know the Nigerian e-mail scammers? They have been a lot less active lately because they have all been hired to run the Obamacare web site.” His comments stirred outrage among Nigerians and some political commentators across the world, as they demanded an apology from the senator. The Nigerian embassy in Washington called Cruz’s remarks “unguided” and "a very expensive joke...". But a statement from the Senator's camp said, "The senator was making a joke based on the official term of a commonly utilised type of scam. He meant no offence.”

Yes, it's official....Pop Superstar, Peter Okoye of P-Square and his heartthrob of many years, Lola Omotayo, are set to tie the knot come the 17 of November. Their traditional wedding will hold on Sunday November 17th at the Arc Events Centre in Lekki. Gbenga Adeyinka and Helen Paul will MC the wedding. Their white wedding will hold sometime next year. Congrats, Peter and Lola!

There are reports that a section of the NNPC petrochemical refinery in Warri, Delta state was gutted by fire this morning.  The information as to cause(s) of the fire is sketchy, but it was gathered that the situation has been arrested as fire fighters have put out the fire.

 Now, what do you get when musicians and fans of Afrobeat Legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, converge under one roof? Answer: drama and more drama! Hip-Hop star, Burna Boy sure knows what drama is, when he appeared on stage at the Felabration concert with nothing on but his underpants! Yikes! Many are of the opinion that Burna Boy must have been 'high' when he came on stage. Well, with the artiste reputed love for 'weed', you can never be sure... Take it easy, lad!

Dear Readers: What’s your story? What’s your wish? Do you have a heart-warming story about a wish you ‘want’ to come true? Well, such a story is worth telling. Stories like the cancer patient who wanted to see Katy Perry before he died or the story of a small boy in Niger Delta who wants to see where the Star Wars movie was shot in Tunisia before the desert swallows it. If you have this kind of story or you know someone who has a heart-warming wish, inbox me, call me (08023006794), ping me (2AEF6854) or write me (dave.chukwuji@yahoo.com). We live in very happy times and I have a friend who understands what it means to have a wish. So, make a wish and it could come true for you...today!

Ooops! Pop Sensation, Wizkid, was faced with a nightmare that many musci stars dread; having to perform before a near-empty hall... Yes, the quietly publicized, Wizkid Live Abuja Invasion held Last Night, and folks in attendance were stunned with the number of people who showed up at the concert with Wizkid as the headliner. Apparently, the show was meant to kick off at 5pm but was found empty as at 9:30pm and these are few images someone in attendance sent to us from the event centre.  As they say: s***t happens!

 Ace footballer Obafemi Martins, good for scoring goals on pitch, has scored another one off-pitch, this time with Abigail Barwuah, who is older sister of Italian striker, Mario Balotelli. Yes, the two lovebirds, Martins and Abigail, have welcomed their first child together. Abigail gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday October 16th in Italy. The baby is Martins' third child. Congrats to Abigail and Obafemi!

Following allegations of wide-spread corruption in the nation's aviation sector, and purported purchase of two bulletproof vehicles by embattled Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, there are indications that President Goodluck Jonathan will soon order relevant government agencies to investigate the Minister.   Speaking with the Punch Newspaper recerntly, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, assured the nation that President Jonathan would not shield the minister. He however reiterated that the President would not take a decision on the fate of the embattled minister based on media reports. In his words:  “I can assure you that President Jonathan will not shield the minister or any government official for that matter if he receives information that is true. In this particular instance, the reports are in the media. But media reports are not enough to act on. The President is on top of the situation. He will direct appropriate auth...

 It's official! Movie producer and scion of the Amata clan, Jeta Amata and his pretty wife of almost a decade, Mbong Amata, have decided to call it quit, thus ending a union that has lasted for about 10 years. The couple, currently based in the US, are already living seperately and would soon commence the divorce process officially. When celebtrity blogger, Linda Ikeji, sought Jeta's say on the matter, the producer confirmed that he and his wife have indeed decided to go their separate ways, adding: "Mbong is an amazing mother, an incredible wife...all the time we were together she would never let any other person cook my food...she was faithful and good to me and gave me the best gift in the world, our beautiful daughter. If I didn't cage her so much maybe we would still be together. I stole her youth and didn't let her live her dream so it was better to let her go and find new adventures. She's happy and so am I. Despite the fact that we are no ...

 A nine year old Nigerian boy, Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, has become the country’s youngest ever Microsoft Office professional after he was officially certified by the software giant. Jomiloju came top among 21 pupils who sat for the professional examination in Lagos, and is now a Microsoft office specialist in office word 2010, scoring 769 out of 1,000 in the examination held in August.   Jomiloju had excelled in Sharing and Maintaining Documents, Formatting Content, Applying Page Layout, and Reusable Content, among other subjects.   By the feat, Jomiloju has joined the league of young Microsoft certified professionals around the world.  

 The Lagos State Government has announced it would close down the Lagos-Badagry Expressway on Sunday between 7 a.m. and 12 noon. The closure, according to Kayode Opeifa, Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, the closure is part of concerted efforts to deliver the first phase of the Blue Line Rail Project. He explained that:  “The contractor, Messrs China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, CCECC, will be installing pre-cast beams for the pedestrian bridge to take commuters into the rail station at Mile 2 and across the road.” “This notice serves as awareness information on the beam launch. We therefore advise motorists and other road users to use alternative routes to avoid traffic delays,” he added. The Commissioner further said that relevant government agencies are working to ensure free flow of traffic during the closure. “We appeal for caution and cooperation from all road users to obey all traffic regulations and ensure traffic flow...

  Niger-Delta activist and leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Muhajid Asari-Dokubo, has joined the swelling rank of private university owners in the country, with his establishment of a university in the neighboring Republic of Benin. Already, the university, named King Amachree African University, KAAU, has been accreditted by the relevant authorities for commencement of its programmes. Well done, sir!

Ooops...It's like Banga Lee's in love! With none other than Genny! Yes, D'banj let it be-known during a media parley at BlackHouse Media, Publishers of Nigerian Entertainment Today, that he would most definitely love to have Genevieve as his wife... So the kissing scene in 'Fall In Love' video may not be mere 'acting' doe the duo, after all, abi? *wink* Anyway, concerning Genevieve, D'banj didn't mince his word when he said:  " Apart from the fact that she is my friend, she has been a part of my success... I would love to have Genevieve as my wife. We never can tell what God plans for us in the future. I have studied her and I realised that anyone that has her as his woman has found himself a treasure. Just like the Bible says, any man who finds a wife, finds a good thing." Okay, maybe it'll be wedding bells soon...Good Luck, D'banj...and Genny...

Singer, Maheeda, is more famous for posting scandalous images of herself online, like the ones you're viewing right now, than for her music talent...Ooops, just thinking out loud, there. Not my biz, sha. Maybe she's just admiring her figure...*wink*

Bravery, they say, is not in age or size. According to a report by Punch Newspapers, a 7 year old boy has led police to smash a Lagos kidnap syndicate that specializes in the kidnap of little children. It was reported that the lad himself had been kidnapped previously by the group. The report stated that the kidnap suspects, one Gbenga Sholaja, a university graduate, olalekan Benjamin and Samson Shomorin, were specialised in kidnapping little boys around the Lagos metropolis. The boy who had been taken hostage by the gang at the Ikotun area of Lagos, was later relased after his parents paid the ransom. But unfortunately for the kidnappers, the boy had memorised the house address where he was kept, and he led police officers to the same house where Benjamin was arrested. Sholaja, who wept profusely during his interview, told PUNCH Metro that he was pushed by unemployment into kidnapping.    He said, “I have a Second Class Upper (Division) in Accounting and...

It was drama of sort, when the wife of a 53 old man, Yusuf Alabi, who was being prosecuted for allegedly having canal knowlede of their two biological daughters, chose to intervene on his behalf. In her statement, she prayed the court not to prosecute her husband for what he did, as it was a family matter and should be treated as such. Mr. Alabi admitted guilt of the said offense, he explained that he did it to prevent them from premature death. I wonder which custom permits a man to sleep with his daughter to prevent her from early death... ?! READ MORE:  http://news.naij.com/48954.html

No fewer than 20 people were killed when Islamist group Boko Haram attacked a town in northeast Nigeria, triggering clashes with troops stationed there, the military said on Sunday. Reuters reported that a spokesman for Nigerian forces in northeastern Borno State, which lies at the heart of a four-year-old Islamist insurgency, said the Islamists crept into the town of Damboa in the early hours of Saturday. They killed five worshippers at a mosque as they said their morning prayers, he said. “While they were unleashing their mayhem, troops … engaged the terrorists, killing 15 in the process while others fled,” the military spokesman, Captain Aliyu Danja, said in a statement obtained by Reuters .

   More recognition coming the way of Nigeria's talk show icon and Media Executive, Mo Abudu. In a recent report by the Hollywood Reporter, Mo has been listed among the '25 Most Powerful Women In Global TV'. Mo has been hoting her syndicated talk show, Moments With Mo, since 2006, and has interviewd big names from around the world. Well done, Mo! You deserve MO re. *wink*

  All is set for the take-off of the 'Glo Mega Laftafest' scheduled to hold this month in Lagos and Abuja. The show will include hot comedians from around the world, including of course, Naija's funniest like Basketmouth, Alibaba and Bovi. Other comedians billed to perform at the comedy jam includes Okey Bakassi, Akparoro, I Go Dye, Klint de Drunk, Buchi, Gordons, Funny Bone, Bash, Emeka Smith, Julius Agwu, Sim Card. There will be guest appearances from two of America’s finest comedians, Tony Roberts and Deeray Davis, as well as South Africa's rib-tickler, Ndumiso Lindi and Uganda’s Salvado. There will also be performances from Nigeria's finest musicians: Psquare, Lagbaja,  Flavour, Wande Coal, MI, Omawunmi, Burna Boy, Naeto C, Waje and Lynxxx. In an official  statement, Globacom said:.  "...there is no limit to the extent we can go to delight our numerous subscribers. They have kept faith with us over the years.  We appreciate their loyalt...

  Following last week's unfortunate plane crash, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authorities, NCAA, has forthwith suspend the operations of Associated Airlines, pending completion of investigations to verify the reason for the unfortunate crash that claimed several lives. According to NCAA Director-General, Capt. Fola Akinkuotu: “Associated Airlines operations have been suspended by the NCAA. Let me say for the purpose of clarity, I said their operations, I mean all their operations of Associated Airline have been suspended by the NCAA. I did not say any certification was cancelled but all operations.”

What do you think of this look, the bikini,I mean...Heard photo was taken on the set of a movie...Wives, please don't let your husbands see this... Nice...

  Ooops! Is petite beauty, Miss Kedike, in love with singer Dammy Krane? I'm not sure sha , but when HipHop World sought to find out, here's what Chidinma had to say: "Iyanya has the body. Davido has the money, Wizkid is the Starboy, DammyKrane is a sweet, cute guy. I’ll probably go with DammyKrane." When asked about what she thinks of Dammy Krane, she coos: "Dammy Krane is my friend, he is everybody’s friend, and he’s funny and crazy. Before I shot the Video, I had a lot of options to play my love interest in the Video but I didn’t like any. Then someone said there was this new guy and then they played his song and I liked it. Sometime later, we were at Cool FM and I spotted him jumping about and being very playful. He was so energetic; I liked him instantly and wanted him as my love interest in the video. So my manager called him up, he was so nice, he came over, we talked and he told me the day we were going to shoot the Video was his birthda...

There has been reports that at least two people may have died following injuries that received at a Peace and Unity rally in Kaduna earlier today. The rally, which many say is a Pro-Jonathan gathering, thus ended abruptly with the victims rushed to the hospital. The rally took an ugly turn when participants began to use dangerous weapons on one another, witnesses said. The rally, reportedly bankrolled by a governor from the South-south geopolitical zone,  was organized under the auspices of the Northern Youth Forum, which has members in the 19 northern states. The participants, those familiar with the organisation of the rally said, were bused to Kaduna from all the 19 northern states and paid N3000 each. It is believed that a large number of the youth who attended the rally had no idea that it was aimed at promoting and selling Jonathan's 2015 ambition to the people. This dawned on them when the rally organizer, Jubril Tafida, a former vice-chairman of a l...

In every sense of the word, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has proven that he is a radical... Recently, in addresing some secondary school students at an event in the state, the governor dressed like one of the students...

The nation was spared another agony when a Saudi-bound Kabo Airline plane carrying 400 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III International Airport in Sokoto early today Saturday October 5th. The Boeing 747 jumbo jet which left Kano on Friday en route to Saudi Arabia had to divert to Sokoto after several of its tyres exploded immediately after it took off the Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano. All the passengers aboard the airline have been evacuated from the plane and lodged in a hotel in the ancient city. A close one there... whew!

 Former minister of the Fderal Republic, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and Presidential Spokeman, Reuben Abati, are presently at war of words, calling each other names on social network, Twitter. The grouse is over an article that Chief Fani-Kayode wrote last month, in which he berated President Jonathan's administation. As expected, Abati swiftly came to his boss' defence...  Na wa o...LOL!

When news and images of the grueome murder of four young undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt broke, there was outrage across the country. It was inconceivable madness. A barbaric act of the highhest proportion... The recidents of Aluu comunity who perpetrated the henous, cold-bloode murder believed that the four student deseved to die so for allegedly stealing a few gadgets. The victims were all first sons of their parents. The case is still pending in court. We believe that justice will be served. So today, exactly one year after that unfortunate tragedy, we remember and pay tribute to the 'Aluu Four'. May their souls find rest...

 Former Miss World, Agbani Darego, who has recently set up her own fashion label speaks on why she went into the business:   "I have been working on different concept of lines before I decided to go into denim line because when I graduated from college, and I wanted to do something else, I asked myself what's next for Agbani? So, I chose fashion because it is the only thing that I wanted to do. I wanted something the masses could wear, at the same time, something profitable. All the best, Agbani...

First Lady of Mavin Records, Tiwa Savage joins up with her boss, Don Jazzy in Mauritius, where she performed at the African Leadership Network. Don Jazzy was one of the speakers at the power conference.                                                   Miss Savage looking chick and sweet!

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo was thrown into temporary shock yesterday when the rumoured death of his son, Gbenga, reached him. Obasanjo who was in Abeokuta, was having a photo session with primary schools pupils, who had attended a leadership training programme for young leaders at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta. The attention of journalists covering the event was drawn to the sudden changes of the former president’s countenance after many calls poured in for him during the session. They could tell that something was wrong. Obasanjo was seen shivering and shaking shortly after he received the rumoured  news of his son's death. During  the conversation with his caller, Obasanjo, who was apparently disturbed asked his caller in Yoruba “Gbenga wo; o wa ni Abuja’’  (which literarily means which Gbenga?”He is in Abuja). Wheew, thank God it was only a rumour!

                                                  ...Getting into the head of a terrorist Our society today is bedeviled by a new kind of challenge: Terrorism. From Borno to Bayelsa, Yobe to Kano, Jos to Abuja, the story has been the same. Our collective security is in jeopardy as terrorist elements have taken delight in the unwholesome act of unleashing horror on a daily basis...  But how is it that terrorist can do what they do with the greatest of ease? How do they think? How can they go to bed at night knowing that they set off a bomb earlier in the day that annihilated scores of innocent lives? This piece by Kevin Hogan, using Osama Bin Laden as a case study, gives us a peep into the mindset of a terrorist

Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, is set to build the world's best 1000-bed capacity hospital in Kano, Nigeria. The 1,000 bed capacity ultramodern medical theatre complex will be constructed within the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano and will cost a whooping N2billion to build. On why he's embarking on the hospital project, Dangote says: “..It is about fulfilling our commitment to sustainably improving the health and well-being of Nigerians. We believe that every Nigerian has a right to quality healthcare, we also believe that it is our collective duty to rally our resources to improve health infrastructure, support the development of health care professionals and improve preventive health measures in Nigeria,"  Well done, sir!