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Just like yesterday, it’s a year today that  Sport Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) loss a gem; Godwin Spiff Sagbama. Sagbama was the Managing Director of sports marketing company Hally Sports International, and the presenter of Sports Business on Africa Independent Television (AIT), was pronounced dead after succumbing to a critical medical condition linked to the brain.‎ Late Godwin Spiff Sagbama

32 year old American singer, Dawn Angelique Richard goes Nude-Red to promote her latest single album, 'Dawn-Dance' The Red Era. See Nude-Red photos after the cut.....................................................

The US state of Georgia has executed the first woman in 70 years, despite a number of last-ditch appeals, including one by the Pope, to try and block her execution. 47 year old Kelly Gissendaner was convicted for the planned murder of her husband in 1997.

Former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission NDCC, Timi Alaibe has withdrawn from the primary of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State. Alaibe in a statement issued in the early hours of Wednesday said the decision to withdraw from the contest was in the interest of the party especially as it face the task of the common challenge of unseating the PDP in the state come December 5.

The Former CBN Governor and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Muhammad 11, who just arrived from the holy land in Mecca, Saudi has replied his critics over his Marriage to  18-year old   Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa  who becomes hi s  fourth wife. He said; "I married an 18 year old adult to "strengthen long historical bonds".  I am sure NC members all have their views and have kept quiet out of (appropriate) deference to our right to make our individual choice." The New Bride,  Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa

This is what Nigerians are talking about, one law for the rich, another one for the poor, look at how Ojo was handcuff and being led away like a common criminal, when police protect politicians that loot our money and given bail free. The Ogun State Police Command yesterday, arraigned a blogger, Emmanuel Ojo before an Ogun State magistrate court for allegedly writing a false report against the wife of Ogun State governor, Mrs Olufunso Amosun. Ojo in handcuffs being taken back to prison 

As the nation awaits President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial list, the President on Tuesday said he would head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. Buhari dropped the hint in one of the interviews he granted one of the foreign media in his hotel shortly before departing New York. The President was in New York to participate in the 70th United Nations General Assembly. “I will serve as the Minister of Petroleum Resources myself,” Buhari told his interviewer. The nation’s petroleum sector has been said to be enmeshed in corruption with millions of dollars said to be missing in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

The list of ministers to be appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari is ready. The Senate may get a letter from the President requesting the confirmation of the nominees on Tuesday or Wednesday. It will be recalled that Buhari who was inaugurated as President on May 29 had promised to name members of his cabinet in September.

The police in Lagos are on the trail of a security man, identified only as John, who allegedly raped two sisters for several weeks in the Anthony area of Lagos. 61-year-old John reportedly gave the sisters, Comfort and Precious (not real names), the sum of N200 to appease them each time he raped the girls. He was also said to have warned the 11-year-old and 10-year-old victims that he would kill them if they revealed the secrets to their mother.

Togolese Emmanuel Adebayor confirms via his Instagram page that he has reached an agreement to terminate his contract with his football club Tottenham Hotspur.  The striker joined the club in 2011 and scored 42 times for Spurs since joining. Adebayor's decision to quit the football scene for now might be in connection with his family problems which he revealed on his facebook page. 

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman for taking a set of four-month-old twins from their parents to defraud a retired Commissioner of Police. The incident happened on Sunday in the Agege area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the twins belonged to Mrs. Ruth Uche, who had been delivered of three sets of twins and had been abandoned by her husband, Emeka, before the Lagos State Government came to her rescue recently. Ruth with her twins

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Oyo state, Governor Abiola Ajimobi at his Agodi state house. The visit according to the governor is to strengthen the joint effort of the IG and the Commissioner of police to continue to make Oyo state safer and crime free. Governor Ajimobi &  IG Arase

Some of the celebrities actors and actresses are in far away South Africa for the 2015 AMAA (African Movie Academy Awards). Here is actor Chinedu Ikedieze and actress Iyabop Ojo in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Seven children from Eamon's school were picked to go to Harlem to hear the Pope speak. One of the happy kids take a picture with Pope Francis.

Its another 365 days and a new year for my women crush and talented screen diva, Joke Silva. Happy Birthday ma. We wish you more prosperous years.

An 83-year-old man, Mr. Maxwell Acho Chukwu, allegedly described as the oldest man in the Mgbuoshimiri Community in Obia/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Saturday, reportedly slumped and died when some policemen stormed the venue of a community meeting and started shooting sporadically. The people of the said community have called for the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the alleged killing of Chukwu.

The 18-year old Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa becomes the emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II fourth wife. She recently completed secondary school and is been enrolled for advanced level studies. She is the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo-Musdafa.

A police inspector, simply identified as Samuel Timothy has been sentenced to death by hanging for murder. Justice Adolphus Enebeli of Rivers State High Court passed the judgment on Monday. The Inspector shot dead one Onyekachi Nwasouba, a graduate of Industrial chemistry on November 10 , 2010 at No 34 Old Aba road, Port Harcourt at about 5 am.

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, on Monday denied the claim by the Nigeria Police that its men rescued him (Falae) from the hand of kidnappers on Thursday. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, had earlier claimed that no ransom was paid before Falae’s freedom. Chief Olu Falae

It is no longer News that budding singer, Jeffrey Ufedo Akor  weekend emerged winner of the MTN Project Fame West Africa Season 8, smiling home with star prize of N5million, a brand new, fully loaded SUV and a recording contract worth millions of Naira.  But hours before the grand finale was air on TV, one of the host Bolanle Olukanni announced the winner on her Instagram page which makes Instagram fans condemn her attitude saying she should have waited till after the programme was aired. Unknown to many, Project Fame West   i s a recorded programme. For the six finalists (Ada, Arewa, Anderson, Deinde, Jeff, and Pearl), things will never be the same again as they have indeed gone through a beneficial and life-altering eight weeks in the Academy.

Prime night club Quilox always has a hang on things when it comes to entertainment.  Every last Saturday of the month is always something special but this last Saturday was more special than many as music top stars, sexy ladies in bikinis stormed the club for what was described as daytime experience Quilox Ultra Pool Party. Banky W, Wizkid, Olamide, Adekunle Gold were all in the house for the mad fun.

President Muhammadu Buhari said, yesterday, in New York, United States of America, that the prosecution of those suspected to have looted the Nigerian treasury will begin soon. The President also restated his determination to fully sanitize the oil industry and make it totally free of corruption and shady deals.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has finally tied the knot with his rumoured heartthrob, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa , the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo- Musdafa . The 18-year old becomes the emir’s fourth wife. She recently completed secondary school and is been enrolled for advanced level studies.

The police in Lagos have arrested an official of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, Ibrahim Alli, for allegedly vandalising and stealing the cables that supplied power to streetlights in the Opebi, Ikeja area of the state. The 29-year-old Alli, said to be a member of a two-man syndicate, was arrested on Friday, September 25, in the area.

Emeka Umoh, a worker with Hongxing Steel Company Limited in the Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State, was scalded to death after liquefied iron spilled on his body last Wednesday on duty. He died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, where he was rushed to for treatment. Another worker, Adebayo Ajiboye, was reportedly squeezed to death by a compressor sometime in February. Obinna Eze

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the stoppage of special allowance for security personnel in the Presidential Villa, investigations by our  correspondent  have revealed that  before now, all security personnel posted to the Villa were being paid what is known as Risk and Hazard Allowance. However, since his assumption of office, President Buhari was said to have refused to pay the money to them. President Muhammadu Buhari

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is fit for the office he is occupying; hence it is not considering any candidate to replace him. The PDP denied reports that it was already looking for a senator from the opposition party to replace Saraki, who is currently under pressure to resign from office following his trial for false asset declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh

This is so cute, I love this family portrait of the Agwu's. In the pix is little Zahra on daddy's lap and little Zadok on (Ibiere) Mum's lap.

The Sokoto State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has confirmed the killing of the immediate Caretaker Chairman of Illela Local Government Area of the state, Alhaji Bello Gidan-Hamma, his mother, stepmother and two wives in the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia. The agency also confirmed that the Chief Imam of the Sultan Abubakar III Jumaa’at Mosque, Sokoto, Sheikh Liman Dan-Ata, was among those killed in the stampede. (Viewers discretion advised) Pix source: Instagram 

  News of Martin Winterkorn's resignation broke Wednesday after the company admitted this week that 11 million of its cars were cheating on Environmental Protection Agency emissions tests.

New York City public schools were scheduled to close Thursday for their first time recognizing the Muslim holiday Eid il Kabir celebration. The district, which serves about 1.1 million students, was due to become the largest school system in the United States to shut down for the observance.  Local Muslims welcomed the move as a symbol of the community's acceptance and shift toward inclusion,   Agence France Presse reported .

I saw these lovely Introduction pictures of cute Arewa and Amao on Instagram. I love the custard yellow. Congratulations.

Seven days after the National Industrial Court’s ruling, the management of Lacasera Company Plc has yet to comply with the order to recall the sacked 700 workers. Mr Mike Olanrewaju, the Head of Education Department, National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees, (NUFBTE), confirmed to newsmen that the management had yet to recall the sacked workers as directed by the court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the management of Lacasera had on Sept. 14 dismissed 700 workers based on what it described as invasion of its premises by hoodlums.

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, his wife, Dame Patience, Yinka Odumakin and other top PDP officials today paid a condolence visit at the Awolowo's family home in Ikenne, Ogun State over the death of Mama Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, who died last Saturday September 19, at the ripe age of 99.

Muslims in Ekiti yesterday defied the directive of some of their leaders not to collect Sallah gifts from Governor Ayo Fayose, as they trooped to the government house in Ado Ekiti to collect the rams distributed by the governor for Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This contravened the order earlier issued by Muslim leaders, under the auspices of League of Imams and Alfas, Ekiti State, which urged members to reject the gifts on the strength that their members were not adequately represented in Fayose’s appointments.

The Federal Government, yesterday, docked the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, on a 13-count criminal charge that bordered on corruption, false declaration of assets, and illegal operation of a foreign bank account while in office as a public servant. Saraki, who was docked before the tribunal at  11:24am, yesterday, pleaded not guilty to the charge marked ABT/01/15, which the Federal Ministry of Justice preferred against him following a recommendation by the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB.

A nurse who tried to save a dying man during her wedding photoshoot has been dubbed China’s “most beautiful bride” for her heroic efforts. Guo Yuanyuan was having bridal pictures taken at a seaside resort in the northeast Chinese city of Dalian when the man suffered a heart attack while swimming. He was dragged to shore but his pulse had stopped.

  Football Association board member Heather Rabbatts has expressed her “sadness and anger” at the reports club doctor Eva Carneiro has left Chelsea. Carneiro is reported to have parted company with the Blues in the wake of the incident on the opening day of the season when she was criticised by manager Jose Mourinho.

A Pakistani pilgrim gave birth to a baby boy in Mina on Tuesday, the first day of the annual pilgrimage of Haj. Dr. Muhammad Malaibari, director of Mina Al-Wadi Hospital, said that the delivery was normal and the mother and infant are in good health.  This is the first birth at the holy sites after pilgrims moved to the tent city. The baby was named Muhammad Ali. 

No fewer than three million Muslims from across the world gathered today, Wednesday at the plain of Arafat to observe one of the obligatory aspect of this year’s Hajj. The pilgrims, who gathered at the Holy City of Makkah for Hajj, spent a night at Mina before moving to the plain of Arafat for the worship. (Pix Source; Saudi gazette) 

Cameroonian, Samuel Eto'o and Juventus Trezeguet joined illustrious names such as Pele, Maradona and Beckenbauer in the Golden Foot Hall of Fame at this evening’s awards ceremony in Monaco. Taking in the Champions Promenade in Monaco is to walk through footballing history. Adorning the pavement  are the footprints of some of the sport’s greatest servants. David Trezeguet  Samuel Eto’o

Barcelona right back Dani Alves has won 20 medals during his time at the Nou Camp but now his girlfriend has added to their impressive family trophy cabinet. Joana Sanz was crowned the best model at the L'Oreal Paris Awards on Monday ahead of the 2016 Spring/Summer edition. Alves wasn't in attendance for his Spanish partner's presentation though, with his focus solely on Barca's tough midweek clash at Celta Vigo.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has separated from his wife, according to The Sun.   The newspaper claims that Wenger and partner Annie had a 'separation of bodies' judgment issued by a judge in Paris, meaning that they are free to see other people. Wenger is still expected to support Annie financially,   The Sun   reported. A source told the newspaper: 'They have divided up their assets and agreed a financial package to separate. Annie & Arsene Wenger 

Despite arriving more than two weeks late, this baby boy wasted no time when it came to being born.   Rachel Grindstaff was headed to hospital when she forced to give birth on the pavement outside her home. The expectant mum went into labour at around 2.30am on Sunday. But she wasn't able to walk the 75 yards to her car before son Benjamin came "roaring" into the world right there and then.

Pope Francis arrived yesterday Tuesday on the first visit of his life to the United States, bringing his “church of the poor” to the world’s wealthiest superpower and a country polarized over issues closest to his heart: immigration, social injustice and economic inequality. According a rare honor to the pontiff, President Barack Obama and his wife and daughters welcomed Francis on the red-carpeted tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, just outside the nation’s capital, after the pope’s chartered plane touched down from Cuba. Presidents usually make important visitors come to them at the White House.