Nursing mother commits suicide after baby dedication

A 35-year-old woman, identified as Ejobosele Okoruwa has committed suicide in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government, Edo State, few hours after dedicating her three months old baby in a church.

Ejobosele dedicated her baby on Sunday, while she killed herself in the early hours of Monday.

Her lifeless body was found dangling from the ceiling with the wrapper she allegedly used to hang herself.

Husband of the deceased, Okoruwa told journalists that he slept in the sitting room with two of his children, while his wife slept in the bedroom with their eldest daughter and the baby.

Okoruwa said it was shouts from his daughter around 2am that woke him up, adding that he rushed inside the room only to see his wife dangling from the ceiling.

He said recent behaviour of his wife indicated that she was depressed, but it did not occur to him that she would take her own life.

He said, “I usually sleep in the parlour with two of our children and it was not different that day. My wife slept in the bedroom with our eldest daughter and the baby.

PHOTOS: Nigerian Kathy Onwu Crowned Miss Africa USA 2013

Miss Kathy Onwu who hails from Enugu State was crowned MISS AFRICA USA few days ago at the Fillmore Theatre in Silver Spring, Maryland. Kathy is currently resident in Nashville, TN, USA. She is a Registered Nurse and Full Time Masters Student pursuing a career as Family Nurse Practitioner.

She ran on the Platform of raising awareness and fighting against breast Cancer in Africa and the United States, she also plans to promote education among children in Africa. She is a proud Nigerian American

KiyoandFilo learnt that the reigning Calabar Carnival Queen Sophie Dijeh was part of a 5 member Delegation from Cross River State who graced the Pageant to promote Tourism and showcase the hospitality and culture of Cross River State.

Congrats to Kathy

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Beyoncé Posts Photo of Jay-Z As a Kid After His Album Goes Platinum

On the day his latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail was released to the public, Jay-Z was presented with a platinum plaque for selling a million copies.

So, to properly congratulate her beau on his big accomplishment, Beyonce went to Instagram and told everyone to – I guess – bow down.

Governor Liyel Imoke Donates 23 Months Salary to Church

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has donated his salary from this month, July 2013 to May 29, 2015 to Grace Consulate (Grace Network Ministries Incorporated) as his contribution to the church’s youth development program.

Imoke, who was the Chairman and Special Guest of Honor, made his donation at the unveiling and launch of album by the church tagged “Earth Shakers and Frank Edward, “Na’ar Youth Swagger”, at Transcorp Metropolitan Hotel Calabar.

He said the beauty of what the church is doing goes beyond the normal Sunday as it impacts on youth development.

The Governor disclosed that the donation was borne out of his commitment and passion for youth development, which also prompted him to float the Bridge Leadership Foundation, a project dedicated to helping youths develop their talents as future leaders.

VIDEO: Lawmaker Attempts To Break Into Rivers State House Of Assembly With Thugs

The sitting of the Rivers State House of Assembly was disrupted on Tuesday morning when hoodlums and some members attacked the principal officers of the house, with an assortment of weapons.

The house which adjourned sine die for some weeks now, in the wake of the political crisis between Governor Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan's pointsmen in the state, re-opened this morning at about 9.45 a.m.

Proceedings have barely started when some members, said to belong to the G5 minority group, arrived with some hoodlums and started beating up the majority leader of the house, Chidi Lloyd with sticks, microphone and camera stands and any object that could serve as cudgels.

Man Distracted By Nude Female Swimmer While His House Is Robbed

An unidentified 54-year-old man in Crossville, Tennessee was robbed while he was distracted by a woman swimming nude in his backyard pool on Saturday.

According to CNHI News, a woman and a man approached the victim's home, but the woman sent her male accomplice away to get some cigarettes. The woman then asked the victim if she could swim naked in his pool, which he agreed to.

The victim and the woman spent 20 minutes in his backyard while she skinny dipped. However, her male friend never returned with the cigarettes because he was inside robbing the man's house, say police.

After she dried herself off, the woman put on her clothes and left. That's when the victim went back into his house and realized his jewelry, medications and a handgun had been stolen.

Nigeria Footbal Scam: 146 Goals Scored In Two Games

The Nigeria Football Federation has placed indefinite suspension on four clubs involved in scandalous score lines during promotion play-offs into the Nigeria Nationwide League, the lowest tier of Nigeria domestic League, on Monday.

Plateau United Feeders defeated Akurba FC 79-0 while Police Machine FC demolished Babayaro FC 67-0.

All four were involved in promotion play-offs in which the winners would qualify to play in Nigeria Nationwide League Division 3 from the amateur cadre.

Chairman of the NFF Organising Committee, Chief Mike Umeh, who is also NFF 1st Vice President, was alarmed and directed that the four teams at the centre of the scandal be grounded, pending further sanctions on all involved.

Man Jumps Into Canal To Avoid Trial

A suspected fraudster who resides in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Olayinka Salau, tried to avoid trial by fleeing from an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos Lagos and jumping into a canal under a heavy rainfall.

The suspect caught the court officials unawares when he escaped while entering the court room.

The 35-year old Salau was, however, re-arrested by the Investigating Police Officer, IPO, Akinkumi Muni, who also jumped into the canal and brought him back to the court for prosecution.

As the suspect fled the court, Muni ran after him and jumped into the canal with the suspect where they both engaged in a scuffle as the IPO tried to stop him from escaping.

Salau was initially arrested by the police at Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, for allegedly stealing ₦430,000 belonging to his lover, Afunku Adeshola.

Ice Prince Set To Talk Music On Huff Post Live This Friday

Come Friday, Oleku crooner, Iceprince would join Huffington Post Live to talk about his 2013 BET Award, his over three hundred thousand Twitter followers and the growing popularity of African hip-hop.

If you are one of his fans, you can submit your question at the live huffingtonpost site.

At KandF, we say, keep the flag flying.

VIDEO: 16-Year-Old Nigerian, Ebony Oshunrinde Talks Producing Jay-Z’s ‘The Crown’

Ebony Oshunrinde began making beats at the age of 9 after watching a video of Jay-Z and producer, Timbaland, in the studio together. Now, the 16-year-old high school student goes by the name WondaGurl, and has snagged a production credit on Jay’s latest album, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

The young phenom is credited for producing the beat behind Jay-Z’s ‘Crown’ after forwarding the track to a friend, who happened to be G.O.O.D. Music affiliate, Travis Scott.

Check out the video:

Check out another interview with DJ Hotshot where Ebony, aka WondaGurl talked about how she got started, her winning the Battle of The Beat Makers and her working with artists such as Rich Kidd and Ryan Leslie.

Check out P-Square on the cover of OK! Nigeria Magazine July Edition

George Clooney and Girlfriend, Stacy Keibler split after two years

George Clooney and his actress/model girlfriend Stacy Keibler have split, after months of speculation that their relationship was on the rocks.

Stacy, 33, reportedly broke up with George, 52, because they wanted different things in life.

"Stacy called it quits," a close friend of the couple told PEOPLE. "She wants to have children and a family someday. She knows where George stands on that.

"They talked and they quietly stopped being a couple several weeks ago."

Despite dating one of the world's most eligible bachelors, Stacy has rarely spoken out about

Man Allegedly Tortures Son To Death, Buries Corpse In Front Of House In Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old man, Arogundade Ahmed for allegedly flogging his son to death.

Arogundade, on June 27, 2013, reportedly tortured his 13-year-old son, Qudus, to death because he broke into someone’s house and attempted to steal.

Arogundade was said to have killed his son in the presence of his little sister, Sherifat.

After allegedly killing the teenager, who was an apprentice at a mechanic workshop in the area, Arogundade dug a grave and buried him in front of his house in Alogba Estate area of Ikorodu.

According to Punch Metro, Qudus broke into the house of one Apoti Lateef in an attempt to steal but was caught and handed over to his master, Idowu Gabriel, by the house owner.

The deceased was tied up and handed over to his father, who took him home and punished him by flogging him with barbwire, sticks and other objects for about five hours.

As the beating continued, Qudus started getting weak and later died.

Olamide Covers ‘MyStreetz Magazine’ for the Second Time

Military go fit this guy well!

Tweet of The Day is from Susan Peters and Jaden Smith

On July 8, Jaden Smith turned 15; but guess what he thinks!

Susan Peters had to go spiritual this morning.

Bank worker on trial over missing $200,000

A former employee of Access Bank Nigeria Plc Nnaemeka Onyegbule is standing trial at the Ebute Meta Magistrate’s court for allegedly stealing $200,000 (about N32m) out of the $1m being transferred by the bank’s bullion van from Abuja to Lagos.

Onyegbule, who was until his dismissal the bullion service team leader, was said to have taken the money from the Ladoke Akintola branch of the bank in Abuja.

He was said to have boarded a Lagos-bound plane with the money.

The Access Bank Internal Auditor, Mr. Boniface Egege, in his evidence before the court, said the accused told the bank he realised $200,000 was missing on his arrival in Lagos.

He said, “On July 17, 2012, around 12.30 in the afternoon, we got a call from one of our unit heads that the defendant (Onyegbule) ,who was supposed to bring $1m from Abuja to Lagos, has just called to report that $200,000 was missing.

Rapper Wiz Khalifa and Amber Rose Tied the Knot

Amber Rose, who formerly dated Kanye West, has tied the knot with Pittsburgh-born and-bred rapper Wiz Khalifa. The couple, who welcomed a son, Sebastian, in February, applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles last week – and yesterday they got married.

Wiz later took to twitter to announce their nuptial;

“Me and Amber got married today. Weddings this fall. Thought I’d let yall know,”

Congrats to them.

PHOTS: Hakeem Bello Osagie, Dele Momodu, Paul Okeugo and Others at Iceprince VIP Party

Oh yes, the BET Award winner deserves all the merriment; call him the rave of the moment you won’t be wrong.

It’s time to check out photos from Iceprince VIP Party.

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Nigerian Author Tope Folarin wins Caine Prize

US-based Nigerian writer, Tope Folarin has won this year's prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing.

He received the £10,000 ($15,000) prize for his short story Miracle, set in an evangelical Nigerian church in the US city of Texas.

The judges described it as a "delightful and beautifully paced narrative".

Folarin was among five writers short-listed for the prize, regarded as Africa's leading literary award, reports the BBC.

Three other Nigerians were short-listed - Elnathan John for Bayan Layi, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim for The Whispering Trees and Chinelo Okparanta for America.

Last year's winner was Rotimi Babatunde for his story Bombay's Republic - about Nigerian soldiers who fought in the Burma campaign during World War II.

Gunmen Kill 2 Soldiers, Abduct Expatriate Worker in Edo

Kidnappers in Benin City shot and killed two unidentified soldiers yesterday while another who was wounded is still on danger list at an undisclosed hospital.

This was just as one worker identified as an Israeli was abducted.

The soldiers were mainly on guard duty as orderlies to expatriate workers of the construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Limited.

The incident, which happened on the Aduwawa stretch of the busy Benin-Auchi road led to the abduction of two expatriate workers of the construction firm.

Details of the attack were still sketchy as at press time but a top army official confirmed the killing but promised to provide details later.

ASUU Strike: FG Meets with Vice-Chancellors

As the indefinite strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters its second week, the federal government has summoned the vice-chancellors of all public universities in Nigeria to discuss issues that caused the strike.

The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayatu Rufa'i, met with the VCs at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja, Monday where she pleaded with the striking union to return to work, while negotiations continue.

This is as she disclosed that the Education ministry, along side ASUU National Executive Council members would meet with the Senate and House Committee on Education Tuesday.

“I believe after that meeting tomorrow, you will know the relationship between government and ASUU. But the good thing is that we always plead that let them go back to the classes. The

Breaking: Boko Haram and Minbar Ansar Deen group to be banned in UK

Membership of two extremist groups will become a criminal offence under planned changes to UK terror laws.

Home Secretary Theresa May wants to outlaw UK-based Minbar Ansar Deen and Nigeria-based Boko Haram.

An order to ban the radical Islamist organisations from operating in the UK will take effect from midnight on Friday if it is approved by Parliament.

Minbar Ansar Deen, also known as Ansar al-Sharia UK, allegedly promotes terrorism by distributing content through its online forum.

It encourages individuals to travel overseas to engage in extremist activity, specifically fighting, the Home Office said.

The Government said banning Boko Haram, which aspires to establish Islamic law in Nigeria, will prevent the group from operating in the UK and give the police powers to tackle any UK-based support for the group.

Decisions to proscribe the organisations are understood to be unrelated to the murder of

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Tweet of the Day: Eva Alordiah Goes Gangster On Blogger

After the emotional outburst, the rapper decided to set her twitter account on private.

Sofri, sofri dear.

VIDEO: Jackie Appiah reveals she is not on Facebook or Twitter

If you are one of those who follow, like or respond to post by ‘Jackie Appiah’ on facebook or twitter, then you are on a looong thing – this is because the actress is NOT in any of these social platforms. That means you’ve been dealing with an imposter.

Jackie Appiah, who was at the 2013 City People Entertainment Awards nominees’ party, held over the weekend in Accra, said she don’t have a Facebook or a twitter account; that the only social network site she uses is Instagram.

Incidentally, there are over sixty Facebook pages or profiles that uses Jackie Appiah’s photo as their profile picture and each of them garners a lot of likes and friends.

KiyoandFilo learnt that there are over twenty five twitter handles with Jackie’s name and photo