How suicide bombers who planned to disrupt Ethiopia vs Nigeria game blew up themselves

The Ethiopian government has announced that two suicide bombers who had planned to disrupt Sunday’s World Cup qualifier between Ethiopia and Nigeria in Addis Ababa accidentally blew themselves up before carrying out the attack.

Nigeria defeated their hosts 2-1 at the packed National Stadium in a first leg play-off game for Brazil 2014.

On Monday, the government opened up on the failed plot and stated that the explosion happened in the upscale Bole district of the capital, about 5 km (3 miles) from Addis Ababa Stadium where thousands of fans were gathering for the match.

The Nigerian team stayed at Saro-Maria Hotel in the Bole district not far from the airport.

"They were Somali nationals and plotted to carry out a suicide attack disguised as fans on either the stadium or areas where large crowds gathered to watch the game," government spokesman Shimeles Kemal was quoted by Reuters.

Kano State Hisbah Board to arrest cyclists who wear shots and armless T-shirts

The Kano State Hisbah Board has threatened to arrest any commercial tricycle operator found wearing what it described as "three quarter trousers’’ during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration in Kano metropolis.

The board’s Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Mohammed Yola, gave the warning in an interview with the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano.

He said the warning was necessary in view of the refusal of the tricycle operators to quit the habit of wearing such trousers with armless T-shirts.

"There are some tricycle operators who engage in indecent dressing and anyone caught this time around will be arrested and prosecuted,’’ he said.

ASUU warns Unilorin against sharing of earned allowances

Ayan Adeleke, zonal coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ilorin Zone, have asked the authorities of the University of Ilorin not to share the ₦986.7 million earned allowance disbursed to it by the Federal Government until the current strike embarked upon by the Union is over.

Adeleke, while speaking in Ibadan recently said the position of the Union had already been conveyed to Abdul Ganiyu Ambali, the vice chancellor of the University, through Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, the authentic ASUU chairman of Unilorin.

While saying that the struggle for funding is still ongoing, Adeleke warned that the University should not betray the struggle by disbursing the earned allowances. It was learnt that workers in the University of Ilorin early Wednesday engaged themselves and the University management over modalities for sharing of the University’s share of the ₦30 billion disbursed to universities by the Federal Government.

Jennifer Lopez And Boyfriend, Casper Smart Headed For A Split

Jennifer Lopez and Casper Smart are reportedly headed for a split. 

The 'On The Floor' singer has been planning to dump her backing dancer beau after the "spark" began to disappear from their two year relationship, and its reported they already had a short break-up earlier this summer.

A source revealed to RadarOnline: "Jennifer is pretty private about the relationship, but she's been hinting that the spark is gone.She's having a hard time ignoring the fact her head has been telling her for a while that this thing with Casper isn't forever. And now her heart's saying the same thing.

Family of slain Nigerian student in Cyprus cries out for justice

The family of a Nigerian student, who was killed in the North Cyprus city of Nicosia, has cried out to the Federal Government and relevant authorities for intervention.

Gabriel Soriwei, 20, a first year student of Electrical/Electronic/Engineering at the Cyprus International University, Nicosia, was allegedly knocked down by a female driver on July 13.

The impact of the accident caused Mr. Soriwei to fall into a coma; he eventually died on September 7, his family said.

Five days later, the Cyprus International University authorities flew his remains back to Nigeria via the same Turkish Airline with which he travelled to Cyprus in February.

“While the family has accepted the reality of the painful loss of our child, his death has raised some issues about the value placed on the life of the Nigerian outside the shores of this country,” the family said in a statement signed by Patrick Soriwei, the deceased’s father.

Tweet of the Day: “Fire Stella Oduah now!” – Femi Fani-Kayode

Dakore Egbuson Pregnant With Her Second Child {PHOTOS}

The beautiful actress, who was recently pictured with her husband at the Nollywood Movie Awards, was spotted with a baby bump. This is Dakore’s second child with her husband and billionaire's son, Olumide Akande.

Her first child, a baby girl was birthed two years ago.

More Photos from the Set of Romantic Film, “Northern Affair” Starring Joselyn Dumas & John Dumelo

Northern Affair is the next project undertaken by award winning director, Leila Djansi; the romantic drama stars John Dumelo, Joselyn Dumas, Yemi Blaq and Jon Germain among others.

Northern Affair centers on Esaba (Joselyn Dumas) who is trying to get out of an abusive marriage life with millionaire husband Marc (Jon Germain). Esaba, a nurse, teams up with John Dumelo (Dr. Manuel Quagraine) in a small fishing village to provide healthcare. Sparks fly and the two begin to fall in love but each one has a dark secret that will threaten whatever love they will share.

The film is set for release in December.

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Nigeria Sets New African Record With Win Over Ethiopia

The Super Eagles have set an African record with their 2-1 win over Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on Sunday.

Courtesy of the win, Nigeria have set a new record of going unbeaten in 27 World Cup qualifying matches.

 The last time Nigeria tasted defeated in a World Cup qualifier was as far back as 2004, when they lost to Angola in Luanda.

Since then, Nigeria have won eighteen and drawn nine of their last 27 World Cup qualifying games, setting an African record, that is also the best ever run in the World.

New Music Video: Dj Kaywise Ft Dammy Krane, Yung6ix & Jazzy – Hangover

Check out Dj Kaywise new music video for the song, Hangover...he features Dammy Krane, Yung6ix & Jazzy.

Enjoy!!!

94 Escape Death As IRS Aircraft Crash-lands In Kaduna

An IRS Fokker 100 aircraft flying from Lagos to Kaduna with 89 passengers plus crew on board nearly crashed on the runway of Kaduna international airport yesterday   morning.

Leadership gathered that the aircraft suddenly developed a hydraulic fault which forced the pilot to activate an emergency landing around 11am.

In a statement issued yesterday, the Managing Director of IRS Airline, Captain Yemi Dada, confirmed the incident but said the flight crew took precautionary measures after the aircraft warned of a malfunction.

He said, “On final approach to Kaduna today [Sunday] on our Flight 3390 with 89 passengers, our cockpit crew got a low hydraulic in System 1 warning and decided to take precautionary measures to ask for ground confirmation that all gears were down and locked and the aircraft landed normally after the control tower had confirmed that the gears were all down normally.

Meet Nobel Prize-winning Scientist Peter Higgs, who doesn't use mobile phone or computer

Peter Higgs, who discovered the ‘God particle’ Higgs boson phenomenon with Dr. Francois Englert, has revealed that he doesn’t own a cell phone or a computer by choice.

According to CBS News, the professor at the University of Edinburgh was unaware of his Nobel win as he was on a vacation when the Royal Swedish Academy made the public announcement. At a press conference at the University, Higgs said that he first got to know about the win when his neighbor congratulated him after he returned from his break.

Higgs added that he heard more about his win when he got home and started reading the messages.

31-Yr-Old Pregnant Toyin Lawani and her 21-Yr-Old Lover Shop Together In Dubai For Their Baby [PHOTOS]

Celebrity stylist, Toyin Lawani, who allegedly dumped her former Lagos Commissioner 'bedmate', has travelled to Dubai with her new younger lover called Trigakess.

The 31-year-old cougar shared photos of her and her 21-year-old fiance in Dubai, doing some shopping – Toyin is expecting her second child, first for Trigakess. See their photos;

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Rapper Wale Finally Coming to Nigeria in November

Nigerian born American rapper Wale Folarin has announced via his twitter page that he would be coming to Nigeria in November…this move is obviously targeted at promoting his ‘Gifted’ album  in his motherland.

Just stay tuned for more gists!

Carrie Underwood Covers 'Women's Health' Mag Nov. 2013 Issue [PHOTOS]

Women's Health magazine's November cover will feature Grammy Award winning superstar Carrie Underwood. In this issue the 30-year-old entertainer speaks on her upcoming live broadcast of The Sound of Music and on being a strict vegan.

“I am a vegan but I consider myself to be a practical vegan. If I order something on a menu and it has a sprinkling of cheese on top I’m not going to send it back. I’ve been vegetarian – no fish no chicken no meat vegetarian – for about a decade now. The vegan thing is something I try to do my best on because it’s a cheesy world out there,” the American Idol champion reveals.

Aregbesola cautioned over schools’ classification •Merging of schools regressive - Omisore

Following the reactions trailing the recent classification of schools in Osun State by the administration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the Old Students’ Association of Baptist High School (BHS), Iwo, has asked the governor to thread softly so as to avoid unnecessary imbroglio.

The association maintained that any sustainable policy should not engender acrimony as the current education policy in the state has generated and insisted that the governor should have a rethink since it has now shown that lack of public debate before the policy was finally made had made it unpopular.

National President of the association and an Associate Professor of Education at the University of Ibadan, Oyesoji Aremu, expressed this view with newsmen in his Ibadan office at the weekend.

Controversy Over New Varsity: I Owe Niger Delta Nothing, Says Asari Dokubo

An ex-militant and leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force, Alhaji Dokubo Asari has reacted to criticisms trailing his establishment of a university in Benin Republic, saying he doesn’t owe much to the South South geo-political zone.

In a post he made to an online blog, cknnigeria late Saturday night while reacting to criticisms that greeted the news, Asari who maintained that he lived above board in all his dealings wondered why the move to establish the school has continued to generate reactions.

“I don’t owe anybody.I have nothing to put back anywhere. I worked hard and made my fortune mainly from outside the Niger Delta and Nigeria.I do what I am doing - impacting on the lives of people around me because I owe that to myself,”  he wrote.

“I did not meet the cut off for Medicine…so I settled for Biochemistry” – Tinsel Star, Gideon Okeke

Gideon Okeke plays the character of Philip Ade-Williams in MNet’s popular TV series, Tinsel, and is also a former housemate in the Big Brother Nigeria Reality TV show in 2009. He takes Joan Omionawele through his childhood days in Ajegunle and his journey into the world of fame. Excerpts

You announced sometime ago that you were jetting off with your music career. We haven’t heard anything from you.

That’s basically because I’ve been busy. I am so busy with film now. If you check my Twitter biography, it states “the actor”. My hands are full. Music is another career path that is as time-consuming as the movies are. To be honest, I am not done with what I am doing yet. I hope to be able to incorporate my music-in-film – that is, musicals and stuff like that; but to set records straight, I wouldn’t do music for commercial sake.

Heartless Mother strangles two-day old boy to death

Benue State Police Command has apprehended a 23- year old mother, Joy Iember Iorzua for allegedly killing and dumping her two- day old baby boy, at the River Ujiiragbo, in Gwer local government area of the state.

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the suspect was arrested at Mbasa-Mbakine Gee council ward by members of the vigilante group operating in the community who handed her over to the Police in Aliade, the local government headquaters.

According to our source, the suspect who lived along Ayua-Num street, in Aliade town, was delivered of the baby a week ago and two days later, she allegedly strangled the innocent baby to death.

After killing the baby, she wrapped his remains in a polythene bag, put him in a carton and dumped it at the popular Ujiiragbo River.

Boko Haram Leader, Shekau named 9th most dangerous global terrorist

Leader of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, Abubakar Shekau, has been named the ninth most dangerous terrorist in the world by a compilation published by CNN.

Shekau is one of the three Africans on the list, which is topped by al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri.

The other Africans on the list are Somalian Al Shabaab’s leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, who comes at number 4, and Algerian, Moktar Belmoktar, who heads a group called ‘Those Who Sign With Blood’. A three-day siege on an Algerian gas plant in January 2013 by his fighters left nearly 40 foreign workers dead.

The US named Shekau a Specially Designated Global Terrorist in June 2012.

The Boko Haram leader comes behind Sirajudin Haqqani whose Haqqani Network, was said to be responsible for some of the deadly attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The US government has offered up to $7m (N1.08bn) for any information that will reveal the location of Shekau.

Obi Emelonye’s New Film ‘Onye Ozi’ Set for Gobal Premiere

Award winning director, Obi Emelonye returns with ‘a psychological comedy thriller,’ Onye Ozi (The Mesenger) – the latest film from Emelonye would receive a global premiere in London on 18th Oct 2013. As the film is being premiered at The Lighthouse (Camberwell), London, it will also be streamed online simultaneously. That means Nollywood fans around the world can watch the film through online partners like Iroko, Ibaka and Distrify. First of its kind for Nollywood!!!

Onye Ozi is a Nigerian language film set in London, performed exclusively in the Igbo language (by Nigerian and British actors) and subtitled in English. The film introduces screen newcomer, model turned actress, Ngozi Thompson Igwebike in a leading role, with other fresh faces such as British lawyer turned actor Stephen Moriaty filling other roles in a film that is considered a surprising follow up to Emelonye’s hugely successful 2012 blockbuster, Last Flight to Abuja.

Nigerian born, Brooklyn-based Rapper, Rilgood Releases ‘Corruptor’ Video

Nigerian born, Brooklyn-based rapper Rilgood has dropped the video for the track ‘Corruptor’ – the song is taken off Rilgood’s forthcoming album titled Kingdom.

Rilgood plays the bad guy in "Corruptor"…the Leighton Pope directed video is about corruption in Africa and its consequential carnage.

Check the video out;

9-Yr-Old Boy Becomes Nigeria’s Youngest Microsoft Certified Professional

A nine-year-old pupil of Role Model School, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos, Jomiloju Tunde-Oladipo, has emerged the youngest Nigerian Microsoft certified professional.

He came top among 21 pupils who sat for the professional examination in Lagos.

He is now a Microsoft office specialist in office word 2010.

Jomiloju scored 769 out of 1,000 in the examination held in August.

In his examination score report, the slim-built boy performed well 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, including Nigeria’s 10-year-old Anjolaoluwa Seyi-Ojo; an eight-year-old Indian, Lavishnashree, and two Pakistanis, named Arfa and Thobani.

“I Would Love To Have Genevieve As My Wife”- D’Banj Finally Opens Up

Singer, Dapo Oyebanji, aka D’banj, finally opened up on his love life in a rare meeting with journalists in Lagos on Wednesday.

The self-styled Kokomaster was clearly in his elements as he talked at length, amid occasional bouts of laughter, about his career and other issues that were important to him. One of the subjects was about his rumoured relationship with Nollywood actress, Genevieve Nnaji.

Judging by the manner in which the actress’ name kept popping off his lips, it was obvious that D’banj had a very soft spot for her.

Aware that the grapevine had bristled with the rumour that he was romantically involved with Genevieve, ever since she appeared in the 2010 video of his hit song, ‘Fall in Love’, the singer said the actress had played a role in his success.

BBC Found Nine Missing Episodes of “Doctor Who” in a Cupboard in Nigeria

Nine long-lost episodes of Doctor Who, which have not been seen since the 1960s, have been recovered after they were tracked down gathering dust in a store room in Nigeria.

BBC says it has recovered nine episodes of the sci-fi series and two others in the storeroom of a television station in Nigeria.

Doctor Who was first broadcasted in 1963 and remains one of BBC’s most popular programs.

Some early episodes were lost because the broadcaster wiped the tapes clean for re-use.

The BBC says the lost episodes were tracked down by tracing records of overseas shipments of BBC tapes for transmission.

The recovered episodes date from 1967 and 1968 and feature Patrick Troughton, the second of a dozen actors to play the show’s time-travelling hero.