"To stop human trafficking, look at root causes"- says Nigerian survivor as she meets with Pope Francis

Nigerian victim of human trafficking, Princess Inyang said helping the victims of trafficking is not enough but we must go to the root to solve the problem.

Inyang, along with two other victims of trafficking, Al Bangura and Crystal, shared their testimonies with Pope Francis during an audience between the Pope and members of the Santa Marta Group on October 27th.


The Santa Marta Group is an alliance of international police chiefs and bishops from across the world who work together with civil society to eradicate human trafficking and provide pastoral care to victims. The group was launched by Pope Francis in April 2014 with the goal of developing strategies in prevention, pastoral care and re-integration through the international network.

Lady says she's pregnant for Runtown...shares ultra scan as she calls him out on IG

Trending on Instagram is this post by UK based model who goes by the IG name goddess Jamila who says she's pregnant.She's 3 months pregnant for dance hall star Run town.See more photo of the girl after the cut...

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna welcome baby girl, name her Dream

Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian have welcomed their first child together. Blac Chyna gave birth to a baby girl today November 10th around 9.18am US time at LA's Cedars- Sinai's hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces. They have named their daughter Dream according to E! Congrats to them!

Doctors in Burundi raise alarm over high figures of pregnant school girls

A survey which was conducted last year by the Ministry of Public health in Burundi revealed that the figures of pregnant school girls rose from 877 in 2009 to 2424 in 2015.

And it's increased tremendously in 2016 causing doctors from the Eastern African country to raise alarm over the high figures.

'F**k Donald Trump' - Lance Gross blasts US president-elect in IG rant

As US actor and photographer Lance Gross shared on his IG page

President Buhari to swear in Onnoghen as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria today

President Buhari will today at about 2pm at the state house Abuja, swear in acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen. ‎This follows the retirement of the current CJN, Justice Mahmud Muhammed, who will officially retire today having attained the retirement age of ‎70.

The National Judicial Council had on October 5th forwarded Justice Onnoghen name to President Buhari as Muhammed's replacement.

Brad Pitt cleared in child abuse investigation

Actor, Brad Pitt was cleared of abuse allegations by the L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services, (DCFS) on Wednesday, which now gives him a big advantage in his custody battle with his soon to be ex wife, Angelina Jolie.

Authorities say they would close the investigation involving an incident in Sept. between Brad and Maddox on a private jet. Adding that after thorough investigations and interviews by social workers, they have concluded Brad did not commit any form of child abuse during the argument that ended with physical contact.

No further action will be taken. 

Angelina is asking for sole physical custody of their 6 children as part of their divorce but Brad wants joint custody.

Donald Trump wins US election

Republican candidate Donald Trump causes stunning upset in the US Presidential election.beating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.congrats to him.

Hilary Clinton cast her vote in the on-going US presidential election

She also without time to greet her supporters who came out to cast their votes

Blac Chyna plans to have her baby in the same $4,000-a-night maternity suite Kim K used

Blac Chyna is planning to give birth to her daughter with fiancée Robert

Kardashian in the same maternity suite that Kim Kardashian used. 

According to TMZ, Chyna is having a C-section next week at Cedars-Sinai 

Medical Center in L.A. where Kim and Kanye paid $4000 a night when she 

gace birth to her son, Saint.

The maternity suite has 3 beds, 2 baths and a lounge area and 

complimentary robes. Photos of the suite below...

Pope Francis warns against 'building walls' ahead of U.S presidential election

On Saturday evening, while addressing the Third World Meeting of Popular

Movements at the Vatican, the Roman Catholic Pope, Pope Francis warned 

against building 'walls', saying tyranny doesn't find support unless it 

taps into people's fears.

Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall between the 

United States and Mexico has been a major focus point of his campaign 

mantra, but the Pope, without directly calling out the U.S Republican 

presidential candidate, stated clearly that 'all walls fall', saying God

doesn't want a life of enclosure of banishment for his children.

Don’t panic when you see armed troops at Lagos airport

The Nigerian air force says it will hold a counter terrorist simulation exercise at the Murtala Muhammed international airport in Lagos, on Tuesday

A public notice on Saturday said the exercise would take place between 9am and 11am.

The notice said the exercise might disrupt the free flow of traffic around the airport.

“The exercise entails armed troops descending from a helicopter flying at low level and movement within the terminal building,” the notice read.

“The exercise may also disrupt free flow of vehicular movement in and out of the airport. Members of the public, particularly air passengers are advised not to panic but go about thier normal business.”

The Lagos airport is the busiest in West Africa

Patience Jonathan probe: EFCC freezes socialite, Bola Shagaya’s N500m account

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has frozen a bank account belonging to Mrs. Bola Shagaya, a businesswoman which Forbes Magazine described as one of the wealthiest in Africa.

It was learnt that Shagaya, who is founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bolmus Group International – a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with interests in oil, real estate, banking, communications and photography – had become a subject of investigation due to her links to Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Sources within the EFCC told SUNDAY PUNCH that Shagaya’s account with Unity Bank with a balance of N500m was frozen.

The business tycoon, who is also the Managing Director of Practoil Limited, one of the largest importers and distributors of base oil in Nigeria, was said to have made suspicious payments into bank accounts belonging to Patience, who has been under EFCC investigation for about six months.

A source at the EFCC said, “When we were investigating Patience and looking into her accounts, we discovered that Bola Shagaya had been making huge and regular payments into her (Patience’s) bank account.

Ghana to recycle graves older than 20 years

Due to the scarcity of land in Accra to accommodate new corpses at public cemeteries, the Metro Public Health Department of Accra Metropolitan has revealed plans to recycle graves older than twenty years in other to accommodate new corpses

This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying their dead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of space at public cemeteries.

According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, who feels people who died of contagious diseases could pose health risks to those living close to burial sites.

He also told the Mirror in an interview that his team are planning to open up the western section of the Awudome cemetery for development into a modern well-spaced and landscaped cemetery.

He also said that after the modern development into a well- spaced and landscaped cemetery, inquiries will be made to know the causes of a dead person to ensure that any corpse doesn't pose public health threat to people living around the burial site. 'Even after the land factor is satisfied, we have to know the cause of death to ensure the burial does not pose any public health threat to people and the environment.'

DON JAZZY is a step closer to bea

Don Jazzy who is currently teaming up with American producer, Stargate, seems to believe that he is one step closer to his 'Bae'

The Mavin boss has never made secret of the fact that he has a massive crush on Rihanna and seeing as Stargate produced most of her hits, he is sure he could be meeting her soon. 

Sharing photos of himself in the studio with Stargate, Don Jazzy joked, who is currently in LA teamed up with Record producer, Stargate.

"Stargate produced most of Rihanna's hits. i'm one step closer to Bae."

Incredible! Nigerian Graduate Sets Up Fufu Processing Firm Worth N75,000

A Nigerian graduate has been praised for his industrious ability after he set up a fufu processing firm to sustain himself.

A young university graduate, Wilson Ekeledirichukwu, who set up a fufu processing plant valued at N75,000, at Ihiagwa, near Owerri, said he established the outfit in order to be self-employed and also create jobs.

Mr. Ekeledirichukwu, a graduate of animal science from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Owerri.

Fufu is a local delicacy made from fermented cassava, and is popularly eaten by many Nigerians, especially people from the Southern and North-Central Nigeria

“As an undergraduate, I resolved that I will be among Nigerians to create jobs and not those looking for jobs that are not easily available in this country now.

‘’After my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme in Oyo State between 2014 and 2015, I first ventured into paint production but discovered that the project required much capital,’’ he said.

Osinbajo finally speaks, name the man who nominated him to be vice-president

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has broken his silence on the person behind his nomination into the second most powerful office in the land.

John Paden, a professor ofhistory, who wrote a biography in honour of President Muhammadu Buhari had ruffled feathers by saying it was Buhari who picked Osinbajo.Paden’s assertion punctured the widespread belief that it was Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, who single-handedly picked Osinbajo for the job.

But speaking during the Coalition of Nigerian Apostolic Leaders in Lagos, Osinbajo said it was his former boss (Osinbajo worked under Tinubu as a commissioner) who nominated him.

According to Vanguard, though Osinbajo did not mention Tinubu’s name, it was obvious that he was referring to the former governor.

Awujale of Ijebuland's daughter wed,see photos

Sidikat Motunrayo Adetoun, the daughter of the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Adetona got married to her heartthrob, Olanrewaju Oladiran in Ijebu Ode today November 5th. Guest at the wedding include Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and one of his Oloris; the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, Minister of Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and a host others. More photos after the cut.

EFCC arraigns former banker for N52M theft

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, November 4, arraigned one Oluwatoyin Jinadu, a former banker with First City Monument Bank, FCMB, before Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja on a 20-count charge bordering on theft and forgery to the tune of N52million.

Trouble started for Jinadu when a petition was sent to the EFCC alleging that as account officer to Dr. D. K. Okoye in the Wuse 2 Branch of the bank, she fraudulently transferred N52million from Dr. Okoye’s account without his knowledge or consent, into accounts in Zenith Bank, GTBank and Union Bank. These transfers were alleged to have been done through forged transfer instructions.

Jinadu was first arraigned before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the FCT High Court on July 12, 2012, but the case had been dragging following several frivolous applications to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court by the defence counsel, including a petition alleging bias on the presiding Judge – a situation that led to the withdrawal of the trial judge.

Court sentences Rivers State Chief to 7 years imprisonment for land scam. Photos

Justice U. N Agumoh of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced one Chief Felix Amadi, pictured above, to seven years imprisonment on a one-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence brought against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. 

Amadi who was first arraigned on March 31st 2014, pleaded not guilty to the one- count charge pressed against him and the matter went into full trial. He was specifically tried for offering a plot of land for sale without granting the buyer possession of the land. He sold the landed property for a sum of N17, 600,000.00 (Seventeen Million, Six Hundred Thousand Naira only).