Robert Mugabe To Relocate To Rural Home

Zimbabwe's ousted president Robert Mugabe is 'jovial' and looking forward to spending his retirement farming, it has been revealed.

The hardline politician's wife Grace is now concentrating on plans to build a university in his honour, his nephew Leo Mugabe said.

Zimbabwe announced plans in August to build the $1-billion post-graduate university in Mazowe, 20 miles outside Harare.


The plan drew fierce criticism as Mugabe is accused of brutal repression and bringing the country to economic ruin.

Leo said today: 'He is actually looking forward to his new life - farming and staying at the rural home. He has taken it well.'

Read More

Mother Confesses To Killing Five Babies

 A French mother was charged Thursday with murdering five of her babies in a case solved by DNA evidence obtained years later after a brawl between neighbours.

Fourteen years after the bodies of four of the babies were found in a forest, Sylvie H, aged 53, has admitted to murdering five children, the public prosecutor in the eastern city of Mulhouse told a press conference.

The killings are believed to have taken place from 1993-1995 and 2003-2005. The body of a fifth baby was found at the suspect's home.

The mother, who has three other children aged 18, 27 and 32, revealed this week that she gave birth alone at home each time, without the father's knowledge.

Investigators had for years puzzled over who was behind the infants' deaths.

An autopsy showed at least two were strangled with cords.

But with no DNA evidence linking the babies to a parent, the case went cold until September 2016 when Sylvie H, her partner and her eldest son were involved in a fight with their neighbours.

Investigators looking into the dispute took DNA samples from the mother -- and to their surprise realised they had a match with the samples taken from the babies in 2003.

When officers arrived to arrest the woman at her home in a Mulhouse suburb on Tuesday "she understood immediately why they had come for her" and confessed to the killings, prosecutor Dominique Alzeari said.

The father of the children, who appeared "absolutely unaware" of the killings, was "very upset", Alzeari added.

The woman's motives remain unclear. She faces life imprisonment if convicted.

Read More

Machete-Wielding Man Hacks 3 Primary School Pupils To Death In Borno

Three children were killed and a teacher was injured when a man armed with a machete stormed a primary school in northeast Nigeria, two residents told AFP on Thursday.

The attack happened at about 9:30 am during break time at the Jafi Primary School in Kwaya Kusar, in the southwest of Borno state.

Kasimu Ibrahim, who lives near the school, said the attacker — described as being in his 30s and with a neat beard — headed to the nursery section of the school.

“He entered a class and began attacking pupils. He hacked two boys to death, aged about five and seven,” he told AFP by telephone.


A third victim — an eight-year-old girl — died on the way to a hospital in neighbouring Gombe state, he added.
The teacher managed to raise the alarm after she was struck in the hands and the attacker was overpowered.

Habibu Suleiman, who also lives nearby and like Ibrahim rushed to the scene when the alarm was raised, gave a similar account.

Both said police took the attacker into custody and then to a hospital, where he was under armed guard.

“Schools in the town have all closed, both public and private,” said Suleiman.

Kwaya Kusar is some 230 kilometres (150 miles) southwest of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, which has been at the epicentre of Boko Haram’s Islamist insurgency.

Ibrahim and Suleiman both blamed the jihadists but while Boko Haram has targeted schools before, Thursday’s incident did not fit a pattern of previous attacks.

Read More

Video: Pastor Ashimolowo Comes For Daddy Freeze

Read More

Bovi Dishes Out Marriage Advise Using The Meghan Markle Angle

Bovi has taken to snapchat to dish out marriage advise to single women using the Meghan Markle angle and we must say it's the truth, lol. Bovi advised ladies to work hard, saying if Meghan hadn't, Prince Harry wouldn't have found her. But some ladies that hate the truth (lol) were fast to correct Bovi saying  they were introduced to one another through a mutual friend and Harry didn't find her on TV. Truth be said, a mutual friend introduced them. But who told you Harry didn't dig up her info? Who told you Harry wouldn't have been on google searching for her pasts and even get interested in her movies? Lol, better listen. In fact, Bovi just made our nights... Please read...

Read More

Cross River BREAKS Nigeria's Budget Record Ever

ISSA WAWU! Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River has presented a budget of N1.3 trillion for the 2018 fiscal year to the Cross River House of Assembly for deliberation and passage, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The budget is the largest for a single state in Nigeria’s history.

Lagos state held the record with its N812 billion budget for 2017. The state has indicated its 2018 budget may also hit N1 trillion.

Most states in Nigeria propose budgets at average N150 billion to N300 billion.


The biggest annual spenders are Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom. The entire federal budget for 2018 is a little above N8 trillion.

Gov. Ayade, who presented the budget on Thursday in Calabar, said the proposal was designed to add value to the socio-economic development and well being of the people of the state. CASE CLOSED.

Read More

Photos: US Donates Vehicles, Equipments To NDLEA

The United States has donated seven vehicles and 83 tactical equipment to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

According to a statement from the US consulate, the vehicles and equipment were funded through the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) counter-narcotics and transnational threats program (CTTP).

The donations include three Honda Accord vehicles, three Toyota Hilux trucks, a Toyota Hiace Van, a smith detection body scan unit, laptop computers, i2 analyst notebook software, digital cameras, electric bill counters, and battery power supply backup devices. Another photo below...

Read More

Lagos Police PPRO, Dolapo Badmus To Wed Tomorrow... Releases Pre-Wedding Photo

Dolapo Opeyemi Badmus, Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, will tomorrow, December 1st tie the knot. Dolapo announced the good news on her official instagram page with the photo right above. We say big congrats to her.

Read More

Emmanuel Adebayor & Namibia BBA Star, Dillish Mathews Are A Couple [Photos]

Lol, footballer Emmanuel Adebayor and Dillish Mathews, winner of the 2013 Big Brother Africa - The Chase are a couple! The couple accidentally gave themselves away today on social media. Dillish is in Turkey and she posted a photo reflecting that, while Adebayor popularly known as SEA posted his on Snapchat. Adebayor went further to show off their shoes, but ofcourse one will never know who the lady is, but eagle eye bloggers did a fast one and uncoded the photo. As you can see people, it's a very easy give away. Hehehe.... We wish them all the best. Adebayor has a young daughter while Dillish is known to have no child for now. All the best 😀

Read More

4 Ex-Kogi Commissioners Arrested And Detained

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has arrested and detained four Commissioners in the administration of former Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, over alleged fraud.

Spokesman of the commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
Mrs. Okoduwa identified the ex-commissioners as Kayode Olowomoran (Culture and Tourism), Abdulrahman Wuya (Transport); Godwin Onama (Works) and Ali Ajuh (Budget and Planning).

She said the suspects’ arrest followed ICPC’s investigations into an alleged misapplication of a N2 billion SME loan they secured from the Central Bank of Nigeria on behalf of the state.


According to her, they acted in connivance with the former governor, his Accountant-General, Ibrahim Idakwo, and a former Permanent Secretary in the state Ministry of Commerce, Frank Onoja.

“Preliminary investigations by the Commission also revealed that the suspects allegedly partook in the mismanagement of another N8 billion bond that was raised to fund 57 projects across the state.

“The large sums of monies released for the projects were allegedly far beyond the levels of work done.

“Furthermore, the suspects are alleged to have benefited from illegal deductions to the tune of N1.3 billion made from the funds of 21 local government councils of the state by the same administration,” she said.

The ICPC spokesperson said the suspects would remain in custody until they fulfilled the administrative bail conditions granted them by the commission, while investigations continue.

NAN

Read More

WHO Confirms 10% Of Drugs In Developing Countries Are Substandard

An estimated 10 per cent of drugs circulating in low and middle-income countries is either substandard or falsified, a new research by the World Health Organisation says.

According to a press statement by WHO on the report, the substandard or falsified products are mostly anti-malaria drugs and antibiotics.

Apart from the drugs failing to treat or prevent diseases for which they are taken, they can also cause serious illness or even death.

The global health agency said it received report of over 15,000 substandard or falsified products since 2003. Of these, it said anti-malarias and antibiotics are the commonest with 42 per cent coming from the WHO African region and 21 per cent each from the WHO Americas and European regions.

Read More

54 Babies Born HIV Positive In Nasarawa

The Executive Director of Nasarawa State Aids Control Agency (NASACA), Zakari Umar, said 54 babies delivered between January and September in the state tested positive to HIV.

Mr. Umar made this known on Thursday in Lafia, the state capital in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

He said out of the 1,194 pregnant women who keyed into the Prevention of Mother- to- Child Transmission (PMTCT) HIV programme in 2017, 54 of them transmitted the virus to their babies.

Mr. Umar explained that cases of transmission recorded were due to lack of adherence to medical advice and refusal to take prescribed drugs.


“Science has proven that it is possible to totally eradicate mother to child transmission of HIV if pregnant women adhere to medical advice and take their drugs regularly,” he said.

“Those women whose babies tested positive must have refused to comply with their drug regimen during pregnancy.”

According to him, the case of mother to child transmission of HIV in the state has reduced over the years due to sensitisation and other preventive measures taken by stakeholders.

He said available records from 2016 indicated that 66 babies were born with HIV.

Read More

Nigerian Bilionaire, Escoba Smith Gifts His Pastor A 2017 Toyota Prado [Photos]

Nigerian Billionaire, Escoba Smith has surprised his Pastor and spiritual mummy with a brand new 2017 Toyota Prado as a birthday gift to her. Excited Escoba who thanked her for being a mother indeed broke the news on Facebook saying;

'Thank you for the special role as my spiritual mother. You give of yourself in so many ways to guide and nurture me and my family in our spiritual lives. Wishing you a HAPPY BIRTH DAY with my Token Gift of Brand New 2017 Toyota Prado'.

Read More

Another Kogi Civil Servant Commits Suicide

Barely one month after a top civil servant committed suicide in Kogi State allegedly over non-payment of salaries, another civil servant, a 47-year-old Abdullahi Uye Zhiya from Oguma in Bassa Local Government Area of the state has also taken his own life.

Zhiya was said to have terminated his own life due to frustrations he encountered as a result of non-payment of 12 months’ salaries owed him. He was said to have killed himself by drinking a liquid substance suspected to be poisonous chemical.

Zhiya, the chief store officer at the state Universal Basic Education, Oguma, who was said to have killed himself early this week did not leave a suicide note, but he was said to have complained bitterly to a friend over his inability to feed his family members.


A close family source told Sun correspondent that due to his economic distress caused by the non payment of his salaries, four of his children could no longer go to school while the deceased could no longer afford to buy drugs for his health challenge that has turned for the worst .

The source  who described the deceased as a hardworking man, said his situation became unbearable because those he was indebted to kept on taunting him and would not accept that he had not been paid, a situation they said made life more miserable to him.

At the beginning of his predicament, it was gathered, many  of his relations were reaching out to him to help in assisting his family members with foodstuffs, but all that were said not to be sufficient as he decided to end it all.

However, some of his relatives indicated that though the deceased was owed 12 months salaries it was not enough for him to end his life abruptly.

“Zhiya may not have taken his life because of his economic challenges ,there seemed to be other challenges which he refused to disclose,”  a family source hinted.

“We suspected that what happened has a spiritual undertone. The deceased at some point became withdrawn, but even when we asked he was never forthcoming but the frustration of staying for months without salaries contributed a lot” he added.

Meanwhile, the deceased has since been buried according to Islamic rites.

Read More

Government Of Barbados Names Road After Rihanna

Rihanna is getting honored with her own street in Barbados and it's the very same one she grew up on.

The Government of Barbados will officially change Westbury New Road to Rihanna Drive today in her honor. The sign's already up, but the official name changing ceremony will take place today and Rihanna is expected to show up.

Rihanna lived at the home until the age of 16 when she left to pursue her music career. Her family doesn't live there anymore but it remains a major tourist attraction.

Read More

Jay Z Finally Admits He Cheated On Beyonce

Jay  Z has finally admitted cheating on Beyonce as he reveals the couple had therapy to stop them getting divorced.

The US rapper dropped hints he had been unfaithful on album 4.44 and Beyonce touched on his infidelity on Lemonade but it was never confirmed.

But in a tell-all chat with the New York Times, Jay Z reveals he shut down his emotions and pushed his wife away when he addressed issues from his past.

He said: "You have to survive. So you go into survival mode, and when you go into survival mode, what happens? You shut down all emotions.

"So, even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect. ... In my case, like, it's deep. And then all the things happen from there: infidelity."

The hip hop legend hasn't named the woman he cheated with, but Beyonce called her "Becky with the good hair" in Lemonade.

He also revealed in the candid interview that he came close to leaving his wife of nine years but the couple, who have three children together, were helped by therapy.

Jay Z said: "You know, most people walk away, and, like, divorce rate is like 50 percent or something ’cause most people can’t see themselves

"The hardest thing is seeing pain on someone’s face that you caused, and then have to deal with yourself."

Read More

Charly Boy, Deji Adeyanju Start Peaceful Sit Out Today At Libya Embassy

Charly Boy, Deji Adeyanju and few other Nigerians are right now in front of Libyan Embassy in Abuja to protest slave trading of Nigerians in Libya.

They made a call yesterday evening urging Nigerians to join them to say NO to slave trading. Incase you are in Abuja and you are upset about this but don't know how to join, Libya Embassy is located at Roseline Ukeje close, kyari Muhammad crescent off justice Sowemimo, Asokoro. You can also follow @adeyanjudeji on twitter for more details.

Read More

Court Finds Ex-Rap Promoter James Rosemond Guilty Of Killing 50 Cent’s pal

A former hip-hop and rap promoter known as Jimmy Henchman has been found guilty in New York of ordering the killing of a friend of rapper 50 Cent.

A federal jury convicted James Rosemond on murder-for-hire charges. Rosemond was accused of hiring a crew to kill an associate of the rap group G-Unit as payback for an assault on Rosemond’s son.

It was Rosemond’s third trial in the case. The first ended in a hung jury. Rosemond was convicted in the second, but a new trial was ordered. Rosemond already was serving two life sentences for separate drug and gun convictions.


Rosemond’s lawyer claimed witnesses were only trying to reduce their own jail sentences.

G-Unit associate Lodi Mack was killed in 2009.

Read More

The Weeknd Deletes All His Instagram Posts That Features Selena Gomez

The Weeknd has deleted all of his Instagram posts that featured Selena Gomez.

The 27-year-old singer recently split from Selena after 10 months of dating, and he has now decided to remove any trace of his ex-girlfriend from his page on the photo-sharing website.

The Canadian star previously had a number of sweet snaps of Selena on his page, including one dating back to April this year in which she is seen clutching his face and giving him a kiss on the cheek.

By contrast, Selena - who recently rekindled her romance with Justin Bieber - still has a series of pictures featuring her ex on her own Instagram page.

The most recent is one from September 5 where the Fetish hitmaker is sat at a table beside her beau.

She also has one of her first red carpet appearance alongside The Weeknd at the Met Gala in May.

The Weeknd's decision to remove Selena from his Instagram account came shortly after it was reported that her family are 'still getting comfortable' with the idea of her reuniting with Justin.

Selena and the Sorry musician recently decided to give their relationship another try, having ended their five-year on/off romance in 2015.

Read More

Photos: Iranian Woman Undergoes 50 Surgeries To Look Like Angelina Jolie

An Iranian woman has had at least 50 surgeries to look exactly like her idol, Angelina Jolie. Sahar Tabar, 19, says she is one of Angelina Jolie’s biggest fans and “would do anything” to look like the Hollywood actress. But instead of looking like her, people are saying she looks like a ghost bride.

Read More

Khloe Kardashian Hides Baby Bump As She Shows Off New Hairstyle

Claims emerged in September that she's expecting her first child with boyfriend Tristan Thompson.

But Khloe Kardashian, who has refused to confirm or deny the reports, kept her midsection covered in a series of Instagram photos on Wednesday.

What can't be denied however is that the 33-year-old reality star was truly glowing as she showed off a cute updo and glam makeup look.

Raving about the look she wrote in one caption: 'Bidi Bidi Bun Bun!! Hrush's makeup made my eyes extra green! Jen made my hair extra cute. Bun life!'

Read More

Photos: Woman Left With Horrific Head Wound In Racially Aggravated Attack

A woman was left with a horrific head wound after racist thugs attacked her in the street. Nikki Hurst, 32, was assaulted by three Asian men as she walked down in Lady Ann Road in Batley, West Yorkshire.

Police described the attack, which began when the trio approached Ms Hurst and launched verbal abuse before pushing and kicking her, as 'racially aggravated'.

Ms Hurst has described how during the incident she fell to the ground, sustaining the head wound and serious facial injuries as a result.

The attack took place near the Mill Village Shopping Complex on October 31 at 6.45am.


Det Insp Mark Atkinson, of Kirklees CID, said: 'This was a terrible incident and one which left the victim with very serious injuries.

'We know that just after this time, a member of the public located the victim close to the location of the assault and contacted the police.

'Police arrived at the location within 12 minutes of the report being made and swiftly administered first aid, providing ongoing support until the ambulance arrived as short time later.'

He added: 'We have been in regular contact with her to enable us to investigate the incident fully.

Police is now begging anyone with informaion to come forward.

Read More

Lady Gaga Puts Her Massive Butts On Display

She posted a cleavage revealing snap of herself to her Instagram Tuesday while seated on a horse. And one day later, Lady Gaga showed even more skin to her 26.6 million Instagram followers!

The 31-year-old singer flaunted her pert derriere and her flat midriff in a gold bikini while in Miami. She wore a barely there chain link gold bikini top, which did little to hide her cleavage.

Lady Gaga paired the risque piece with white thong bikini bottoms, revealing most of her backside as well as the intricate chain accent swimwear. The six-time Grammy winner added a body chain around her hips with a sheer gold, black cover up and strappy heels.

Read More

Britain Summons North Korean Ambassador Over Missile Test

The British Foreign Office said it had summoned the North Korean ambassador to condemn Wednesday’s ballistic missile test.

North Korea said it had successfully tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile in a “breakthrough” that put the U.S. mainland within range of its nuclear weapons.

“I summoned the North Korean Ambassador to the Foreign Office to make clear to him our condemnation of this latest ballistic missile test,” Minister for Asia and Pacific Mark Field said in a statement.


“North Korea claims it wants to bring security and prosperity to its people. But its actions are creating only insecurity and deepening its isolation,” said Field.

Britain is a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.

The latest test was the highest and longest any North Korean missile had flown, and it landed in the sea near Japan.

Read More