7 women arraigned for Prostitution and Child Trafficking in Ondo State..

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ondo State command detained seven women on suspicion of prostitution and child trafficking.

The women were arrested at a brothel on Car Street, in Akure, Ondo state, after some church members reported a suspected commercial sex worker and trafficker, Susan John, to police for luring a girl, Faith Ekepemephia, into prostitution.

Bank Verification Number (BVN) Registration date has been extended...

The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the bank verification number (BVN) registration to October 31, 2015.

The bank said the extension is meant to facilitate smooth completion of registration.

The exercise, which started in February 2014, was initially meant to close on June 30.

The process entails data capturing of customers finger prints and also capturing of the customer in order to generate unique numbers for proper identification.

110,000 infected with HIV AIDS in Taraba State... Statistics by Network of People Living With HIV/AIDs in Nigeria(NEPWHAN) Coordinator.

Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Taraba, Mr. Edward Ogenyi on Tuesday said that about 110,849 people are living with the virus in the State.

Ogenyi said this at the commencement of a five-day ‘Demand Generation Activities for HIV and AIDS Service Uptake’ in Jalingo the State capital.

Football Papers: All Transfer Rumors and Gossip This Evening

LONDON EVENING STANDARD

Radamel Falcao is expected to complete his loan move to Chelsea imminently before taking a three-week holiday after a difficult season ended in Colombia’s Copa America exit.

MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS

Sergio Ramos is keen to talk to Manchester United and has informed the Real Madrid hierarchy that it is only Louis van Gaal’s side he is interested in joining if he quits La Liga.

SEE WHAT A LAGOS DRIVER DID IN ORDER TO AVOID ARREST..(PHOTOS)

A bus driver has done the unthinkable this afternoon around Muson centre/TBS in Lagos.
According to Linda Ikeji,  the bus driver was stopped by the officials of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) for disobeying traffic rule.

The officials decided to seize his bus but he did the unthinkable. He went under the bus and refused to come out, causing traffic on the road. See photos below:

Almajiris Were Responsible for Goodluck's Failure- Kwankwaso

Senator elect and Governor of Kano state, Rabiu Kwankwaso claims that the Almajiri votes were responsible for voting out President Goodluck Jonathan.

Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State.

Kwankwaso who was speaking in an on-air interview with Channels television also decried the political play in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying it has divided Nigerians along religious and ethnic lines.

5 Ways Jonathan Surprised Nigerians

The presidential election has come and gone after what seemed to be the runup to a conflict, and everyone agrees we’ve achieved something historic with the election.

For the first time we’ve voted out an incumbent president and we’re getting set to see the PDP hand over to a new party after 16 years in charge. It’s clearly progressive for the Nigerian people in many ways.

Before this election there were a lot of rumours flying around about what would happen and what the government would do. People said a lot about the issue. But with the election behind us now, one thing that’s clear is that President Jonathan has disproved the speculations with the way his government has handled the situation.

Here are five ways the president has proved everyone wrong with this election.

Read what The Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has to say about The All Progressives Congress(APC) manifesto...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the manifesto of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as unrealistic, saying it is meant to deceive and misdirect the electorates.

According to the ruling party, the opposition’s promise to pay N5, 000 monthly stipend each to 25 million poor Nigerians would amount to N125 billion monthly and N1.5 trillion every year. At a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said this cannot be achieved, given the poor state of the nation’s economy and dwindling oil revenue.“What is baffling is that the APC knows fully well that this is not only unrealistic but also impracticable in a nation with an estimated budget of N4.69 trillion

Check out The Newly Approved Private University in Nigeria...(Must Read)

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, February 25, approved the issuance of operating licenses to nine new private Universities in Nigeria.

In a meeting chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo, the council highlighted that once the operating licenses are issued to the newly approved universities, the number of private Universities in the country will rise to 60.

Stop using Military for election- Buhari tells INEC

LEGAL Directorate of the presidential’s campaign council of All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to obey court orders restraining the commission from using soldiers in the forthcoming general election in the country.

The council also forwarded same letter to the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser (NSA), demanding that they refrained from supervising the elections rescheduled on the ground that the service chiefs could not guarantee security.

3 women arraigned for stealing and selling baby... Tribune

FOUR women are now assisting the Anambra State Police Command to unveil the mystery behind the sale of a two-month-old baby girl for N625,000 to a person living in Enugu, after being cleverly whisked from her mother at Nnewi, Anambra State.

Three of the women were arrested by the police from Ogigi Police Station, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State and were allegedly accused of selling the baby while the forth one was buying the baby.

The Nigerian Tribune gathered that the alleged buyer admitted buying the baby, saying that she needed the baby to look after her when she gets old.

Icon of Crucified Christ Weeping in Greece.. Hmm Speechless

An icon of Jesus Christ being crucified have been ‘crying’ since January 25 at least priests from a church in Asprokambos, Corinth, Greece claim so.

Crowds have been flocking to see the weeping icon at the church of St Nickolas in the Greek village, which is believed to have a clear, oily, sticky and odourless liquid running down it. People amazed by the phenomenon have been visiting the church to pray at the shrine – and priests have vowed to get a team of scientists to examine the tears.

Jonathan is really working.. Check out Nigeria First made vehicle

Some people say he (Goodluck Jonathan) is not working, and that he is the most laziest leader amongst all Nigeria Past leaders. But left to me, he is the man of great work and less talks. Check out the pic..after the cut

A Young man caught having sex with a female corpse

A 26-year-old homeless man was caught having sex with a female corpse at Hill Watson Peoples Funeral Service in the Georgian city of Columbus, USA.

Police officers detained Domonique Smith for stealing a bicycle but the subsequent investigation revealed that the young man is also guilty of another crime. It appeared that Mr Smith who lives on the street broke into the funeral home and had sexual contact with the body of an unnamed woman.

Read Professor Wole Soyinka's advice to the President of Nigeria..

Professor Wole Soyinka has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to lift the military blockade on Nigeria’s opposition party leaders following accusations that the federal government is using the military and police to threaten the opposition.


Soyinka who stated categorically that he does not support violence of any kind condemned the stoning of Jonathan’s convoy after a presidential campaign rally in Yola, Adamawa state.

UN Envoy Shows and Exprersses its Surprise over Nigeria Military inability to combat terrorist..

United Nations special representative and head of its West African office, Mohamed Ibn Chambas, has expressed surprise over the inability of such revered Nigerian military to combat the terrorist sect Boko Haram.

Since 2009, Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency against Nigeria and last year, enjoyed significant success, chasing Nigerian troops out of numerous towns and villages. Boko Haram took control of 14 local governments in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, and became such a threat that Nigeria needed to ask for help from her neighbors.

Boko Haram sends threatening letters to People of Gombe warning them about Election

Just few hours after a breaking news about Gombe, the capital of Gombe state, being under serious attack from Boko Haram terrorists, another surprising one is here!
Earlier today, hundreds of Boko Haram Islamists were said to have invaded the city of Gombe, firing heavy guns. However, AFP reports that some of the locals made it known that the insurgents threw leaflets at them. Leaflets with writings that suggest that they should not vote, come the March and April elections.

VAL's Day: Couples engaged in a fatal accident today..

Just a few hours into Valentine’s day, a tragedy has occurred!
A fatal accident happened early this morning on Festac Link Road. According to an eyewitness, Ogbonnaya Merije, who tweeted about the sad event, the couple involved were returning from a club.
Ogbonnaya said that the woman is dead and the man barely alive. See the tweet and the photos below:

Nigerian Kidnappers sells Ogun Schoolgirl to traffickers in Niger Republic.. See the victim's pic

Precious Okoro, the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who was kidnapped by a syndicate suspected to be operating from the Niger Republic, may have been sold to a love-vendor in Niamey, the country’s capital.

The victim’s mother, Blessing, told PUNCH Metro that she spoke with a woman on the telephone who abused her for disturbing them with calls.She added that the unnamed woman claimed that she had bought the schoolgirl from the kidnappers.

PUNCH Metro had reported on January 27, how the Junior Secondary School three pupil was kidnapped in the Sangotedo, Ajah area of Lagos State, after she boarded a vehicle en route to her school in Ikenne, Ogun State.Her father, Nwaigwe, was said to have seen his daughter enter the vehicle without suspecting that it was owned by kidnappers.

Atleast not less than 10 persons were killed in today's Bomb blast in Biu Borno State

Not less than 10 persons were said to have been killed at Biu central Market in Biu local government area of Borno state, when a suspected female suicide bomber exploded an IED in the middle of the market.

The explosion, which occurred on Thursday at about 1:00 pm, was said to be the first suicide bomb attack in the area, a situation which caused panic among the people as residents scampered for safety.
 
Our Correspondent gathered that the town was cordoned off by both security operatives and members of
the civilian JTF in Biu.