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This is what Steve Harvey had to say when asked about Bruce Jenner's decision to transition into a woman.

Tobi Oyelakin ,wife of Nigeria comedian and TV producer, Teju Babyface’s, was attacked by unknown hoodlums yesterday while on her way to Lagos Mainland.

There was tragedy on Thursday along Uhumudumu Road in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo state when a young girl suspected to be a student of Ambrose Alli University; Ekpoma was crushed to death by a Lorry.

A court in north-west Pakistan has jailed 10 men for life for the attack on education activist Malala Yousafzai. Ms Yousafzai, who was 15 at the time, was shot in the head on board her school bus in the Swat valley in 2012, in an attack that shocked the world. She was awarded last year's Nobel Peace Prize for campaigning for children's rights, despite the risk to her life.

Nigerian troops rescued an additional 160 women and children from Boko Haram days after they found hundreds of other hostages, the military said Thursday.

A teenage boy was pulled, dazed and dusty, from the wreckage of a seven-story building in Kathmandu Thursday that collapsed around him five days ago when an enormous earthquake rocked Nepal. Pemba Tamang, 15, was carried out on a stretcher with his face covered with dust. Medics had to put an IV drop into his arm and a blue brace had been placed around his neck. He appeared stunned and his eyes blinked in the sunlight. Nepalese rescuers, with support from an American disaster response team, had been working for hours to free Tamang from the rubble. L.B. Basnet, the police officer who crawled into a gap in the rubble to reach the teen, said he was surprisingly responsive. "He thanked me when I first approached him," said Basnet. "He told me his name, his address, and I gave him some water. I assured him we were near to him." Rescuers eventually used jacks to lift the concrete slabs that had wedged him in, said Basnet.  "He's not too far down, b...

Two men, Gabriel Obi and Ugwu Geofrey, have been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly importing 110 kilogrammes of cocaine. The accused were arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on two counts bordering on drug trafficking.

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Robert Mugabe refused to shake the hands of the Zulu King, Goodwill Zwelithini because he allegedly made hate speeches which resulted in killing, violence and discrimination against other African citizens living in South Africa.

Attacks on immigrants living in South Africa dominated a regional summit in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, with President Robert Mugabe criticising workers who seek new lives in Johannesburg and other South African cities.

There was confusion at a filling station along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road after a female police inspector attached to the Airport Police Command and identified as Mrs. Florence Anih, was slapped by a Nigerian Air Force lance corporal.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), a statement by the presidency has said.

Justice J. Liman of the Federal High Court, Benin, on Wednesday convicted Charles Eboigbodin and Michael Igbinedion, younger brother to Lucky Igbinedion, former Edo State governor.

Rapper Tyga visited the Emirates Stadium in London today. He is pictured here with two Arsenal's players, Chamberlain & Gibbs. I never knew he was Gunner.

Hollywood Lovebirds John Legend and Chrissy Teigen attended the Samsung Studio LA Launch Event across from The Grove in Los Angeles.

The President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated a 19-member Transition Committee to liaise with its Federal Government counterpart to ensure a smooth transfer of power.

The Chairman of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has stated that Monday’s decision by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television, from covering his activities was an attempt by the former military Head of State to bring back the era of Decree 4.

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won a third term with 58.75 percent of the vote in Saturday's polls, the electoral commission said, with his main rival Jean-Pierre Fabre taking 34.95 percent.

Lagos State Government, yesterday, said the number of accidents involving commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders have increased in the last four months by 34 percent.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-president Namadi Sambo, noon-returning federal lawmakers, ministers and   presidential aides will collect N3.24bn as severance allowances, investigation by The PUNCH has shown.

Kelvin Okorie (aka Okito), the maternal cousin of the 15-year-old Ogun schoolgirl, Precious Nwaigwe, who was kidnapped and sold to Libya, has said he was paid N10,000 for the deal.

The Ogun State Police Command has shot dead four robbery suspects​​,​ injuring and arresting two others in a gun duel. The command​’s​ spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, who paraded the two arrested suspects at the headquarters of the special anti-robbery squad on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said nemesis caught up with the gang on Monday.

Nigerian troops have rescued 200 girls from Sambisa forest, the notorious hideout of the insurgent group, Boko Haram, the defence headquarters said Tuesday.

Eight drug offenders have reportedly been shot dead by firing squad on Indonesia's execution island, while a ninth has been spared. A Filipina who was on death row with them was unexpectedly spared at the last minute.

Nine drug traffickers held emotional farewell meetings with their families at an Indonesian prison on Tuesday, after Jakarta rejected last-ditch pleas from around the world for clemency and ordered their mass execution to proceed within hours.

Hundreds of people have been found dead in the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak, apparently victims of Boko Haram insurgents, residents and officials said on Monday. "Dead bodies were found in houses, streets and many more in the Damasak River which has dried up," said local man Kaumi Kusur, adding the victims were buried in 20 mass graves at the weekend.

Nigeria defender Taye Taiwo has quit Turkish club Bursaspor after both parties agreed to part ways. The Turkish club announced this on its website. “Nigerian defender Taye Taiwo has mutually agreed to terminate his contract with our club,” africanFootball.com quoted Bursaspor as saying in a statement on its website.

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In a statement last night, Olukolade noted that most of the reports of the rebound by the terrorists are not true as they cannot be confirmed on ground. “The reports by some media outfits claiming that terrorists are now in control of Mafa in Borno State are false.  The truth is that an attempt by a group of fleeing terrorists who strayed towards the town and engaged in their typical suicide attack was duly repelled by troops.  Similarly, the claim by some media organisations that terrorists chased out troops and took over Marte cannot be verified as troops were busy elsewhere during the said attack. “However, all efforts  to track the terrorists who were reported to have attacked the town have not indicated their presence as claimed.  Surveillance activities are however ongoing although there has been no indication of the large number of terrorists as being claimed in some reports attributed to anonymous sources,” he said.

The much anticipated report of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, operations on the missing $20 billion oil money may not amount to much after all, with Price Waterhouse coopers, the audit firm that conducted the probe, saying it cannot vouch for the integrity of its findings.

A 45-year-old commercial driver, Saturday Akpomose, narrowly escaped death last Saturday, after he was attacked by seven dogs at Ajah area of Lagos State. The timely intervention of residents and passers-by saved the driver from the dogs.

A two-year-old toddler, Precious (pseudonym) has been raped by one Azeez Ganiyu, after she was abducted from her residence on Giwa Street, Ijora Badia, Lagos State. The incident happened on April 16 at about 10am after the victim’s mother left her in a room with a neighbour to buy food at a nearby shop.

Precious Nwaigwe, the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who was kidnapped in the Ajah area of Lagos State about a year ago, has said she was made to work for $6,000 the Libyan pimp paid to buy her.

Commercial banks have sent marketers, mostly females after newly-elected senators and members of the House of Representatives in Abuja to open discussions on investments and other business deals.

A forensic audit of Nigeria’s state oil firm released on Monday confirmed the accusation by Emir Muhammed Sanusi that the NNPC withheld about $20 billion that it ought to have remitted to the national treasury.

A statement from Gen Buhari signed by his media aide, Shehu Garba. "The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base," General Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State who came to congratulate him on his emergence as President-elect. No religion allows for the killing of children in school dormitory, in markets and places of worship. They have nothing to do with religion. They are terrorists and we are going to deal with them as they deal with terrorists anywhere," he announced.

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Ali Olanusi, was impeached on Mondaymorning by members of the state House of Assembly.‎ ​Twenty two​ of the 26 members of the Assembly supported the impeachment of the Deputy Governor, who recently moved from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress.

The Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has condemned the sale of honorary awards by some Nigerian universities to individuals of “questionable character.” Oshiomhole noted that such acts had dented the sanctity of the nation’s education system, calling for a review of such awards as a way of santising the system for future generations.

In what could be termed as a severe blow to the dreaded terror outfit Islamic State (ISIS), media reports on Monday claimed that its chief Abu Bakr al Baghdadi is dead. It can be noted that a Guardian report last week claimed that Baghdadi had received serious 'life-threatening' injuries during a US-led airstrike in March and that the strike had left him seriously wounded.

Former footballer John Fashanu is embroiled in a bitter split with his wife Abigail amid claims that she threatened him with knives after he slept with their maid. The ex-Wimbledon player, 52, has filed for divorce, claiming his 'life was at stake' - and says it was in fact her who cheated on him - with another woman who she calls her 'spiritual partner'. Mrs Fashanu, 48, strenuously denies these allegations and says her ex-husband is 'sick and needs help'.

Actress Karrueche Tran on the red carpet of the Emmys Awards in support of her Online series 'The Bay' series which has now won an Emmy. See another pic after the jump.

ARCHBISHOP Metropolitan and Primate of Anglican Church of Nigeria, Most Revd Nicholas Okoh, yesterday, called on President- elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, not to give any politician defecting from his party to join All Progressives Congress, APC, any position in his government, describing such people as lacking in credibility. He said,“If I were the President-elect, I will not give them anything because they are not people to be trusted. They lack credibility, they are people who are destroying the country, and they did not work for the party so why are they joining the party now.”

Precious Nwaigwe, the 15-year-old girl kidnapped in the Ajah area of Lagos State, while on her way to school in Ogun State, has been returned to Lagos about a year after her abduction.

A 16-year-old final year pupil, Mubarak Gidado, sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Bauchi State, has died of burns. He was engulfed by fire when he tried to start a generator which went up in flames; he died two days later.

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed, the state Police Command said. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.

Nigeria’s President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has stated that his administration will probe the $20 billion alleged to be missing from the coffers of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.