Former Gov. Audu Abubakar wins APC Guber Primaries in Kogi

Former Kogi state governor, Audu Abubakar has won APC's governorship ticket for Kogi state

Seyi Shay stuns in sexy outfit (photos)

The songstress looking beautiful in this outfit styled by celeb stylist Jeremiah Ogbodo of Swanky's Signatures

Former video vixen turned photographer Uche Udoh releases nipple birthday pic

Uche Udoh, former vixen turned photographer (left) releases nipple birthday pictures

P-Square escape unhurt from an accident along Lagos Ibadan Expressway

The music duo alongside Kaffy's husband (who is their official drummer) & their assistant manager escaped from an accident

See the kind of food served for lunch at an IDP camp in Maiduguri

Twitter user @Fatiskira shared the very sad photo above.

Boko Haram suicide bomb coordinator, other frontline members arrested by DSS

The Department of Security Service has arrested 21 alleged commanders and front-line members of the Boko Haram

Mutilated body of kidnapped man found in Ebonyi

The body of a man identified as Christian Isha from Ndubia village, Igbeagu Community in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State,

APC leaders upset as Pres. Buhari appoints more Northerners

There was outrage in the ruling All Progressives Congress party on Thursday over the announcement of new appointments by President Buhari. Leaders of the APC complained that the appointments were mostly in favour of the North and  Northerners.

“The President does not consult before making most of these appointments and I can tell you that Nigerians are going to term the party and the President as a northern party and the President of Northern Nigeria,” a leader of the party said on Tuesday.

He said, “Though the President did not get much votes from the South-East, we must not neglect the zone in key appointments.

“Even the South-West that supported and was the backbone of the party, what are we giving the zone in appreciation? We need to be careful before the party is destroyed.”

It was gathered that some leaders of the party are considering having a meeting where the appointments would be reviewed.

But another senior member of the APC said such a meeting, would have to wait until the party holds its Kogi State governorship primary on Saturday.

A member of the state executive of APC in a South-West state, said the appointments were lopsided against the South.

He said,

“When President Olusegun Obasanjo took over, you saw balance in appointments as he reflected federal character. President Goodluck Jonathan too reflected a semblance of balance. Buhari is pursuing a northern agenda. This is the same agenda pursued by the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, when everything was pro-North. Buhari made six appointments at a go and five of them are northerners.”

The Speaker of one of the Houses of Assembly in the South-West, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also described the new appointments as shocking.

The Speaker, who is a member of the APC, said,

“This is shocking. It doesn’t speak well at all. The South-West has been completely neglected and the South-East too. The South-West was neglected during the President Goodluck Jonathan years. The South-West must rise up against this.”

Similarly, an APC chairman in another South-West state, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said the list of the new appointees left him perplexed.

He said:

“This is not good at all. Why should he choose everybody from the North? I am sure he did not confide in anybody before drawing up the list and making the announcement. We will continue to watch. It is condemnable.”

In the same vein, an APC member of the House of Representatives, said the leaders of the party in the South-West were shocked by Buhari’s latest appointments.

“He didn’t tell anybody. We are all shocked. The real shocker would be when he is going to appoint ministers. The only thing that would save us is that he is mandated constitutionally to choose from all states, otherwise, he would have chosen all the ministers too from the North,” the female member of parliament said.

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Bolt crushes Gatlin to claim Beijing double

Usain Bolt blazed to yet another sprint double by destroying American rival Justin Gatlin to retain his world 200 metres crown in Beijing on Thursday, AFP reports.

The peerless Jamaican, who has now won gold in his favourite event at the last four world championships, clocked an electrifying time of 19.55 seconds with a jaw-dropping display at the Bird’s Nest stadium, where he shot to fame at the 2008 Olympics.

His only scare came on his lap of honour where he was bizarrely run over by a Chinese cameraman trying to film while riding a two-wheeled Segway scooter.

But Bolt’s fireworks overshadowed a strong evening for the United States after a ho-hum start to the competition, with Allyson Felix storming to the women’s 400m gold and Christian Taylor winning the men’s triple jump with the second longest leap ever.

Once again, however, Bolt stole the headlines on a balmy evening in the Chinese capital with a truly staggering run, after drawing first blood in his rivalry with two-time doping offender Gatlin by winning the 100m last weekend.

Kissing his vest and patting his chest before the race, Bolt quickly blew past Gatlin coming into the bend, surging clear to win in a season-leading time. Gatlin took silver in 19.74 and South African Anaso Jobodwana the bronze in a national record 19.87.

“There was no doubt,” said Bolt, winner of an astonishing 11 of the last 12 individual world and Olympic sprint titles since he lit up Beijing in 2008. “I told you guys I will do it. When it comes to the 200 I am a different person.”

Felix and Taylor produced superb performances to win the second and third gold medals for an American team which had failed to fire over the first five days of the championships. Kenya top the table so far with six gold medals, despite two of their athletes failing doping tests.

Allegations of widespread doping plunged athletics into crisis before the world championships but Bolt’s heroics have once again papered over the cracks.

Felix, the most decorated female athlete in track and field history based on her 200m and relay success, justified her decision to step up to the 400m with a comprehensive win, clocking a time of 49.26 seconds, the best in the world this year.

“It’s so different,” said Felix, who went out at a blistering pace and looked unruffled throughout. “I wanted to challenge myself this year and I’m happy I could be successful. I had to take advantage of my speed and bring that to the 400m. I wanted to control the race.”

Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas claimed silver in a personal best of 49.67, with Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson taking bronze in 49.99.

Olympic champion Christian Taylor nailed a cracking jump of 18.21 with his very last attempt to take gold. Only Britain’s world record-holder Jonathan Edwards has jumped further, leaping 18.29 in 1995.

“It was a great fight and I saved it until my last jump,” said Taylor. “We are that close to a record, this makes you even hungrier! I’m looking forward to Rio.”

Cuba’s Pedro Pablo Pichardo took silver, as he did in Moscow two years ago, with a best of 17.73 while Portuguese former Olympic champion Nelson Evora took bronze with his 17.52.

In Thursday’s other final, the women’s hammer final went to form with world record holder Anita Wlodarczyk winning with a mighty heave of 80.85 metres.

Kim K reveals she may have a hysterectomy after her 2nd baby

Kim K has revealed she may be forced to have a hysterectomy following the birth of her second child. The 34-year-old star who has two-year-old daughter North aka Nori, with husband Kanye West - said she had 'so many' complications during her first pregnancy made it difficult to conceive a second time.

And if one of the conditions - placenta accreta - returns it could mean she won't be able to have any more children.

She told C Magazine: 'They think I'll have placenta accreta again, so if the placenta grows a little bit deeper than it did last time, then they are prepared to have my uterus removed, which is a little scary for me.

'I think we're just gonna go day by day, see how overwhelming it is, and see how the delivery goes.'

The condition occurs when parts of the placenta grow too deeply into the uterine wall and it can cause severe blood loss after delivery. It can result in an early C-section delivery followed by the surgical removal of the uterus, which is called a hysterectomy.

She said the couple endured a 'long road' to get pregnant with their unborn son.

She had a 'couple little operations' to address the issues caused by placenta accreta after the birth.

She explained: 'That created a little hole in my uterus, which I think made it really tough to get pregnant again.'

Second time around, she says: 'I would go to the doctor in Beverly Hills every day at five in the morning to get tested to see if I was ovulating.'

The E! reality star says constantly checking if she was ovulating sucked 'the fun out of' her and Kanye's attempts to get pregnant.

'I’m like, "I’m ovulating, get home now!" He’d be like, "Wait, I’m in the studio,"' she recalls. 

But Kim also noted how grateful she is that her second pregnancy has been easier than her first.

'I also feel lucky that, as of right now, I don’t feel like I’m gonna get preeclampsia again, which last time [contributed to] not only the weight, but also the swelling.'

In the interview she said reiterated that she had been 180 lbs when she delivered North.

The reality star was also candid about how she has become much more relaxed about the idea of motherhood since having her first child. 

'When I was pregnant with North, I thought, My life is so hectic - how am I gonna take her to ballet classes and soccer?' Kim admitted. 

'I had these visions of all the things I did growing up, and I was really freaked out. And when it happens, you just instinctively know how to do it.'

C Magazine

Fire guts Saraki’s house

     An early morning fire incident occurred in the residence of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in the Maitama area of Abuja on Friday, but no casualty was recorded.
   It was learnt that the attention of the officials of the fire service were drawn to the incident around 10:05am and that they quickly mobilized themselves there to put the fire under control
The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, said the incident was caused by an electric spark from one of the air conditioners in the gymnasium of his principal.
He explained that Saraki had been duly informed of the incident, adding that nobody was injured in the process.

Ewww, You've got to be kidding me..Man finds cockroach living in his ear - then discovers it had 25 babies

A man who went to the doctors complaining of earache was horrified to discover he had a family of cockroaches living in his ear.
Not only was there a big mummy cockroach taking up residence in his ear canal, but she had spawned 25 little baby roaches.

The 19-year-old patient, known only as Mr Li, had gone to hospital after his ear became itchy and painful.

Doctors took a look inside his ear and were shocked to discover it was crawling with tiny insects.
They believe the female cockroach went inside Mr Li's ear several weeks before laying her eggs.

Doctors said that had Mr Li not come to hospital in time, his ear would have been "destroyed".
Yang Jing, a doctor from Chang'an Xiaobian Hospital in Dongguan, told TVS: "We saw an insect-shaped object blocking his ear canal completely."

Cockroaches, who are often pitched as the only creature that would survive a nuclear explosion, are hardy insects that can survive for months with no food.

Awww..Adorable photos of North West and her cousins at the beach.

The cute 2-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West played in the water and swam in the waves on Thursday, Aug. 20, while wearing a white one-piece swimsuit. She visited the beach with her Mum Kim K and cousins. She played in the water with her cousins, 3 year old Penelope Disick and 5 year old Mason Disick. More photos after the cut..

She looks so much like her Dad!

Nigerian Ambassador to The U.S. Ade Adefuye has died

 

Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye has died. He died of an undisclosed ailment at a hospital in the US yesterday August 27th. He was planning to hand over to a new ambassador when he suddenly died yesterday. He was 68 years old.

A historian by training, Mr Adefuye hailed from Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun state. He studied at the University of Ibadan where he earned his first degree in 1969 as well as a PhD in history in 1973. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

Beyonce stuns in new vacation photos

Beyonce is currently on vacation and she shared the lovely photos, find pics after the cut.....

Chai..One-legged (alleged) thief caught climbing a storey building (photos).

Wetin we no go see for nigeria...The one-legged man pictured here stripped naked and tied up was allegedly caught this morning coming down a building with a laptop‎. The building belongs to Equipment hall Ltd and Savvytech Ltd in old G.R.A Port Harcourt. He jumped the fence, then climbed the building after which he entered through the ceiling and broke into someone's office. After taking the laptop, he came out through the same way he entered only for him to be seen by a staff who came early to work and he was apprehended. Amazing what a man with one leg can do, if only he'd put his skills into good use instead. See the building he climbed and the laptop he allegedly stole after the cut...

Shun corruption or quit, Buhari warns civil servants

Our President has said it oo. Buhari has warned civil servants to shun corrupt practices or be shown the way out of the civil service. The permanent secretary in the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Muhammed Bukar, who spoke with NAN, said President Buhari gave the warning while receiving notes on the activities of the General Services Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).

“We have received a mandate to work harder. He has given us a very strong warning that change has come and every public servant has to sit up. We will give our best to support the government. We told him what we have been doing in support of the government’s policies and the president promised to give us the support and the political will to do our job better.’’he said

Khloe K & new boo loved up as they celebrate his birthday with her family (photos)

Khloe Karadashian and basketball player James Harden pictured above having a love moment as they partied with her whole family and friends at his all-white yacht birthday party on Tuesday night in LA. More photos after the cut...