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Parents, students, alumni, friends and associates of Stella Maris Schools Abuja had the best of time on Friday night, at a glamorous event marking the highlight of a week of activities in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the educational institution. The crowd shared fun moment with 2Baba, Ycee, Ramsey Nouah, Uti Nwachukwu among others. See pictures of the event that shut Abuja down on a rainy evening…    STELLA MARIS SCHOOLS ABUJA ....... #20andstrong

Hundreds of 'mourners' yesterday gathered at the Zoo where Harambe the 17 year old Gorilla was shot dead, to mourn over his death, branding it a 'senseless death' . A bronze gorilla statue was created in the zoo where the mourners dropped flowers and paid their tributes to the gorilla who lived an 'innocent life' until his 'brutal' death. More photos after the cut.

The Chairperson of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Rita Orji, has brought to the public the case of a Nigerian woman said to be in her 30s named Julie Osamese, whose kidney was allegedly harvested by some doctors in Italy. According to The Sun, Julie, a mother of one, who is a legal immigrant in Italy, had gone to the Ospedale Maria Vittoria Cibrario Hospital in Turin, Italy sometime in November 2008 to complain about her poor health....  At the time, she had a bit of fever and was given some drugs and asked to come back for revaluation one week later. Julie returned to the hospital one week later and the doctors allegedly gave her drugs which made her dizzy. It was gathered that as she complained to the doctors who attended to her, she was tied to the bed despite her protest. By the time she woke up, part of her buttocks had allegedly been chopped off, and her kidney tampered with. That was how she lost control of her bladder, leading ...

In the early hours of Saturday May 28th, unknown gunmen raided the house of a man named Joseph Msen Akosu and killed him with his wife after which they were burnt beyond recognition. This took place at Abinsi, Guma LGA of Benue State. The cause of this brutality isn't clear yet but speculations have it that it was as a result of land disputes between the Tivs.  Security agencies have since taken charge of the area to ensure peace. Meanwhile the Chairman of Guma LG have set up measures to bring to book those responsible. 

He shared the photo on his twitter handle this afternoon and wrote "Always believe that nothing is impossible to achieve. Be consistent in working hard and always have faith. One love!".

This is Ericmany Records side of the story. Read below... A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has slammed an injunction against the rising musical artiste Douglas Jack-Agu aka "Runtown". The injunction prevents him from performing at any event or any form of recording for the time being unless with the approval of Ericmany Limited. Runtown is signed under the Ericmany Entertainment label that presently holds the copyright to all his music. He was sued in the Federal High Court by Ericmany on allegations that he signs up, concludes and attends musical shows without the knowledge of the label. Ericmany Entertainment was said to have invested millions of naira on Runtown. However trouble started when Runtown apparently with the connivance of Bug Media ran by one Bugwu Aneto began to sideline Ericmany and collected money directly for shows without the knowledge of Ericmany. Bug Media is also a party to the court case. In another twist of events, the management of Ericma...

Former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, yesterday May 30th, said he would soon reveal how his former boss and the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola, died. Speaking at a press briefing in Lagos, Al-Mustapha alleged that Abacha and Abiola’s deaths were from same source. According to him, he would be telling all he knows about the death of the two famous Nigerians in his new book, Mustapha’s Memoirs, which he is still writing and would soon publish. Al-Mustapha accused some Yoruba personalities of being insincere with Abiola while he was alive and in detention. “For instance, when Chief MKO Abiola was in prison, many notable Nigerians visited him. They will visit him in the morning, and when they come back to the Villa in the evening to see Abacha, they would say a different thing entirely. On video “Unknown to these notable Nigerians, particularly notable Yoruba pers...

Nigerian brothers Bala and Mohamadou never imagined they have to step over dead bodies or hide beneath them to save their lives.  (Bala, left, and Mahamadou, right, at Sayam Forage refugee camp in Niger). "They were killing children in the streets. They were shooting at pregnant women," says Bala, 50, remembering how Boko Haram tore through his town, in northern Nigeria.  "Everyone was terrified, running in any direction. It was chaos. People were being killed in front of me. They were collapsing in front of me. I panicked and I recall stepping over several dead bodies to escape. Bullets were flying around me" His brother Mahamadou, 63, picks up the story, describing how he faced a barrage of Boko Haram gunfire as he ran from the same attack to the Komadougou River to escape to neighbouring Niger. "I was lying on the grass, under dead bodies, pretending I was also dead,” he says. “I saw people being massacred. I never thought I would make it out alive. I...

The new Man U manager was all smiles as he toured the AON Training complex yesterday with Executive Vice-chairman of Man. United, Ed Woodward. He also seemed to have made up with England and Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton (who didn't want him initially as manager) as they were all smiles. More photos after the cut.

Uju Stella, the young lady who claims she's pregnant for Burna Boy, is letting the music artiste know via social media, that she will not let her baby go when the time comes (probably when she gives birth). She shared a photo of the singer via her Instagram page and wrote, "A man's joy will never be complete if a part of him is away from him and will always 

  Oludemilade Martin Alejo, popularly known by the stage name  YCee,  has revealed that there was never an issue of discord between him and one of Nigeria’s most popular rappers, Vector. According to him, he would in fact, in little time, be featuring the Headies Lyricist on the role in his coming project. Ycee revealed in a recent interview that he has never had any beef with Vector contrary to rumours that he claimed Vector’s lines on ‘King Kong’ remix was not strong enough. He said, ”I and vector are good, we good, we would be doing something together, people want to see the new school and a veteran rap so it would sure be coming soon.” Ycee also revealed more about his music claiming he knew  ”Jagaban”  was the song that was going to shoot him into the spotlight wile he was recording it and that his extended play would drop in June. The rapper, who is fondly called Omo Alhaji, also denied claims that he ...

  Earlier today, We posted a News “ Runtown Parts Ways With His Label, Eric Manny Records, Claims Threat To Life “ And now there is another update! A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has slammed an injunction against the rising musical artiste Douglas Jack-Agu aka “Runtown”. The injunction prevents him from performing at any event or any form of recording for the time being unless with the approval of Ericmany Limited. Runtown is signed under the Ericmany Entertainment label that presently holds the copyright to all his music. He was sued in the Federal High Court by Ericmany on allegations that he signs up, concludes and attends musical shows without the knowledge of the label. Ericmany Entertainment was said to have invested millions of naira on Runtown. However trouble started when Runtown apparently with the connivance of Bug Media ran by one Bugwu Aneto began to sideline Ericmany and collected money directly for shows without the knowledg...

Nigerian singer, songwriter and producerRuntown has parted ways with his record label, Eric Manny Records (or at least he's trying to) and they didn't do so on the best of terms. Eric Manny, owned by billionaire businessman, Okwudili Umenyiora, has gotten a court injunction stopping Runtown from performing as an artist, amongst other things, pending when they settle their issues. Runtown got his lawyers to write to the label, claiming threat to life, extortion, and that he didn't get his payment/royalties from performances, ring-back tunes and etc. He also said he has returned all properties he received from the label when he signed with them in 2014. Read his letter to the owner of Eric Manny and his lawyers letters after the cut...(will bring Eric Manny's side of the story later)

Some mums went completely nude for a maternity shoot and some think it's a bit too much. See more photos after the cut and tell us what you think...

Precious has denied killing her husband, Lubinda  and is instead accusing the deceased younger brother of being the murderer. According to the 35-year-old woman, her husband and his younger brother were home alone, and when she returned home, she found her hubby dead and a pistol on the ground. She claimed that after a few minutes, the young brother came with five police officers and arrested her. Read the full report from Zambezi Reporters' Isaac Mwanza after the cut...                   PRECIOUS DENIES KILLING HER HUSBAND Precious has dissociated herself from the murder of her husband Lubinda. She has expressed shock and disgust at reports circulating on social media linking her to the gruesome killing of her husband with whom she had 2 children with. Speaking at woodlands police were she is currently detained, she narrated that on Tuesday evening, she together with the deceased, his br...

According to Zuma Times Hausa, a man named Haliru beheaded his mother named Zandi. According to the story, Haliru joined a secret cult and was asked to bring his mother for sacrifice. Here is how Zuma Times Hausa is reporting it, and sorry it's in Hausa, if anyone can translate for us... "Wani Ya Yi Zindir Sannan Ya Yanka Mahaifiyarsa Don Tsafi Wani mutum ne mai suna Haliru wanda aka kama ya yi zindir, haihuwar uwarsa sannan yana yanka mahaifiyarsa a yayin da mutane suka falga da abunda ya ke yi sai suka yi saurin fadawa jami'an tsaro. A nan ne jami'an tsaron suka cafko shi suka tafi da shi tare da kan mahaifiyarsa. Da 'yan jarida ke tambayarsa dadilin yin haka sai ya bayyana cewa ya shiga kungiyar asiri ne bayan sun yarda da shi ne sai suka umarce shi da ya kawo mahaifiyarsa. "Bayan na kawo ta sai suka ce suna bukatar kanta kuma in tambatar da idan zan yanka ta na yi zindir, a lokacin ne asirina ya tonu bayan na yankata ina kokarin insa aleda na kai mus...

Libya Observer posted these photos of a set of quadruplets born yesterday, May 29, in Tripoli, Libya. More photos after the cut...