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The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country's information minister,  Information Minister Abdirahman O. Osman said early Monday morning, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll was expected to rise. The attack occurred when a truck carrying explosives detonated Saturday in a crowded street packed with cars and pedestrians, near government ministries and hotels. In a tweet, Abdirahman Osman called the attack "barbaric" and said countries including Turkey and Kenya had already offered to send medical aid. Hospitals were overwhelmed a day after a truck bomb targeted a crowded street near key government ministries, including foreign affairs. As angry protesters gathered near the scene of the attack, Somalia's government blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for what it called a "national disaster."...

Nollywood producer and filmmaker Moses Inwang and his beautiful wife, Emem have welcomed their second child. The baby boy already named Jordan was born in the U.S on Sunday, October 15. Congrats to them!

Three officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA were killed by unknown gunmen in the Okene area of Kogi state last Friday, October 13th. 41-year-old Ebun Peters pictured right, Nicholas Onwumere (top left) and Abdulrahman Musa (down left). The deceased officers were on duty at one of their post around the main gate of the Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene when they were attacked by the armed member at about 8pm. The gunmen escaped with their rifles. One of the deceased officers, Ebun, was also a photographer, hunter, choirmaster of the local Catholic Church and a frontline role player in community affairs. The sad news of his death has been broken to his 80-year-old mother who they say has remained inconsolable. He would be buried later today October 16th. May his soul rest in peace, Amen. 

President Buhari has invited a 10-year-old girl named Aysha Aliyu Gebi from Bauchi state to the state house in Abuja after her letter requesting to see him surfaced online. Her Uncle posted her letter on social media and it caught the eyes of President Buhari's personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmad, who showed the President over the weekend and he has asked for her to come and see him. Bashir notified Aysha's Uncle of President Buhari's invitation on social media. See their tweets below

Facebook Twitter Google Pinteres Linke WhatsApp Caleb University in Imota, Lagos State, says its cut-off mark for admission in the 2017/2018 academic session will be 120 as stipulated by Joint Admission Matriculation Board ( JAMB ). Its Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Daniel Aina on Friday in Lagos said that the cut-off mark was aimed at “liberalising admission” into tertiary institutions and give access to the best candidates. “The 120 cut-off mark was a joint decision of all Nigeria universities vice chancellors, not the JAMB alone. “Since universities are still at liberty to conduct Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME ) to access their candidates and select the best, we are sure to still have the best students in the system to admit,’’ he said. Aina said the Post-UTME could not be cancelled in universities as “JAMB score is not enough to test the capability of a student’’. He said that admission into Caleb University was ...

Nelly (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images) The 21-year-old woman who accused rapper  Nelly  of rape has in a letter released by her lawyers revealed she wishes to drop the case. The letter, painting a morbid picture, read that the lady doesn’t feel her “unimportant self” can go against a celebrity. She believes the system is going to fail her, the letter read. The lady had accused Nelly of raping her on his tour bus in a Walmart parking lot. Nelly had earlier refuted the allegation, saying he was a victim of false accusation, while apologising to his fans and loved ones for putting himseld in a position to be targeted for defaming allegation. “I am confident that once the facts are looked at , it will be very clear that I am the victim of a false allegation,” he had said. According to The Blast, the lady’s lawyer,  Karen Koehler , said her client has told the Auburn Police Dept and the King County D.A. in Washington to stop the criminal i...

The Federal Government’s desire to borrow more funds from international creditors is to prevent job losses, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun has said. Mrs. Adeosun, who spoke yesterday at a joint press conference with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, at the conclusion of 2017 International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Washington D.C, said with Nigeria’s source of revenue dropping  by nearly 85 per cent, the country had no option but to borrow.  The option before the country was to either cut public services massively, which should have led to massive job losses, or borrow in the short-term, until it begins to generate sufficient revenues, she said. “We felt that laying-off thousands of persons was not the best way to stimulate growth. Also, when we came into office, about 27 states could not pay salary. If we had allowed that situation to persist, we would have been in depression by now. So, we took the view...

Emeka Ike Nollywood actor  Emeka Ike  has said that he’ll fight, with everything he has, to clear his himself of the wife beater image his ex wife has labelled him, as he isn’t one. He said this while speaking to  Punch , adding that his divorce is illegal, as neither him nor his lawyer was at the court to sign the divorce papers. He said: The court dissolved my marriage illegally; I want people to get it right. For you to dissolve a marriage, the man and his lawyer must be present in court to sign some documents. Ask them, was either my lawyer or myself present in court on that day? Is it possible to say the marriage has been dissolved? My wife says that I am a wifebeater but the same woman two years ago in church during counselling, wrote it down that I am a caring man who is selfless and loves his family. She wrote that I love her and my lawyer still has the written note. She made this statement at The Redeemed Assemblies of God church in Magodo, L...

Actress Meghan Markle, the 36-year-old girlfriend of Prince Harry who plays Rachel Zane in the US legal drama, Suits, will not be returning for it’s eighth season next year. The actress who is finishing the filming of the current season of the hit show in Vancouver, Canada next month, has reportedly quit the show, because she has to move to England to be with her boyfriend, hinting an engagement may be in the works.  Meghan has had a huge part to play as a paralegal in the drama since it premiered in 2011, but she is now “happy” to leave her role. A source said: “Meghan knows she can’t really act at the same time as being a princess and is happy to make this career sacrifice,” a source tells the Daily Star. “She really enjoys her charity work with Unicef and will broaden out her charity commitments when she becomes a full-time royal.”  This move comes after rumours suggested the couple have already gotten engaged and will ann...

Five persons from Unwana community who were on their way to a wedding in Port Harcourt in Rivers state, were burnt to death after the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a fatal accident on Saturday, October 14th. Facebook user, Ugwumba Ekwe, who shared the sad story online wrote 'So painful, and heartbreaking. Tragedy in Unwana community. My people burned to aches today, on their way to a sister's wedding. My heart is broken, what kind of accident is this?. The major victims are from Ezi-otinya, my own compound. My people take heart, Unwana community take heart, I Pray for quick recovery of those laying weak in the hospital as our good Lord grant the souls of the departed peace in Jesus name Amen'.

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has taken a swipe at all the leaders that governed Nigeria since May 1999 and the current government, describing them as accidental leaders. According to him, accidental leadership brings about trial and error in governance, which has been the problem of Nigeria since 1999. He also expressed regret that leadership recruitment process in the country had been hijacked by a few politicians. He spoke at the 2016/2017 Matriculation and Fellowship Endowment ceremony of National Institute for Legislative Studies, NILS, in Abuja this weekend saying the situation in the country is different from the prepared and vision-driven leadership obtainable in other democracies of the world. To address the problem of leadership in Nigeria, the former speaker called for regular ‘tutorials’ for political leaders at all levels and implored more Nigerians to participate in politics to open up the political space. Na’Abba sai...