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A prominent Akwa Ibom artist popularly called Teacher Ite was buried in this huge shoe casket made by his two sons who are also artists on Saturday November 28th. The burial took place in Ibesikpo LGA in the state and was attended by other prominent individuals in the community. The photos were shared on Facebook by Emmanuel Emmanuel Udoh. More photos after the cut...

Reportedly, An unspecified number of girls have been abducted by Boko Haram members after an attack in Bam Village which is about 7 kilometres away from Buratai village, the hometown of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai in Borno state.

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has ordered a probe into the financial activities of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State and N18 billion remittances to the institution by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) in the last five years. Amaechi gave the order following allegations of financial recklessness and large scale fraud leveled against the academy’s rector, Joshua Okpo.

Read the press statement below...

In the pictured above is President Buhari being welcomed by President Francoise Hollande of France to the Opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, France today November 30th.  More photos of other world leaders at the event after the cut...

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says that the Muslim elites laid the foundation for Boko Haram in Nigeria. He said this recently while delivering a lecture titled ‘The Muslim agenda for Nigeria: Challenges of development and good governance’, at a conference organized by the Islamic Welfare Foundation at the Fountain University, Osogbo in Osun state .

A technology company says it's working on a project which would allow a human's consciousness to be transferred to an artificial body after their death. In what sounds like a plot from a science fiction blockbuster, tech company Humai are working on human resurrection through artificial intelligence.

A man who paid a surrogate to have his baby became overwhelmed when he learned she was having triplets and demanded the woman abort one of the fetuses while threatening her with financial ruin, she claims. “They are human beings. I bonded with these kids. This is just not right,” mom-to-be Melissa Cook told The Post on Tuesday.

The Minister of Sports and Youth Development Barrister Solomon Dalung paid an unofficial visit to the National Stadium Surulere Lagos, yesterday November 26th and saw the deplorable state of the place. The stadium was built in 1972.  see more photos from his visit...

On Wednesday, 25 November,Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar celebrated his 69th birthday. He was joined by family, friends, associates and aides at his Asokoro Abuja residence.

Yesterday President Buhari acknowledged the fact that many Nigerian roads are in deplorable states. Buhari said this during the interactive dinner session he had with some Senators yesterday night.

The father of two put his egglant on display on his instagram page. He wrote " workin hard so I can eat this"

Today, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, a PDP senator representing Abia South in the senate asked that the House summon President Buhari who doubles as the Minister of Petroleum resources to come and explain why there's fuel scarcity in the country right now.

The Former President Jonathan pictured above carrying his granddaughter from his adopted daughter Faith and her husband, Godswill Edward.  Belowv is a Photo of Mama Peace ...

A 30-year-old Lagos driver, Samuel Adamo, Adamo, who was married with three wives and five children, was stabbed to death in Oshodi,  Lagos State. He was said to have been attacked in one of the motor parks in the Oshodi-under-bridge area, while calling passengers into his bus. It was learnt that some motor park thugs aka agbero, had approached him for a ‘loading fee’, but the deceased allegedly declined payment, saying there was no passenger in his bus yet.

A Chinese woman aka ‘Tiger Mom’ had a six-month prison term upheld by a local court, which ruled that she had gone “too far” for flogging her foster son over unfinished homework. Legal experts say the case has shed light on the controversial practice of physical punishment in Chinese families to encourage young children to excel. The case broke in April after widely shared pictures on the Internet showed a boy, known only by his surname Shi, with raw red welts criss-crossing his back.

A baby was baked to death in an oven by her toddler brother and sister after they were left alone at home. The twin three-year-olds watched as 19-month-old J’zyra Thompson kicked the oven door after they made it “hot”, court documents claim. Mum Racquel Thompson and her boyfriend had gone out to fetch a takeaway pizza and a prescription, leaving four kids under the age of five in the flat without telling a grandmother who lived in the same block.

"For Nigeria who just had another terrorist attack. Facebook won't create one, so I did this myself." Richard Thrift writes on his Facebook page. "Just making a point. Every western cause is given special treatment by Facebook and then a terrorist attack in Africa does not get its attention." he added.

This little girl from Baga who is now an Internally Diplaced Person at one of the camps in Borno state, has a medical condition that requires urgent help. She has a growth in her left eye that causes her so much pain. She is pictured above with her parents. 

Reportedly, Five traders believed to be from the South East of Nigeria were killed by some militants after they failed to recite the Holy Quran at the Madala Market in Niger state last week Thursday.

The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole says he is not afraid of the billionaire father of his predecessor, Lucky Igbinedion, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion whom he has accused of conniving with his son to loot the state of its resources and exploiting residents of the state while his son was governor. He said this while speaking with some Edo women who staged a protest in support of his administration yesterday November 23rd.

Yesterday November 23rd,  Minister of Foreign Affairs Geoffrey Onyeama had a bilateral meeting with his Iranian counterpart Javad Zarif . Onyeama is in Iran with President Buhari for the 3rd Gas Exporting Countries Forum.   see more photos...

Yesterday, President Buhari approved the appointment of Engineer Aliyu Aziz Abubakar, as the new director general and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The new DG was a pioneer staff of NIMC and the director, Information Technology/ National Identity Database department of NIMC before he retired in 2014. He holds a B.Eng in Civil Engineering and M.Sc in Structural Engineering with Specialty in Computer Aided Design from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.

In Abuja today, Pro-Briafrans staged a protest over what they described as the unlawful detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and the leader of indigenous people of Biafra. This morning, Nnamdi Kanu was arraigned before an Abuja court. See more photos from the protest after the cut...

Vice Pres. Yemi Osinbajo is representing President Buhari at the 2015 All Nigeria Judges Conference currently holding in Abuja. See more photos after the cut...

Press statement from the EFCC... The public is hereby notified that Jerry Ogbonna Obike Phillip, whose photograph appears below, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of stealing. Phillip allegedly withdrew the sum of N45, 000,000.00 (Forty Five million naira) which was mistakenly credited into his account in a new generation bank by the Central Bank of Nigeria before the money could be reversed to its rightful owner.

Following the bomb attack at a motor park in Jambutu in Yola, Adamawa state yesterday November 17th, 32 people have been confirmed dead while 80 others were injured . The incident occurred at about 8.30 last night.  Below is a very graphic picture from the scene of the incident..see it after the cut...

  Following the bomb blast in Yola, Adamawa state yesterday, the Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg took to his Facebook wall to announce that they have activated the safety check on their site . Facebook came under fire for a perceived Western bias when it activated Safety Check after the Paris attacks, with critics noting that terrorist attacks in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia hadn't previously warranted its deployment. The safety check enables Facebook users announce that they are still alive after a mishap in any troubled zone.   Click on Read more to See What he wrote ............

To demonstration its commitment towards impacting lives and improving the quality of education in the country, Etisalat Nigeria has awarded scholarship grants to another batch of 60 Nigerian university undergraduates at its annual Merit Awards.

The leader of the Movement for Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, yesterday, encouraged members of the movement to remain steadfast and focused in the revolutionary struggle, saying that the non-violent methods adopted by MASSOB had become discomforting to northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, and the Nigerian military.

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Currently, Some old women are protesting in Benin city against the state governor, Adams Oshiomole. According to politician, Omosode Igbinedion, daughter of billionaire Gbariel Igbinedion, the women are protesting against the governor's unbridled utterances. See more photos...........

Madame Ogere Siasia, the Mother of Samson Siasia, Nigeria's Ex-international soccer star and current coach of the Under -23 Dream team was kidnapped from her home at Odoni community of Sagama Local Council Area of Bayelsa State in the early hours of today Nov. 17th.

The management of the Face of Idoma pageant has dethroned the 2014 Miss Idoma Joy Onazi just a month before she was supposed to hand over to the next queen.  A letter signed by the Legal Adviser to the organisers of the pageant, Agila Social and Economic Carnival, Odang Oche, stated that she was removed from office due to her inability to live up to her duties and responsibilities and also deliberately refusing to adhere to the guidelines set for her by the organisation.

Today, November 16th, Actress Joke Silva and her actor hubby, Olu Jacobs are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary. They got married in 1985. Joke shared the photo of herself, her husband and their two sons and wrote..........................

The beautiful actress shared the lovely photo collage on Instagram writing: "Happy birthday to me. It's my bday today and what can I say unto the Lord!All I want to say is Thank you Lord. I wish myself strength and wisdom for days to come and success with everything that I do today. I wish myself continuous happiness till the older years of my life,to see my children children .

According to news report, President Buhari will soon name his 14 special advisers . A source at the presidency revealed this to Daily Trust

The rivers state police command has arrested a group of armed robbers that rob people while hiding their gun in a loaf of bread. The state police commissioner Musa Kimo shared the photos on the state police command's Facebook wall.  Read the Press statement and more photos from the commissioner's office below...