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The Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, in Maiduguri, Borno State said intelligence report available to it “revealed that Abubakur Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted Boko Haram Terrorists leader may have died”. The JTF in a statement by its spokesperson, Sagir Musa, on Monday said Mr. Shekau “died of gunshot wound received in an encounter with the JTF troops in one of their camps at Sambisa Forest on 30 June 2013.” According to the statement, “Shekau was mortally wounded in the encounter and was sneaked into Amitchide – a border community in Cameroun for treatment which he never recovered.” “It is greatly believed that Shekau might have died between 25 July to 3 August, 2013. He was reported to have masterminded the kidnap of the seven French citizens and that of the elder statesman Alhaji (Dr) Shettima Ali Monguno in addition to many murders of Islamic clerics in Northern Nigeria. “He was also responsible for bombings of many places of worship and public

No one thinks that a live creature will emerge from a child’s everyday “owie.” But that’s just happened to 4-year-old Paul Franklin of Aliso Viejo, Calif. It started when he fell and cut his knee on a rock during a family vacation to the beach, the Orange County Register reports. When it became swollen, Paul’s mom, Rachael, took her son to urgent care, where the doctor said Paul had a staph infection. But after a course of antibiotics, the wound had not healed; in fact, Rachael noticed her son’s knee was turning black, CBS reports in the video above. Against a doctor’s recommendation, she squeezed the wound to drain it. A black snail shot out of her son’s knee. “He moved!” Rachael screamed, she recalled to the Register. “There’s a freakin’ little guy in there! Bubbles were coming up.” Paul’s father, Ken, believes his son must have fallen on a nest on that rock, forcing an egg into his knee, where it began gestating. Paul, whose knee is almost completely heale

The Skelewu crooner posted this pic on his instagram page with the caption " Beach tins with ma baby and the crew!! @funmiaboderin. Baby means girlfriend, abi? @funmiaboderin is a student of University Of Durham according to her instagram page profile...yeah I went to look...:-) Cute girl!

Former B2K singer Raz B, who slipped into a coma after being hit in the face with a bottle during a fight at a nightclub in China, is out of his coma and in stable condition, TMZ reports. Raz B came out of his life-threatening coma on Sunday at a hospital in China and doctors say it's a miracle he survived. Raz is said to be breathing on his own, smiling and responsive. He has not been released from the hospital as close friends tell TMZ he will be staying there for a few more days to be monitored.

The executive chairman of Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom state, Mr Nse Ntuen, was arrested at the BWI International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday August 16th for smuggling $82, 000 into the US. The Maryland State Police Department confirmed the arrest yesterday Sunday August 18th, saying Mr Ntuen did not declare the money with the US custom officials. They said he only declared $5,000, only for an additional $77,000 to be found in his bag. Mr Ntuen explained that he brought the money into the US to donate it at the Annual International Convention of the Akwa Ibom Indigenes in the US and Canada which held on Saturday at the Marriot Hotel in Washington, DC. Mr Ntuen was released after five hours in custody but he didn't leave with the money. The Maryland State Police Department confiscated it.

For correcting his English on a photo on his Instagram page, Wizkid told a fan that 'broke people always think they have an opinion'. His fans took offense over his comments and called him out on Twitter. See some of their Tweets after the cut.

We've not finished battling Boko Haram now we are hearing about a new Islamic sect called Kala Kato that has settled in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. According to what the spokesman of the Niger state Police command, ASP Richard Adamu told Daily Trust, the sect are said to be preaching some ideologies thought to be in contrast with conventional Islamic teaching. He said they are preaching against the teaching of Hadith (traditions of the holy prophet) and emphasising only on the contents of the Holy Quran. ASP Adamu said most locals are apprehensive of their presence.

People have been asking me for update on OJB Jezreel. Well, here's what I know. The prolific music producer will be leaving for his kidney surgery in India sometime this week. He completed his dialysis at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital last week so is preparing to travel between now and end of the week. As soon as he leaves, I will update you on his progress.

Paralympian Oscar Pistorious was in court today and was formally charged with the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. His lawyers had been hoping for the lesser charge of manslaughter after Oscar claimed he shot Reeva dead in his h ome on Thursday February 14 2013 after mistaken her for an intruder. Thankfully the courts didn't buy his story and he will now face a murder trial which will run from now to March 20 2014 at North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria. The 6-time paralympic sprint champion could also face extra charges of allegedly discharging a firearm recklessly in two other incidents. If found guilty of premeditated murder, Oscar could be spending the rest of his life in jail

Things people do for money! Upcoming Nollywood actress, Amanda Ebeye, has disclosed that she can act nude for $50million. Here’s what she said in a recent interview: “I can do everything because I’m an actress. For $50 million yes, I will do it. That’s why I am an actress, everything you want me to do I’ll do as long as you pay. For $50 million I can act nude. I respect my culture but people pretend a lot in Africa.”

In 1919, when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu…many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy. When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then). The doctor couldn’t believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope. She gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flu virus in the onion. It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy. Now, I heard this story from my hairdresser. She said that several years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flu, and so were many of her customers. The next year she placed several bowls with onions ar

The N220 billion Micro Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, fund being packaged by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, would be given to entrepreneurs without the conventional collaterals to make it easier for them to access capital for their businesses. CBN’s Director of Development Finance, Mr. Paul Eluhaiwe, said this at the end of the MSME Financing Conference and D-8 workshop in Abuja, weekend. He said that entrepreneurs would be able to use movable collaterals to secure credits from financial institutions from next year. According to him, the necessary approval of management of CBN had been secured and “we will ensure that collateral registry are movable collateral and we would be able to use it beginning from next year in this country.” He added that CBN wanted a situation where MSMEs would “be able to use movable collateral, and we are working with the International Finance Corporation, IFC, on this development. “If this is done, operators will be able to o

Prophet Ajanaku,  popular gospel singer Tope Alabi’s spiritual father is dead.He reportedly died yesterday evening after a brief illness. The prophet was gospel singer Tope Alabi’s spiritual father until they both parted ways in early 2013 following claims of sexual harassment.  May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Beverly’s boo and fellow Big Brother Africa Housemate, Angelo has been evicted from the house. Poor Bev was crushed. As soon as the live show ended Beverly went straight to her bed and cried her eyes out. But Melvin, the Nigerian other contestant, was there to console her. Here is what he said to her; “You still have me. You will be fine. I will still be here for you. My bed is the biggest in the House. You can share it with me.”

SSANU president, Mr. Samson Ugwoke The federal government has approved the sum of  N400 billion to be used for development of infrastructure in public universities within a period of four years as part of the efforts to transform the  nation’s universities to meet international standards. This improvement to the education sector in the country will be documented and made available today at the meeting of the Presidential Committee on the Implementation of the NEEDS Assessment in the universities with representatives of the unions in the sector. The unions include Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ThisDay reports: SSANU president, Mr. Samson Ugwoke, who disclosed this while addressing the National Executive Council (NEC) members at the weekend in Abuja, also

The remains of Mrs. Christy Oba, fondly called Mama Sisi, the foster mother of the President’s wife, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, who died in an auto crash in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, recently are to be buried on November 1, 2013. Her funeral rites will, however, commence on October 31. According to a statement by her spokesperson, Mrs. Ayo Adesugba, on Sunday, the President’s wife was said to have disclosed this while granting audience to the Nigerian female ambassadors and high commissioners, who paid her a visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Saturday. She lamented that her mother’s death had created a vacuum that would be very difficult to fill. She, however, comforted herself with the fact that nobody could question God. May Her Soul Rest In Peace !!!