President Jonathan's spokesman Reuben Abati has explained why late military dictator Gen. Sani Abacha was given the controversial Centenary Award, saying that the government was in no way supporting corrupt practices...

"This (award) does not in any means translate to supporting sharp practices or corrupt practices. It is important to make the clear distinction in this regard.
I think it is important to make the necessary distinction here. The centenary award, like every award, has its own criteria. That centenary award was in relation to the amalgamation, the national unity, the history of Nigeria and the roles played by certain individuals.
The centenary award was not a test of sainthood. In giving the award to the former Head of State, Gen. Abacha, the committee in charge made it very clear that the award in the category in which the former Head of State appeared was awarded with regard to the contributions of those individuals in keeping Nigeria together." Continue...


This is not good at all. A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 carrying 239 people lost contact over the South China Sea on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, raising fears that the plane might have plunged into the pacific ocean.

The plane, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew members, lost communication two hours into the flight in Vietnam's airspace at 1.20am local time, China's official Xinhua News Agency reports.

The aircraft left Kuala Lumpur for Beijing 12: 11 am on Friday and had been expected to arrive China at 6:30 am but lost contact with traffic controllers over the South China Sea between Malaysia and Vietnam.

Passengers were from 14 countries, including 153 from China, 38 from Malaysia, seven Australians and four Americans.

Search & rescue have begun and families and next of kin of passengers and crew have been notified. The last time a plane went missing like this, the plane, an Air France aircraft, was eventually found in the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in the deaths of 228 people. This was in 2009. This is not good.

Katy Perry disses Miley Cyrus' tongue
(CNN) -- If only they'd all bitten their tongues.
Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry have gotten into a miniwar of words over their shared smooch at Cyrus' concert in February.
At the time, it seemed the two pop stars were playing off Perry's hit, "I Kissed a Girl," as Cyrus said after the kiss was over, "I just kissed a girl, and I really liked it a lot."
But according to Perry, Cyrus wanted more than Perry was willing to give.
"(Her show) was amazing. ... She has this one part where it's like a kiss cam, and I just walked up to her to give her like a friendly girly kiss, you know, as us girls do, and then she like, tried to move her head and go deeper and I pulled away," the 29-year-old said on Australian morning show "Sunrise" on Tuesday.
"God knows where that tongue has been. We don't know! That tongue is so infamous!"
Cyrus has heard about Perry's quip and gave her response on Twitter, coyly mentioning Perry's rumored ex-boyfriend, John Mayer. SEE BELOW






By Saharareporters, New York
 Concerned Nigerian citizens resident in the United Kingdom, came out to voice their concerns over the killings of innocent children and the continued abduction  of young girls by Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram. A petition signing event was held at The Nigerian High Commission on Thursday  March 6th 2014 in London United Kingdom.

   

Fuji musician Obesere who is being accused of rape was on the Wazobia show on MITV yesterday to tell his own side of the story. He claims the rape accusation was all a plot to get him to part with millions of Naira. I don't know if this is true, but the saddest thing is, more people would rather believe this story than that the lady was really raped because she willingly went to his house, right? Find what he said below...


Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) president Ibinabo Fiberesima is set to visit Borno and Yobe states to commiserate with families of victims of Boko Haram and deliver relief material to those affected by the recent bloody attacks.

According to the newly appointed member of the National Council For Arts and Culture, her foundation 'Ibinabo Care Foundation' will deliver the relief materials and help grieving families in any way they can.
Some AGN members, including Grace Amah, Segun Arinze and Charles Inojie have volunteered to go to with her to these high security risk areas but no particular date has been picked.


There have been rumours for a bit now that Chris Brown and his long-suffering girlfriend Karrueche Tran have ended their relationship. Karrueche has confirmed those rumours with a single tweet...
 
When an online website speculated that Karrueche was seeing someone new, she set the record straight confirming her single status. Rihanna come get ya man!! :-)


Nigerian security forces operating with the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) yesterday repelled a dusk attack by terrorists in their bid to overrun markets in communities in the outskirts of Monguno and NNPC at New Marte, Borno State along Chadian border, this is according to a press release from the Defence Headquarters, Ministry of Defence.
According to the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade, over 50 assorted brands of grenades and 11 AK 47 rifles were recovered from the fleeing terrorists. Continue...



Adoration Ministries Present Rev Fr Emmanuel Obimma aka Ebube Muonso as he narrates his ordeal during the recent assassination attempt on his life.
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Dencia is claiming that someone from Lupita's camp reached out to her and told her that the Oscar winning actress and her PR team made up the letter she claimed to have received from a fan.


I see she got her name wrong...lol. The world knows her name. Anyway, Dencia goes further to say that Lupita is condemning bleaching but hanging out with Rihanna. Is Rihanna a bleacher? See what Dencia posted on her instagram after the cut...


Maheeda recently shot the video for her new single 'Lasgidi Chick' and like her last video for 'Naija Bad Girl' she was also naked in this video shot Frizzle N Brizzle Films, same people that shot Naija Bad Girl. See behind the scenes pics after the cut. If you're viewing from your office, be careful..:-)


A pregnant South Carolina mom drove a van full of her young children into the ocean on Tuesday March 4th hours after she was interrogated by police for behaving strangely and scaring her children.

Lifeguards at the beach rescued the woman, believed to be mentally disturbed, and her three children aged, 3, 9 and 10 from the ocean after they heard the children screaming from the back of the van.

A witness captured video of the harrowing rescue on his phone (which you can find after the cut). Police said when they tried speaking with the woman, whose identity has not been released, she sounded incoherent and kept talking about demons chasing her. She's now undergoing a mental health evaluation while her children are with family members. See the amazing rescue video after the cut...


Boko Haram gunmen returned late last night to Mafa and Ajiri villages in Borno State to attack the villagers but this time they met their match. Soldiers guarding the villages and neighbouring ones opened fire on the insurgents, killing at least 20 of them. But instead of retreating, eye witnesses said the Boko Haram members came in their hundreds and engaged the military men in a gun battle.

Fortunately the military men overpowered them, killed many of them and seized different calibers of machine guns and improvised explosive devices from them, this is according to the Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris Olukolade. He said some soldiers, who were from the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, were injured in the battle but no soldier was killed.

<strong>Best picture:</strong> "12 Years a Slave"
Best picture: "12 Years a Slave"



<strong>Best director: </strong>Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
Best director: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity"
<strong>Best actor:</strong> Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Best actor: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club"



<strong>Best actress:</strong> Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"
Best actress: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine"



<strong>Best supporting actor: </strong>Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Best supporting actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club"
<strong>Best supporting actress:</strong> Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"
Best supporting actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave"



<strong>Best original screenplay:</strong> Spike Jonze, "Her"
Best original screenplay: Spike Jonze, "Her"
<strong>Best adapted screenplay:</strong> John Ridley, "12 Years a Slave"
Best adapted screenplay: John Ridley, "12 Years a Slave"



<strong>Best animated feature:</strong> "Frozen"
Best animated feature: "Frozen"



<strong>Best documentary feature:</strong> "20 Feet from Stardom"
Best documentary feature: "20 Feet from Stardom"












By SaharaReporters, New York
Saharareporters obtained photographs and physical descriptions today of three more suspects in Ejigbo sodomy case wanted by the Nigeria Police Force.
The suspects are being sought for their alleged role in the torture and sodomy of three women in Ejigbo market in 2013; one woman died as a result of her injuries.
The main suspect is the coordinator of Oodua People's Congress (OPC) in Ejigbo area.  The police descriptions are as follows:


Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, was today March 6th re-arraigned for alleged N100 million money laundering. Premium Times reports that Fani-Kayode told a Federal High court in Lagos that he was not guilty of all the 40 counts of money laundering instituted against him by EFCC

The trial judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, fixed March 10, 17, 18 and 19 for the trial.
The EFCC is accusing Mr. Fani-Kayode, who was also a former Minister of Culture and Tourism, of money laundering. The commission had amended its 47-count charge, totalling N230 million, to a 40-count charge of N100 million.
Today Mr. Fani-Kayode sat patiently in the dock as the court registrar slowly read out all the 40 counts of money laundering against him. He responded “not guilty” to all of them


The woman who is accusing Fuji musician Obesere of raping her is claiming that the police is pressuring her to drop the case. She also said she's been getting death threats and has relocated to her village out of fear for her life and to continue treatment. Read the full report from Vanguard below...

A police source also disclosed that Obesere found it difficult to pressurize the DPO at Isolo into striking out the matter or persuade the victim to accept a settlement.
The source, who craved anonymity, also said Obesere contacted some top citizens to wade into the matter by persuading the DPO to soft-pedal on the  matter but they backed down when they discovered that the police have incriminating evidence against the musician.


A 400level Law student of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Oladipo Olalekan Ige, committed suicide on Monday March 3rd after allegedly being jilted by a girl.

Dipo was found dead in his apartment at the Asherifa area of Ile-Ife on Monday evening. He'd killed himself with poison.

The student who is said to be above average academically had been threatening to kill himself for weeks before he finally did. According to his friends, Dipo's girlfriend of almost a year broke things off with him in early February and all means to get her back didn't work.

Friends said he was a loner and always talked about being depressed and so didn't think the break up affected him so bad when he started to withdraw into himself. And nobody really took his threat to commit suicide seriously until his body was found in his off campus residence. Though some of his friends say his suicide had nothing to do with a woman. His body has been taken away to his home town of Ibadan by his family members. Suicide is never the answer!


TMZ is reporting that B.Howard could be Michael Jackson's son after DNA results were made public

From TMZ

There's a 99.9% chance a 31-year-old man is Michael Jackson's illegitimate son ... at least that's the claim after an alleged DNA test turned up a match.
According to the test results -- obtained by Alki David and his company, FilmOn.com - Brandon Howard is almost certainly Michael's son. David told TMZ Live he got MJ's dental impression from a Beverly Hills doctor that he got at an auction. The impression is 30 years old but David says its filled with DNA.
Brandon - who now goes by B Howard and looks and acts very much like Michael - was not present for the unveiling, but David says he had Howard's DNA and it matched up.
Who believes this? Continue...
B. Howard having his DNA taken
 David would not say which lab performed the DNA test, but says it showed a clear match.

Brandon's mom - Miki Howard - is a famous gospel singer who Michael knew. She went by the name "Billy" back in 1982. Interestingly ..a year later Michael released "Billie Jean," which included the lyrics, "Billie Jean's not my lover" and "The kid is not my son."

For B Howard's part - he's distancing himself from the whole spectacle, insisting he had nothing to do with it.


Following the killing of over 40 students of the Federal Government College in Yobe State by Boko Haram members, the Federal Government has shut five FG colleges in Yobe, Borno and Adamawa

The schools that were shut down are:
*Federal Government Girls College, Munguno
*Federal Science and Technical College, Lassa in Borno
*Federal Government College, Potiskum
*Federal Government College, Buni Yadi in Yobe
*Federal Science and Technical College, Michika, Adamawa.


Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, made this known yesterday Wednesday March 5th. The schools were closed because they were considered to be located 'within the high security risk areas in the North.'. The schools will remain closed until the security situation in the states improves, while the teachers of the affected schools will be sent to new schools.


Some mothers in Lagos this morning March 6th protested the killing of children in the Northern part of Nigeria. The event was convened by Laila St Matthews. Mrs Joe Odumakin, Mrs Bridget Elesin and other women leaders joined the peaceful protest this morning. The women convened at LTV Agindingbi, Ikeja and walked from there to Government House, Ikeja, where the Head of Service of Lagos State addressed them. See more photos after the cut...


Wazobia FM On-Air-Personality Tuebi Abidde popularly known as Tuale, exchanged vows with his long time girlfriend Edoghogho Ehigiamusoe at the Ikoyi Marriage Registry on Saturday March 1st 2014. Congrats to them. See more pics after the cut...


After seven years of dating and two children together, reality star Kourtney Kardashian has agreed to marry Scott Disick. Scott had proposed to Kourtney many times in the past, but Kourtney always turned him down. She finally agreed to tie the knot after realizing that she and their children are all Scott has following the tragic passing of both of his parents recently. 

Life&Style magazine reports that the couple are planning to wed in Mexico soon. Meanwhile, it's being reported that Kim and Kanye have picked May 24th to wed in Paris.


An Iranian man has been sentenced to having his eyes gouged out, his right ear and nose cut off as punishment for throwing acid in the face of a young girl causing her to lose her eyesight, right ear and nose, an Iranian court has ruled.

Haaretz.com reports that the man was convicted in October 2013 of intentionally attacking the girl after a love gone sour. Iran's high court wants the body parts the victim lost during the vicious attack to be removed from the perpetrator's body as payback and have defended their decision.

The national council said Iran's high court defended cutting off the body parts of those found guilty of a crime, and removing eyes, as part of the country's judicial system. 

Who approves of this kind of punishment?

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