11:13:00

Nigerian soldiers battled Boko Haram members early this morning in Maiduguri after members of the dreaded sect attempted to seize Giwa Barracks located in the city. This time, the soldiers came out on top as they succeeded in killing many members of the Islamic sect.

Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade released a press statement earlier today explaining what was going on...

    “Pockets of terrorists apparently in a move to boost their depleted stock of fighters this morning attacked a military location in Maiduguri with a view to freeing their colleagues who are being held in detention. The attack has been successfully repelled with heavy human casualty on the terrorists. Some of the victims of the terrorists’ fired in their efforts to break into the detention facility, included those they came to rescue. Many of the terrorists and their weapons have been captured. Four soldiers were wounded and are being treated. Hot pursuits by land and air operations are ongoing along with cordon and search of surrounding localities.”

Continue to see the very graphic photos of the dead BH members. *viewer discretion advised*

11:09:00

Actress Halle Berry famously swore on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2004 that she'd never marry again after her second marriage ended but she went back on her word and got married again...to French actor Olivier Martinez.

Now according to new reports, her marriage to Olivier is on the rocks. The couple have not been photographed together since Dec 7th and Olivier did not accompany Halle to the Academy Awards.

The mother of two has also stopped wearing her wedding band and the couple are rumored to be living apart. Halle and Olivier have one child together and she has one child with former partner Gabriel Aubry.

Halle Berry was married to Atlanta Braves outfielder David Justice from 1993 to 1997 and to R&B singer Eric Benet from 2001 to 2005.

11:06:00

A court in Pretoria today was shown dramatic photos of murder suspect Oscar Pistorius moments after he killed his girlfriend at his home on February 14th 2013. The photos show the Paralympian bare chested with blood smeared all over his shorts and prosthetic legs. The photos were taken by police photographers who arrived 40 minutes after the shooting.

Other images shown in court today included the blood-spattered toilet where Reeve Steenkamp was shot dead, the 9mm gun Oscar used in killing his girlfriend and the cricket bat he claimed he used to break down the toilet door after he shot Reeva. See the photos after the cut...

10:57:00

According to a TMZ report, Chris Brown was arrested in Malibu yesterday after getting kicked out of rehab for violating rules...

From TMZ,

Chris Brown is in jail right now, because he violated a judge's order by getting booted from the rehab facility where he's been living for nearly 4 months ... TMZ has learned.   The judge in the Rihanna beating case ordered Chris to live in the Malibu rehab facility for 90 days to get anger management therapy, and he completed the stint earlier this month.  But ... at the last court hearing, the judge modified things and ordered Chris to stay in the facility while the Washington D.C. assault case ran its course.The deal was this ... if Chris left rehab, he would go directly to jail.Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Brown was thrown out of the rehab facility this morning, for violating "internal rules."  We do not know precisely what Chris did, but we're told it did not involve violence or drugs.Sources tell TMZ ... Chris was caught having "an inappropriate relationship" with a female worker at the beginning of the month, but that is NOT why he was thrown out today.As you recall, Chris was previously thrown out of a different facility for throwing a rock at his mom's car window. Chris was picked up by L.A. County Sheriff's deputies this afternoon and is now in jail ...being held with no bail.

10:49:00

69 people including men, women and children were killed in separate attacks and several houses razed in 3 villages in Katsina State this week. Fulani Herdsmen have been accused of being behind the recent attack.

Confirming the attack to AFP, a lawmaker in the state, Honorable Abbas Abdullahi Michika said the men attacked three villages; Mararrabar Maigor, Kura Mota and Maigura Villages, where 47, 7 and 8 bodies were recovered from each village respectively

    "So far, 69 bodies have been recovered from the attacks carried out by a large group of gunmen riding on motorcycles".

Fulani Herdsmen have been in a running battle with local farmers over the loss of grazing land which is important for their cattle.

10:47:00

 Yesterday at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Anambra state, Anambra Governor Peter Obi presented a cheque of N160 million which is to be disbursed to 160 first class graduates who are origins of the state. The Governor said it was a gesture by his administration to encourage undergraduate students to strive for academic excellence.
He directed that none of the recepients should be given cash but the money should be paid into their various accounts for better utilization.

10:45:00

Supermodel Naomi Campbell, 43, says she wants to have a child whether she has a man in her life or not. She made this known during a radio interview with Diane von Furstenburg's Sirus XM Radio Town Hall show in New York on Wednesday...

    "I'm at an age where I have decided I do want to have a baby. I have always spoken about children so many times in my interviews over the years. I do want to have a baby. And whether I'm with a man or not, I will have it on my own" Ms Campbell said.

13:21:00


 
Last week it was reported that Karrueche had finally given up on her relationship with Chris Brown after discovering that he was still secretly longing for Rihanna. Well, now that Rihanna and Drake are official, Chris took to Twitter last night to say Karrueche will always be his heart...then he deleted it..

09:47:00

Former President of Sierra Leone Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has died after a protracted illness. He died yesterday March 13th at his home in Sierra Leone.

    "Former president Kabbah died at his home around 3:50 pm and the body has been transferred to the... funeral home in Freetown,"a statement read

President Kabbah would be remembered for helping to bring peace back to war torn Sierra Leone during his tenure. He was 82 years old. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

09:29:00

U.S investigators believe that the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 communication system were shut off manually and that the plane flew for at least 5 more hours after it dropped off the radar based on analysis of signals sent by the jet's satellite communication link.

 U.S counterterrorism officials are pursuing the possibility that a pilot or someone else on board the plane may have diverted it toward an undisclosed location after intentionally turning off the jetliner's transponders to avoid radar detection, according to one person tracking the probe.

Three separate tracking devices shut down during the flight, 14 minutes apart, and continued to fly after the last known contact, which means the plane was intentionally diverted. But by who? The pilots or it was hijacked and diverted? If this theory is to be believed, then it means the plane landed somewhere and everyone is safe and alive? Very unlikely!

Malaysian authorities said yesterday that they have several "pings" from the plane's data system, transmitted to satellites in the five hours after the plane's last communication, suggesting the plane flew to the Indian Ocean, which is in the opposite direction of the plane's original route. U.S govt have now sent a search party to the Indian Ocean

09:12:00

Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has revealed she's in the process of going under the knife again as a preventive measure against the spread of cancer. 

The mother of six who had both breasts removed last year after tests showed she carried a gene which increased her chances of contracting both breast and ovarian cancer, told Entertainment Weekly the new operation is to prevent ovarian cancer

    "Wherever I go, usually I run into women and we talk about health issues, women issues, breast cancer, ovarian cancer. It makes me to feel closer to other people who deal with the same things and have either lost their parents or are considering surgeries or wandering about their children. There is still another surgery to have which I haven't yet. I would get advice from all these people whom I have been talking to, to get through that next stage. " She said

Angelina's mum, Marcheline Bertrand, died of ovarian and breast cancer at the age of 56 in 2007.

09:05:00

 The Ogun State Police Command, yesterday, said it had nabbed a 38-year-old man, Adelani Ayomide, with a bag containing 18 human skulls.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement, said the suspected ritualist was arrested at 6:48am, yesterday, on Ado-Odo, Owode Road by policemen attached to a division in Ado-Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.

09:01:00

 Uneasy calm prevails in Rivers State, after the shooting and forceful abduction of popular Wazobia FM presenter,Anthony Akatakpo, aka Diplomatic Akas Baba, by unknown gunmen on Thursday March 12,2014

Akatakpo, was kidnapped from his residence in Rumuekini, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The kidnappers according to eye witness report numbered about 12 shot the radio presenter in the leg before taking him away in his private Mitsubishi Endeavor Sport Utillity Vehicle with registration number LSD 871 CM at about 3 am.

02:00:00

Ten students of Government Day Secondary School in Kankara town in Katsina state yesterday lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident when a truck loaded with timber which they boarded to help get them to school had a head on collision with another truck which was coming from the opposite director.

10 of the students died on the spot while four were critically injured. Their corpses were taken to the Kankara General Hospital. Activities at their school was suspended to mourn the dead students. May their souls rest in peace..Amen.

21:00:00

 The Nigerian military yesterday shut down all telecommunication services in Borno state as it takes on Boko Haram activities. Residents in the state woke up yesterday to a "No Service" signal on their phones.
Confirming the shutdown, spokesman of the 7-Division of the Nigeria Army, Muhammed Dole said its a military move necessary under the present circumstance.

    "We all know the inconveniences that this might have brought, but it is a necessary and temporary measure that will not take long time” Dobe said.

He said its a sacrifice everyone including the residents have to make in the fight against Boko Haram

17:13:00


62 year old football legend and President of German Football Club, Bayern Munich, Uli Hoeness, has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of dodging 27.2million euros in taxes through an undeclared Swiss bank account. Uli who is one of the powerful figures in German football was charged and sentenced today Thursday March 13th by a German court

He was allowed to walk out of the court today because he has one week to decide whether to appeal the verdict.

11:09:00

 US investigators officials believe that Malaysian Airlines flight 370 remained airborne for four more hours after vanishing from its last recorded position - raising the startling prospect the plane was hijacked.

Officials suspect that the plane flew for a total of five hours based on data automatically downloaded and sent back to Rolls Royce - the manufacturers of the Boeing 777's engines.

US counter-terrorism teams are now pursuing the astonishing possibility that the plane and its 239 passengers was diverted to an undisclosed location 'with the intention of using it later for another purpose'. This comes as planes (left) sent to check the spot where Chinese satellite images (right) showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing. -Dailymail.

10:36:00

The top Ghanaian actress is also now a singer in case some of you didn't know and just released the video for her first single titled Traffic Jam. She also released some sexy new photos for your viewing please. Continue to see the photos and the music video featuring Kay Dizzle starring Ik Ogbonna, Eddie Watson and Sonia Ibrahim....

10:25:00
#nIGERIAN,#JACKIE

Yeah I know these two are denying that they are a couple but na lie o...they are not only dating, they are already talking marriage...

The divorced mother of one, who has denied dating Bobby in the past saying he's just a colleague, is actually considering marrying the Nigerian actor after he suggested marriage around Valentine this year. I don't know if they will get married, but if they do, remember you read it here first...:-)

10:13:00

A Chinese satellite searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight has found what is being described as three 'large, floating objects' in the South China Sea, UK Daily Mail reports
The potentially crucial development comes on the fifth day of the search for the Boeing 777 seems to corroborate the testimony of a New Zealand oil worker who claims to have witnessed the crash of the missing airplane early on Saturday morning. Coni
It is also in the original search area under the flight’s original search path and appears to discount the theory that the aircraft turned back towards Malaysia and crashed hundreds of miles away on the other side of the Malaysian peninsula.

10:09:00

According to new reports, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o has been dating Somali/Canadian singer and poet Keinan Abdi Warsame, popularly known as K'naan, for about 6 months now. Lupita was spotted with the 'Wavin Flag' singer on Monday March 3rd after her interview on Live With Kelly & Michael but most didn't realize there was something going on between them.

"She loves his humanitarianism. They'd both passionate about African issues." a friend of the couple told Us Weekly
K'naan has two sons with his ex-wife Deqa Warsame but according to this friend, Lupita hasn't met his kids as they are taking things slow...
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