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Martha, a Neapolitan mastiff, has been named this year’s World’s Ugliest Dog. The annual competition, now it its 29th year, was held in Petaluma, California. Martha, with owner Shirley Zindler, beat 13 other contenders to be presented with a trophy and a $1,500 (£1,200) prize. The big-jowled crowd-pleaser will now be flown to New York for “media appearances”, according to the organizers. The Sonoma-Marin Fair, where the event takes place, says the event typically includes lots of dogs that have been rescued from shelters and puppy mills. Martha is former rescue dog who went nearly blind from neglect, said Ms Zindler. After various operations, she can now see again and is pain-free. The Associated Press news agency said Martha immediately won over the judges by obliviously sprawling across the stage, with no intention of doing any tricks. The panel based their decisions on first impressions, unusual attributes, personality and audience reaction, the agenc...

The maiden edition of TELL Awards for Excellence which will feature awards categories in which persons and institutions deserving of such honours were celebrated held on June 17 2017 at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II and the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II were honoured as the joint winners of the TELL Man of the year, 2016 cc: SDK

Harrysong and his team haven't responded to the trolls calling them out on social media but they are most likely going to blame it on the fact that Harrysong's Instagram account was hacked recently. see below

S enior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, recently shared photos of his pilot son, Oluwatobi, flying him from Lagos to Abuja for the first time. In an article he shared on his Facebook page, Femi wrote on how his son dreamt of being a Pilot at four, how he pursued the dream and achieved it. Read the emotional  piece after the cut... Be careful what you dream about, it may well come to pass. Oluwatobi is my firstborn, "my might, and the beginning of my strength." One day, when he was just four years old, we were all in the living room; myself, his mom, and his sister, when he exclaimed:"Daddy, I'll be a pilot!" I looked at him, looked at his mother, and said casually: "What does he know about piloting?" For by then, Oluwatobi had not gone near an airport, not to talk of entering an airplane. But somehow, what he said refused to leave my mind. Just like the biblical Mary, after the angel told her o...

An Irishman teacher who was killed in a horror car crash in Thailand was reportedly having sex with a Thai woman at the back seat when the driver lost control, Authorities believe. The Ex-pat English teacher John Malone, 39, was said to be traveling in a speeding black Suzuki when it lost control and hit a concrete post on Wednesday morning at 1am, Daily Mail reported Rescuers who arrived at the scene first found John half-naked while a naked Thai woman who survived the crash was in the back passenger seat and both didn't had their seat belts on. The driver and another female front seat passenger who was recused are in a serious condition and are being treated at Kasemrad Sriburin General Hospital. The volunteer rescue foundation Siam Ruam which attended the crash said authorities were now investigating. A spokesman said today : 'One foreign man died in the crash. The staff helped to bring out the bodies and give first aid. The number plate of the cras...

The singer recently announced the birth of his twins, a boy and a girl. The baby boy is named Perez and the girl is named Tarela

The business mogul shares lovely picture of his blender family. Here is the catch, the rapper turn business mogul not in relationship with any of them. He’s dating singer Cassie.

The Lagos State Police Command has raised an alarm over the new tactics used by kidnappers. : Below is a statement issued by the Spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos. "Please if any one send credit to you and the person later calls you that it was a mistake that you should send it back to them. If you send it back, they will still call you to ask for more details about you that they want to appreciate what you did and pray for you. Do not listen to such and give out your details please. Its a new gimmick that kidnappers are now using to get victims. Please let's exercise caution and be careful in our day to day activities in order not to fall victim.

The Commissioner for Information in Rivers State, Austin Tam-George, has resigned from office. He turned in his resignation letter today June 23rd. The letter which he delivered to the state's Director of Administration, Ministry of Information, stated that; “I wish to resign my appointment as Commissioner for Information and Communication with effect from today, June 23, 2017. I have handed over officially to the Director of Administration of the Ministry. Thank for the opportunity to serve the state,” his letter read

General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman was earlier today conferred with an ‘Award and Key Of The State of South Carolina’ which is a Honorary Citizenship by the state of South Carolina, United States of America.

  Nigerians on social media plead with the  police to arrest Facebook user for threatening innocent people over the arrests of notorious kidnapper.

4 and 7 year-old sisters raped by a butcher, were infected with Sexually Transmitted Disease, in Lagos. The parents of the victims reveals that their daughters' private parts were decaying and now discharges a liquid substance.  42-year-old, Aminu Umar, an abattoir from Kano who lives in Lagos, was arrested following multiple assaults on the underage girls.  According to reports, Umar, who lived at 5 Salako street in Oko- Oba in Lagos, in the same compound as his victims' family, was known to return early from work each day. Upon his return,  he would lure the girls into his house with Bobo drinks then have sex with them. The rape continued for so long until the day the mother tried to give her 7-year-old daughter a bath and the girl cried out in pain. It was then she confided in her mother that Umar would always remove their clothes when the parents were not around, put them on his bed and insert his manhood into their vagina. The mother checked the private ...

Mr Ismaila Jaiyeoba-Alagbada,The Commissioner for Industries, Commerce and Co-operatives, gave the information in a statement on Thursday in Osogbo. Details of the free train: Departure: - Iddo terminus in Lagos to Osogbo on Saturday June 24 by 10a.m. - Return to Lagos on Tuesday June 27 by 11a.m. The train will also passenger along Ogun and Oyo corridor. Jaiyeoba-Alagbada said the service was in continuation of the commitment of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola’s administration to making life more meaningful for the people of the state. According to him, the free train service, which commenced in 2011 during festive periods , is also aimed at facilitating a stress-free homecoming for the people during the festival.

Actress Mercy Aigbe's says she is off to Widows Conference and she was Immediately called out by one of her follower. See below

Now Nigerians on twitter dragging Falz The Bad Guy and calling him a hypocrite for saying entertainers needs to stopped hailing Yahoo Boys on their songs, after Davido insulted and called out Dele Momodu on a song owned by Falz himself. See the tweets after the cut.. .

Veteran Nollywood actor, Saint Obi has plead with politicians to stop Quota system, question about state of origin and religion on various forms. The actor, who shared new photos on Facebook, wrote;  'Nigeria must stop Quota System; questions about State of Origin and Religion on various forms.These, BREED laziness, marginalization, retrogression, poverty, nepotism, restiveness, religious & ethnic chauvinism,' Another photo after the cut.

To celebrate the Eid-El-Fitri, the Federal Government has declared Monday June 26th and Tuesday June 27th as public holiday. Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on Thursday in Abuja on behalf of the Federal Government.