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The Defence Headquarters has branded the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a “militant terrorist organisation’’ and urged parents to dissuade their wards from joining the group. In a statement in Abuja today, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Director, Defence Information (DDI), restated the commitment of the Armed Forces to confront “all security challenges facing the country.’’  Read the full statement below... PUBLIC AWARENESS ON THE STATE OF INDEPENDENT PEOPLE OF BIAFRA 1. The Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) group which has posed to be a security challenge in the Country, has been metamorphosing from one stage to the other. After due professional analysis and recent developments, it has become expedient, to notify the general public that; the claim by IPOB actors that the organization is non-violent is not true. Hence, the need to bring to public awareness the true and current state of IPOB. In this regard, some of their actions, clandestinely and actively, that has been te...

Actor, Patrick Attah who currently lives in Germany, said this in a post he shared on his Facebook page. "I told you guys that the October 1st quit notice wasn't a joke right? The illegal deployment of the Military to invade the East is part of the October 1st plan. Please, all Igbos and Biafrans in general should evacuate the north as soon as possible because Buhari and his men are up to something bad but they shall be buried in the pit they are digging. I curse the day Fraud Lugard and the British fraudulently and forcefully created this company called Nigeria!!!".

The South-East Governors Forum has banned all activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB in the Southeast region.  The forum rose from its emergency security meeting held today at Enugu State government House,  to announce the ban.  Reading out a ten-point communique reached at the end of the meeting, the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ebonyi state, Engr Dave Umahi said they are committed to taking strategic steps towards realizing the restructuring agitations in the country. The forum further appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately withdraw the Military troupes deployed to the SouthEast region so as to douse the tension already created in the polity, assuring that they will follow up ongoing investigation into allegations of killings and torture by the Military.

This was as the party said the minister has apologised to it over the comments which it said were not well-thought out.  The minister had recently pledged her unflinching loyalty to former vice president, Atiku Abubakar. Confirming the essence of the meeting, spokesman of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi, said,  “Yes, the party invited her and she has come. When she came, we asked her to explain to us what truly transpired and in what context she said what she said and she did offer these explanations. . Now, having offered her explanations, we acknowledged that as a member of this party, she is entitled to her opinion and she is entitled to her choice. .  However, as a senior member of this party, her statements represent an act of indiscretion because with the kind of position she occupies even within the party, she is a party leader in her own right, what she said was not what she was supposed to say at the time that she said it. She ought to have exercised greater ...

According to Donkwe Darlington,he tried patching things up with his wife but it all failed. He further disclosed that they’ve both decided to part to maintain congeniality so that they can continue to face their future. Here’s what he wrote;  “I have decided to address these and I promise you that this is not a joke and not an attempt to be snarky. We realize that this probably comes as a shock to a lot of you and we apologize about that. We did not come to this decision lightly. We tried to “fix” our marriage in various ways, on our own and with the help of various professionals. Ultimately, what we are left with is a situation that makes neither of us happy. We are amicable. We are working together to get through this. We are both hurting💔 but we do not hate each other. We have decided to part at this time in order to maintain congeniality so that we can continue to face our future. We genuinely wish the best for each other going forward. We also ask that if you are going to...

Emeka Ike whose 14-year-old marriage to his estranged wife Emma was dissolved in March this year took to his Instagram page share the picture of his award and captioned it: _ “Baba God, i’m celebrated a GOLDEN LIVING LEGEND. How could this be without you perfecting it!!! I return all the glory to you and dedicate this award to all the living men and women who died in the hands of their spouses. People they loved not knowing their wicked intentions. May you find eternal rest. Amen – OPE O ORI YOMI” -

Despite the break-up, Fergie was forced to laugh off reports suggesting she was pregnant with the couple’s second child just last week. She told 103.5 KTU: “I’ve heard so many rumors about all of that. I have no idea what's in the future.”

The statement quoted Governor Simon Lalong as expressing shock and dismay over the sudden build up of tension in Jos, while warning that government would not allow disgruntled elements to disrupt the peace. “I am surprised that some disgruntled elements claiming to be reacting to agitations by the Independent Peoples of Biafra in the South-East, decided to throw Jos metropolis into confusion. Let everyone be clear about this – we shall not allow it,” Lalong was quoted as saying. “We have deployed our men to all parts of the city, but nothing has been reported. “Outside the rumour, there is no particular incident that took place,” he said. Terna said that the situation got tense when Igbo shop owners quickly locked their shops and started moving home in droves. “Immediately people saw the frenzy with which the shops were being locked, they started running; they all started scurrying to safety in various directions because they suspected that trouble was looming. “With ...

American actress, writer, director, producer and web series creator Issa Rae, is on a roll, obviously as she lands a major beauty campaign as the new face of CoverGirl. Rae who is best known as the creator of the YouTube web series ‘Awkward Black Girl’ and also ‘Insecure’ star took to her Instagram page recently to share her latest feat with her fans. what she wrote below; I remember being an awkward black girl in high school, reading the pages of my favorite magazines, casually flipping through @COVERGIRL ads, singing their slogan in my head. Never EVER in my life did I imagine I'd be one. I am SO honored and SO excited for what’s to come. Visit @COVERGIRL to learn more #COVERGIRLMADE <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <script>   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({     google_ad_client: "ca-pub-2532433737466064",     enable_page_level_ads: true   }); </scr...

According to the Chicago Tribune, Chicago community activist, Andrew Holmes showed up to police department seeking answers on behalf of the family. Detectives showed Holmes the surveillance footage from the Rosemont hotel and it shows Jenkins walking into the freezer alone. He said that Jenkins, 19, was waiting in the lobby after her friends went upstairs to get the rest of their belongings. During that time, Jenkins took the elevator down to the lower level and wandered around, opening doors in an apparent "disoriented" manner. Jenkins opened two doors in the kitchen area and walked right in the walk-in freezer. The doors  "It was just an accident waiting to happen," he said Police plan on showing her mother the footage before they release it to the public at the end of the investigation.

Nollywood star Monalisa Chinda has spoken out against domestic violence and sexual harassment of actresses in the industry. Speaking while appearing as a guest on The Other News, a satirical show hosted by comic-actor Okey Bakassi on Channels TV, Chinda said actresses don't talk about their sexual harassment experiences over fear of stigmatization. While noting that she’s never been a victim, the gorgeous mother of one said: “It’s a bit uncomfortable for someone to come out and say I was cornered to sleep with a producer because of a role,” “They keep quiet about it because of their careers. Apart from that, the society stigmatises these women. So you just swallow your pride. When you are outside the shores of Africa, women are heroes for coming out to speak about sexual abuse, but not here.” she added. Speaking further, Chinda also urged women to quit “provoking” their husband. "As much as I detest all forms of violence against women and men, women should qui...

Mr Eazi  is back in  the news again. This time he's speaking on his life and hustle before music and acording to him, he quit a lucrative oil and gas job that paid him about $6,000 per month to do music becuase he was not finding fulfilment in it. He was a guest on  Beat FM’s Morning Rush  today where he said, 'after I came back from Ghana, I got a job in oil and gas in Port Harcourt that paid about six thousand dollars per month but I quit because I was not finding fulfillment in it. I mean it was the same thing everyday, the same routine over and over again. The decision to quit the job finally hit me when my boss’ wife left him even with all the money he had'. He continued to say, 'after I left my job, I got my Masters degree and with all that qualification I started selling phones in computer village and everyone thought something was wrong with me. Even my mother started praying special prayers for me but my father didn’t add that fin...

According to facebook user, Anulika Nahnah Obiefuna, married men cheat on their wives because the women stop 'slaying and turn themselves to sacks of beans soon after marriage'.  Read her post below:   "The reason why men cheat is simple.Once he gets married to you, then you stop 'slaying'   You turn to a sack of beans and start using ugly wrappers to cover your commodities.And start screwing with 'mommy and daddy' style .  What happened to all those things he saw when he met you that made him wife you? Wear panties occasionally around the house. Red or black panties re nice .  Be your husband's slut. It's you and him till both of you get old. All these women should stop turning to Virgin Mary once he puts a ring on it. Thats how your husbands keep eyeballing fine girls like us and promising us trips to Dubai .

Nigerian male Barbie doll, Bobrisky is only wants to be associates looking with the richer folks. The 26-year-old who celebrated his birthday over the weekend, took to Instagram to forbid men from sending him DMs except they are worth $500million respectively.  He wrote: 'If u don't worth $500million pls don't dm me pls Biko. I know how much I spend on my skin everyday.girls u can dm me but guys naaaaaaa. Only if u worth that cash ? above ??.'

Bisi, who is currently in Nigeria, was at the University of Lagos earlier today to deliver a lecture on diversity and inclusion. Sharing a photo from the event, Bisi remembered his time at UNILAG and the trauma he suffered after the school authorities told him he was morally unfit to graduate just because he came out as a gay man. He wrote;  Today I had the honour and privilege of presenting the closing plenary at the first ever 'Diversity and Inclusion' conference at the University of Lagos. Well I think it is important to put this into perspective. 13yrs ago, I graduated from the university of Lagos with second class upper with honours. That graduation happened at one of the most challenging time of my life. During my exams period, I was on set shooting my first ever career break, but I was also facing the pressure to kill a story that was about to out me. Then, I was also facing a disciplinary committee for my sexuality. Few months later in October 2004, I came out ...

Georgina Rodriguez who is expecting her first child with Cristiano Ronaldo spotted at the airport on Wednesday as she jetted home from Ibiza with the footballer's son Cristiano Junior. The 22-year-old Spanish beauty was spotted in a black skin-tight dress as she relaxed with her 32-year-old beau's eldest son at Ibiza airport, ahead of their flight home.

  Actor Tyrese had a few words for his ex-wife over child custody issues..what he wrote below; All I wanna do is co/parent nothing else...... Please.... Stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt...... I've only prayed that your heart heals and we live our lives separately and peacefully on behalf of our daughter...... There's someone out here for everybody - Norma I know you can see this, I'm sorry I got re-married, I'm sorry we didn't work out I'm sorry you haven't been able to find another man since we separated...... Sometimes you get married and have kids and things just don't work out, but I have NEVER wished harm on you....... I was hoping by now you got over what we used to be... Being bitter, resentful and just felt out mean will has never been good for our daughter .... But I see the attacks just won't stop so I believe this too will pass and God and the courts will reveal the truth..... I want you to know I still love...

BankyW shared this new portrait of his family via IG tonight!

Janet Jackson‘s older brother Steven Randall “Randy” Jackson claims that his sister suffered “verbal abuse” and felt like “a prisoner in her own home” during her marriage to London-based Qatari businessman Wissam Al Mana.   The former Jackson 5 star, 55, says, “Enough is enough” as he opens up for the first time about what he says is a troubling situation for the superstar singer. “There’s a lot of pain. Janet’s been through a lot with her divorce. I’ve been through a lot, we all have,” says Randy, referring to Janet’s ongoing divorce and custody battle with Al Mana, 42. “It was quite an abusive situation,” Randy claims. “It came on later in the relationship, verbal abuse and being [made to feel like] a prisoner in her own home. No pregnant woman needs to go through being called a bitch everyday. There were things like that. That’s what she went through.” I told her, ‘You’ve got to move in with me or I’m going to go over there and there’s going to be hell.’ She was really pissed ...

The Tennis star shared her photo today, revealing that she has been named; Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. A few people however insist that only male kids are named Junior (Jr). 

Andrew David Willson, 19, was arraigned Monday on one count each of murder and felony firearm possession. Magistrate Mark Blumer denied bond for Willson, who has been in police custody since Friday.  More: Dog owner faces charges in mauling of mom, boyfriend Andrew Willson called police shortly before 7 a.m. Friday and said he came home from a drive to find his mother had been murdered, an Ingham County (Mich.) Sheriff's detective told the judge in a hearing that led to charges against the teen. Lisa Marie Willson, 51, was found dead in a bedroom of her home near Williamston, Mich., in Wheatfield Township, police said.  She was shot once in the back of the head. Investigators determined that no one besides her and her son had been inside the house the night of the killing, Detective Charles Buckland testified. Andrew Willson talked to his mother about the puppy Thursday evening, and she told him he would have to bring the dog to his father's home, Buckland testified....

Singapore has elected 63-year old Halimah Yacob as its first female president which also makes her the first head of state to come from the county's Malay community in almost five decades.     Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament, did not face a vote for the largely ceremonial post after authorities said other candidates did not meet strict eligibility criteria.    She was declared Singapore’s eighth president after a “walkover” election that saw no vote after no other contenders ran for the position.  She was the only candidate deemed eligible to stand in the country’s Elections Department, having held a key public position as speaker of parliament for three years.      The other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 ...

Eric, who's the second son of the President of the United States, took to Twitter to announce the birth of a baby boy.  ".@LaraLeaTrump and I are excited to announce the birth of our son, Eric "Luke" Trump at 8:50 this morning," Trump wrote. 

A man is on the run after he allegedly killed his girlfriend  on Saturday  with a panga (broad knife) in Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is alleged the couple had an argument. The lifeless body of a 42-year-old woman was discovered by her 16-year-old stepson in a pit toilet when he came home from his neighbour’s house, where he had spent the night, Mpumalanga News reported. The boy noticed that the door was wide open and there was blood everywhere. He went outside and noticed that his stepmother was lying on the floor in the toilet, and he saw flies, blood in her face and ran to alert his stepmother’s friend, who called the police. Police spokesperson Captain Jabu Ndubane confirmed the incident, and said a case of murder has been opened and police were still trying to determine the whereabouts of the boyfriend. “When police arrived at the scene, the woman was already dead. According to the information we obtained from a friend earlier, the couple were drinking alcoho...

A 30-year-old Nigerian man who scammed several U.S. companies out of millions of dollars by posing as the CEO has been sentenced to 46 months in prison.  According to Dallas Morning News, Amechi Colvis Amuegbunam achieved this by creating email accounts that made it look as if he were a company executive and then asked employees handling accounts to wire money wherever he wanted, most often to foreign banks.  Last week, he was sentenced to 46 months in prison for scamming more than 10 victims out of $3.7 million. He originally faced up to 30 years if convicted by a jury, but his lawyer argued in court documents that Amuegbunam did not have any previous criminal record and was not a danger to society.  In addition to his prison stint, Amuegbunam will have to pay $615,555 in restitution for his use of this scam, known as a “business email compromise scheme,” which the Morning News notes has become a crime of choice for some organized crime groups in Africa, Easter...

American singer, Lady Gaga has had her heart broken three times and seems to think her sucessful career within the entertainment industry might have contributed a huge deal to the break ups.  The 31 year old who split from her ex-fiancé Taylor Kinney in July 2016 after dating for five years, said they broke up shortly after she landed a leading role in Bradley Cooper‘s "A Star is Born,"  "Me and Taylor are fighting, so that sucks," Gaga says in a new documentary "Gaga:  Five Foot Two," according to People "My threshold for bullsh*it with men is just — I don’t have one anymore. In relationships, you have to move together." "My love life has just imploded," "I sold 10 million (records) and lost Matt.  I sold 30 million and lost Luke. I did a movie and lose Taylor. It's like a turnover. This is the third time I've had my heart broken like this."

Jean-Claude Van Damme's youngest son, Nicholas Van Varenberg, was arrested for allegedly holding his roommate at knifepoint. 21-year-old Nicholas was arrested on Sunday in Tempe, Arizona in the United States. According to TMZ, police got a call to check on him because he'd punched the elevator in his building. When cops got there, they found a trail of blood leading to his apartment, and after speaking to him and a roommate, discovered Nicholas injured his hand. The cops left, but 20 minutes later, Nicholas' roommate ran downstairs, claiming he'd escaped the apartment where Nicholas was holding him at knifepoint. He told officers Nicholas was angry that he had opened the door for them. Officers immediately searched the apartment, and say they found the knife and marijuana. Nicholas was booked for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, unlawful imprisonment, marijuana possession and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has blasted South African entertainer Zodwa Wabantu for not wearing underwear. Speaking at a rally in front of a 10‚000-strong crowd in Bindura on Saturday, Mugabe said he is aware that a decision to ban her from participating at official government events made him a “killjoy" “I’m sorry we disappointed many men” before questioning why Zodwa would attend parties without underwear. “You just come without covering your decency. What do you want? Men to see you? We don’t want such‚” he said. On her first visit to Zimbabwe two months ago‚ Zodwa was warned that Mugabe and other political figures would not “tolerate” her not wearing underwear‚ with some media in that country, reporting that she would be deported. She was billed to perform at the Harare International Carnival and told TshisaLIVE that she would only go if she was allowed to be “who is she.” Zodwa was then going to perform at a club instead of a government festival‚ b...

Speaking in an interview with the BBC in Lagos, Obasanjo noted that former President Goodluck Jonathan did not take the insurgency seriously in the belief that the terror group was a device by the North to torpedo his government. He said, “I went out in 2011 to Maiduguri. I took great risk to find out what is really happening. Boko Haram, do they have grievances, if they have grievances, what are their grievances and I brought all that to Jonathan. “Jonathan didn’t believe that Boko Haram was a serious issue. He thought that it was a device by the North to prevent him from continuing as president of Nigeria which was rather unfortunate.” Obasanjo added, “Even when Chibok girls were abducted, it took a while for the government to believe. Now if that is the situation, you can understand why the right attention was not paid to the issue of Boko Haram when it should have been paid.” “Boko Haram will not be over. It started from a position of gross underdevelopment, unemployment, youth ...

The singer, whose daughter with Whitney Houston met a tragic end after she was found unconscious in her Georgia bathtub, wants a federal judge to stop the film, “Bobbi Kristina,” from airing. The project, set to hit TV One next month, includes scenes of Brown being “violate [sic] towards Houston,” and suggests Brown “does not love his daughter [and is not] committed to his daughter,” Bobby claims in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit. The “defamatory and untrue” film tries to profit off Brown’s pain, insists the “My Prerogative” singer, who denies being abusive to his family. Brown is played in his daughter’s biopic by Hassan Jonson as a “hard drug user” who neglects his fatherly duties after Houston’s 2012 death, in which she was also found unconscious in a bathtub. Producers Tracey Baker-Simmons and Wanda Shelley unfairly took advantage of their previous work with Brown to make the movie, he charges. The pair used information from a 2004 Bravo TV reality show, “Being Bobby Brown,...

It was a symbolic scoreline. Barcelona beat Juventus 3-0 on Tuesday night in their first Champions League match since losing to the Italian champions 3-0 on aggregate in the last eight of Europe’s premier club competition last season. The Blaugrana are back and with Lionel Messi, they will always have a chance. After losing to Juve, much was made of the fact that Messi had never scored against Gianluigi Buffon, while the Argentine also failed to hit the target over two legs as Barca were beaten 5-1 by fierce rivals Real Madrid in August. That damaging defeat, allied with a tumultuous summer in which Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain, top targets like Marco Verratti and Philippe Coutinho were not signed and it also emerged that Messi had not put the final signature onto the contract agreement announced by Barca in July, brought much doom and gloom. The team’s decline was a worry for fans of the Catalan club and president Josep Maria Bartomeu is facing a censure motion or...

"If anyone has evidence against me, tender it now or shut up forever,” Atiku told his critics. In a statement issued in Abuja, Atiku advised his self-righteous political enemies to either prove his alleged corrupt activities, or mind the skeletons in their own closets and keep quiet.  The statement said Atiku spoke during a facility tour of the new ultra-modern Yaliam Press Limited in Jabi area of Abuja. He said: “It is sickening to continue to regurgitate allegations of corruption against me by people who have failed to come forward with a single shred of evidence of my misconduct while in office.  “People who have no initiative, personal resourcefulness and ideas about wealth creation, always assume that a man cannot build himself without stealing.  “People who are bereft of ideas about entrepreneurial spirit always think that everyone else is a thief like them.”  Source : vanguardngr

Actress, Remi Surutu took to her instagram page to write an emotional tribute to her on her posthumous birthday. She shared an old video of them together and wrote;  Though I mourn no more, but the strengths to fight keep fluctuating. You would have been 23 years old today, but fate beat me to it. For 22 years and a bit more, I watched you grow. I enjoyed every glamour of your innocence and the love you practically shared with all and sundry. For 22 years and a bit more, I watched you fight. Till date, your strengths scare me. I do not know where you got such energies from. I didn't experience in you the myth that fighters are always troublesome to handle. You were ever calm, obedient, cheerful, respectful and concerned. I can't forget it all...your beauty- in character and appearance. The elegance in your walks and the tenderness of your voice. You within a brief moment of existence lived an exceptional life. Keep resting, baby. Ayomikun...Ejika mi!

Operatives of the Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, have smashed a syndicate that specialised in smuggling weapons into the country after the discovery of 1,100 pump action riffles loaded in a 20-foot container. Briefing newsmen on Monday on the seizure, Controller General of Customs, Col. Ahmeed Alli, disclosed that already a Customs officer suspected to have cut the seal of the container without following due process, as well as a clerk at the command have been arrested.  Guardian.ng

Tereasa Martin, the mother of 19-year-old Kenneka Jenkins, talks about the circumstances surrounding her daughter's death Sept. 10, 2017. Jenkins was found dead in a walk-in freezer at a Rosemont hotel where she had gone for a party with friends and had been missing for a day, her family said.  A 19-year-old West Side woman was found dead inside a walk-in freezer at a Rosemont hotel Sunday morning, about a day after she had gone missing from a party she attended with friends, police and her family said. Kenneka Jenkins was discovered after an hourslong search and was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County medical examiner's office. Jenkins' mother, Tereasa Martin, said police told her Jenkins apparently let herself into the freezer while inebriated and died inside.  An autopsy was performed Sunday, said Becky Schlikerman, spokeswoman for the medical examiner's office, but it wasn't immediately clear whether foul play was suspected in...