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Nkechi Azinge who runs a Sickle Cell Foundation was part of the four Nigerians honored by the queen of England at the The Queen’s Young Leader Award which held at the Buckingham palace yesterday June 22nd. She also got support for her work from David Beckham and the executive producer of 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen. Well done girl. See the photos after the cut...  With David With Steve...

The police in Lagos state is looking for a suspected cultist named Anu Olokodana (pictured right), for allegedly drowning his childhood friend, 20 year old Adeleke Awosiga (pictured left) for refusing to join his cult group based in Isheri, Ojodu berger in Lagos state. According to a report by  Punch , the incident happened on June 13th during a birthday party for Anu. An argument ensued between the two friends and Anu reportedly twisted Leke's neck and threw him into a swimming pool inside a hotel in Isheri where he was having his party. A relative of the deceased who spoke on condition of anonymity said "The suspect, Olokodana, is popularly called T-Fire. He is a cult member and he was at the party with other member of his cult group. Adeleke was also there to celebrate his friend’s birthday. As the party went on, a disagreement ensued between the two. Both men have been childhood friends, but their point of disagreements had always been over the cult membership. T

  Here are more photos of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in his office in Aso Rock. More photos after the cut..

Forensic artist Joe Mullins, who's known for creating images of what expected celebrity children may look like, shared his latest prediction for the celeb couple Kim and Kanye West on Monday, June 22. According to him he carefully studied photos of the two for the project then used modern computer technology to render the possible features of the unborn baby. Unlike his parents, this baby has green eyes like Kris Jenner. The photo above

Actress Stephanie Linus and her husband were part of guests that attended the Queen of England's Young Leaders Awards which held in Buckingham Palace yesterday June 22. More pics after the cut

2 homosexual suspects were yesterday remanded in Onitsha prison by the Chief Magistrate in Onitsha, presided over by Nkemdilim Ike, in order to consider applications by the parties to the case. Ebuka Anyasi, 23, and Michael Ikegbunam, 19, were detained in Onitsha Prisons on June 15 for allegedly committing felony by having carnal knowledge of two minors, Ifechukwu Okafor, 14, and Tagbo Chukwuma. The act lasted for 7 days, while both victims were locked in confinement in Okoloji Street, Odoakpu in Onitsha, Anambra State. The 2 accused pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge against them, but the Prosecutor, Clem Nwancho, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, opposed their bail and submitted a three-page motion application as well as an affidavit opposing the plea for bail for the two accused. Mr Godwin Madubuko also opposed their plea for bail on the ground that they would jump bail, and insisted that they should be remanded in prison custody to serve as a deterrenc

According to  GQ , Jaden is one of the 20 most stylish men alive and a lot of people are wondering what GQ magazine considered before adding him to the list. Find the full list of the top 20 most stylish men alive after the cut.. 1. Kanye West 2. Ryan Gosling 3. Pharrell 4. Jeff Goldblum 5. Jared Leto 6. Bradley Cooper 7. LeBron James 8. A$AP Rocky 9. Jay Z 10. Brad Pitt 11. Harry Styles 12. Daniel Craig 13. Cristiano Ronaldo 14. Russell Westbrook 15. John Mayer 16. Jaden Smith 17. David Beckham 18. Mark Ronson 19. Mario Balotelli 20. Eddie Redmayne

The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a 52-year-old school teacher, Isaac Ikiabeke, for allegedly raping a 5-year-old pupil in the Ikorodu area.   Ikiabeke, who is the proprietor of the school, Brighter Glory School, located on Etunrere Street, raped his victim after school hours. The victim, five-year-old Pat (not her real name), said Ikiabeke had allegedly raped her 10 times. She said, “He has been doing it for some time. He has done it more than 10 times. I am not the only one. He does it with some of us after school hours. I could not tell anybody because he said if I did he would beat me.” The victim’s grandfather explained that his attention was drawn to the sexual assault by some of Pat’s classmates. He said he was shocked, as well as disappointed in Ikiabeke, whom he regarded as a respectable man. He said, “Pat and her younger sister stay with me and they attend the school. I never suspected anything initially, except that I observed she would

Kylie Jenner and Tyga arrived at LAX together on Monday in matching grey trainers and black outfit they were at the airport's international terminal as they prepared to catch a flight from Los Angeles to Europe. Kylie posted a photo on Instagram of the pair's his and hers shoes getting ready to go through the X-ray machine, captioning it: 'Necessities.' More photos after the cut..

This is not usually what you would see her in...but she rocked it!

President Buhari says he met a virtually empty treasury when he assumed office. He said this while speaking with members of the state House correspondents in Aso Rock earlier today. "I hope we are starting and this culture developed, of 100 days is bringing so much pressure with treasury virtually empty, with debts in millions of dollars, with state workers and even federal workers not paid their salaries. It is such a disgrace for Nigeria. I think Nigeria should be in a position to even pay it’s workers. This bad management that we find ourselves in, we really need your help to protect us from people before they match on us” he said

President Buhari has reportedly reduced the number of journalists and aides that will accompany him on his foreign and local trips. President Buhari's directive was contained in a statement sent from his office to the relevant agencies. Under the new arrangement, two journalists, as against 4, will travel officially with the president.

The famous actor welcomed a son, Noah, a few months ago with his wife, Chinwe...but he also has another son, Emem Daniel Mokeme with an old girlfriend. That's Emem with his mum, Adia Ukoyen, a journalist and former media aide to former Akwa-Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio.

The sisters and their friend  Lauren Perez,  wore matching swimsuits as they soaked up the sun near a private pool yesterday. Another photo after the cut... s

Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has announced the slashing of his salary and travel allowance by 50%. The governor said he decided to cut his salary and travel allowance so that he can personally identify with the state workers who have not received their salaries for many months now. He urged other appointees to follow in his foot step. The governor announced his salary slash while swearing in the states new state Head of Service, Dr Vivian Uma.

Shocking confessions from the 'King of 419' Report sent in by freelance Nigerian journalist, Ihechukwu Njoku about a fraudster who made some shocking confessions at the Synagogue church recently. Read below... A Nigerian internet fraudster known as the ‘king of dating’ for his sophisticated tactics of online manipulation has given an eye-opening confession at a Lagos-based church. Samuel Johnson, an Edo State indigene, explained that his journey into advanced internet scamming began in The University of Port Harcourt after he joined the ‘Black-Axe’ cult.  “I followed them into a very thick forest during the night of initiation,”  the young man narrated. He was just 19 years old at the time.  “We reached a place where there was a candle and a coffin encircled by 50 young men. They tortured us with canes until we started bleeding. They then cut my tongue on a razor blade and gave me something to drink.” The quiet, intelligent student changed drastically from that

Read the EFCC press statement below... Justice Lawal Akapo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on Monday June 22, 2015, convicted and sentenced one Emmanuel Osita (a.k.a Chuks) to three years imprisonment on a two count charge of obtaining money by false pretence. The convict was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, sequel to a petition from a legal practitioner on behalf of one Mrs. Veronica Okonkwo, an eighty-one (81) year-old woman who was the victim. The convicts while operating as a commercial tri-cyclist conspired with other persons who are still at large and falsely represented to the victim that they had the capacity to produce local and foreign currencies from pieces of papers by dipping them into mercury. Osita and his accomplices hoodwinked the 81-year-old woman to let go the sum of N120, 000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira) as registration fee with a mercury company prior to the procurement of the chemical. The octogenarian w