MBGN Tourism 2014, Chinyere Adogu shares lovely new photos, writes about self love

Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (Tourism) 2014, Chinyere Adogu, shared beautiful pictures of herself via Instagram and captioned the pics, 'If You Can't Find Joy And/Or Comfort In Being Alone, Reevaluate Yourself. #SelfLove'.

US Border Agents uncover 1,400 pounds of marijuana concealed inside coconuts (Photos)

Authorities at the US - Mexico border in Texas made a startling discovery of over 1,400 pounds of marijuana packages concealed in a commercial shipment of coconuts.

According to US Customs and Border Protection, the officers along with the help of a canine team, discovered a total of 2,485 packages of marijuana were stuffed inside the coconut shipment (estimated at $285,000) at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo facility in Texas.

An investigation into where the shipment was coming from & who was expecting it is still ongoing.

 

IBF heavyweight world champion, Anthony Joshua shares a post workout photo, compares himself to a lion

British boxer of Nigerian ancestry, Anthony Joshua shared this post workout photo via his social media accounts & compared himself to the King of the Jungle. According to Anthony, "A Lion Never Roars After A Kill #StayHungry"

NFF appeal to French Embassy after officials and a player are denied visa to France for friendlies

The Nigeria Football Federation has appealed to the French Embassy in Abuja to issue visas to its officials and a player after they were denied visas ahead of an international friendly organized by NFF to take place in France towards the end of May. Nigeria will play Mali in Rouen, France on Friday, 27th May before playing Luxembourg in Luxembourg on Wednesday, 1st June.

NFF protocol officials revealed that about 60% of the passports taken to the embassy on Friday, 29th April have been returned without visas according to reports by theNFF.com.

“We are appealing to the Embassy of France in Nigeria to reconsider its stance and issue visas to these officials. They are going to Europe for very important assignments as the two matches are key to the preparation of the Super Eagles for future engagements,” NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said on Wednesday.

'Before Jonathan increased fuel price in 2012, he increased minimum wage and NYSC pay' - Reno Omokri

He also slammed #OccupyNigeria for deciding not to protest. See more of his tweet after the cut...

 

Photo: Six homosexuals arrested in Edo

Six young men accused of being homosexuals have been arrested by the Edo state police command. According to the Nation, the young men whose names were given as Festus Osagiede (24), Hyacinth Imahanrebhor (20), Itama Omon (25), Onwukwe Prince (28), Monye Chukwuma (23) and Osadebe Kelvin‎ (26), were paraded by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, AIG Musa Daura at the state police command headquarters in Benin city today May 12th.

According to Daura, the suspected homosexuals were arrested in different parts of the state. The AIG said leader of the homosexuals, Festus Osagiede, lured one of the suspects, Itama Omon into the act after attending a night club in 2006.

“After the third suspect (Itama) got drunk, Festus Osagiede invited him to his house and forcefully had carnal knowledge of him. Since then, they have been committing the crime with others at large until May, 2016, when luck ran out of them and they were swooped on by zonal detectives.”he said

All of them are presently being detained by the police and would soon be charged to court.

'If you're not a rapist, you shouldn't be scared of having the genitals of convicted rapist cut off' - Florence Ita-Giwa

Senator Florence Ita-Giwa is proposing that rapists should be castrated once convicted of the crime.

Biafra protesters arrested near Buckingham Palace (Photo)

According to BBC Journalist: Will Ross, two Nigerian men protesting for Independence for Biafra, were arrested close to Buckingham Palace today. He however shared a photo of just one of the said protesters.

2Face Bags Honorary Degree From Igbinedion University

Music star 2face Idibia received an honorary master degree from Igbinedion University Okada, Edo State on Tuesday. He was bestowed with the honour courtesy of the Esama of Benin Kingdom.

After receiving the award, 2baba wrote: A Big thank u 2 all the good people of Igbinedion university okada. Words cannot express my gratitude.

Strong Warning for the Niger Delta Avengers Blowing Pipelines

The Defence Headquarters has warned against further attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta, and declared that it would deal ruthlessly with individuals or groups involved in the sabotage.

The military said all those who will start shouting "human rights" when they begin to deal with criminals in the guise of Niger Delta Avengers, should call them to other now. A words is enough for the wise!