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A gang of seven armed robbers today Sunday March 2 invaded The Vine Branch Church in Yemetu, Ibadan, Oyo state.  According to eyewitnesses, the robbery gang stormed the church around 12noon while the service was going on and after offering and tithes had been collected. The robbers told the congregation to lie on the floor and robbed in an operation that lasted 15 minutes. They took away Tithes/Offering, phones and other items. The resident Pastor, Sola Kolade confirmed the incident and said some members sustained injuries. A member of the church who witnessed the incident said a police officer was killed in the operation but I can't confirm that...

Remember those photos of Genevieve Nnaji and Mikel Obi in South Africa you guys saw a few weeks back and wondered what was going on? Well, the mystery has been unraveled...:-). It's for a movie. Yep, Chelsea football star, Mikel Obi has made his Nollywood debut.

Rihanna attended three fashion shows at the Paris Fashion Week yesterday Saturday March 1st and for one appearance, the singer once again went topless. She wore a black and white fur stole with a sheer top and black trousers at Jean Paul Gaultier fashion show. And if you look closely, you can peep her nipples. They don't call her BadGalRiri for nothing...:-)

The car is said to be made in Nigeria. Big kudos to Innoson...but you see anything wrong with the ad campaign?

Proffesor Wole Soyinka is one of the few who rejected the Centenary Awards given out to mark Nigeria's 100 years..In his statement ,he said  The survivors of a plague known as Boko Haram, students in a place of enlightenment and moral instruction, are taken to a place of healing dedicated to an individual contagion – a murderer and thief of no redeeming quality known as Sanni Abacha, one whose plunder is still being pursued all over the world and recovered piecemeal by international consortiums – at the behest of this same government which sees fit to place him on the nation’s Roll of Honour! I can think of nothing more grotesque and derisive of the lifetime struggle of several on this list, and their selfless services to humanity. It all fits. In this nation of portent readers, the coincidence should not be too difficult to decipher.We are speaking here of a man who placed this nation under siege during an unrelenting reign of terror that is barely different from the current ram...

Chris Brown has been diagnosed with a couple of mental issues, forcing a Los Angeles judge to send him to 2 more months of rehab. According to  TMZ,  Chris Brown was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Insomnia. The judge declared that Brown stay in rehab until judgment on his assault case was determined. According to the rehab documents, “Mr. Brown became aggressive and acted out physically (in the Rihanna incident) due to his untreated mental health disorder, severe sleep deprivation, inappropriate self-medicating and untreated PTSD.” Brown is now on meds for the bipolar disorder and other conditions.

Bernard Randall says ministers need to do much more for Albert Cheptoyek, facing seven years' prison on indecency charges Bernard Randall, the British man deported from Uganda after being found with a gay-sex video, has condemned Britain's failure to take decisive action against the east African country's increasingly homophobic government. The 65-year-old, who is battling to get his partner, Albert Cheptoyek, out of the country, where he faces up to seven years in jail on indecency charges, said that other countries had sent strong messages to Uganda over its persecution of gay people, but Britain needed to be "much more aggressive". Randall, from Conyer in Kent, was charged with "trafficking obscene material" last year after robbers stole a laptop containing images of him having sex with a man in Morocco. The images were subsequently published by the Ugandan tabloid newspaper  Red Pepper  and the couple were arrested, though charges against Ra...

Do you have a short fuse or find yourself getting into frequent arguments and fights? Anger is a normal, healthy emotion, but when chronic, explosive anger spirals out of control, it can have serious consequences for your relationships, your health, and your state of mind. With insight about the real reasons for your anger and these anger management tools, you can learn to keep your temper from hijacking your life. Understanding anger The emotion of anger is neither good nor bad. It’s perfectly healthy and normal to feel angry when you’ve been mistreated or wronged. The feeling isn't the problem—it's what you do with it that makes a difference. Anger becomes a problem when it harms you or others. If you have a hot temper, you may feel like it’s out of your hands and there’s little you can do to tame the beast. But you have more control over your anger than you think. You  can  learn to express your emotions without hurting others—and when you do, you’ll not only feel bett...

Twin explosions rocked a football viewing centre in Ajilari ward, Jere Council area of Maiduguri, in Borno State today March 1st killing several football fans, Vanguard reports. The Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), said to have been planted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at the viewing centre at Ajilari Railway Cross, exploded at about 6pm,  killing many fans, while several others sustained injuries. A residents of Ajilari told a Vanguard correspondent that, “Some suspected terrorists in two Toyota Hilux Pick Up vans, pretending to be  firewood suppliers, detonated the bombs near the football viewing centre,  resulting in loss of several lives.

From Desmond Mgboh, Kano His early years Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi,  suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) was born  in 1961 in the old city of Kano, somewhere near the emir’s palace. He is the grandson of a one-time Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi, who was deposed by the government of the First Republic. Mallam Sanusi  Lamido was named after his grandfather, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi.  “Lamido” which is his middle, is the Fulani word for an emir or a king just as “Sarki” in Hausa language is a name given after a reigning king. Mallam Sanusi’s father, Ambassador Mohammed Aminu Sanusi, started work in the administrative department of the former Northern Nigeria.  He was later recruited to the Foreign Service sometime in 1958, on the same day Philip Asiodu was recruited. When Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido was born and during his early years, he did not enjoy a long stay with his parents.  This is because his parents were al...