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The Lagos State Government has bagged an award as the best security and most safety conscious State in Africa. At the award ceremony held in Johannesburg, South Africa and put together by the Security Watch Africa (SWA), the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command also emerged as the best anti-crime police squad in West Africa, while the RRS Commander, ACP Olatunji Disu took home the award of the most outstanding police operational officer in West Africa. The awards were presented to officials of the State Government at the 2016 lecture series of SWA organized in partnership with Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA) and the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. The lecture, which had the theme: “Tackling Security Challenges In Africa’s Land and Maritime Domains,” was well attended by security experts and officials from across Africa. Lagos State and its officials, according to organizers of the awards, were hono...

A 52-year-old bus conductor, Segun Awogbemi, who allegedly raped his landlady, was on Thursday docked at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused, who lives in Saidatu Street, Oregun in Ikeja, Lagos, is facing a two-count of conspiracy and rape. The prosecutor, Insp. Ezekiel Ayorinde, told the court that the accused and others at large committed the offences on Oct. 9 at about 9:00 p.m. in his residence. Ayorinde told the court that the accused and his accomplices conspired and raped the complainant. He alleged that on the said date, the complainant was invited by one Sarah Emmanuel to her room for a drink. He said, “After the drink, the complainant went back to her room, feeling intoxicated and slept off immediately without locking her door.” He further alleged that the landlady discovered the following morning that she had been raped by her tenant along with others still at large. He said, “The complainant resulted to shouting and cursing that whoeve...

There was commotion as business came to a standstill in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, when a man said to look like Jesus was seen walking through the central business district early on Tuesday evening.... The man who dressed in a long robe with his long-hair and thick-beards -drew attention as he made his way barefoot through the streets. Kenyans on Twitter used the hashtag #JesusInNairobi to share their excitement....

Senator Solomon Olamilekan, representing Lagos West Senatorial District, on Thursday, said that having soaked “garri’’ and dried fish as a meal gave him more satisfaction than any other food. . He told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos, that garri and dried fish was his favourite food. “I don’t know why I just like garri and dried fish, it gives me the kind of satisfaction I can't describe, I just feel good after having it. Some people would ask me, why would a senator like garri and not all these expensive stuffs? and the answer I give is that it makes me feel great. It is so amazing that sometimes when I am having stomach upset, and I take garri, everything disappears within minutes. I think garri is best suited for my body,’’ he said.

A surgery obsessed 26-year-old has undergone multiple procedures in her bid to become a 'living cartoon' to the dismay of her conservative family. Swedish glamour model Pixee Fox, who now lives in North Carolina, has already had more than 100 cosmetic procedures and radical surgeries including famously having six ribs removed. She has also changed the colour of her eyes, had several boob jobs and most recently pumped up her bottom and lips via a fat transfer procedure. She no longer looks anything like her sister, who has never has surgery.. Pixee, who once trained to be an electrician, admits she does look totally different to her younger self now but she still isn't content and is planning further surgery. She said: ' I was satisfied with how I looked then and I'm satisfied with how I look now but I have this vision of what I want to look like and I am going to keep on pursuing it. 'Next year in 2017 I want to have ten more procedures...

A lost four year-old who made the perilous boat journey from Northern Africa to Italy alone will be reunited with her mother from Ivory Coast thanks to an extraordinary coincidence. Oumoh, who had been taken from her father's family by her mother under the threat of female genital mutilation, was rescued at sea and brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa on November 5, along with around 15 other migrants. But not one of the other passengers -- mostly women and children -- seemed to know who she was, according to police inspector Maria Volpe, who is charged with looking after migrant minors arriving in Sicily. "Mamma Maria", as she is known, went to the island off the coast of Africa to retrieve the youngster and on November 9 Oumoh was entrusted to a children's community in Palermo. "She had arrived a few days earlier, she seemed quite calm," Volpe, who has 20 years' experience with child migrants, told AFP. Fate then interv...

Two women in Saudi Arabia have been sentenced to 20 lashes after they were found to have used bad language while arguing with each other over WhatsApp. The pair were also jailed for 10 days after the criminal court in Jeddah said they had used 'impermissable expressions' in their text messages. And they have been warned if they use bad language again their punishment will be much more severe. The case came to court after one of the young women was accused of using 'abusive expressions' during her WhatsApp conversation with her friend. According to Arabic newspaper Al Watan, the court then requested the woman produce her phone so that they could examine the alleged offensive messages. However, the defendant claimed that she was not the first one to start the argument and showed a message using bad language from her counterpart two months beforehand. The court then decided that both women were equally as guilty and handed down the sentences.

A "unique" 3,800-year-old figure wearing a hat and with its chin resting on its hand - was discovered recently in excavations at Yehud, east of Tel Aviv. The 18cm jug was found in a grave alongside other funerary offerings including daggers, arrowheads, and an axe head. "Such a unique ceramic vessel, which is the first we've found, within the context of the grave, can indicate that an important person was buried there," Gilad Itach, the authority's excavation director, told AFP news agency.

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Paul Arkwright on Wednesday assured Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state that his country would assist to woo international companies to drive the economy of Edo state. The High Commissioner gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Obaseki in government house. Mr. Paul Arwright, who said he was in Benin for the commissioning of the New Spirit-Line of Guinness Nigeria PLC, expressed appreciation of the uncommon genuine human gesture of Governor Obaseki for him. The Diplomat, who disclosed that although Guinness was a British company with an Irish name, said that he will champion Edo State with British Companies to do business. According to him; "I already feel much at home, this reception touched me very deep down; I will never forget this gesture. ``I am very privileged to take Edo State as my second home. I have been reminded that Edo is the best state in Nigeria and I will find time to visit mo...

Aww...a man in love. Rapper Nicki Minaj shared this loving photo of her boyfriend, rapper Meek Mill kissing her foot..while holding a game controller.

Photographer, TY Bello shared the amazing new photos of Ms Kedike on Instagram and wrote " CHIDINMA EKILE : "I had the most amazing  shoot with @chidinmaekile . Beautiful... gifted.. effortlessly awesome. We all fell in love with this baby face at the shoot all and she let us play with her hair while staying true to her essence.#tybellophotography#pink  #portrait #beauty #music #misskedike by @ozinna makeup by meekness hair by @tolubobby .#croppedhair #naturalbeauty". More photos after the cut...

A 55 year old teacher, David Korir, in Nakuru county, Kenya has been arrested for defiling a 16 year old deaf and mentally ill girl while her disabled mother was away. According to a neighbor, he a saw the teacher dragging the young into his house and called other neighbors when he closed the door. They saw him with the girl on the bed and quickly broke into the house and successful rescued the girl but the man escaped. The mother said she couldn't report the case to the police initially because she had no one to guide her. It is reported that the man who has been arrested by the police didn't deny the accusation and was almost lynched by angry residents.

Dr. Ben Carson is reportedly considering accepting an offer to serve as Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The retired Neurosurgeon who previously reportedly rejected an offer from Donald Trump due to his 'lack of political experience', said Wednesday night in an interview with Fox News, that “the offer is on the table” and that he is seriously considering it because he grew up in Detroit and knows that the inner cities are in shamble and need to be taken care of. “We did in fact have a discussion of what things need to be done in the country and what the options were,” he said. Ben Carson's spokesman Armstrong Williams had said last week, that Carson wouldn't accept any government position. He said that in an effort to quash speculation that Carson would accept a Trump administration Cabinet role “or any position in the administration.”  But Ca...

Kenyan OAP, Anita Raey has revealed that she won't tolerate any form of relationship drama when she finally meets her 'Mr.Right'. The Milele FM presenter, whose heart has been dealt with by a few men in the past, took to her Facebook page to caution her next partner not to misbehave or else face her villainous aftermath. ‘I know every man who wants to date me is on Facebook..So I will use this platform to deliver this message…. I have let a few of you men break my heart..Am angry coz I never learn and will still love another of your species… But I swear if one more man breaks my heart… I will put him through the same shiet… I will f*ck you up so bad you will wish death.. With that said I will bang all men in your family if you f*ck with me… This is coming from a very angry and hurt place… Now Y’all have a lovely night.. PS.. am really a nice person.. Might be hard to believe but I am.’

The original Gerber baby has turned 90. The baby food maker said Ann Taylor Cook celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday. Cook was about 4 months old in 1927 when her image was sketched in charcoal by a family friend, Dorothy Hope Smith. The following year, the drawing was submitted to Gerber when they put out a call for images to be used in its new baby food advertisements. "She wrote me (later) that she had thought it was kind of unfinished, and if they liked it she could finish it properly,” Cook said of the sketch in an interview with WFLA-TV. "But they were smart enough that they didn’t want anything done to it." Cook's picture became the company's official trademark in 1931. "The logo is the essence of who we are," David Yates, vice president of Gerber’s North America operations, told WFLA. "It is the epitome of a happy, healthy baby and the symbol of trust we have with parents. It’s everything to our comp...

Shocking photos have revealed the damage to a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane caused by a bird strike. A passenger on the tarmac spotted a gaping hole in the Airbus A333’s left wing and on closer inspection staff discovered a dead bird - seemingly an eagle - embedded in the aircraft. The passenger jet had landed at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from Dammam on the east coast of the country, reportedly without incident. According to Aviation Herald, flight SV-771 ‘performed a seemingly uneventful flight’ despite the creature becoming lodged in the plane. The damage was reportedly spotted by a flyer as crew prepared the aircraft for a domestic flight to Riyadh. As a result passengers on flight SV-550 were delayed for three hours before boarding a replacement A330 aircraft. The incident took place on November 16 and the aircraft has reportedly remained on the ground since the discovery.

The Naira on Wednesday appreciated against the dollar at the interbank market. The Nigerian currency gained 50k to close at N304.50 compared to N305 it traded on Tuesday. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the Naira was sold at N400 CBN controlled rate, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N565 and N500, respectively. Skeletal, but clandestine trading at the parallel market saw the Naira closed at N470 to a dollar, while the Pound Sterling and the Euro closed at N565 and N500, respectively. Traders said that dollar scarcity persisted in the market as dealers seek more unconventional ways of meeting the needs of their customers. The parallel market had been in the eyes of the storm as security agents were on the lookout for currency traders. The apex bank gave a nod to the ongoing crackdown on currency traders at its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday. Since the battle line had been drawn between the security agents and traders, dol...

Three siblings are eating themselves to death, their parents fear, because of a mysterious disorder which means they never feel full. Anxious Rameshbhai and Pragnaben Nandwana are struggling to handle their overweight children, and say they are powerless to stop them from eating. Four-old-daughter Amisha's weight is particularly alarming - she weighs 51 kilos, three times more than an average child her age. Her older sister, Yogita, weighs in at 33.5 kilos - which is a third heavier than she should be at the age of five - while brother Harsh already weighs 16 kilos at 18 months old. As a result of the health problems caused by excessive eating, all three suffer breathing problems, even in their sleep. Their weight is increasing at an alarming rate, although their fourth child, Bhavika, is a healthy size.

A teenager died after jumping into a canal with his friends in a bid to overcome his fear of water, his mum has revealed at an inquest into the tragedy. Flavio Rafael Pizarro, 13 - known to friends and family as Rafael - died in hospital nine days after being pulled from the canal. The teenager gave the gift of life by donating his organs , with the permission of his family and doctors. His family is now calling on the Canal and River Trust to do more to warn young people of the dangers of jumping into water. There are no warning signs in the area of the Rochdale Canal, Middleton, Manchester, where he jumped in on June 5.