Publish treasury looters’ names, ex-minister tells Buhari

A former Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Nduese Essien, on Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to publish the names of treasury looters who had returned stolen funds.

Londoners use wooden pallet to trap ‘jewellery thief’ on a moped

This is the incredible moment an crowd of people helped catch an alleged jewellery thief who was trying to get away on a moped.

Footage uploaded to YouTube shows scenes of chaos in the immediate aftermath of a smash and grab in Kingsbury, London, on Monday.

Around 30 seconds in two mopeds are seen speeding down a high street.

The thief is trapped with a wooden pallet (Picture: ahmadalmousawi)

Woman used bandage to bind chest and pretend to be a man for sex

Gayle Newland arriving at court (Picture: Mercury)

A woman has been accused of pretending to be a man by tying her chest with bandages and covering her hair with a woolly hat.

21 things you never knew about the male orgasm

(Illustration by Liberty Antonia Sadler for Metro.co.uk)

Films, photos and literature seem obsessed with depicting the female orgasm.

But what about the guys?

Here’s 21 things you never knew about the male orgasm.

Entertainment: Ghanaian Actress Rose Mensah Aka Kyeiwaa Divorces Husband 4 Days After Marriage

Photo: Accra Report Rose Mensah with husband.

Ghanaian actress Rose Mensah, popularly known as Kyeiwaa, has divorced her husband Daniel Osei, less than four days after the glamorous event.

Zimbabwe: Cabinet Okays Dangote Deal, Africa's Richest Man to Invest in Zimbabwe

Photo: Dangote

Aliko Dangote.

Lloyd Gumbo — Cabinet has unanimously endorsed Nigerian billionaire Mr Aliko Dangote's decision to invest in Zimbabwe's critical economic sectors, with his high-powered technical team expected in Harare on Monday to conclude the deals. Mr Dangote, who is Africa's richest man with a net worth of about $21,1 billion according to Forbes Magazine -2014, was here on Monday to seal investment deals.

Angola: Security and Elections Dominate Angola/Burundi Meeting

Photo: © Desire Nimubona/IRIN
Burundi police (file photo)

New York — Angola and Burundi analyzed on Monday in New York (USA), issues related to the territorial security, the recent elections and inauguration of Burundian institutions.

Nollywood Actor Jim Iyke Welcomes First Baby

The actor has welcomed a baby boy with his Lithuanian girlfriend, Dana Kinduryt.

Jim Iyke

Africa: 50 Cent Posts Video of House in Africa

Photo: 50 Cent/Instagram

U.S. rapper 50 Cent.

US rapper 50 Cent has posted a film onInstagram showing his new house in Africa even though he has filed for bankruptcy in the US.

Nigeria: 86 Percent of Nigerians Confident Buhari Can Fix Nigeria - Survey

President Buhari

A survey conducted by TNS, a global survey firm, has shown that 86 percent of Nigerians are confident in President Muhammadu Buhari's ability to fix Nigeria and grow the economy.

Egypt Court Condemns Nine to Death for Killing of Judge's Bodyguard

A court in the northern Egyptian city of al-Mansoura confirmed on Monday the death sentences of nine men in the killing the bodyguard of a judge who jailed ousted president Mohammed Morsi, state television reported.

Football: Wayne Rooney taunts Liverpool over Raheem Sterling’s Manchester City transfer

Raheem Sterling joined Manchester City from Liverpool this summer (Picture: Getty Images)

As a Manchester United captain and ex-Everton wonderkid, it is fair to say Wayne Rooney doesn’t receive any Christmas cards from Liverpool supporters.

Football: Arsenal ready to hijack Tottenham’s transfer move for Breel Embolo, reports say

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Embolo (Picture: Getty)

Arsenal are ready to hijack Tottenham’s transfer move for Breel Embolo, according to the Daily Express.

Football: Why the international break has come at a perfect time for Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea

Jose Mourinho will be pleased to have a break from the Premier League (Picture: Getty Images)

Traditionally the international break has been a point in the season where Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea go to their national sides on a high.

An Arsenal XI of their most injured players in the 21st century has been revealed.

All but one player on the list have spent more than a year on the sidelines in what has been an injury hit period for the club.

See the Premier League clubs ranked by best phone signal in the stadiums

All 20 Premier League stadiums ranked by 4G download and upload speeds from best to worst

Leicester City are top of this league!

Don’t you just hate it when you go to a football match and can’t get any signal?

When you’re trying to check on other scores or tweet about the match, it’s the most infuriating thing to not be able to connect to the internet.

Revealed: Football's most overpriced summer transfers

Figures show the biggest amounts overpaid by clubs during the transfer window, Premier League biggest culprits

Christian Benteke was one of the most overpriced transfers this summer (Picture: Getty)

Anyone in their right mind will tell you that virtually every footballer is overpriced.

The amounts of money that clubs spend on players is nothing short of ludicrous for people just to kick a ball.

‘Plague of flies’ hits East London after fish factory fire

Kay Knight photographed with one of the fly traps outside her house (Picture: SWNS)

First there was fire, then there was a lingering smell of fish, and now there’s a swarm of flies.

Horrifying! This razor-toothed fish is very real, and it’s come to Britain

Horrifying! (Picture: Getty)

Entertainment: Jay Z totally got lost in the music at wife Beyonce’s Made in America gig

Warning. Contains offensive language.

Jay Z in the crowd watching Beyonce at the Made In America festival (Picture: IamAkademiks/Twitter)

She’s one of the biggest popstars in the world, but it seems Beyonce’s biggest fan is her husband Jay Z.

12 reasons people actually ‘like’ your Facebook updates

So many meanings… (Picture: Facebook)

Whether you have written an amusing status, posted a cute picture of your child or checked into a cool event – you can’t help but feel a little pleased when someone ‘likes’ your update.

But chances are, not everyone who clicked on the thumbs up sign actually ‘likes’ your latest contribution to the internet.

Here are a few kinds of Facebook likes:

Obasanjo advises youths against risky voyage to Europe

Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday expressed sadness at African youths’ desperation to get to Europe even at the expense of their lives.

Immigration: Nigeria sends Togolese asylum seekers back home

Nigeria has deported the 119 Togolese asylum seekers who have been refugees their whole lives, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNRA) said yesterday.

Nigeria: 21 ex-governors, ministers to lose passports by force

42 ex-ministers, ex-lawmakers hold on to official travel documents

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) yesterday asked 21 former governors, 42 ex-ministers, and more than 260 former members of the House of Representatives to return their diplomatic and official passports.

Mali arrests three Islamist militants

Malian Islamist group

Mali’s military said it had arrested three suspected members of a new Islamist militant group who it claimed were behind a series of recent armed attacks on security forces.

Guinea Bissau names new government amid political row

Guinea-Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz arrives to speak with journalists after a meeting with his …
BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea Bissau's President Jose Mario Vaz on Monday named a new government with the backing of the second-biggest party, weeks after his dismissal of the previous cabinet sparked fears of a return to turmoil in the coup-plagued West African nation.

Baby’s cry exposes suspected kidnappers

“That woman is not my mother…My daddy’s name is Effiong. He is at Air Force Base”

Don’t Tamper With My Charity Account, Kuku Tells EFCC

Kuku

Former special adviser to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has asked the Economic and Financial Cries Commission, EFCC, not to tamper with the account of his charity organisation.


Kuku made this known on Monday in a telephone interview from his hospital bed in the United States during which he said no public fund is in charity account.

Buhari’s appointments are not lopsided says Jonathan’s former-aide, Omokiri

OmokriFormer 

Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, Reno Omokri on Tuesday made a case for Buhari over the president’s alleged lopsided appointments saying appointments should be made on merit and not sectional interests.

Omokiri made the statement in his article titled As Buhari blazes the trail for merit.

Read his full article

Abuse: Daddy touches me, puts his manhood in my mouth, gives me money—7 year old daughter

Raped

What would make a father get an erection with his daughter, and ask her to suck his manhood? One answer came to my mind -- Madness

Parents reunited with son they thought had been sold to people traffickers

Richard Cushworth and Mercedes Casanellas discovered that their child is not related to either of them (Picture: Matt Roper)

A British father and his wife have been reunited with their son after believing he had been sold to people traffickers.

Senate begins probe of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, others over power funds mismanagement

By Henry Umoru


Jonathan, Yardadua and Obasanjo

ABUJA—THE Senate will today begin an inquest into alleged mismanagement of funds appropriated to the power sector from the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration to date.

Lord Lugard’s Magic and Flora Shaw’s Spell, By Femi Fani-Kayode

In 1916, Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the 1st Baron Lugard, the fourteenth Governor of Hong Kong and the first Governor-General of Nigeria, said the following: “Lagos has for 20 years opposed every Governor and has fomented strife and bloodshed in the hinterland. I have spent the best part of my life in Africa; my aim has been the betterment of the natives for whom I have been ready to give my life. But after some 29 years, and after nearly 12 years as Governor here, I am free to say that the people of Lagos and indeed the westerners are the lowest, the most seditious and disloyal, the most purely prompted by self-seeking money motives of any people I have met.”

Bayelsa: PDP governors in show of force

By Samuel Oyadongha


Uduaghan, Jonathan and Dickson

All is set for today’s formal declaration of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson for second term in office.

Activities at the headquarters of the “Restoration Campaign Organisation,” the governor’s campaign body, at the Opolo suburb of the state capital were also in top gear as officials said they were ready for the campaign launch.

In Nigeria today, what can be classified as lies or malicious in reporting?

Naija

• Answer: whatever the government says are lies, are lies. No objection

• What can you term defamatory or derogatory?

Buhari’s 100 Days of Incompetence and Abject Failure, By Femi Aribisala

Femi Aribisala Columnist

It is time to admit it. Electing Buhari as president was a big national blunder.


After the 2015 election, I predicted on Twitter that when critical decisions are to be taken, Yemi Osinbajo, the token Southerner in Aso Rock, would be sent to go and buy “guguru and epa.” This has proved prescient. The vice-president was barred from attending a national security briefing on the grounds that he did not have security clearance. But who can have more clearance than a man elected by the people? How did Buhari himself get his?

Nigeria: Buhari, Tinubu, And Their Scripted Logic on the National Question, By Adeolu Ademoyo

Buhari and Tinubu

…importantly: why is it difficult for a president – Buhari – whose irredentism, zealotry and bigotry – at home and abroad – which we all stake everything to clean, find it difficult after he won an historic election to find the so-called first eleven, which Joe Igbokwe referred to, from every part of Nigeria?