A fire engulfed The Address Hotel in downtown Dubai in the United Arab Emirates hours before a large fireworks display was set to start nearby from the Burj Khalifa tower, the world's largest building, a Reuters witness said.

Breaking news!!!!!!! Appeal court sacks ikpeazu orders immediate swearing in of Alex otti. In his place, the court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to swear in Dr Alex Otti, candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance(APGA). Dr Alex Otti The state election tribunal had upheld Ikpeazu’s election in a ruling on 4 November. Alex Otti, a former banker headed to the appeal court. Ikpeazu will also likely challenge the ruling at the Supreme Court. Details soon

These top producers of crude oil across the world are currently experiencing downturns in their economies following the over reliance on the dwindling oil proceeds in the international market.   Countries that produce the world's crude are getting crushed by low prices. Huge budget surpluses are turning into deficits, and generous social programs are being replaced with austerity and cuts. Oil has collapsed below $37 a barrel, compared to over $100 in mid-2014. The global oil glut, Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC's determination to pump like there is no tomorrow, and slowing demand from China and other countries are pushing oil prices to new lows. Here are the five countries hit the worst: 1 Venezuela Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves. Its government has for years used the money it makes producing oil to pay for pensions, health care, social benefits and even to subsidize housing and grocery stores.   ...

Nigerian actress, Yvonne Jegede has flaunted her hotness on social media after sessions of hard work in the gym. Yvonne Jegede   Nollywood actress, Yvonne Jegede is proud about the new shape of her body after a going through rigorous workout sessions to achieve the slim shape. The actress took to her social media account to express her joy of achieving one of her major goals in 2015, which is to get a s*xy slimmer figure. See her post below:      

The leadership of the opposition party in Nigeria have backed Buhari on his ongoing anti-corruption campaign sweeping its questionable members that have looted from the country's treasury. Sambo Dasuki (Right) and others during appearance in court   The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disassociated itself from all those indicted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the alleged diversion and theft of about $2.1 billion arms money, according to Premium Times. In a communique issued by the party’s body of national vice chairmen on Wednesday, at the end of a meeting in Abuja, the party expressed support for the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration’s campaign against corruption. Some PDP members, and people who held office when the party was in power, are facing corruption charges for allegedly diverting money meant for purchase of arms for the fight against Boko Haram. Among those arraigned are, former National Security Adviser, NSA, ...

In the handwritten statement, Mr. Kanu said, “I unreservedly apologize [for my Buhari remarks] and will be doing so in a private letter to the President.” copy of a handwritten statement signed by Nnamdi Kanu in which he apologized to President Muhammadu Buhari and Igbo elders for disparaging or insulting statements he made about them.  The statement, dated October 23, 2015, was made while he was in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) and on the official letterhead of DSS. Mr. Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and Director of Radio Biafra, had among others called President Buhari evil, a terrorist and a paedophile. He has been in detention since his arrest on October 14th.  For nearly two months he was held in the custody of the DSS without any charges being officially issued against him.  During that time, he was also denied access to medical services and legal aid. In the handwritten statement, Mr. K...

Photos have emerged from the maiden media chat since President Muhammadu Buhari inauguration as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari and the chat coordinators   President Muhammadu Buhari held his first media chat yesterday, 30th of December where he spoke on bothering national issues. The chat was anchored by anchor/media practitioners, Mr Kayode Akintemi, Ibanga Isine, Dr Ngozi Ayaegbeluman and Manir Dan Ali.   There have been mixed reactions regarding the performance of of Buhari in taking questions fielded by Nigerians but the event was succcessful.   See more photos:            

Nigerian singer, Davido is currently having it rough as his baby mama has been making frantic efforts to gain custody of their daughter. Davido and his babymama   Music star, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido and his sister, Miss Ashely Coco Adeleke have been accused of child abduction. According to a petition addressed to the director general National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and seen by reporters, the pop singer is accused of “attempted child trafficking and abduction of miss aurora Imade Adeleke”. A copy of the petition the newspaper says has also been sent to the President, Vice President, Lagos state governor, the inspector general of police, the director general of the DSS and the managing director of FAAN. The petitioner, Miss. Sophia Ajibola Momodu claimed she was tricked to visit the house of Mr. David Adedeji Adeleke’s half sister – Miss Ashley Coco Adeleke’s with her baby, Imade Aurora Adeleke on Ju...

Officials are investigating accounts of an alchohol-fuel 'orgy' at a police station last month while Brussels, the Belgian capital was nearly shut down over fears of terrorist attack. Belgian Police during the hunt for suspected terrorists   Eight male soldiers and two female police officers allegedly had group sex during the hunt for the Paris terror suspects last month, reports BBC. The incident is said to have occurred at a police station in Ganshoren, just north of Molenbeek, a suburb or Brussels which was the centre of search efforts for suspects wanted in connection with the November 13 attacks. The station was being used as a temporary barracks during the two-week period when the Belgian capital raised its terror threat level to high and the military was drafted in. Belgian media reported that "A source said female police officers got 'totally hot and crazy' about the thought of men in uniform turning up"   The Belgian cap...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his stand on the continued detention of embattled Sambo Dasuki and IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu who are currently facing trial over grave offences. Muhammadu Buhari at the media chat   President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why his government has refused to release a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, and the coordinator of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, despite several court directives. Mr. Dasuki, who is facing trial for allegedly diverting and sharing over $2.2 billion dollars meant for arms procurement for the anti-Boko Haram war, to politicians and cronies, was on Wednesday re-arrested by the State Security Service after he had been granted bail by three different courts. Mr. Kanu, who is spearheading the quest for an independent nation of Biafra, was earlier granted bail by a Federal high Court sitting in Abuja, but he was also re-arrested by the SSS, which slammed a fresh ch...

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ‘new’ pump price of pet­rol as announced on Tuesday by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) as a continuation of what it called the All Progres­sives Congress (APC) gov­ernment by deception. The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secre­tary, Olisa Metuh yesterday said the reduction offered too little to cheer. “After heightened expec­tations occasioned by the promise to review the N87 per litre pump price of petrol made by the administration amid crippling scarcity of the product during the Christmas season, the announcement of this tokenism has come as a disappointing anti-climax, considering that only in Janu­ary this year, the PDP-led Federal Government reduced the pump price from N97 to N87 per litre. “That was done in the wake of the fall in the price of crude oil to between $42.65 and $50 per barrel. The PDP gov­ernment then, in reaction to the development in the global oil ma...

A promising young lady from the South-South part of Nigeria was reportedly murdered by an unknown lover she visited two days to Christmas. The victim before and after death   One needs to be careful of whom he or she visits especially the ladies who travel to meet guys they barely know anything about.   This pretty girl, names withheld was reportedly murdered by an unidentified person for ritual on Wednesday (Dec 23, 2015) in Port-Harcourt, Rivers state.   The person is suspected to be someone she had recently met and had paid a visit to.   The Rivers State Police command is currently investigating the murder to bring the culprit to book.

Santa Claus was spotted in an undisclosed part of Nigeria drinking alcohol as he cooled off from the day's job of gifting children with presents. Santa Claus in 'relaxation mode'   This is very funny considering the fact that Father Christmas is like an idol to kids. One wonders what is expected from an intoxicated Father Christmas.   The details concerning the picture are very sketchy, but it is indeed hilarious.

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This is in fact the miracle of the year after a most unbelievable event happened in the life of a newborn baby who miraculously survived a danger.   In what many have dubbed the 'miracle of the year', a baby delivered inside the lavatory of an Indian train slipped through the toilet bowl to fall on rail tracks but survived, officials and news reports said Wednesday.   According to the report, the pregnant mother had labour pains while travelling on the train in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, police officer Anil Sirohi said. The 23-year-old went to the toilet and delivered a baby girl that slipped out and onto the tracks from the train.   "Passengers on the train heard her cries for help and pulled the emergency chain to bring the train to a halt. Moments later they ran toward the baby and found it was alive,"  Sirohi said.   Railway police moved both mother and child to a nearby hospital. "It is a miracle that the ...

A catholic priest has stirred controversy after he made a most unconventional decision to preach during a Christmas mass on a hoverboard. Father Albert San Jose enjoying his ride on the hoverboard   As the hoverboards madness continues to trend all over the world, a catholic priest in Philippines is in serious trouble after church members protested and demonstrated because he preached on hoverboard during mass.    The priest in the middle of the mess has been suspended by the church after video shared on social media showed him gliding on a hoverboard while preaching during mass.   The video which has racked up millions of views, showed Father Albert San Jose from the Philippines Diocese of San Pablo gliding on a hoverboard during a Christmas Eve mass at the Lady of Miraculous Medal church in Biñan town. While the parishioners enjoyed seeing their priest having a good time, the stunt did not go down well with the priest’s bishop.   ...

What was found in the stomach of a killer whale after it was washed ashore has kept people wondering what might have happened as some experts suggest it might have contributed to its death. What was found inside the dead Orca's stomach came as a surprise   A killer whale also called Orca that was found dead on a holiday spot in South Africa when it was washed at Plettenberg Bay on South Africa's Western Cape the week before Christmas has given animal lovers the shock of their lives after the body of the dead fish was sliced open by experts. What they found inside the stomach of the fish can only be described as shocking!   But when conservation and wildlife experts got a closer look at the animal recovered on December 21, they found that her last few days of desperate life had forced her to dine on the only 'food' she could find in the holiday spot - rubbish.   It was indeed a gaint killer whale   The ripped stomach of the tragic O...

Started 19:10pm 21.02 Thanks for following our live updates of the media chat. 21.01 President Buhari appeals to Nigerian journalists to do more investigative journalism about important national issues. 21.00 Regarding the continuous detention of Sambo Dasuki and Nnamdi Kanu: Buhari said, "If you see the atrocities those committed against this country, we can't allow them to jump bail." 20.49 Buhari: "The Minister of Finance and the Central Bank have to sit down immediately to look at ways to help students who are already outside the country to overcome the challenges posed by the foreign exchange limitation policy." 20.48 President Buhari says foreign exchange will be made available to the productive sector of the economy and not for luxury items. 20.43 20.41 20.34 Buhari: "Our parastatals would be realigned in view of the lesser number of Ministries we have now. "We are being economically stretched." 20.33...

Police are still investigating the circumstances behind a woman shooting and killing her friend leaving the corpse on her couch for days.   Suspect, Anitra Braxton   An Arizona woman says the body of a victim found by cops on her couch was a “shrine from God”,  according to Fox news. The Phoenix Police Department tells Fox 10 that 39-year-old Anitra Braxton has been charged with murder after police found the body of a woman on her couch inside her apartment on December 26. Police responded to the apartment at 1515 W. Missouri Avenue after receiving reports of a dead African-American woman covered in a towel laying on the sofa. When officers arrived to the apartment, Braxton told police that no one was inside her apartment and that she lived alone. However, noticed what appeared to be a body laying on the sofa. Braxton was then arrested and taken to police headquarters. Once police obtained a search warrant for the apartment, they found the body of a towel...

Controversy looms on the identity of a man who drove a car crashing into two police officers killing them on the spot. A mentally deranged man entered a parked vehicle and drove it and in the process killed two policemen in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, reports The Herald. It was gathered that the two policemen were on duty at Akpagher Mbatiav along Gboko-Aliade road when the mad man suddenly entered a taxi parked by the owner and switched on the ignition. He eventually rammed the vehicle into them, killing both of them on the spot. Witnesses at the scene said the owner of the taxi had parked his taxi and was eating at a restaurant when mad man known in the area as Mtomga took over the vehicle. Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moses Yamu, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said two policemen were crushed while on duty on the fateful day. He, however, denied the report that the vehicle was driven...

Much older couple tend to find s*x very challenging an sometimes uninteresting, but these tips can help you make it more exciting an interesting as ever.   A healthy sex life is the most fulfilling aspect of life! But as you age, sex isn't the same as it was. When you were young and agile, you were open to new experiences and experimentation. But when you get older, you tend to feel discouraged by issues connected with the aging process. That's where you go wrong! Definitely, it won't be the same as it was but it can certainly be satisfying. Sex isn't just for the young because sex is all about intimacy and desire and has nothing to do with age. You need to overcome the challenges of aging and enjoy sex for as long as you want. Here are a few tips that will get you through: Communicate with your partner You should be able to communicate your thoughts, fears, and desires with your partner. Be frank with your partner and encourage them too to be ...

The commandant of the NSCDC has reiterated the outstanding performance of the men of the corp as they have successfully tackled oil thieves in Bayelsa   The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 40 oil thieves and destroyed 106 illegal refineries in the state. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr. Desmond Agu, who spoke in Yenagoa said the corps achieved the feat within one year. Agu who said that the Command recorded an appreciable success in its fight against oil theft and other illegalities during the year, added that his men recovered 10 locally-made boats from suspected oil thieves. He named other items recovered from the suspects as eight speedboats, one lorry, 10 pumping machines, 20 boat engines, six motor biggest and one bus. Others were four wheel barrows, 10 hoses, 55,000 litres of Automated Gas Oil (AGO) and 5000 litres of DPK. The Commandant said the corps arraigned seven suspects who were undergoing ...

Two cadet officials attached to the Nigerian Airforce have been arrested in Lagos for taking law into their hands in the full glare of the general public. Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad and Dahiru Lawal in the car booth   Two cadets’ officers, Peters O. Solomon and Abdullahi Fahad were Wednesday apprehended by the convoy of the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode in Mile 12 area of the State while dehumanizing an artisan, Dahiru Lawal for allegedly breaking the windscreen of their Chrysler Stratus car with registration number KRD 267 DV, according to the Nation. The cadets who claimed to be Airforce personnel attached to the Airforce Base in Ikeja, had forced Lawal into the boot of their car after dragging him on the ground for the said offence. Governor Ambode, who was returning from an inspection tour to Agbowa in Ikorodu, saw the situation and swiftly intervened to save Lawal who was gasping for breath. The Governor wondered...

ISIS terrorists brutally behead 3 Iraqi men in Mosul. See images below:

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari speaks to the press in Paris on Sept. 16, 2015. Buhari is holding is first presidential media chat in Abuja on Wednesday, Dec. 30, during which he will answer questions from journalists on a number of national issues. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is hosting his first presidential media chat in the capital Abuja Wednesday. The former military ruler will answer questions from a panel of journalists on a number of national issues. The presidential media chat will begin at 7 p.m. local time (1 p.m. EST) and will be broadcast live on the Nigerian Television Authority and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, said presidential spokesman Femi Adesina. "The presidential media chat will begin at 19.00 hours. Other television and radio stations in the country may hook up to NTA and FRCN to relay the program to their viewers and listeners,” Adesina said in the statement Wednesday, according to  local media . The pr...