Graphic pics: More than 50 people reportedly killed after truck fails breaks in Onitsha

According to a reader ,"about 50+ people just lost their lives now at Onitsha upper iweka (Asaba Park) as a trailer loaded with gas failed break... many lives lost..." So so sad. May they rest in peace. Graphic pic below 

Singer Yemi Alade nominated for 2015 Black Canadian Awards

                

I am so proud of her!!!! Singer Yemi Alade who recently bagged BET Awards Nomination has once again bagged another nomination.This time, she has been nominated for 2015 Black Canadian Awards Nomination in Best International Act -Africa category. She is like a breathe of fresh air in the Nigerian entertainment scene and her pattern is different,She is Unique and Daring!...

RIP Beau !!!! The Son of US Vice President, Beau Biden, died on Saturday at age 46,

US Vice President's Son, Beau Biden Dies At 46 according to a statement by the White House. Joseph “Beau” Biden III, an Iraq War veteran who also served as the attorney general of Delaware died after battling brain cancer, the vice president’s office said. Beau Biden is the first child of a sitting president or vice president to die since Patrick Bouvier Kennedy passed away two days after his birth in 1963.

 Vice President Biden said in his statement, “More than his professional accomplishments, Beau measured himself as a husband, father, son and brother. His absolute honor made him a role model for our family. Beau embodied my father’s saying that a parent knows success when his child turns out better than he did.”

A Suicide bomber kills self and 16 others outside a mosque in Maiduguri

A suicide bomber has killed himself and 16 others outside a mosque in the Nigerian city Maiduguri. 

Trader Ali Bakomi said the bomber was pushing a wheelbarrow and then joined a crowd of people in front of the mosque in the biggest city in Nigeria's troubled northeast.

Officials told Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima that the bomber killed himself and 16 other people.

The bombing came hours after rocket-propelled grenades exploded into homes before dawn. They killed at least 13 people and injured more, according to resident Idrissa Mandara.

(AP)

Timaya confirms he’s expecting his second child from his babymama

Timaya confirms another baby with same ‘Babymama’ ...  and mother of his first child. The self styled ‘Egberi papa’ said in a recent interview with HipTv news that, ‘I love my daughter Emmanuella so much and yes, I would be having another child soon and from the same woman.’ Timaya’s confirmation validates our earlier report in April where he declined to comment on the issue.

Former Chelsea player Drogba prepares for surgery... shows off metal plate scar on his arm

Chelsea legend Didier Drogba shared a photo of himself in hospital as he prepared to have a surgery to remove a metal plate from his arm in Barcelone. The footballer, who played his last match last Sunday, posted the pic and wrote - 

President Buhari begs Nigerians--"Please bear with us"

President Buhari has asked Nigerians to bear with his administration as a lot of damage has been done. Speaking at the inauguration gala night ,he said

I ask Nigerians to please bear with us; a lot of damage has been done. You can look at our infrastructure in 1999 and now and you will appreciate this,” he said.“Nigeria prays a lot; we need to even pray the more for luck so that the expectations our people have, especially the youth, would be met,” he said.Nigeria has to be well secured and efficiently managed; this is what the APC is all about.