Soldiers arrest suspect for kidnapping uncle in Lagos

TONY Anene, a 37-year-old man from Delta State, is now in custody of the Nigerian Army, 9 Brigade, Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly conspiring with two others to kidnap his uncle, one Mr. Dominic Nwaezego in Lagos. The suspect was arrested by men of the Brigade attached to the enhanced security squad popularly called “Quick Response Group” (QRG) at the weekend.

The celebrity sex tape craze: Is it finally dead?

In 1997, Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee unwittingly transformed celebrity pop culture when they filmed themselves having sex on a boat. Of course, they didn't expect that the tape would be stolen and distributed as Pamela and Tommy Lee: Hardcore and Uncensored. But undeniably, "the modern, mass-market celebrity sex tape" was born, writes Maureen O'Connor atNew York.

Dangote Foundation Donates N79m For Measles Control

The Dangote Foundation has contributed $500,000, or N79.15 million, through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to support the government’s response to the recent measles outbreak that affected many states in Nigeria.

EFCC probes Chime’s N13.6bn Enugu secretariat project

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun a full-scale investigation into the ongoing N13.6bn Enugu State secretariat project. The anti-graft agency’s zonal office in Enugu in November 2012 had carried out preliminary investigation into the secretariat project, following a petition by the Coordinator of Congress for Progressives Change in Enugu State, Mr. Osita Okechukwu.

Real Boko Haram’ll Accept Amnesty - Gov Yuguda

Governor Isah Yuguda of Bauchi State has assured that “real Boko Haram members” will accept the amnesty offered by the federal government. He declared, however, that it is the responsibility of the government to deal with criminal and political members of the Boko Haram sect when the real members accept the amnesty proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan.

$15 million iPhone shows off rare black diamond

New York (CNN) -- Family heirlooms are often packed away for safe keeping. For one man from China, hiding a 26-carat black diamond worth $14.5 million was not in his plans. A businessman from Hong Kong commissioned craftsman Stuart Hughes of Liverpool to help him show off his family treasure.

Photos from Yemisax and Shola Durojaiye's marriage introduction

The award winning saxophonist went to his fiancee's family house at Ibafo, Ogun state today to formally ask her for hand in marriage. See more photos from their marriage introduction after the cut...

Liberty Radio FM Kaduna Fined $14,000 For Airing Phone Call Condemning Good Governance Tour

The growing assault on free speech in Nigeria took another dimension on Friday as Kaduna-based Liberty Radio FM was slammed with a hefty N2 million fine over a phone-in discussion programme. The station’s ‘crime’? It aired a live comment by a caller who objected to the planned visit of the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, to the state. The caller suggested that the governor of Kaduna State spend the N150 million it cost to host the Minister’s so-called “Good Governance Tour” on more meaningful things.

Mogadishu suicide commando attacks on court complex kill 34 civilians

NAIROBI (AFP) - A nine-man suicide commando blasted its way into Mogadishu's main court complex on Sunday, some blowing up their explosives vests while others sprayed gunfire on civilians in a rampage that left 29 dead, while five more civilians died in a separate bomb attack.

Rick Ross offers formal apology

After being dropped from a lucrative endorsement deal with Reebok over his date rape lyrics; “Put molly all in her champagne, she aint even know it, I took her home and I enjoyed that, she aint even know it,", Rick Ross finally offers a real apology...

Church responds to Solomon Akiyesi's disrupted wedding

Overcomers World Outreach, the church where Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi attempted to marry another while still legally married, has responded to the incident that happened yesterday. See their statement below, written by Chika Moses, who is a journalist and the daughter of Bishop N.E. Moses, the General Overseer of the Overcomers Church. Read after the cut...

Drake calls Chris Brown insecure; confirms he dated Rihanna briefly

Drake was really into Rihanna and wanted a relationship with her...but she wasn't feeling him like that. So all she had with him was a brief fling. He's still not over it.

In a recent interview with Elliot Wilson of EVR radio, Drake called Chris Brown insecure and said he treated Rihanna with respect when she fell into his lap...

For any media outlet listening, don't ask me sh*t about that man when I come up there. And leave that man alone. Stop preying on his insecurities. His insecurities are the fact that I make better music than him, that I'm more popping than him and that at one point in life the woman he loves fell into my lap and I did what a real nigga would do and treated her with respect so she's not up there talking down on me."

Listen to the audio after the cut. And oh, Chris Brown responded...