Dogara sacks Appropriations Committee Chairman over budget padding

SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has announced the removal of the House Committee Chairman on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano State as chairman of the committee. 

Man impregnates 13-yr-old daughter, aborts pregnancy

By Evelyn Usman, Monsuru Olowoopejo & Esther Onyegbula 

A 34-year-old man, Kennedy Michael, has been arrested by police in Lagos for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old daughter. 

5 Suspected Armed Robbers Gunned Down By The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) In Anambra

Five suspected armed robbers, including a female said to be the leader of the gang, who engaged the police in Anambra State in a deadly gun battle, have been gunned down by the superior firepower of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), operatives, the State Police Command reports in a statement.

Horror: Goat with human face delivered in Taraba

The people of Mararaba community in Taraba State, have been thrown in shock as a strange birth was witnessed where a goat delivered a kid that had a human face, leaving the residents in a state of horror

Police shoots unarmed black man lying down on his back with his hands up

Another unarmed black man shot but thankfully not killed by police this week in Miami, Florida. The victim, Charles Kinsey, a therapist, was trying to calm his autistic patient down on the streets when he was approached by police following reports of a man threatening to commit suicide (referring to the autistic man) Charles was shot despite laying on the ground and raising his hands up.

Dollar Hits Highest Level In Four Months

The dollar rose on Wednesday, hitting its highest level in four months against a basket of currencies, as expectations for central bank easing weighed on major global peers.

Facebook Messenger Hits 1 Billion Users

Facebook Inc’s Messenger has more than 1 billion users, the social media company said on Wednesday, making it one the world’s top three apps just two years after it was split off from Facebook’s main app, which is by far and away the most popular.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT YBNL’S TEMMIE ( +SOUNDCITYTV INTERVIEW )

Earlier in the year, Olamide announced that he was looking for a lady to join his team.

Policeman stoned to death for killing okadaman in Nsukka

Nsukka—It was tit for tat at Nsukka in Enugu State last week, when a policeman, Corporal Robert Ugwanyi, was stoned to death for killing a commercial motorcyclist, Mr Festus Onah, shortly after he had come out from a restaurant, where he had gone to eat. Onah, whose skull was blown open by the policemen’s bullet, had his brains splashed all over the area, prompting a spontaneous attack on the policemen by passers-by and other onlookers.

DELSU gets Engineering accreditation four years after

ABRAKA—Delta State University, Abraka has said that it will secure full accreditation for its Law programme, just as it has been able to secure full accreditation for three Engineering Departments of Civil, Electrical and Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Departments of the institution.

Daily Inspiration - Save Only the Best of the Old Ways

Honor tradition AND question tradition.
Tradition is like a second-hand store.
It is best to sort carefully between the treasures and the trash.
See everything with new eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Stephen Keshi to be buried July 29th

The burial of former Super Eagles captain and Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, who died on June 8th has been slated for July 29th at his hometown, Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. According to the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Patrick Ukah who is a member of the Keshi burial committee,‎ Keshi's funeral ceremony will commence on Thursday July 28th and end on Sunday July 31st.

Breaking: Kogi State Unversity Calls of its 3 Months Old Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities,Kogi State University Chapter, yesterday called of its 3 months old strike.

Abuja preacher Family makes U-turn, announces burial plans

ABUJA—The Family of late Evangelist Eunice Olawale, yesterday, made a U-turn and announced her burial arrangements. 

CNN to establish multi-platform bureau in Nigeria

THE Cable News Network CNN , has disclosed plans to launch a new, multi-platform operation in Lagos, Nigeria designed to give the network a nimble, broad-based, digital-first presence in Africa’s most populous country. 

Voluntary teachers want absorption into state civil service

Voluntary teachers in  Lagos State have appealed to the government to absorb them into the mainstream civil service as it plans to recruit fresh civil servants, including teachers. 

58 year old woman narrates how Boko Haram members forced her to watch them behead her son in Borno

58 year old Jummai Ibrahim,pictured above, who now takes refuge at an IDP camp in Borno state, recently told the heart wrenching story of how Boko Haram terrorists stormed her village in Doro-Baga and forced her to watch as they beheaded her 21 year old son. Speaking to Premium Times, Jummai said;

Itsekiri group tells Chevron: Relocate to Delta, or face mass action

UGHELLI—THE National  Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, yesterday, threatened to stage a mass protest to the National Assembly and petition the Chevron Home Office in the United States of America if the company fails to relocate its headquarters from Lagos to Delta State, where the company’s operation is located.

Daily Inspiration - The Power of Love

Hate is never conquered by hate,

Hate is only conquered by love.

- The Buddha

Kate Henshaw Rolls Out New Beautiful Photos As She Turns 45 Today

Happy Birthday Kate Henshaw from us here at KONFAM

Beautiful Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw turns a year older today and she’s rolled out some new photos to celebrate the big number.