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Kindly vote for this adorable baby of Mr/Mrs Adebisi Oloko as the baby of the  month of January, your votes means a lot to us!!. See her mums statement after the cut!. Continue...

Chinedu Ikedieze posted the photo on his Ig page with a tag that he said he’s cool with it..

A 36 year old woman named Erica Morales (pictured) died hours after giving birth on Thursday Jan. 15th to quadruplets in a Phoenix hospital. Erica Morales was about seven months pregnant when she delivered the babies — three girls and a boy — at Banner Good Samaritan hospital, Nicole Todman, a family friend, told the news organization. But she died before ever getting a chance to see the babies she and her husband had long hoped for, Todman said. Morales initially went to the hospital for high blood pressure, according to Todman,who added she was unsure of how exactly her friend died. The hospital would not provide that information, the AP reported. In the wake of Morales’ death, Todman has started a GoFundMe to raise money for thefamily.She said on the page that Morales and her husband, Carlos, had tried for year to have a baby. Morales finally became pregnant last year with the help of doctors. The goal of the GoFundMe page, according to Todman, was to ease the financial worries ...

Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke has announced a N10 reduction in pump price of petrol from N97 per litre to N87 per litre effective midnight tonight January 18th.

Sacked soldiers has accused the Nigerian Army of betraying them after it dismissed some soldiers for allegedly disobeying a direct order from their commanding officer, the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports. Recently, the Nigerian army has dismissed some soldiers for asking for support equipment following the army’s plan to convey them for an operation in Bama and Gwoza, the strongholds of Boko Haram insurgents. The dismissal of the soldiers followed a wave of court-martialling of some soldiers for mutiny and other offences in the troubled northeast. One of the sacked soldiers told the agency that they refused to take part in the operation in the northeast because the Army did not provide them with the required combat and support equipment needed for such operations. He alleged that their commanding officers push them into operations and the militants kill them just like that. He said having engaged the insurgents in several past battles, a major...

The Presidential and vice-presidential candidates of Nigeria’s largest opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo may have contradicted themselves on the job creation policy of their party. This is because APC had in its Christmas message to Nigerians issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, promised the nation that it would create 3million year in, year out. The APC statement in its eight paragraph, said ”Our eight pledges for a better Nigeria, which are highlights of our manifesto, form the core of our social contract with Nigeria. During our first term in office, we pledge to create 3 million new jobs a year through public works programmes and by shifting the economy towards value-added production will be our primary economic target.” Similarly, on last Tuesday, APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, assured that he would create 3 million jobs every year to tackle unemployment and ...

•FRSC Rescues 15 From Burning Vehicle IT was a sad day for Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday, as it lost a member while not less than 23 others sustained injuries in an automobile crash. The incident happened as one of the vehicles in its convoy, an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus had a head-on collision with a Volkswagen Station wagon vehicle marked Lagos TK 446 KJA, near Okada village in Ovia North East local government council. As a result of the incident, the governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who was said to have been preparing to leave his Iyamho village, immediately ordered cancelation of the rallies for the day. Deputy governor, Pius Odubu, conveyed the cancellation of the scheduled campaigns, which would have seen the party visiting Egor, Ovia North East and Ovia South West councils. Continue...