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                              The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has paraded a 45-year-old married man for allegedly killing his concubine on the suspicion that she was dating another lover. The suspect, Nwokeoma Ohuaba, a native of Akpama Ugba in Osisioma Local Government Area of the state was said to have been infuriated having caught her with another man during an unscheduled visit. He was said to have hit her in the head with a piece of iron in the ensuing altercation as he attempted to confront her while the alleged intruder fled for dear life.

                                 The Lagos State Government and some federal delegates on Sunday paid a visit to the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua. The visit was said to be aimed at sensitising the church and its membership on the menace of the deadly Ebola virus.

                         President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Andrew Yakubu. The President, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, named Dr. Joseph Dawha as Yakubu’s replacement. Continue..

                                 Following the death of a Liberian victim of the deadly Ebola virus in the country, Ghana has banned flights from Nigeria and other West African countries, according to allafrica.com. The Managing Director, Ghana Airport Company, Charles Asare, said it was part of elaborate emergency measures the authorities were implementing to prevent the virus from spreading into the West African country. Ever since its outbreak, the Ebola virus has claimed the lives of over 600 victims in the West African sub-region. Ghana also bans flight from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Continue...

                       The music industry in Nigeria has for so long been dominated by the male singers who call the shots. But not anymore, as more and more female singers are beginning to find their voices and giving the men a run for their money. Kimberly Osakwe popularly called Kim Wonder is a sensational singer, songwriter, and entertainer with brilliant vocals and a beautiful and unique musical style. She started her musical career in England and is now making waves both locally and internationally. She is no stranger to the music charts with her current singles, ‘How You Dey, ‘Kilo Kilo’,There was a boy and ‘Work, Rock & Dance’ dominating music charts across Africa

                                 Nollywood actress Chiamaka Nwokeukwu isn’t exactly a Nollywood household name but the fair beauty is very much on her way as she is having the best run of good streak of her career. In a couple of months, Chinelo, the Shy Virgin star has been nominated in two awards; the Choice Awards and the AFRIFIMO Awa. Chiamaka who has featured in other films like Love and Lust, Innocent Devil, Play Girls, Between Two Worlds, Kurekere Babies to name a few, met with one of our reporters on location of her recent film The Perfect Snake in Lagos and a conversation capturing her short but illustrious acting career ensued.  Continue...

                                Benue State Police Command has launched a manhunt for gunmen, who killed a policeman, Sergeant Bawa Ekoja, attached to ‘Operation Dzenda’ in Makurdi, the state capital. The command’s image-maker, Daniel Ezeala (SP), in a telephone chat with Daily Sun, said Ekoja was going back home after closing from night duty at a hotel located in Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi, when the assailants in an ash Toyota Camry car shot him in his back. Ezeala, explained that the deceased policeman was on his motorcycle when the gunmen shot him and he died immediately, adding that his corpse had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Makurdi. Continue...