Suicide Bombers Attack Maiduguri Mosque

At least five people were killed this morning when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in Maiduguri, a militia member assisting the military against Boko Haram jihadists said.

The leader of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in Ajiri Yala, some 15 kilometres (10 miles) north of Maiduguri, said the attack happened at about 4:30 am.

“A male suicide bomber disguised as a worshipper entered the mosque while people were gathering for the morning prayers,” he told AFP by telephone.
“He detonated his explosives. He killed five people and injured several others.”

Boko Haram typically never claims responsibility but has used suicide bombing as a frequent tactic in its eight-year insurgency to establish a hard line Islamic state. Their end is closer than they think.

UNN Graduate Ozibo Ekele Breaks 69-Year-Old Academic Record In UI

What appears to be, perhaps the longest elusive academic jinx in Nigeria was recently broken by Ozibo Ekele, a 2016 graduate of the famed Ibadan School of History (Department of History), Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan, where he finished top of the Faculty and Department with a B.A. (First Class Honours) and a CGPA of 6.6 out of a possible 7.0.
By this feat, he became the first person to graduate with First Class Honours in the 69-year-old Department. Ozibo who is also a 2013 Mass Communication graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, is therefore expected to cart away several academic Prizes in the forthcoming 2017 Convocation ceremony of the University of Ibadan.
These include, Best Graduating Student of both Faculty of Arts and Department of History; Dr. Robert Bradbury Memorial Prize; Irving and Bonar Prize; Oba Lipede Prize; CUSO Nigeria Limited Prize; J.A. Atanda Memorial Prize; and Omoyisola Atanda Memorial Prize in History. We say big congrats to him. These people that read books, eh, they are trying o. lool.

22-Year Old Girl Kills Uncle While Defending Herself From Rape

A 22-year-old lady, identified as Tina Rebecca Sunday, is being held by the police in Enugu for killing her uncle, one Friday Mathew.

The incident occurred in the Independence Layout area of Enugu on Thursday, October 26, 2017.
It was gathered that the lady, Tina, a native of Ikot Udobang Ukanafon, in Akwa Ibom State, lived with the now deceased uncle in Ezilo Street, Independence Layout, Enugu.
It was further gathered that Tina was arrested by operatives of the New Haven police station, Enugu, while attempting to escape, after committing the crime.

But the lady, in her confessional statement, has described the killing as accidental.
Tina disclosed that she killed Mathew, a 48-year-old man, while struggling to escape his attempt to have forceful carnal knowledge of her.
She said her uncle has been trying to sleep with her for a very long time.
Rebecca said she has been resisting Mathew’s amorous advances, but the uncle never gave up, until the matter took a tragic turn around 8:30 pm on October 26.
According to Tina’s account, on that fateful night, she had sent Thank-God, her uncle’s 10-year-old son on an errand to buy sugar for her, and was lying down in the room, waiting for the boy to return, when Mathew, thinking she was asleep, snuck up to her bed and tried to force himself on her.
Tina said she gave Mathew a kick on his genitals in a bid to stop him from raping her.
She added that Mathew got enraged, and both of them struggled as he moved to have his way.
The girl then got hold of stone, which she smashed on Mathew’s head.
The uncle fell down and gave up the ghost.
“Really, it was not my intention to kill him as I never intended to do so although he has been disturbing me sexually,” Tina said.
Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the development, said minutes later, Mathew’s son, Thank-God, returned from the errand, only to meet his father’s lifeless body.
Amaraizu explained that Tina allegedly told the boy to keep quiet, to avoid attracting attention.
She was said to have promised the boy that she will take adequate care of him, after which she locked up the house and took Thank-God to the home of a relative.
After dropping the boy with the said relative, Tina ran away.
Amaraizu added that the 22-year-old lady was apprehended before she could leave Enugu.
“When the child of the deceased came back and met the lifeless body of his father, he was allegedly warned by the suspect not to shout in order not to attract attention which would lead to her arrest.
“She (Tina) promised the young boy that she would take care of him, then she immediately locked up the house and went away with the boy and dropped him at one of their aunt’s place and disappeared.
“When operatives of the New Haven Division of the Enugu State Command got the report, they swung into action swiftly and were able to arrest the escaping Tina Rebecca Sunday who is now helping the operatives in their investigations,” Amaraizu said.
According to him, “The suspect is now regretting her action and begging for forgiveness as she never intended to kill the uncle.”

Osinbajo, Tinubu, Lai Mohammed, Oyegun, Others Attend Saraki's Daughter Wedding Ceremony

The wedding ceremony took place today in Lagos and was well attended by political office holders as well as top APC chieftains. More photos below....

Mase's TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME Was Released 20 Years Ago Today

Hello oldies, lol. Diddy just posted this video of Mase, saying it was released 20 years ago. No, i am not that old but duh, i heard this song, how can it even be 20 years, excuse me? Okay, may be most of us should admit we heard it years after it was released cus we sure danced this. While posting the video, Diddy wrote;
'20 years ago today, Mase release the classic album HARLEM WORLD!! What was your favorite song on the album?'

🔥🔥🔥

20 years ago today, Mase release the classic album HARLEM WORLD!!

What was your favorite song on the album? pic.twitter.com/0ieLc7qJCs

— Sean Diddy Combs (@diddy) October 28, 2017

1st To Leave ICC is Burundi

Burundi is becoming the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. An ICC spokesperson confirmed that the pullout takes effect on Friday, a year after the East African nation notified the United Nations secretary-general of its intention to leave the court that prosecutes the world's worst atrocities.

Burundi is the only one of three African nations to go ahead with its withdrawal after making moves last year to leave amid accusations that the court focuses too much on the continent.

The First & Only Nigerian Woman To Serve In Israel’s Army......Meet Lieutenant Toby Cohen

The 21-year-old was born in Nigeria to a Nigerian mother and an Israeli father. Cohen was living with her parents and sister in Kano, before she migrated to Israel.

Cohen said: “I always wanted to come to Israel, ever since I was a small child, I wanted a deeper connection, to understand what ‘Israel’ is, and not just through stories.”

Despite the fact that moving to Israel was dream come true for the woman, it was still hard to adjust to the life in another country.

She said: “New immigrants are often embarrassed and ashamed to speak, because they may say something wrong and I was one of them but at some point I realised that I couldn’t go on like this.

I made a lot of mistakes along the way, and it was hard, but it was worth it.”

The young lady learnt Hebrew and her friends helped her to adjust into the Israeli society.

According to Cohen, her father was happy about her decision to become an officer in the Israeli army.

The soldier’s father was also an officer in the Israeli army.

7 Important Social Media Breaking News Writing Skills

Most people are today using social media to help pass news updates. This is attributed to the high number of people using various social media platforms. According to 2015 statistics, 70% of Nigerian population are said to be on various social media platforms.
Do people always ready your social media updates on breaking news? Social media writing is known to be a new art for and it is important for one to master it in order to get readers pay attention to social media updates across all the platforms. This guide will provide you with killer tips in writing social media breaking news that will ensure they are easily noticed and ensures that your contents go viral.
1. Ensure you Abide by the Social Networking Rules
Are you tweeting into thin air or losing followers just because you are not following the social media networking rules? Though social media writing seems to be like your personal soapbox, there are five things you need to consider in order to build audience and ensure you are known in the industry.
2. Try Developing a Social Media Strategy
Your social media accounts are up and running and you are ready to send your first updates and tweets. However, you need to ask yourself if you have any social media strategy. In case you are thinking that your strategy is to just start writing tweets of the latest Nigerian breaking news today, you can consider this, in every 2-3 days a total of one billion tweets are being sent. Without having a proper social media strategy, there are chances you might be talkin
g to yourself instead of connecting with the readers.
3. Ensure you Dig In order to strengthen Your Social Media Writing Skills
The social media will present media pros with a new idea and opportunity that will help find story sources, ideas, quotes and much more. The digging of these golden nuggets will take your skills of writing breaking news on social media to a completely new level. You will be crippling your updates and tweets by ignoring this basic research. It is also advisable that you start tapping into the pool of content in order to catapult yourself when compared to those people who just post in order to be heard.
4. Ensure you learn the Social Media Writing tricks for Twitter
It seems very easy and simple to write something that can engage your readers in 140 characters or even less. You might start wondering if writing a novel can be easier especially if you are trying to condense a 170 character tweet.
News writing for twitter is considered to be the fast paces and ultimate social media writing form. It is important that you always produce tweets which will stand out or you can easily get lost in the timelines of your followers.
5. Ensure you give proper attribution
Do you have the original content that you want to share via the different social media outlets? Part of mastering your social media writing skills should be being in a position to contribute your online sources well. Attribution will not only protect you but it can also be a great way to help build a network with your sources and trust.
6. Try Going beyond the Social Media Writing
Are you trying to change the world using your social media breaking new writing skills? Most of the people who refer to themselves as social media experts are always known to ignore the work “social”. They usually hop to the microphone without knowing the power that social media has. Social media breaking news writing should never be one sided.
7. Consider Using Social Media Writing to Help Build your Brand
It is important that you always use social media writing skills to help build your brand whether it is on Google+, Twitter of Facebook. Most of the quick thinking social media breaking news writers will always be writing about what is taking place and the social media will help strengthen the brand with each status update or tweet

Gbenro Ajibade Celebrates Wife As She Turns A Year Older

Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro is a year older today and her husband,Gbenro Ajibade took to IG to celebrate her. He wrote;

"All hail the Queen!!!  Am the Only species on this planet that got you the most asides God,and since he is the Alpha and Omega and does the most,I'd pray to him every hour to bless you for us from now,till eternity!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY    "

Ne-Yo & Wife Expecting Their 2nd Child

R&B star Ne-Yo and wife Crystal Smith are expecting their second child. The couple - who already have one-year-old son Shaffer Jr. - announced the exciting news on Instagram on Wednesday, each posting a cute photo of themselves cuddling up.

The caption read: 'Guess who's having another baby?' in big white text.  'We didn't plan for you but you are Gods plan and I thank you for choosing us to be your parents! Impatiently awaiting our newest addition' Crystal wrote alongside the image.

Human Ken Doll Shows Off Surgically Enhanced Stomach

Most people spend countless hours in the gym to get abs of steel. But Human Ken Doll Rodrigo Alves took great pleasure in flaunting his surgically enhanced midsection as he went makeup shopping in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
The macho man looked as proud as punch as he showed off his $29,000 abs of plastic as he minced around the upmarket Calabasas area.
Plastics Of Hollywood personality Rodrigo has spent a whopping £400,000 on surgery over the years, earning himself the nickname The Human Ken Doll.

Jeremy Meeks & Chloe At Princess Grace Awards

He has already met her mother, Tina Green, on board a lavish yacht off the coast of Monaco. And 'Hot Felon' Jeremy Meeks turned the Princess Grace Awards into another family affair as he attended the soiree alongside his girlfriend Chloe Green and her billionaire mother.
The model, 33, looked extremely dapper in a slick black suit as he posed alongside Tina and Chloe, 26, who was oozing glamour in a plunging gown that clung to her curves as she attended the Beverly Hills event on Wednesday.
Tina was the picture of elegance in an off-the-shoulder black gown, diamond necklace, and perfectly styled hairdo of loose waves.

And her daughter took things up a notch in her style department with her long-sleeve black dress, platform heels, clutch, and a similar hairstyle of flowing waves.
On the red carpet, Chloe and Jeremy could hardly keep their hands off of each other.
The affectionate couple gazed lovingly into each others eyes as they posed up a storm at the swanky event.

Guatemala's Hector Trujillo Sentenced To Eight Months In Prison

A former judge who led Guatemala's football federation has become the first person sentenced in the U.S. in the FIFA world football corruption scandal, getting eight months in prison.
Hector Trujillo, 63, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn. He had pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in June.
Trujillo admitted accepting nearly $200,000 in bribes from a company trying to secure sports marketing contracts.
Prosecutors said the former general secretary of Guatemala's football federation should serve more than three years in prison and pay $415,000 in restitution. Defense lawyers asked for no prison time for crimes between 2009 and 2016.

According to Trujillo's plea agreement, he would not contest any sentence less than four years and nine months in prison. Trujillo also agreed to forfeit $175,000. Free on $4 million bail, he has been staying in Miami.
He was arrested in December 2015 in Port Canaveral, Florida, during a Disney cruise with his family.

Man Rapes His 16-Year-Old Daughter

A 52-year-old man, Paul Akpederi, who pleaded guilty to raping his 16-year-old daughter, was, yesterday, arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ikeja.

Paul was docked on a one-count charge of unlawful defilement before Magistrate B. O. Osunsanmi.

The prosecutor, Inspector Simon Imhonwa, told the court that the defendant has been committing the offence since 2012 in Ikorodu, area of Lagos. According to Imhonwa, the offence is punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

 The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the charge levelled against him by the Police. The defendant’s lawyer, A. O. Gbadamosi, filed an application to carry out a psychiatric test on the defendant. She told the court that the defendant was alleged to have been talking to himself and shouting over nothing. 

The prosecutor did not object to the counsel’s request, but said the medical test could have been done at the Police level. 

The Magistrate, Osunsanmi, however, granted him bail of N500,000, with two sureties in like sum, adding that the sureties must be related to the defendant. She said evidence of tax payment to Lagos State Government must be verified, and adjourned to December 6.

Criticize Yourself not

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you are doing when you indulge in these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you. Don’t ever criticize yourself.
When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance. I believe if you keep your faith, if you keep your trust, if you keep the right attitude, if you are grateful, you will see God open up new doors.
You are going to go through tough times – that is life. But I say, nothing happens to you, it happens for you. See the positive in negative events. It is easy to get negative because you get beat
down. You go through a few disappointments and it is easy to stay in that negative frame of mind.
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you are going to live your life. Let go of yesterday. Let today be a new beginning and be the best that you can, and you will get to where God wants you to be.
Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‘I am unattractive, I am slow, I am not as smart as my brother.’ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbor. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.
I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you are a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. I don’t think you should spend your life praying for things, but I do believe you should thank God for what He has given you… but I think the scripture teaches us that we can pray for our dreams, pray for the big things… he is not a small God; this God is incredible.