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Lack of potable water, inadequate sewage facilities, and severe overcrowding have resulted in dangerous and unsanitary conditions in Nigerian prisons.

Lack of potable water, inadequate sewage facilities, and severe overcrowding have resulted in dangerous and unsanitary conditions in Nigerian prisons.

The Nigerian government spends a meagre N3.50k to feed an inmate in Nigerian prisons each day, the Legal Defence and Assistance Project has said.

Speaking at a round table for media and civil society organizations in Lagos, Thursday, Chino Obiagwu said that the current cost was increased by the new Comptroller-General of Prisons from the previous N2.10k per prisoner.

The round table was themed ‘Moving Nigeria Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty.’
“The truth is that many prisoners supplement their meals because all kinds of businesses and activities go on inside the prisons,” said Mr. Obiagwu, National Coordinator, LEDAP.

“If you allow Nigerian prisoners to survive on their ration, they will all die.”
There are about 56,000 inmates scattered across Nigerian prisons, according to Mr. Obiagwu whose organization champions the rights of Nigerian prisoners.

“A lot of philanthropy goes into our prisons, churches like the Catholic church, The Redeemed church carry out on regular prison visits to improve the welfare of inmates,” said Mr. Obiagwu.



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Eye-witness accounts along the road sent this photos to www..net and explains that huge pile up is already building as a result of a loaded trailer running into a commercial bus.

we cant officially report any deaths as at the time of this report but we will update as soon as we have more details....


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Nollywood Actress Grace Amah, joined her friend CEO Meljenstin(Buzopat)Youth Empowerment Initiative, Mrs Chibuzor Patrick to campaign and preach the need for youths and students to stay away from drugs and the inherent dangers of drug addiction.

Meljenstin(Buzopat)Youth Empowerment Initiative NGO orgainsed a Walk Against Drug Addiction Campaign. It's a special demonstration that brought together State Govt, parents, guardians, teachers, youth advocates, social activists, actors, sports, media practioners, Musicians, DJ's, Comedians, Organisations and delegates from various higher institutions and secondary schools around Lagos to lend a voice to dangers of drug abuse and it's devilish effects on the society.

Grace Amah in her words " our aim is to educate, motivate, sanitize and encourage victims n none victims to say NO to Drug Abuse n also to let the world know the various reasons why a person gets addicted to harmful drugs."


NDLEA, Drug agencies, NGO's and Local govts were urged to support this cause as the young generation are the worst victims.

Walk started from Agboju round about and will ended at Betty Thorey Mentally Challenged home by Apple Junction, Amuwo Odofin Lagos where the students of the home were entertained with music, dance and comedy.

More Photos>>>>>

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Some of the goats have been killedb sef>>>>>>

The men pictured above were arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for stealing goats in Ondo state. More photos after the cut...



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It is no longer news that the Lagos State University (LASU) has been in deep crisis following the loggerheads between the Vice Chancellor of the institution and the Unions in the school.

Findings have shown that the current crisis may affect some of the courses offered in the institution.

It was learnt that courses like Law, Banking and Finance, Business Administration and Management Technology, English, Yoruba, Theatre Arts, Music and Philosophy currently have accreditation issues with the National Universities Commission while the Accounting department of the institution before now was denied accreditation.

The NUC was supposed to visit on June 2nd but that visit did not hold because of the lingering crisis in the institution.

If this situation remains the same in the institution, these degree programmes may lose NUC’s Approval.

This with some other issues that are affecting the university are what the new administration led by Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode is expected to look into and find a way of resolving them.

http://www.edificationinfo.com/2015/06/lasu-degree-programmes-at-verge-of.html

The guy in the photo claims he saw a snake inside a hotel in Lagos. Read his story below…

I am Yemmy, I was having a discussion with a close male friend of mine yesterday night in the compound of an hotel. Here is what I saw coming towards my direction in an hungry manner. Please, what type of snake is this? Is it spiritual or ordinary? Anyways God won.”



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This sports car covered in Ankara fabric was spotted in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state recently.

The seats are even covered in Ankara.


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Senate President Bukola Saraki and his party, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) preferred candidate for his position, Senator Ahmed Lawan are currently in a meeting with the party’s National Chairman, John odigie-Oyegun.



According to reports, asides the pair, several Senators from both camps are at the meeting being held at Oyegun’s home in Abuja.


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The 10 year old Nigerian Math Genius, Esther Okade has enrolled in Open University, UK. Esther who is a British-Nigerian hails from Walsall and enjoys the normal things every 10 year old does: dressing up, playing with dolls, and going out”.

The only difference is that instead of dealing with simple 2×2 problems, the young star is interested in extreme algebra and calculus.

Speaking on her current class level, Esther says;

“It’s so interesting. It has the type of maths I love. Its real maths – theories, complex numbers, all that type of stuff. It was super easy. My mum taught me in a nice way”.

Speaking on future endeavors, she says;

“I want to finish the course in two years. Then I’m going to do my PhD in financial maths when I’m 13. I want to have my own bank by the time I’m 15 because I like numbers and I like people and banking is a great way to help people”.

I’m sure you’re wondering how the parents feel about the rapid growth of their daughter, well Esther says;

“I actually wanted to start when I was seven. But my mum was like, “you’re too young, calm down.”

However, after three years of begging, her mother, Efe, finally agreed to allow her. It is so heart warming to see our younger generation growing up to be so smart and independent.

http://www.edificationinfo.com/2015/06/10-year-old-nigerian-math-genius-esther.html

www..net can authoritatively and exclusively reveal that African pop super star Wizkid has ditched telecommunication company MTN.

After two years of aligning with the South African telco, Wizkid has chosen not to renew his contract.
Wizzy who is currently working on his third album has pitched his tent with the Michael Adenuga led GLO.

According to inside sources, Wizkid's endorsement deal with GLO will see him pocket a cool one hundred twenty million Naira.
In May, MTN renewed the deal of most of its ambassadors. Many people noted that pop stars Wizkid and Davido had failed to extend their contracts.

Davido however renewed his MTN deal last week.
With this piece of information, it seems GLO is about to do a major overhaul of its ambassadors.


http://www..net/2015/06/wizkid-dumps-mtn-for-glo-to-earn-n120m.html

Strong windstorm accompanied by heavy rain have destroyed more than 200 buildings and electricity installations in Tsanyawa Local Government area of Kano state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rain, which lasted several hours on Monday evening, caused flooding in the area.

The council chairman, Alhaji Safiyanu Mohammed, told newsmen in Kano on Tuesday that property worth millions of Naira were also destroyed by the windstorm.

The chairman assured victims that the council would assist them within its ability.

He listed the affected areas to include Tsanyawa, Garon, Yam’kamye and Harbau.

Mohammed explained that he had visited the affected areas to sympathise with the victims with a pledge to assist them.

He, however, called on the state government to assist the affected persons urgently to alleviate their sufferings.


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Asogwa Stanley, a final student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), completed his 50 kilometre marathon on Monday evening, after taking off around 8am the same day.

He jogged to some prominent places in the coal city before he proceeded to the government house where some friends and well-wishers were there to welcome him.

Unfortunately, Stanley was security men at the gate told him that Ugwuanyi and his Deputy were absent.

But his ardour was not dampened by what some will see as a disappointment.

He told journalists that he is happy for the governor’s election victory and the trek was his own way of showing his joy.

“it gives me much joy that Nsukka man eventually became the Governor of Enugu State,” Stanley said.

“I want to use the race to express my happiness on the development”.

“As a student, I don’t have money to organize events for him like others might have done, but I know I can embark on this distant race and I have succeeded in doing so.

“I really thank God for giving me the strength”.

He assured Ugwuanyi that the youth are behind him as he takes charge in the state.



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A manhunt is under way for the terrorist who masterminded the murder of 147 people in Kenya.

The country’s most wanted man has been identified as Mohamed Mohamud, a former teacher who has a £145,000 bounty on his head for orchestrating the massacre at Garissa University College.

The attack on the university by al-Shabaab terrorists, acting on Mohamud’s orders, was the deadliest on Kenyan soil since the bombing of the American embassy in 1998.


http://www.edificationinfo.com/2015/04/mohamed-mohamud-former-teacher.html

Cossy Ojiakor has reacted to reports,she is broke and had to halt the production of her movie...Speaking with Saturday Beats,she said

“The picture that surfaced online was taken on the set of a movie that I just shot. I am almost done with the movie and it is about the lifestyle of the daughters of politicians. I love it when I have very beautiful people in my movies. Anita Joseph is a very beautiful lady. She is very curvy. I have big boobs too, so it would make the movie more attractive to watch.
“The movie is almost finished; all that remains is a scene that I have to do in a yacht. The lead character is currently in the US and he would not be back until two weeks’ time for us to shoot that part. I thought I was going to finish the movie in a week and that was what I based my budget on but it extended to three weeks. That was an unexpected occurrence because I had to pay hotel and feeding bills for my cast. I did not really foresee that happening.(continue)

“Maybe at a point, I told them I was broke so that they would take it easy on me. Somebody must have taken my word literally but it is okay to be broke. It is not a bad thing to be broke for a while. I do not really care about what people say about me. If they owed me money, I would have been more concerned. I have done my movie already; it just remains a scene for it to be complete and once my lead character is back, I will complete it. I paid all the people I employed but the director introduced some people to me on set. I did not sort out people that were begging to be part of my movie production but I made sure that I paid everyone that I invited. I paid them all their fees and some people were telling me that I should have given them part payment because they could walk out on me but if I owe them, they wouldn’t,” she said.



http://www..net/2015/04/cossy-ojiakor-confesses-she-was-really.html

Apparently, plenty celebrities have now revealed they never voted for GEJ to return.
Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe Gentry opened up on her reasons for not voting the incumbent president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, at the 2015 presidential election.

Speaking at a social media forum, the Papa Ajasco actress revealed that one of the reasons she joined other citizens to vote the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate,Muhammadu Buhari, was to show incompetent leaders that the public have the sole power to choose and determine who leads.

In her words, “We voted Jonathan out not because Buhari is a miracle worker, not because the alternative was the Best!! But so that incompetent leaders will know, fear and understand the people’s ability to select, Elect and De-Select.

“Why should we endure another four years with PGEJ simply because we fear the Unknown? If the Unknown comes in and performs at the same level or worse, we vote them out as well! Until our leaders start to lead correctly, we will continue to change them! Tears of joy for Nigeria, I am so proud of all of us! May god continue to bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria” she dropped.

Aigbe-Gentry was one of the many Nigerian celebrities that took to the polling booths to exercise their civic responsibilities in casting their vote at the Nigerian presidential election that held on Saturday, March 28, 2015.


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Seven ladies who went for night vigil for deliverance in a new generation church, located at 2nd Cemetery Road, Benin-City, were allegedly raped by armed bandits who stormed the church at about 4am on Thursday.
The robbers were said to have earlier raided a building near Ewuotubu community where they robbed some tenants living in four different flats in the compound. It was learnt that two persons, including a police officer, were shot dead while others sustained various degrees of injuries in the process.
What was supposed to be an all-night marathon prayer session , tagged ‘Koboko Night’, meant to cast out demons tormenting some members of the church, turned sour as the masked armed robbers, numbering six, shot sporadically, ordering the members to go back to the church shortly after they said the final prayers to depart the church.

The robbers had, on storming the church premises, rained bullets on the roof and ordered members to lie down. Consequently, they raped the women.
One of the victims, who narrated her ordeal to Sunday Vanguard, said,

“Though I was not raped, I was beaten mercilessly when they were asking us to identify the pastor and we refused. After collecting our phones, money and jewelleries, they ordered some of the ladies to UnCloth. They threatened to kill them if they refused and, of course, they removed their clothes and were raped one by one.
“It was actually two churches that they attacked. They raped five women in our church. Later, we found out that they raped two others in a church close to ours. They ransacked the church and collected any cash they found and escaped. It was a horrible sight”.

The raped women are said to be receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital on Ekenwan Road, Benin City.

http://www..net/2015/03/how-robbers-raped-7-ladies-during-night.html

Report Filtering in has is that a Boat Carrying a Local Government Chairman APC Epe Candidate Muiz Bello (MB) is said to have Capsized while coming from the riverine area where he casted his vote.

Muiz Bello is dead along with the first son of the Olu Epe of Epe.



http://www..net/2015/03/breaking-news-apc-epe-local-government.html

Thank God We Are over this now!!!

Those must be very primitive and heart-breaking times for those men who had no option or free will to fight the colonial masters!

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The former Super Eagles captain is taking his role as coordinator of the PDP Ward2Ward Initiative seriously.

Yesterday, his group shared packs of rice to some residents in Abuja...


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You now many critics slam Nollywood for using older actors and actresses for children roles..But, you have to agree,Mercy Aigbe would pass for a 14 year old student...

She is on set of a new movie and is playing the role of a school girl...



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The designer and mother of one, loves rocking bikini's..She has the body for it!.

Flawless.

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The actress looked beautiful in this animal print dress she rocked yesterday ..

Isn't she lovely



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The dancehall singer just flaunted her new ride on instagram..She is signed to Jude Okoye's record label..

Congrats to her.............


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Today being Mother's day, some of our celebrities are publicly celebrating their mums ..Checkout some celebrity mums below and i'll keep updating




"Happy Mothers Day to All Mothers(biological, spiritual and those anticipating/praying) including my Hon. Chief Mrs Queen Aya Megbele JP!! My prayer warrior, my Paddy, Fellow gossip partner, Chief executioner, no nonsense mama cathedral. Live long and always stay fabulous!"



Funke Akindele's mum- : "Happy mother's day to all our Mothers! The good Lord will grant all wonderful mothers long life and good health. #ilovemymum"

waje and mum: "This woman has been my confidant, bank manager teaching me to make better financial choices, my teacher whose life has been an example to me, mentor extraordinaire,hard working but with a gentle spirit that makes u love her the min u see her. Spirit filled woman who has taught me faith and trust in God has its rewards. Happy Mother's Day to a woman that I will spoil silly, my bestie . I love you and honestly ask God for the strength to be like you and make sacrifices for my children as you did for us. Ha!!! U never see anything.# 2015 #spoilmummyyear"

Uche Jombo

: "You always encourage me to push forward even when doubt crippled me.You satisfied my overwhelming neediness and always gave me an honest feedback! Thank you for your prayers��Still the strongest woman i know! Happy mothering sunday to you my African Queen and to ALL mothers! #HappyMothersDay!"


omawumi & mother-inlaw: "Happy Mothers Day to my Mother In Law of Destiny Mrs Chio Yussuf... Mother extraordinaire, beautiful inside out. We love you plenty!"

Ali Baba's wife & mum: "HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY TO MY WIFE AND MY MUM... Thank you for all the joy, love, sacrifices, hard work, understanding, provision, protection and above all prayers... You deserve all praises that come your way"


PHOTO 1: Omowumi And Mum
PHOTO 2: Uche Jumbo's Mum
PHOTO 3: Funke Akindele's Mum
PHOTO 4: Ali Baba'sWife And Mum

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2shotz and his wife Precious Jones have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl, who was born in an Ireland hospital late yesterday.

Big congrats to the couple.




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21 year old,Sandra Muna Okerie was crowned Amity's most beautiful face in Nigeria .The IMO state born beauty queen is a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University ..

See more of her newly released pics below

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A 2-day old baby boy was found on Sunday March 8th after he was abandoned in a kiosk on Marina street close to Wema Bank Plc in Lagos Island. The baby who has since been named after late philanthropist Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, was found by a good Samaritan, Dr Oscar Odiboh who runs the Afribaby Initiative,a non-governmental organization.

According to Punch, Dr. Odiboh (pictured above), said he got a call from some people that a baby has been abandoned on the streets in Marina...

"I got a distress call on Sunday that a baby had been abandoned by the roadside at Marina. I left everything I was doing and rushed to the scene. While I was heading for the scene, I contacted the police and some medical personnel to be on standby. On getting there, I discovered that the baby was abandoned inside a kiosk. People were gathered and just watching, cursing the mother. Nobody dared to go near the baby. A few minutes after I got there, the police arrived and I was allowed to carry the baby. We took him to the station and I handed him over to the family support unit of the police at the Adeniji Adele Police Station.”. He daid

On why the baby was named Molade Okoya-Thomas, Dr Odiboh said

“Knowing that the police would transfer the baby to the appropriate government agency, and in order to create an identity for the baby, I decided to name him after Chief Okoya-Thomas. Coincidentally, I was wearing one of his burial attires on that day and the baby, who we have adjudged to be about two days old, might have been born the same day our he was buried.

The baby has now been transferred to the Office of Youth and Social Development where he is said to be doing very well

http://www..net/2015/03/photos-2-day-old-baby-boy-found.html