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Furious Gigi Hadid fights off man who grabbed her as she left a fashion show in Milan Supermodel Gigi Hadid was left seething after a man unexpectedly grabbed her from behind and tried to pick her up as she left a fashion show with her sister Bella. The 21-year-old who is in Italy for the Milan fashion show fought back forcing the man to drop her and flee down the street. Security had to intervene to stop her going after him and whisked her and her sister to a waiting car. She later took to twitter to defend her actions...

'I studied physics and all I wanted was to work in an oil and gas firm, God made me a police officer'- Police Deputy PRO, Aliyu Giwa As Lagos state Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Giwa shared via his IG page. Read below. "The truth be told, struggles and hustles are exactly what we need in our lives. If baba God allowed us to go through our lives without any obstacles, omo it would cripple us. For real we would not be as strong as what we could have been.  I studied physics and all I wanted was to work in an oil and gas firm, and God made me a police officer, to make serve and protect my dear country... I asked for Strength... and God gave me Difficulties, to make me strong. I asked for Wisdom... and God gave me Problems to solve. I asked for Prosperity... and God gave me Brain and Brawn to work. I asked for Courage... and God gave me Danger to overcome. I asked for Love... and God gave me Troubled people to help. I asked for Favors... and God g

Photo: Fake female beggar who uses her son to beg for alms arrested in Lagos 40 year old fake female street beggar, Mrs Chinagoro Uwenke who uses her son to beg for alms have been arrested by operatives of Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) at Oshodi. Speaking to newsmen after her arrest, the Chairman of the Task Force, Olayinka Egbeyemi, said Chinagoro after she was interrogated, said she bandaged her son’s leg with two rolls of white bandage and poured GV blue ink on the leg every day in order to deceive members of the public to give alms to him. Uwenke who resides at Oloko-danna near Ijora-Olopa area at Oyingbo said she stopped her son schooling at Oworebiri Secondary School at Ata Town in Abia State for street begging when she realized that beggar was a lucrative business where she made N3,500 to N5,000 on daily basis. “I brought my son, Sunny Uwenke, 11 years old to Lagos five years ago to beg for arms while the remaining five children are a

Boxing star Tyson Fury spotted with his £150K personalised Mercedes The 28yr old world heavyweight champion was seen in Manchester with his £150, 975 personalised Mercedes wagon. The car has blacked out windows and was etched with the letters 'GK' which stand for his 'Gypsy King' nickname. He also carried a £785 Louis Vuitton slung bag. More photos after the cut.

$15m: Niger Delta group vows to bomb NNPC Towers in Abuja if Patience Jonathan is arrested A group known as The Niger Delta Peoples Professional Volunteer Force (NDPPVF), have released a statement vowing to bomb the four wings of the NNPC towers in Abuja if former first lady, Patience Jonathan, is arrested over the $15million found in her account. Spokesman of the group, Parkinson George-Amabo, in the statement released today, said it is not in support of corruption, but against the manner in which the antigraft agaency has carried out its investigation into the foreign currency linked to Mrs Jonathan. ‎The statement in part reads; “As a matter of fact, the EFCC has launched a criminal investigation of Mrs. Jonathan and in the process, frozen her bank accounts domiciled with a Nigerian commercial bank without affording her opportunity to state her own side of the matter. Nobody is above the law. The NDPPVF does not support or condone corruption. If Mrs. Jonathan was found to

Abuja Appeal court declines to annul Bayelsa governor, Seriake Dickson's election The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, has declined to annul the election of Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson. ‎The court in a judgment delivered today, declined the appeal for annulment of Seriake's election which was filed by former governor of the state and APC candidate during the state election, Timipre Sylva. The election held on December 5th 2015 while a rerun held on January 9th this year.

Chris Brown seen on a date with a cute chick (photo) Chris Brown was spotted sitting front row at the USC Volleyball game yesterday with a stunning girl who looks a little like his ex, Karrueche Tran. See more photos after the cut...

Stop defamatory publications, Sir Emeka Offor's family warns Sahara Reporters, others Read the press statement below...  I, Hon. Onyebuchi Offor, a representative of the highly respected Offor family in Ekwusigo LGA and by the grace of God, Minority Leader, Anambra State House of Assembly, bring you salutations from the Offor family.  Our attention has been drawn to recent publications by Sahara Reporters which are evidently designed to defame Sir Emeka Offor, a most illustrious son of Igboland.  Given the patent falsehood running the gamut of the said publications, we consider that Sahara Reporters has constituted itself the orchestrator and purveyor of a targeted smear campaign against Sir Emeka Offor, possibly for economic gain and at the behest of certain unscrupulous elements. There is no gainsaying the fact that Sir Emeka Offor is one of the most industrious and accomplished Nigerians of his generation. He has attracted and enjoyed God's entrepreneurial

Photos from King Sunny Ade's 70th birthday party The music legend turned 70 today and had a birthday party which was well attended by his wives, family members and friends including music icon, Ebenezer Obey. More photos after the cut...

Check out a 2005 throwback pic of Genevieve Nnaji, Rita Dominic, Uche Jombo and Ini Edo Nollywood actress Uche Jombo posted this photo of herself with colleagues, Genevieve Nnaji, Ini Edo and Rita Dominc from a 2005 movie 'Girls Cot'

Photos: Former Adamawa state governor, Ngilari, gets N1million bail Former Governor of Adamawa state, James Bala Ngilari was today granted bail by Justice Nathan Musa of the Adamawa State High Court, Yola in the sum of one million naira and a surety with landed property in Yola who must provide a court affidavit of means to that effect. Ngilari was remanded in the EFCC custody yesterday September 21st following his arraignment on 19-count charge bordering on alleged rigging of procurement process in the award of contract worth one hundred and sixty-seven million naira. The court has adjourned to 0ctober 10 for commencement of trial. Ngilari is being tried alongside his former secretary to the government and his commissioner for finance and budget, Messrs Ibrahim Andrew Welye and Sanda Jonathan Lamurde respectively.

Former Plateau state governor, Joshua Dariye leaves PDP to APC Former Plateau State governor now Senator, Joshua Dariye has decamped from PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).‎ Dariye's letter to decamp was read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. He represents Plateau Central senatorial district. According to Dariye, division in the national leadership of the PDP is the reason for his decamping to the APC.

Monalisa Chinda shines in her bathrobe for new photoshoot The mum of one who recently tied the knot with her hubby, Tonye Coker, wore nothing but her bath rub for a new photo shoot. See more photos after the cut...

When your replacement is closer than you think... Lol. But Karrueche says the girl now pictured on a date with Chris Brown only asked for a pic and not a friend

Oh dear! Remember the two naked men strolling in Abuja who attacked a car? They are brothers and were using drugs According Assistant Commissioner of Police, Complaint Response Unit (CRU), Abayomi Shogunle, the two men who were filmed walking around completely naked in Abuja some days ago and then attacked a car (Read  here ) are brothers from same parents and are drug users. They have been taken to Rehab. Oh dear, feel sorry for their mum. She must be so devastated.

Governors pass vote of confidence on Kemi Adeosun, Udoma Udo Udoma, support sale of national assets The 36 state governors Thursday passed a vote of confidence on Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun and her counterpart at the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, Udoma Udo Udoma. According to a statement from the spokesperson of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, the governors passed their votes on the ministers at the monthly National Economic Council meeting which was presided over by Osinbajo at the presidential villa in Abuja. The Economic Council also supported the sale of some national assets to rescue Nigeria from current economic recession. Read the full statement below: Rising from its monthly meeting today at the Presidential Villa, members of the National Economic Council, NEC, presided over by Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, expressed support for the plans and proposals of the Federal Government to steer the country out of recession. While ackn

South Korea reveals plans to assasinate North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un using undercover hitmen South Korea's defence minister Han Min-koo has said his country has a plan to launch a special forces Unit to go to North Korea and kill Supreme leader Kim Jong-Un if he decides to attack South Korea with missiles. According to Han Min-koo, military chiefs are “considering launching a special forces unit to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.” The operation would be part of ‘Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation’ plan (KMPR), which was announced after North Korea’s tested it's fifth nuclear warhead earlier this month, Han added during a parliamentary meeting in Seoul on Wednesday. According to Korean times, Commandos and precision missile attacks will be deployed in Pyongyang if Kim Jong-un deploys one of his nukes on South Korean soil. According to Han, the retaliatory attack will be supported by Seoul's missile defence system and a pre-emptive attack system

Man U star Phil Jones turns up for training in new customized £200,000 Bentley (photos) Man U star defender Phil Jones was the talk of the Aon Training Complex today as he cruised in for a training session in his custom-built Bentley Onyx. The super-car is valued at £200,000 . The player earns about £50,000 per week.More photos after the cut...

President Buhari signs Paris Agreement; says Nigeria will reverse effects of climate change President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his signing of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change has demonstrated Nigeria’s commitment to a global effort to reverse the effects of the negative trend. The President said this while addressing the opening of the meeting on Taking Climate Action for Sustainable Development in New York, co-hosted by Nigeria and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one of the Side Events of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA71). President Buhari, had shortly before this event, signed the Paris Agreement, where he committed Nigeria to reducing “Green House Gas Emissions unconditionally by 20 per cent and conditionally by 45 per cent” in line with Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions.” Describing the signing as historic, he had also expressed confidence that with support from development partners, Nigeria wil