UK jails Nigerian woman for 22yrs for trafficking girls abroad for prostitution

Female Nigerian human trafficker woman, Franca Asemota found guilty of traffic Nigerian girls through Heathrow Airport to work as sex workers in brothels across Europe, was on Thursday sentenced to 22 years imprisonment.

38-year-old Asemota was convicted on Wednesday at Isleworth Crown Court on 12 counts of conspiracy to traffic persons for sexual exploitation, trafficking persons outside of the United Kingdom for sexual exploitation and assisting unlawful immigration.

A statement by the UK High Commission in Abuja, said five of Asemota’s victims gave

Endorsing Hillary Clinton By Reuben Abati

If there was any hope that Donald Trump would change tactics and be more restrained after winning the Republican party Presidential nomination for the November 8 US election, that hope is now lost.  The fellow has remained aggressive, incorrigibly brash and completely negative. Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson has asked: "Is Donald Trump just plain crazy?"  (August 1).  Robinson says he is "increasingly convinced,” and that Trump’s "grasp on reality appears to be tenuous at best."

The way he is carrying on, indeed Trump may need a mental fitness test soon. By now, it must be clear to all and sundry, that he poses a great risk to the United States, to democracy and the liberal world. President Barack Obama has dismissed him as being unfit to be President, he being so totally unprepared, he being no more than a bumbling apprentice seeking the highest job in the United States. A man given to melodrama and expletives such as Trump, without any respect for basic decorum and standards would make a very bad President.  He must be prevented from doing damage to the free world.

I am however, surprised that there are Nigerians who insist that he is a better choice. I don’t

PHOTOS: Kris Jenner gets delivery of New Rolls Royce after crash

Matriach of the Kadashians, Kris Jenner has gotten the delivery of another Rolls Royce. A brand new Rolls Royce in a glass box. Kris was said to be immediately in touch with the dealership after the crash and she got one shortly.

In video obtained by Dailymail.com the reality star's brand new car is seen being driven down the 101 freeway in Los Angeles on its way to the star's home in Calabasas.

Kris' original white Rolls-Royce was just one week old when she T-boned a Toyota Prius that reportedly ran a red light on Wednesday.

Source: Daily Mail

Rivalry and confusion in Boko Haram camp: Boko Haram splits over Leadership

Wanted terrorist, Abubakar Shekau has said he is still in charge of Nigeria's Islamist militant group Boko Haram despite a statement by the Islamic State that he had been replaced.

He denounced the IS declaration of Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the leader in an audio message

Dear Men & Women – Reno Omokri reacts to insults rained on Adeboye

Former aide to immiediate past President jonathan ,Reno Omokri has reacted to the insults rained on Pastor Adeboye for asking men not to marry women, who cannot pray for an hour. He told Nigerian men not to go into marriage when they are hungry. He said that in such situation, every kind of food will look delicious to them. According to him, a man that allows a woman to snatch him from his wife, will also allow another woman to snatch you from him.

PHOTOS: Kris Jenner crashes her Rolls Royce coupe in car accident

The Matriach of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Kris Jenner was involved in a car crash off the 101 freeway near her home and her white Rolls-Royce coupe (convertible) collided with a Prius, the force of the impact deployed her airbag and absolutely destroyed the front end. As Jenner drove westbound on Calabasas Rd., a vehicle driving eastbound turned in front of the reality star in an attempt to get on the southbound 101 freeway. See more photos...

The UN says There are over 350m Illegal Weapons in Nigeria

The UN says it estimates there are more than 350 million illegal light weapons in Nigeria. The UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa said this accounted for 70% of illicit small arms in West Africa. 

Some of the weapons are said to have originated in Mali and Libya, where there are ongoing

Boko Haram gets new leader to replace Shekau

Boko Haram terrorists have announced a new leader. The new leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi replaces the eccentric Abubakar Shekau.

In a video clip released in January 2015, Mr al-Barnawi described himself as the spokesman for Boko

Chris Brown sued for affiliation with gang that shot people at night club

Chris Brown has been sued by a night club owner, Ginja Elms for having affiliation with the gang that shot people inside 1 OAK IN 2014. Ginja Elms says he was among those shot in 2014 at 1 OAK on Sunset, the same night Suge Knight got popped 7 times, TMZ reports.

In a lawsuit he's filed against Brown, Elms says the nightclub was well aware of the singer's gang affiliation, and as a result it should have patted down every single person entering that night ...

IKEA replies Kanye West’s request to design their Furniture

A Swedish homeware giant IKEA has replied Kanye West after the ‘Life of Pablo’ crooner said he wanted to work on a furniture range. West announced to the world he hoped to collaborate with IKEA during an interview with BBC Radio 1 on Monday.

He said, "I have to work with IKEA - make furniture for interior design, for architecture. He explained students would like his flat-pack approach to a ‘minimalist apartment inside of a college

Catholic Priest murdered by ISIS terrorists buried

France paid its last respects Tuesday to Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest murdered by jihadists last week, at an emotional funeral held under tight security at Rouen cathedral in northern France.

Some 2,000 mourners packed the soaring Gothic sanctuary, with hundreds more watching the

Miss Florida USA, Genesis Davila sues Pageant organizers after losing title

Miss Florida USA, Genesis Davila, who lost her title for allegedly using her own professional hair and makeup artists is suing the organization for $15 million.  Davila was awarded the title of Miss Florida USA on July 16, but was stripped of the crown six days later.

The pageant's executive director, Grant Gravitt, says that he found evidence that Davila had violated the rules by hiring her own personal hair and makeup artists, rather than using the ones provided by

PHOTOS: Two-trunked Elephant emerges in Botswana

This safari photo has left internet users baffled.  The elephant and his surplus snout was captured by South African city worker Johan Barnard as the creature made his way to the watering hole.

The bleaching, chameleon crowd - By Reuben Abati

I wrote a piece recently, a tribute to the late veteran actress Bukky Ajayi and the multi-instrumentalist OJB Jezreel, in which I raised a number of issues, including how in Nollywood today, there is an obsession with the whitening of skin, an anti-Negritude yellowing, what I referred to as “the bleaching, chameleon crowd of Nollywood beauties.”


The various reactions to the piece conveniently ignored this subject; two young ladies who felt that I was probing an unpopular theme drew my attention to this. I was reminded that being light-skinned is now the in-thing, indeed the socially acceptable norm, because there is now a universalization of the