Photos: 29, 581 displaced Nigerians return from neighbouring countries

 About 29, 581 Nigerians who fled their communities in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa as result of insurgent activities to Republic of Niger and Cameroun have voluntarily returned last year, this is contained in a published report of humanitarian relief intervention by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) which was released recently. Read below...

The report says 13,046 Nigerian returnees from Niger Republic in May, 2015 and were received in Geidam, Yobe State while Between April and December, 2015 NEMA received about 16,595 Nigerians that have voluntarily returned from Cameroon through the Sahuda border crossing area near Mubi, Adamawa State.

Photos: EFCC arraigns Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Godwin Obla are currently being arraigned before Jutice Akeem Oshodi of a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja. The duo are being arraigned on a 30-count charge of conspiracy to pervert justice by allegedly giving and receiving a bribe of N5 million.

According to Leadership, EFCC sources alleged that about $793,800 passed through Justice Ajumogobia's domiciliary accounts between 2012 and 2015 and that the judge allegedly used the money to buy a house in London.

The two accounts, Access Bank (0002649223) and Diamond Bank (0032091183) have since been frozen by the EFCC. Five of the charges are centered on an alleged N5m bribe given to the judge by the senior advocate while the remaining 25 charges are on the huge amounts that passed through the accounts of Ofili-Ajumogobia and her alleged inability to explain her source of wealth.

Photo: Police officers who participated in Ondo governorship election protest non-payment of their election allowance

Police officers who participated in last Saturday November 26th governorship election in Ondo state, this morning staged a protest over the non-payment of their election duty allowance. The officers staged their protest at Fagun street in Ondo town. Photo credit: Uwebunor Monye

'Doom' spraying South African Prophet defends his actions by using the pesticide on himself (photos)

Remember the South African Prophet, Lethebo Rabalago, who used Doom Pesticide in an attempt to 'heal' his church members at the Mount Zion General Assembly in Limpopo, South Africa. Rabalago claimed in an interview that it was to heal people with cancer, HIV or any other illness. (Read here) Well, the supposed Prophet used it on himself during his Sunday service to prove critics wrong. Lol. See more photos after the cut.

Mariah Carey's brother calls his sister a 'vampire' following split from James Packer

In an interview with Woman's Day.com, Mariah Carey's 51 year old brother, Morgan, addressed her split with fiancee, James Packer saying that the 46yr old star is a 'vampire' and would 'have bled him dry'. He reportedly told the publication:

'Despite having millions of her own, she would have gone through his money.'

Morgan added that James had 'dodged a bullet' and that there was no way that his sister was truly in love with him. 'It's impossible as Mariah only loves Mariah.'

He said he won't advice the billionaire to take his sister as a wife.

 'If I were you I'd look for someone with good family values...Things my sister does not possess,' he said.

Buhari’s rigid leadership style is making Nigeria's economic problems harder to solve- Bloomberg

In an article titled "Nigeria's Economy needs Visionary Leadership", International business website, Bloomberg, said President Buhari’s rigid leadership style is making Nigeria's economic problems harder to solve. Read the article which was published today below.

Africa and the world cannot afford a failing economy in the continent’s most populous nation. Yet that is exactly what Nigeria might be getting: Its economy is on track to shrink by1.7 percent this year, the official unemployment rate has more than doubled over the last two years, and inflation is at an 11-year high.

One concrete step President Muhammadu Buhari could take to address the crisis would be to eliminate the country’s disastrous foreign exchange controls. Instead, Buhari has made no secret of his desire to defend Nigeria's currency.

Nigerians mock Sahara Reporters' Sowore Omoyele, after DSS arrested his brother in Ondo

Owner of Sahara Reporters, Sowore Omoyele, over the weekend, raised alarm on social media after DSS officials reportedly stormed his family house in Ondo state on Saturday November 26th and arrested his brother, Akinwunmi Omoyele for allegedly fomenting trouble during the state governorship election. Sowere on his Facebook wall wrote.

"DSS Agents Invaded My Family Home In Ese-Odo LGA In Ondo In Search Of One Of My Brothers During The Guber Election, They Claimed He Was "Troublesome".