Minister of state for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, vows to resign if repairs on Abuja airport isn't completed within 6 weeks

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has vowed to resign from office if the repairs currently being carried out on the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja runway isn't completed within the stipulated 6-weeks duration. Sirika said this when he addressed newsmen alongside Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohamed in Lagos yesterday

“I am very comfortable that we will be able to meet the targeted six weeks. We have a guarantee that it will be done. I will resign if the closure of the runway goes beyond six weeks. My reputation is at stake.”he said

Nigerians mock Dino Melaye's certificate scandal, make "NYSC in 1999" a trending topic on Twitter

By now, you all know the internet has no chill. And the on-going certificate scandal around Senator Dino Melaye's graduation for ABU Zaria has become a butt of jokes on the internet. There's a lot of distorted facts and unanswered questions. Twitter users are asking how it is possible for a man to graduate in 2000 but did NYSC in 1999. See the tweets after the cut..

If it is true my death has been contracted, I will honor my part- Omoyele Sowore

Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, shared this on his Facebook wall this morning. Recall Sowore had over the weekend, vowed to continue to go after corrupt politicians, even if it will take his life in the process.

16-year-old girl accused of killing her newborn baby avoids jail, gets community service and probation

A Nebraska 16-year-old, Antonia Lopez, who admitted to throwing her newborn out a second-floor window right after the baby was born last year, has been sentenced to probation. The teen who was supposed to be tried as an adult for killing her child and faced up to 20 years in jail, received clemency from the judge after her lawyer, claimed that the teen mum threw the newborn baby away because she thought the child was stillborn.

Gang war leaves one person dead in Mushin

New crisis broke out on Monday between touts at Alamutu and Akala streets in Mushin, Lagos, leaving one person dead and scores injured.

The fight, as gathered, was a spill-over of Sunday’s fight, following an interruption of a candle light procession by Alamutu Boys.

A resident, Kayode told Vanguard that “the two groups used to be together until Alamutu Boys pulled out. They used to form a gang to fight other people around Mushin and Somolu. But the Alamutu Boys complained that they were not being treated fairly when sharing money and other things. That was why they pulled out. But in this case, Alamutu Boys were having a candle light procession for one of their own, a conductor, who died in an auto crash on Sunday. The team had barely reached Alamutu Street when they were attacked by Akala Boys".

Genevieve Nnaji stunning in new photo

She is simply stunning!

Watch this hilarious video of a standoff between a runaway cow and a cop

Officer Gabriel Estrella from Texas was involved in a standoff with a cow and came off second best. He spotted the runaway bovine and tried to lock it into a paddock but had to flee when the animal charged at him. Estrella said: