Imo State pensioners protest non payment up to 77 months arrears

Pensioners in Imo State, led by the state Chairman, Chief Gideon Ezeji, took to the streets Thursday and blocked both Okigwe road and the entrance to Government House Owerri as they protested the non-payment of their pension.

According to Ezeji; “As at December 2016, the state is owing Imo pensioners between 22 months and 77 months arrears. Our gratuities have remained unpaid since 1998 till date.”

Boko Haram: Hopeless and hungry mothers in Lake Chad resort to prostitution to feed their children - Red Cross

Due to the insurgency by Boko Haram terrorists that have driven millions from their communities, women in Lake Chad are forced into prostitution to survive, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday.

The violence has displaced more than 2.4 million people across the swamplands of Lake Chad, where the borders of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria meet, and disrupted the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of others, ICRC says. Up to a million people have been cut off from humanitarian aid by Boko Haram despite a regional military offensive against the Islamist militants, according to the United Nations.

More photos of that very unique couple...

When they want to make love, there's no way he'll get on top of her, is there? 😟

Photos: People trapped inside burning building in Oluwole, Lagos Island

A building at Martin street in Lagos Island is currently on fire. There are reports that people are trapped inside the burning building. Men of the Lagos Fire service have arrived the scene and are working to put out the fire.

The shop according to traders is owned by a woman that recently took delivery of goods worth millions of Naira. Continue to see more photos from the scene of the fire incident...

Apple CEO, Tim Cook takes 15% pay cut for missing sales target

iPhone maker, Apple is cutting CEO, Tim Cook's pay by 15% citing the company's failure to meet its performance goals for both sales and profits. This is because iPhone sales last year caused Apple to suffer its first annual revenue decline in 15 years.

Now Apple's board is holding its CEO and other leaders accountable for the stumbles.

While Cook's salary rose to $3 million from $2 million last year, his cash bonus took a hit. Apple awarded Cook and other executives 89.5% of their target, instead of the maximum amount like in recent years.

Akufo-Addo sworn in as president of Ghana

Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of New Patriotic Party has been sworn in as the president of the Republic of Ghana.

He was led by the Chief Justice, Theodora Georgina Wood to take the oath of office before thousands of people and African leaders at the inaugural ceremony, which held at the Black Stars square today.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has now taken over from John Dramani Mahama.

Watch Michelle Obama's tearful final speech as US First Lady

On Friday, January 6, Michelle Obama gave her final remarks in an emotional speech as America's first lady. The event which held at the White house in celebration of the 2017 School Counselor of the Year, an emotional Michelle encouraged and thanked her supporters saying:

'Being your first lady has been the greatest honor of my life and I hope I've made you proud. I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong. I will be with you, rooting for you and working to support you, for the rest of my life.'