Monday, 9 January 2017

Photos: From 700g to 2.2kg! Premature triplets in Kwara state doing well


A Nigerian woman gave birth to triplets 58 days ago in Kwara State. Two of the babies weighed 700 grams while the third weighed 0.7kg at birth. According to Wellbeing Foundation, the children are growing fast and doing well and now weigh 2.2kg as at this morning, January 9th.

Photos of the Captain and medical doctor killed by Boko Haram in Yobe

Captain Victor Ugochukwu Ulasi, a medical doctor and graduate of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, was killed during Boko Haram attack on an Army base in Buni Yadi,  Yobe State on Sunday.

Four soldiers were also killed in the attack while scores of terrorists died. Captain Ulasi is survived by a wife and three children, pictured with him above. Sad. May his soul rest in peace, amen.

See faces of the men arested in connection with Kim K's Paris robbery (photos)


17 people have been arrested so far by the French police for the Kim K Paris robbery and this is the photo of three of them. Three other suspects are women. Two of the suspects are diamond dealers.

Police believe the women were used by the group to tail Kim around Paris in the days before the jewelry heist. French police said they tapped phones and were able to nab those they allegedly involved. See another photo after the cut...

Rip! Boko Haram Kills Soldier Who Was A Medical Doctor & Father Of 3

Just too sad!

Photos: DESOPADEC Workers Protest Non-Payment Of Bonuses, Go N3ked


Aggrieved workers of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission went completely n3ked today to protest the alleged non-payment of their bonuses by the board of the commission.

The workers accused the state government and management of the board of the interventionist agency for oil producing communities in the state of maltreating workers through its refusal to pay workers including the controversial 13-month bonus (End of Year Bonus).

They also said the management refused to promote and pay retirement entitlements to pensioners of the commission as well as leave bonuses to workers of the commission since 2015 when the present board assumed office.

Photo of the day

Petrol Scarcity Looms As NUPENG Begins Warning Strike Wednesday


Except the federal government intervenes, another round of petrol scarcity is looming in the country.

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says there is no going back on its planned warning strike scheduled to commence on January 11.

Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Zonal Chairman of the union revealed in Lagos on Monday that the union had mobilised its members for the strike.

He said that the union was determined to forge ahead with the planned warning strike, which would take place on from January 11 to January 13.

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...