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A Boeing 737 plane with over 100 passengers belonging to Aero Contractors had a bust tyre at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, Lagos. The aircraft, which  departed the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, NAA, Abuja around 9am had a burst tyre on landing at the Lagos Airport. One of the over 100 passengers onboard the plane was the former Minister, federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Mal. Nasir el-Rufai who tweeted  “Upon landing in Lagos, our Aero aircraft lost a tyre. The pilot did a great job of breaking to a halt. My phones flew under seats.” Reacting to the incident, Mr Yakubu Dati, Coordinating Spokesman, Aviation Parastatals said “ A aircraft Boeing 737-500 with Registration No 5N-BLC, operated by Aero contractors  landed safely at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, following loss of pressure in one of the tyres, today  December 29, 2013”. “ The aircraft which landed at 10.50am had a total of  104 passengers and crew members on board. The aircraft has since been towed to t

A 22-year-old Connecticut man has admitted to police he used a fire poker and then a buck knife to ruthlessly gut his own mother and pull out her intestines on Thursday. A chilling police report shows that Robert Owen Rankin of Deep River didn’t know exactly what all the guts and gore he pulled from his mother Margaret Rohner, 45, were, but he knew why he was doing it. ‘I don't know exactly what the stuff was, like octopus tentacles,’ he would coolly recount to police. ‘I killed my mother because she is pretty much responsible for everything that has gone wrong in my life.’

Lowering our salt intake by just two pinches a day could prevent 13,000 heart attacks and 5,000 strokes, say researchers. The findings come at a time of year when salt consumption in the UK peaks, with the average Christmas dinner packing  nearly double the recommended daily allowance at 11g. But manufacturers could do far more to help us by further reducing the amount in processed foods. Although the national intake has fallen in recent years, it remains above the recommended maximum of 6g a day, with average consumption at 8.6g. Excess salt is a major contributor to high blood pressure, leading to heart disease and stroke. The latest research by a team of scientists at Wageningen University in the Netherlands found nearly 5 per cent of all heart attacks and almost 6 per cent of strokes could be prevented if there was less salt in food products such as ready meals

Justin Bieber’s crazy live style of regular parties and pull rushed his costly vehicles around in his quiet district in Calabasas, has generated alot of frustrated comments from neighbours . He even allegedly spit in a neighbor's face when they tried to confront him. His friends has not help matters as they have been pushing hard in the style! A source close to Justin notified Hollyscoop that Justin IS selling his house and it’s all because of pressure from the friends. “It’s gotten actually nasty. The community he lives in is all families and the whole community has had enough of his parties and fast racing,” said the source. Justin’s mom likes him to move to the Hollywood high hills because there are fewer families up in the Hills. So that’s that. Justin has finally been shoved out of his own home

Apple’s next-generation iPhone 6 will finally match up to its key Android rivals and pack a 5-inch, Full HD 1080p display. That’s according to new rumours emerging from Japan, published in Mac Fan magazine. The move to a larger screen would not be a huge surprise. Apple is said to have been testing larger, phablet-style phones for months, with a slew of stories of 6-inch devices emanating from supply-chain sources throughout the summer. This new piece of tittle tattle, though, says a 5-inch number is nailed-on. While Mac Fan’s sources' credentials as sources of juicy info remain unclear, it's undoubtedly fair to say that a device of that size wouldn’t be seen as too large by most consumers. The magazine also claims the iPhone 6 will launch in September 2014. That seems almost a given, what with the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5 arriving in the same timeframe in the past two years. Expect to hear plenty more gossip about Apple’s next iPhone as 2014 looms into view.

Kelly Rowland lately announced that she’s committed to her long-term boy friend  Tim Witherspoon . Everything about their engagement is non-traditional. Kelly revealed that Tim propoed via Skype and now she’s verified that no one is invited for to the marriage. Wedding for two, period. Kelly told Hollyscoop at “The X Factor”  that her wedding will be an intimate activity. “[There will be] no one there. Just me and him. I just want it to be intimate. Nobody additional is going to be in the marriage but me and him and I’ve always said that." Not even destiny Children

I always hear, celebrities marriages don't last longer than one year! is it really true? The 7-month marrige between ace comedian, Oluwadamilola Adekoya, popularly renowned as Princess, and Adeshola Jeremiah has smashed  as the chubby comedienne said they divide due to “irreconcilable differences”. It was discovered that the wedding ceremony had not been a bed of roses as both parties had been having incessant fights, which necessitated family and friends intervening on some events. Princess, a graduate of Theatre Arts from the University of Lagos, got wed on May 8, 2013. She earlier verified the split to an online entertainment site, thenet.ng . She furthermore verified in a telephone interview with punch. Princess said, “It is factual, my wedding ceremony has ended. We got wed in May. We endeavoured to work it out but we couldn’t. “It happened a while ago. It is not very simple for a marriage to end. All the exhilaration of wedding ceremony has passed. We liked to h

Eedris Abdulkareem Vs OBJ again, do you remember these duo cat and dog? hmm, take your side after reading the following tweets from Eedris Abdulkareem!

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  While most people headed for the post-Christmas sales, a group of handbag lovers headed for an exclusive auction in Dallas, Auction, with one picking up this one-of-a-king Hermes bag for $125,000. It was only expected to sell for $50,000 A one-of-a-kind Hermes handbag, made of matte crocodile and Togo leather and featuring built-in feet, has sold for well over double its estimate at an exclusive auction in Texas to become the world's most valuable bag. The 'Geranium Porosus' bag is believed to have been made in 2010 as part of a Petit H Exhibition, a Hermes project in London at the time that gathered numerous rare materials and fabrics and had the world's best craftsmen create something with them. The unique tote, which measures 32cm, would have originally retailed for about $60,000 and was expected to getch about $50,000 at the Holiday Luxury Signature Auction in Dallas over the weekend. However, an unknown buyer put down $125,000, and shot it straight to t

As the world marks the birth of Jesus Christ, let me, on behalf of myself, my family and the Federal Government, extend the good tidings of peace, progress and joy to every home throughout our beloved country Nigeria.  Christmas is a time of joyous family gatherings and as President, I see every Nigerian as a member of my family and I urge us all to retain the unique sense of brotherly love that this season evokes beyond the Yuletide period.  While we will surely mark this  holiday in our different ways and according to our established traditions, it is my desire that we all celebrate Christmas with some minimum comforts and my team and I have long prepared for this by working to improve our infrastructure especially those that most serve us during this season. Knowing that this period is the peak period for cross country travels amongst our people, this administration has fast tracked the repair and reconstruction of artery roads nationwide. We have also ensured that the nightmare

"May 2014 be free of open Letters from the high and low" Jonathan replies Obasanjo in his own "Open Letter", the letter dated December 20, 2013 ran thus: December 20th 2013 His Excellency, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR Agbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road, Ibara, Abeokuta. RE: BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE I wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it. You will recall that all the letters were brought to me by hand. Although both of us discussed some of the issues in those letters, I had not, before now, seen the need for any formal reply since, to me, they contained advice from a former President to a serving President. Obviously, you felt differently because in your last letter, you complained about my not acknowledging or replying your previous letters. It is with the greatest possible reluctance that I now write this reply. I am most uneasy about embarking on this unprecedented and unconvent

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was last night locked in a meeting with the remnants of the party caucus in the House of Representatives in Transcorp Hotel, Abuja. Last night’s meeting was one of several carrot and stick options initiated by the party hierarchy to hold other fidgety legislators contemplating leaving the party. The day before the meeting 37 members of the PDP caucus in the House defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC turning the once dominant majority into a minority. One of the responses from the presidency was the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to absent himself from the presentation of the 2014 budget proposals to the National Assembly. In his stead, the coordinating minister of the economy and minister of finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala presented the proposals to the two houses of the National Assembly. It was the first time that a sitting and fit president would present the country’s financial projections to the l

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, has given Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State a 24-hour ultimatum to reinstate over 5,000 sacked local government staff. The union gave the ultimatum shortly after a peace meeting to resolve the three-year-old crisis within the association, resulting in the constitution of a care-taker-committee since 2010. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony of a new executive committee in Lafia, the state capital, yesterday, the National President of NULGE, Mr Khalid Isa asked Al-Makura to release all the check-off dues belonging to the union since it had resolved its crises. “The state governor has been giving us hope that our money is intact. Because we had problem in the union, we could not ask for our money with one voice but now that we have resolved the matter, we are giving the governor from now till Friday (today) to refund our money and reinstate all sacked local government staff,” he said.

The House of Representatives has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to review the continued engagement of the Minister Of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah for contravening the Appropriation Act 2013. According to the report, the minister also contravened the Appropriation Act by exceeding the ministry’s approval limit of N100 million by the purchase of 54 vehicles at N643 million. This was a major part of the resolutions adopted by the lawmakers after considering the report of the House Committee on Aviation, on the purchase of two armoured cars for N643 million. The report said that the two BMW armoured cars procured in the process were neither provided for in the Act of 2013, nor was there due process followed in their procurement. The House has also directed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to terminate all transactions and loan agreements into on the matter. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are to also investigate the discrepancies in the chassis

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday released its 2013 November/December results with a total of 86,612 candidates, representing 29.17% of the total number of candidates who sat for the examination, obtained credits in five subjects and above including English Language and Mathematics. Announcing the result at the WAEC office, Yaba, Lagos, Head of National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu said that a total of 308,217 candidates registered for the Nov/Dec 2013 WASSCE. 82 blind candidates registered and sat for the examination. From the figure, he noted, 17 candidates, representing 20.73% obtained credits in 5 subjects including English Language and Mathematics. According to him, 296,827 candidates, consisting of 163,659 male and 133,168 female candidates sat for the examination. Out of the total of candidates, 299,784 candidates, representing 97.26% have their results fully released, while 8,433 candidates, representing 2.74% have a few of their subjects still being

A Hollywood man thinks a sign in the back of his car may lead him to Ms. Right. Very funny! And yes, he gets lots of calls When Erika Santos saw it, a few things crossed her mind: “Is this guy a loser?” “This is hilarious.” “Is this a joke?” “I need a husband. Why not?” Turns out the man on the other end of the line, Hollywood mechanic and Hummer tour operator Alexander Gorbunov, 37, isn’t in the market for himself. He just likes to play matchmaker for his friends and family. “I have a lot of single friends,” Gorbunov said in Russian. “It’s for fun. I like to bring people together.” And it works. Santos has been dating Gorbunov’s uncle, Michael Korol, for the last seven months. “I couldn’t be happier,” Santos said. Korol, who has been married four times before, said at first he thought the sign tactic may have been a joke, but now he is a believer. “You never know how you can meet someone,” said Korol, who owns a car repair shop in Hollywood. Gorbunov’s sign

The blood bath in Central African Republic's has left hundreds dead as Muslim ex-rebels killed nearly 1,000 people in the capital Bangui two weeks ago in a rampage avenging deadly Christian militia attacks, Amnesty International said in a report Thursday. The death toll was significantly higher than earlier estimates by the United Nations, which spoke of 450 killed in Bangui and another 150 elsewhere in the country.

Ghanaian newspaper, The Ghanaian Times , yesterday  reported that Nollywood movie star Jim Iyke was involved in a brawl at the Crave Café at Adjiringanor East Legon in Accra. Allegedly, what led to the dispute between Jim Iyke and a yet-to-be-named individual was a sum of $10,000 and saw the movie star allegedly attempt to retrieve something that looks like a gun from his car to resolve the situation. “Jim Iyke wanted to get into his car to pull out something which was suspected to be a gun”, reported the Ghanaian Times . Although the reports are still sketchy, popular Ghanaian blog, GhanaCelebrities had their own two cents to pitch in. Here’s an excerpt from their report: “For whatever reason, Jim Iyke’s level of arrogance does not seem to measure up to his intelligence—both academically and in live. It doesn’t hurt a lot of people when someone is arrogant, because such a person can be easily avoided, so he can be allowed to live in his own little world of delusion where de

A 13-year-old gave birth to triplets in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic The father, a 61-year-old man, is on the run from authorities The legal age of consent in the Caribbean island nation is 18 A 13-year-old girl has given birth to triplets in the capital of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic The father is a 61-year-old man who is now on the run from authorities who are looking to charge him with sexually abusing a child. The young mother told local media she was 'happy' with her three sons, whom she has named Samuel, Joshua and Jovanny. All three children are in the intensive care ward of a local hospital as the births were premature, but are all expected to survive The age of consent is 18 in the Dominican Republic, yet it has one of the highest teen pregnancies in the world. Nearly 15 per cent of 15-19-year-olds in the Dominican Republic are mothers, with hundreds of babies born to girls under the age of 15 every year, according to ECPAT UK. On the run:

Yola – Lt.-Col. Beyidi Martins, the Commanding Officer of the Special Battalion enforcing the state of emergency in Mubi, Adamawa, said soldiers killed 12 gunmen who attacked Mubi Central Market on Wednesday. About 20 gunmen attacked bureau de change shops in the market, killing and injuring about 10 people while they stole an undisclosed amount of local and foreign currencies. Martins confirmed that the soldiers caught up with the escaping criminals near Digil village in Mubi, where a shoot-out ensued, leading to the killing of the 12 insurgents. He said some amount of money and weapons were recovered from them. This is the second time within the year that the market will experience such attacks on the bureau de change section of the market. On each of the occasions, the army succeeded in arresting some of the gunmen. Some residents of Mubi who spoke on the situation, commended the army for the effort. “They deserve commendation and sustained support and cooperati

This has been a month of open letters, OBJ started it, But her daughter don't seems to be happy with her Daddy's letter: below is her 11-pages letter to OBJ Her letter: In the 11-page letter dated December 16, 2013  “It brings me no joy to have to write this but since you started this trend of open letters I thought I would follow suit since you don’t listen to anyone anyway. The only way to reach you may be to make the public aware of some things. As a child well brought up by my long-suffering mother in Yoruba tradition, I have been reluctant to tell the truth about you but as it seems you still continue to delude yourself about the kind of person you are and I think for posterity’s sake it is time to set the records straight. “I will return to the issue of my long-suffering mother later in this letter. “Like most Nigerians, I believe there are very enormous issues currently plaguing the country but I was surely surprised that you will be the one to publish such a tr