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Momentum is building up towards the Mother and Child Expo 2015, Nigeria’s Biggest Pregnancy and Parenting Exhibition. Be part of the Mother and Child Selfie Competition! This is how: Take a Selfie of yourself and your Child and Upload the picture on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, with the Hashtag #macexposelfie. The Picture with the HIGHEST Likes/Retweets wins! The Winner walks way with N50, 000 Shopping Voucher + Products worth over N200, 000 + Professional Photography Session.  Entries close on Sunday May 24th at 12 Noon.  Winner to be announced at The Mother and Child Expo. Let the Selfie BEGIN and make all your friends, family, enemies & everyone VOTE 4 U! Let’s Celebrate Home, Experience, Love, Life, Opportunities…….HELLO! FaceBook. www.facebook.com/motherandchildexpo Twitter:  www.twitter.com/macexpong Instagram:  www.instagram.com/motherandchildexpo Expo Details: Date: 23rd -24th, 2015 Venue: The Haven Event Centre, Ikeja GRA, By Arc...

President-elect Gen Buhari met withe Turkish Ambassador, Amb. Mustafa Pulat in Abuja today April 29th where he was presented with Ali Ahmed, one of the first 20 pilots of Ottoman Empire who is of Nigerian descent. See more photos after the cut...

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The couple who got married in 2011 are currently on vacation in France and still look very much in love.Chinedu posted the pictures on his Instagram page. More pictures after the cut

                                  Singer, Emma Nyra flaunts her body and curves in a one piece swimsuit

Press statement from the PDP on AIT ban, which the APC has since lifted.. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as unacceptable the Monday’s directive by the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to bar a television house, the AIT, from covering his activities, saying the suppression of the media under any guise portends danger for the nation’s democracy. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday said that after carefully studying the defence posited by General Buhari’s campaign spokesperson as well as the smokescreen statement by the APC to cover and mitigate his anti-media posture, the PDP and indeed all lovers of democracy are persuaded that the action was not only unjustifiable, but also unconstitutional and completely against the spirit of liberty and the rule of law in a democracy. He said “the PDP as a party that have nurtured the nation’s democracy in the past 16 years cannot afford to fold its hands and watch the constitutional ...

A 15-year-old teenage boy from Chicago, DeShawn Isabelle, sexually assaulted, robbed, and beat a 41-year-old woman on a train, and thought he got away with the dastardly act. However, his mother recognized him on surveillance footage released by police. She subsequently confronted him, and he confessed. She then proceeded to turn him into police authorities, Inquisitr reports. The report gives the terrible account of the incident: Isabelle – who is a middle school student — boarded a Chicago train and sat behind a 41-year-old woman whose name has not been released. From behind, he attacked the woman and slammed her to the ground face down. At some point during the brutal attack on the train, he put his hand down her pants and began sexually assaulting her. He then sat on her head and continued to hit and kick her. Isabelle stole $2,000 from the woman, which was later discovered that he shared the money with his friends. He also took her iPhone so that she wouldn’t conta...

Buhari Rescinds Ban on Africa Independent Television 28.04.2015 at 1:48 pm By BellaNaija.com Leave a Comment Following public outrage over reports that president-elect Muhammadu Buhari barred  the television crew of African Independent Television (AIT) from covering his activities, Buhari has reportedly called off the ban. Here is the statement APC released on the matter, as reported by Sahara Reporters: The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all accredited media organizations in the country, including the African Independent Television (AIT), are free to cover the activities of the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the incoming Buhari Administration will not discriminate against any media organization, irrespective of its role during the electioneering campaign leading up to the recent polls. It however enjoined all media organizatio...

Here's a throwback pic of Gen Ibrahim Babangida taking a ride with the Queen in her carriage during his visit to England in 1989. See more photos after the cut... And here's a pic of former Head of state, General Yakubu Gowon taking a ride with the Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit to England in June 1973. Photo credit: Getty Images/SeeMeSeeNigeria

In his interview with Diane Sawyer, Bruce Jenner revealed that Kim was the most supportive of all his children/step children. Speaking about Bruce's transition for the first time, Kim told Today Show; "Bruce is the most honest … He has the biggest heart and I’m really happy for him that he is living his life the way he wants to live it and that he has found inner peace and just pure happiness. That’s what life is about. I don’t know what life would be like if you always felt like you weren’t yourself.” "I and most people could never truly understand what he's going through, but I don’t even think we have to. I think as long as he is happy and he wants to live his life however he wants to live it, that just makes me happy and I support him 100%" "There still is an adjustment and there is family therapy. We’re really close … We all really support him. “Say what you want about us but we work out everything as a family and we have the best communica...

Kim K wore her Balmain beaded mini dress at the VMAs in 2014 - Nigerian babes have become a little obsessed with the dress, buying knockoff versions of it and still looking fabs in it!

When you look at these photos, what do you think is going on? It's a little confusing at first, right? Well, let me explain. Vanessa and Melanie are lesbian partners. Last year, Vanessa (with the long hair) was pregnant with the couple's first child. The couple celebrated with the photo on the left. Then fast forward to 2015 and Melanie (in low cut) is the one now pregnant with the couple's second child. The couple took a similar picture (on the right) with the son they welcomed last year sitting on the floor playing with sand. They shared the photos on Facebook and it went viral. Continue... Melanie and their new baby

A 35-year-old Nigerian woman has been charged with killing her husband, who she claimed abused and cheated on her with several women including her sister and their nanny's daughter, according to court records. The husband, 37-year-old Adeyinka Adebamiro, was found stabbed in a first-floor spare bedroom of the couple's home in the 1300 block of Healy Court early Thursday, according to court documents obtained by The News Journal. New Castle County police were called to the home at about 12:40 a.m. for an unknown problem. Arriving officers found Adeyinka Adebamiro unconscious with a stab wound to the upper body. New Castle County paramedics pronounced him dead at 1:37 a.m., said Officer Tracey Duffy, a county police spokeswoman. The victim, his wife, Temitope Adebamiro and their two children and nanny had been living at the home for the past two years. Officers took residents of the home – including Temitope, who was wearing blood-stained clothing according to court docum...

Anambra State Governor, Willy Obiano, has urged the President-elect, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari (retd), to appoint Igbo into prominent positions while forming his cabinet. He said the forthcoming Buhari’s administration would require the support of all Nigerians irrespective of their party affiliations to success. Obiano spoke after a closed-door meeting with the President-elect at his private residence in Abuja on Friday. The governor said he was in Abuja not only to congratulate the President-elect and reassure him of the support of the South-East, but also to plead with him to consider Anambra indigenes for appointments. Obiano said, “I am also here to reassure him that Anambra and the South-East would support him. I also pleaded with him on some pressing problems that are of importance to the South-East like the second Niger bridge and some of the federal roads. “We also pleaded in the area of appointment for the people of Anambra and of course, for people from the South-East b...

                 President elect, Gen Buhari has reportedly read the riot act to members of his family, warning them that they will face the full wrath of the law if they commit any crime while he serves as President. According to Daily Trust, Gen Buhari read the riot act to members of his family in Daura, Katsina state recently. A Family source said he gathered all his children and family members together and advised them to seek meaningful ways to make a living, stressing that no family member of his will enjoy any preferential treatment. He also told them that non of them is welcomed to Aso Rock if they are not invited, adding that the Villa is a place for serious minded people and not for idle family members.

                                         In the highly anticipated interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Bruce Jenner revealed that he identifies as a woman. The 65 year old father of 6 and Grandfather of 7 confirmed that he is reinventing himself physically in a bid to transition from male to female. Speaking in front of millions of viewers, including 4 of his children from his first wife, Burt, Brandon, Casey and Brody Jenner, Bruce tearfully revealed: 'To all extents and purposes, I am a woman. My brain is much more female than it is male. That's what my soul is. Bruce lives a lie. She is not a lie.' He added: 'I can't do it anymore.' "I've always been very confused with my gender identity since I was little." He then revealed how he had explained    "I've always been very confused with my gender identity since I was little He then revealed how he had explain...

The girlfriend, Olga Diyachenko, shared the photo on instagram

The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said that Nigerians lost more than N84million to xenophobic attacks. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Ikechukwu Anyene, on Saturday disclosed this during a phone interview from Pretoria, South Africa, that the losses were initially put at N21million. “The Nigerian Union in South Africa has completed documentation of the losses suffered by Nigerians to xenophobic attacks. “Nigerians lost more than 4.6 million Rand or N84m during the attacks. A mechanic workshop owned by a Nigerian in Jeppes, near Johannesburg, for example was completely burnt with 11 cars inside it. “The loss is put at more than one million Rand or N20m,” he said. Anyene said the Union had compiled the losses and given the list to Nigeria’s Consul-General to South Africa. He said Nigerian victims of the attacks needed urgent assistance to re-settle because many had lost their means of livelihood. Anyene said, “The Consul-General has travelled to N...

It’s a sesaon of celebrity baby showers! So last night, actress Uche Jombo, who is set to put to bed anytime soon, was thrown a fun filled baby shower by her husband and friends. She had so much fun and showed off her dancing skills at the event. http://ynaija.com/uche-jombo-glows-baby-shower-photosvideo/

Pics taken as they addressed members of the press after their closed door meeting at the presidential villa today. More photos after the cut...

All businesses owned by South Africans including Game, Shoprite, PEP and others in Malawi will be under lock and key today April 24th. Malawians are totally boycotting these businesses following the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. Two Malawians died during the attacks, many businesses owned by Malawians were destroyed and just 2 days ago, Wednesday April 22, 390 of them were repatriated to Malawi.

Despite news that made rounds claiming that Tonto Dike’s Mr. X may be in fact, married, the actress isn’t deterred and will have him anyway. However, she just made it known to the public that Mr. X isn’t always with her though. Apparently, they have a long distance relationship [if you’d call having shifts between wifey and her ‘long distance’]. The songstress shared a kissing pic with her long distance lover with the caption, “I miss u, I love u, But the distance is sexy. My Rock my Mr my growth. Kisses.”

Ariana Grande and Big Sean announced a few days ago that they were breaking up after dating for 8 months. Now, insiders are dishing on went wrong. From TMZ... Sources tell TMZ ... Sean claims it was him who broke off the relationship because she was "immature". Sources say the downfall of their relationship started in February, when he made the most important appearance of his career at the House of Blues in West Hollywood. Everyone showed -- Kanye, Bieber, JLo, Chris Brown, Jay Z, A$AP Rocky, Tyga, Kylie and Kendall -- everyone except Ariana. We're told she needed to get ready for the Grammy's the next day, which he found extremely selfish. Sean also traveled to see her "10 times more" than she went to see him. He claimed once she demanded that he blow tens of thousands of dollars to take a private jet to see her. Sean, who grew up poor, felt she was a spendthrift ... a sign of immaturity. But the crowning blow was just after the breakup. They were s...

Boko Haram revealed in a new video posted online yesterday that they are now to be referred to as the 'West African Province' of the Islamic State, following their pledged allegiance to ISIS. See more photos after the cut...