How sweet! Atlanta Airport hopes our dream team wins gold this year as we did 20 years ago

The Dream team traveled from the US to Brazil today via Atlanta Airport.

Photos: See what a father did to his 4-year-old daughter because she lost her slippers

According to a Facebook user who resides in Port Harcourt, the four year old girl was brutally beaten by her father for allegedly misplacing the slippers he bought for her. OMG! This man deserves to go to prison. How can you flog a 4 year old child like this?

Nigerian woman Franca Asemota sentenced to 22 years in jail for trafficking women and girls to the UK

Franca Asemota from Benin, Edo State, has been found guilty of eight counts of conspiracy to traffic young girls. Ms Asemota forced dozens of teenage orphans into prostitution and slavery using the threat of witchcraft. She used Heathrow as a hub to traffic at least 40 girls and young women into Europe from remote villages in Nigeria after promising them jobs, education and a better life.

She then used 'witchcraft', threats and violence to force them in to the European sex trade. She was later arrested in Nigeria, extradited to the UK for trial and has now been sentenced.

Beggar Held With Rented Twins In Lagos (photo)

A woman, Mrs. Adiza Umoru, was arrested for using rented twins to beg on the streets of Lagos. Umoru’s arrest came barely a week after three women were arrested by the officials of the state Ministry of Youth and Social Development for using rented babies to beg for alms.

This was as the Commissioner for Youth and social Development, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile Yussuf, yesterday urged the residents to stop giving alms to beggars especially those with babies, so as to discourage the begging. Umoru, who was caught using twins for begging at Costain area of Lagos, claimed that her younger sister, Aminat, was the biological mother of the babies. However, according to the beggar, who hails from Niger State, she pays per time whenever she uses the twins to beg.

Toyin Saraki With Michelle And Barack Obama At The White House.

Pictured is Toyin Saraki, wife of Nigerian Senate President, Bukola Saraki pictured with president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle while representing African women at the White House summit on Global Development in Washington D.C last month..

Mrs. Saraki who is also the President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), spoke on the progress made in moving towards achieving Global Development Goals (GDGs) and also emphasized on the importance of midwives in reducing the rate of maternal and new born mortality and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNICAL Student, Adaeze Nnamani Dies After A Party - Education - Nairaland

                   

Well, i hate to be a reporter of such news but then, its my job to report news. This cute lady Adaeze Nnamani pictured above is was a student of UNICAL, Diploma year 2. She died on monday morning after vomiting blood for a long time.

A source who is a close friend to Adaeze and her Family exclusively said that Ada went to a party on Sunday evening and came back late that same night, alighting from a "Monster Jeep" (the Jeep is dope) with so much goodies in her hands. But unfortunately, in the early hours of Monday, she started vomiting blood profusely. Before they could rush her the hospital, Ada was gone!

Adaeze was buried today, 3rd, August 2016 at her home town Enugu.

This is such a sad story and a lesson to all. May her soul rest in PEACE!!!

Idimu robbery suspect reveals that a bank staff gives them info when customers withdraw huge sum

The surviving member of an armed robbery gang that attacked a police constable on Monday, in Idimu area of Lagos, revealed that a staff of the bank gave them information about the victim, who was shot on the jaw and is currently receiving treatment at a hospital.

The three-man robbery gang arrived the bank in motorcycles, shot the customer as he was leaving the banking hall and snatched his money. However, in their attempt to flee, two were shot dead by operatives of Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who were on patrol while the surviving suspect identified as Jafar Ismail was arrested.

Photos: Pres. Buhari recieves former President Goodluck Jonathan in Aso Rock

President Buhari this afternoon received former President Goodluck Jonathan at the state house Abuja. Speaking with state house correspondents after their closed door meeting which lasted for 20 minutes, Jonathan said he was in Aso Rock to brief President Buhari of his recent international engagements. More photos after the cut.

Photo: Police arrest three suspected fraudsters

The Nigeria Police Force today paraded three suspected fraudsters who specialized in duping prominent Nigerians. The suspects namely Abdulrahamn Shuaibu, 21, gang leader, Isiaku Zambuk, 47, and Hassan Haruna, 35 were arrested in Abuja yesterday August 1st.

Spokesperson of the police force, Don Awunah while parading the suspects, said they were arrested by operatives attached to the Inspector-General of Police intelligence Response Team, following complaints from prominent Nigerians.

The suspects according to Awunah specialised in sending text messages and calling highly placed individuals like ministers, senators among others, demanding huge sums of money. Items recovered from them include cell phones containing the SIM cards, copies of letters of threat addressed to highly placed Nigerians, letters of fraud and list of names and phone numbers and contact of important personalities in Nigeria. The suspects would be arraigned in court on completion of investigation.

IMSU cult war: Final year Law student shot dead (graphic photos)

A final year Law student was gunned down earlier today in ongoing clashes between cultists at the Imo State University (IMSU) Owerri. The student whose name was not given, was shot at close range near the Imo State University junction. See the very graphic photos after the cut...