Nigerian soldiers honoured by UN in Liberia

From Vanguardng.com
The Acting Head of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), Mr. Louis M. Aucoin on Monday honored more than 1,500 Nigerian peacekeepers, including 92 women, with UN medals for their contribution to UNMIL and peace in Liberia.

Mr. Aucoin hailed Nigeria’s outstanding contribution to international peacekeeping, describing the country as a committed ally of the UN’s efforts to bring peace and security to the world.

What a stress living in Lagos without Okada

Since Gov. Fashola placed ban on Okada (commercial motorcycle) from operating on major road in the state, it has been a big problem to those who patronise this system of transportation.
Okada, over the years Okada has been helpful in Lagos because of the long traffic problem in the state.

For a couple of days now, living in Lagos has become a sort of hell to some people. No thanks to the ban on commercial motorcyclists, otherwise known as Okada from plying some roads in the state.

The enforcement of the ban took a new dimension early this week when the okada operators took to the streets to protest indiscriminate arrest of their members and subsequent seizure of their motorcycles, and the process, destroyed public facilities including BRT buses.

P-Square, Bracket, Aki and Paw Paw in private jet

They are on business trip so don't get it twisted. What business could they be discussing?

Music Producer K-Solo and estranged wife, Kikelomo Oyeniyi, welcome son

K-Solo and his estranged wife, Kikelomo Oyeniyi, welcomed a son on October 26th. Kikelomo announced the arrival of her son on Twitter yesterday, just a few days after KSolo announced his engagement to another lady on Facebook. Congratulationsssss.

Has Fashola Disappointed The Okada Riders?

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Dead body found in Arik Air’s wheel well

A dead body was found in the wheel well of a plane operated by Arik Air for its London and New York routes, the company’s spokesman, Adebanji Ola,  said.

According to Ola, the man’s body was found on Friday in an undercarriage wheel compartment after the Airbus A340-500 plane returned to Lagos from London. But it was not clear when or how he gained access to it.

“They just found the body in the aircraft yesterday. There’s no identity on it,” he told AFP, adding that an investigation would be carried out.

UK Based - Nigerian parents jailed for 7 yrs in the UK for child abuse

For beating their six children with brooms, hoovers and wires and even giving their baby a morphine overdose after childbirth, Nigerian couple, Joseph and Gloria Musa (pictured above with their kids) have been jailed for seven years each in London, with the UK press calling them all sorts of names.

But the Nigerian married couple denied the allegations, claiming the children were victims of a racist witch-hunt. They were, however, found guilty of cruelty to a person under 16. The parents convicted of a decade long campaign of abuse against their six children were jailed for seven years each yesterday.

The Nigerian couple, which the paper said claimed their kids were possessed by evil spirits, were found guilty after Coronation Street star Michelle Collins gave evidence against them.

The parents argued that the children had been ‘brainwashed’ into making the allegations by the police, the London Borough of Haringey and Miss Collins who they said ‘wanted to steal’ them, UK’s Green Crown Court heard.