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Meet the most beautiful woman in the world 2013, Saudi Arabian queen, Fatima Zohar-Godabari. Fathima Kulsum Zohar Godabari who was once a royal Princess is now an official Queen in Saudi Arabia. She was recently photographed without niqab covering her face and the pictures were published on the internet, exposing her beautiful facial features to the world for the first time. Since the release of the pictures, many have argued her to be the most beautiful woman on earth. More photos below Source: Naija Gists

A baby who was born with four hands and legs needs a surgery to be normal again. However, the doctors say the surgery of this child is a 50/50 situation. God dey!

According to the Daily mail, Blondie Bennett, 38, from California has dedicated her life to transforming herself into a Barbie is taking her obsession with becoming a doll to extreme lengths by having hypnotherapy to make her ‘brainless’. She has sessions once a week to make her more easily confused and vacant. The former model, who changed her name to Blondie a year and a half ago, has also spent £25,000 on five chest enlargements taking her to a size 32JJ. She is now unemployed and earns a living by taking money from online sugar daddies who support her in exchange for sexy pictures of her dressed as Barbie. Blondie regularly has spray tans, Botox and lip fillers to give her a more artificial appearance. But to make the transformation into the plastic toy complete, she is actively trying to become more stupid. She said: ‘When people ask why I want to be Barbie I think “who wouldn’t want to be?” ‘She has the best life. All she does is shop and make herself look pretty – sh...

Officials of the State Security Service, SSS, have seized the travelling documents of suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, shortly after he arrived Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a meeting of governors of central banks in the West African sub-region. Shortly after his plane landed at the ExecuJet Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, he was accosted by plain clothe operatives who detained him briefly and insisted he must surrender his passport. They also insisted that he would not be allowed to leave the airport until the Lagos state director of the SSS arrives. But after a while, the operatives had a change of heart after communicating with their superiors. The CBN governor was allowed to leave but only after his passport was confiscated. PREMIUM TIMES had earlier exclusively reported the plans to arrest Mr. Sanusi on his return to the country from neighbouring Niger. The governor was suspended in...

Obasanjo reminds President Jonathan that the persons linked with the corruption allegation and those they are working for would one day become public knowledge. The national outrage trailing the allegation by the governor of the  Central Bank of Nigeria , Lamido Sanusi, about the non-remittance of over N8 trillion oil revenue by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, is not about to ebb, as former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for immediate probe into the “heinous crime and naked grand corruption.” “May God grant you the grace for at least one effective corrective action against high corruption, which seems to stink all around you in your government,” Mr. Obasanjo said. President Obasanjo in a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, titled: “Before It Is Too Late”, challenged the National Assembly to know that Nigerians were watching to see if it would be accomplice to the crime or redeem itself by probing it. “When the guard becomes the thief, no...

The CBN governor said he was out to protect the Bank’s independence. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi, says he intends to challenge the legality of his suspension from office, to establish whether President Goodluck Jonathan has the legal authority to take such decision. “It has never been my desire to hold on to a job. However, I believe if the CBN governor cannot be removed from office, then he cannot be suspended. He can be queried, but the exercise of the arbitrary decision to remove him must be challenged,” he said. Mr. Sanusi was speaking to the cable news network, CNBC Africa, from Niamey, the Nigerien capital, shortly after news broke that he had been suspended from office by the Presidency. The former governor, who was in Niamey to attend the ongoing conference of the West African currency zone with other governors of the Central Banks in West African, said he had to hurriedly leave venue of the meeting shortly after the Nigerian...

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinator of the Economy, tendered her letter of resignation to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, following the controversy surrounding funds accrued from the sale of crude oil, two privileged sources familiar with the development have told THEWILL. Her resignation was however not accepted by President Jonathan, who assured her that heated matter would be resolved soonest. Okonjo-Iweala in her letter had expressed frustration with the lack of accountability in the petroleum sector where billions of dollars are currently being reconciled. She also expressed fears that her reputation was being rubbished by the scandal. Though Okonjo-Iweala Thursday  addressed a press conference to  reassure investors that the nation’s  fiscal policy would not be affected by  the suspension of CBN Governor,  Lamido Sanusi, one ...

Breaking News!Godwin Emefiele the current CEO of Zenith Bank will be the next CBN Gov; Bayo Adelabu currently ED at First Bank will be Deputy CBN Gov replacing Tunde Lemo,Names sent to Senate.

President Goodluck Jonathan has Thursday suspended Lamido Sanusi as the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor. In a statement issued by the Presidential Spokesman Reuben Abati, Sanusi is suspended due to financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s vision of a Central Bank under his watch.. Having taken special notice of reports of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and other investigating bodies, which indicate clearly that Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s tenure has been characterized by various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s vision of a Central Bank propelled by the core values of focused economic management, prudence, transparency and financial discipline; Being also deeply concerned about far-reaching irregularities under Mallam Sanusi’s watch which have distracted the Central Bank away from the pursuit and achievement of its statutory mandate; and Being determined ...

The bubble burst for a former operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Femi Ajibade, as his former employers arraigned him for allegedly forging his university degree. A statement by the EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said that the former operative of the anti-graft agency was docked before Justice Olasumbo Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja on a two count charge bordering on forgery. The EFCC spokesperson explained that the accused allegedly forged a Bachelor of Science Degree Certificate of the University of Ilorin which he used to secure employment into the commission. He said that the forgery was discovered by the EFCC during a certificate verification exercise considered a standard procedure for the regularization of the employment of newly recruited personnel. However, Uwujaren said that the accused pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him. Ajibade is being accused of producing a Bachelor of Science Degre...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday, expressed shock over the announcement by the All Progressives Congress,  APC, that it has engaged the services of a foreign firm , AKPD Message and Media, to boost its electoral chances in the 2015 election According to the opposition party spokesperson, Lai Mohammed, the Chicago-based firm, which was involved in the election of President Barack Obama of the U.S, is to be hired. Reacting to the announcement, the PDP urged Nigerians to resist this attempt by the APC to 'throw the nation back to imperialism, 54 years after independence'. The ruling party statement, issued through its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, said this was not only a clear justification of its stand that the APC is anti-Nigeria, but another insult on the hard working citizens of the country. "In engaging the services of a foreign firm, the APC has shown that it does not have faith in our people, our indigenous consultancy firms and ...

Boko Haram insurgents have again attacked Bama, killing 47 people in the town that has come under frequent assault from the sect. The terrorists also attacked the family residence of the commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Major-General Tukur Buratai, in another siege on the troubled Borno State. General Buratai is from Buratai town in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State where he has a family home. The attacks came as the state and its people were trying to recover from the devastation the insurgents wrought on Izge in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state last Saturday night during which they killed over 133 people. The state governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, who was in Izge yesterday to assess the level of destruction inflicted on the village, described the sect as comprising people who are deficient in ideology and beliefs. His Kwara State counterpart, Alhaji Abdufatah Ahmed, however called for better ties between Nigeria and its neighbours ...

Governor of Borno state, Mr Kashim Shettima today (Wednesday) visited President Goodluck Jonathan to “brief him on the attacks on Bama”, a town attacked by unidentified gunmen in the north eastern Nigerian state. Speaking to journalists before meeting the president at the Presidential Villa, Mr Shettima noted that he was not summoned by the president. “There was an attack on Bama” adding that “we are yet to get the actual number of casualties but I was told that they have inflicted a lot of damage on the town otherwise, the military are doing their best” he said. He said he came to “update” the president on the latest development on the attack dispelling the rumour that he was summoned by the president. This will be the second time the governor is visiting the president within 48 hours.

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed Brig.-Gen Jones Oladehinde Arogbofa  as his new Chief Of Staff. Brig-Gen. Arogbofa, a retired Officer of the Signals Corps of the Nigerian Army, takes over from Chief Mike Oghiadomhe who resigned last week. The new Chief of Staff to the President was born on November 10, 1952. He hails from the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. In addition to administrative capabilities and experience garnered from a distinguished career in the Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen Arogbofa brings an impressive array of academic qualifications to his new job. They include a Diploma in Communications Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, a Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Sciences Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama, USA and a Masters Degree in Military Arts and Science from the United States Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Ka...

The Olubadan, Oba Odulana Odugade, yesterday said President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the Alaafin is selective and capable of jeopardising the peace and bringing the Ibadan chieftaincy institution to disrepute. In a statement by the Secretary of the Oyo State Council of Obas, the Olubadan said while members of the council awaited the president’s arrival, Jonathan, accompanied by Governor Abiola Ajimobi, breached the protocol of visiting him first as the council’s chairman and went to the palace of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III. He said the action showed that Ajimobi still recognises the Alaafin of Oyo as the permanent chairman of the Oyo Council of Obas and Chiefs, contrary to the Chieftaincy Law as amended in 2011 in Cap 37 of the Oyo State Laws, 2000, which says the chairmanship should be rotated among the Alaafin, the Olubadan and Soun of Ogbomoso every two years. The Olubadan urged the President and Ajimobi to “desist from misleading acts that can disrupt th...

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militants reportedly stoned girl to death Girl sentenced to death by Sharia court for having Facebook account Court ruled being a member of social network deserved to be punished in the same way as adultery   A Syrian girl has been stoned to death for opening a Facebook account, it has been claimed. The girl, named in media reports as Fatoum Al-Jassem, was sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Al-Reqqa after it ruled having a Facebook account was immoral behaviour. She was taken to the court by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants after she was caught using the social networking site, it has been reported. The court, which is under the jurisdiction of ISIS, ruled the act of being a member of the social network deserved to be punished the same way as adultery, according to  examiner.com . A report in the Arabic-language Al-Rai Al-Youm was picked up by the Fars news agency, a semi-autonomous organisation linked to the ...

A young woman has revealed a very disturbing secret about popular Yoruba actor, Saheed Balogun. See reports below: Handsome actor and producer, Saheed Balogun, has one dark secret that he’s been hiding from his teeming fans. The Oro, Kwara State born role interpreter deflowered, impregnated and abandoned the mother of his first child and with all the bitterness she could muster, the lady, Sherifat Yusuf, placed a curse on him. A source who is very close to the distraught and devastated lady said that “until Saheed goes to her to plead for forgiveness, he will continue to have issues with his marriages. The hell he went through in Fathia Balogun’s hands is only the beginning. He will go through worse things in the hands of any other woman he decides to replace Fathia with. The only way out is for him to go and beg Sherifat and his daughter and first child, Zainat, whom he abandoned almost 15 years ago.” Expantiating on Saheed’s love quagmire, the source said, “The sad story dates...

Popular Lagos Senator, Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, recently surprised Nollywood actress, Remi Oshodi aka Surutu with a Honda Element. Investigations showed that the mullato actress got delivery of the automobile from the Mushin born lawmaker, last year. The navy blue coloured Honda Element, which Remi Surutu has been spotted driving in the last one month, has left tongues wagging in the movie industry and outside. While it’s been rumoured that the actress got the automobile to help campaign for the gubernatorial ambition of the lawmaker, an insider insisted that the automobile was merely a Christmas gift from her lawmaker godfather. When contacted the actress declined comment  

Nneoma, wife of Nollywood actor Chinedu Ikedieze popularly known as Aki, floated her fashion line called ‘Nikiz Collection Fashion Show’ and she threw a party for the launch on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at the Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.

New Delhi: An Indian owner of a billboard dedicated to Nelson Mandela was red-faced on Thursday after the discovery that a photo of actor Morgan Freeman was used instead of one of the anti-apartheid hero. The billboard was erected on the side of a road in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu as part of memorials across India and the world to Mandela, who died on December 5. But Freeman’s face loomed large in the billboard over small images of rights icons Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa and Mahatma Gandhi. “We should be proud that we were part of an era when they lived,” read the Tamil-language condolence message on the board. Cloth merchant Chandrashekhar, who paid for the board in a private capacity as a mark of respect to the former South African leader, said it was a mistake by the designer. “We will replace it with the correct picture of Mandela,” the merchant, who uses one name, told AFP by telephone from Chennai, adding that he did not know how the gaffe occurred. Morgan ...