2000 Boko Haram members storm Marte in Borno, capture town

Marte town in Borno state has reportedly been captured by Boko Haram members after about 2,000 of them stormed the town on Thursday April 23rd and engaged Nigerian troops in a gun battle, forcing the troops to flee the town.

Nigeria recalls High Commissioners to South Africa

Following the recent Xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the Federal Government has summoned its high commissioners in South Africa back to Nigeria. In a statement issued by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the two high commissioners are Martin Cobham, acting high commissioner in Pretoria, and Uche Ajulu-Okeke pictured above, deputy high commissioner in Johannesburg.

2 soldiers confirmed dead as unserviceable ammunitions explode in Plateau earlier today

Two soldiers have been confirmed dead while one was seriously injured after some unservisable ammunition went off while being destroyed near the 3rd Armoured Division barracks at Bassa Local Government Area today April 25th.

Speaking on the incident, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Army, Sani Usman said the unservicable ammunition were being destroyed near a bush when they went off. He debunked claims that the explosion was caused by members of the insurgency group, Boko Haram.

Rapper, 2Shotz shares a beautiful picture of his daughter...

One word, adorable! 2shotz shared this new picture of his new-born daughter on his Instagram Page

Senator, his brother & sister arrested for ballot thumb-printing in Imo

According to Premium Times, Senator Hope Uzodinma, his elder brother and sister were this afternoon arrested by the police at a private residence in Oru East Local Government area in Imo state for allegedly thumb-printing ballot papers meant for the governorship rerun election holding in the state today April 25th. The state police however released him on personal recognition but detained his family members.

Meanwhile 5 INEC staff were also arrested in the same local government as they engaged in mass thumb-printing.

Dbanj poses with Usher, Will.I.Am at World Earth Day 2015 in D.C.

D'banj hung out with Usher and Will.I.Am during his appearance at the World Bank's Global Earth Day concert in Washington D.C last night. See more photos after the cut...

Nigeria's Ambassador to South Africa says no need for evacuation of Nigerians yet

The Nigerian Ambassador to South Africa, Martin Cobham has ruled out the option of evacuating Nigerians from South Africa for now following strings of Xenophobic attacks.

"I will not want to subscribe to immediate evacuation. We want to look at this thing in three phases - The lower, middle and Higher threat. We can only appeal to our people to abide by the host country's laws, avoid indiscriminate clashes and violence and work with local authorities" he said

He also alleged that pictures and videos circulating the internet about the xenophobic attacks were false and that most of them are from occurrences in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.

Photos from Ivie Okujaye's white wedding...

Some pics from the wedding reception of actress, Ivie Okujaye & Ezzy. The bride wore her second pair of sneakers at her wedding. Notice she wore one in the pictures from her traditional ceremony? Bold move. I love. More photos after the cut...