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        Pirelli 2016 calendar features the likes of Serena Williams, Amy Schumer who stripped down for the annual calendar. The calendar,cast 13 women which Pirelli says are of outstanding professional, social, cultural, sporting and artistic accomplishment.

                             Some hoodlums started a street fight on Olorogun Street, Odo Eran, in the Itire area of Lagos State on Tuesday, during which a 21-year-old stabbed a landlord, identified as Alawu Lateef, to death. PUNCH Metro learnt that Lateef, who was a father of three, had intervened in the fight, and asked the hoodlums to leave the area, when one of them, identified as Lati Elepo, stabbed the landlord.

As the Christmas and New Year seasons approach, the Nigerian Army has urged the citizens to be extra vigilant and security conscious in tackling insecurity in the country. The Director of the Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman Kukasheka made the call at Inaugural Annual Lecture of Class 1992 Alumni of Mass Communication Department of Bayero University Kano (BUK) at the weekend.

THE crisis created by the demise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Kogi State’s governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu, seems to be growing fast. Audu’s running mate in the November 21 election, James Abiodun Faleke, has declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been named the party’s candidate for the supplementary election on Saturday, insisting that he should be declared governor-elect on the APC platform.

Up and rising Yoruba actress, Funmi Awelewa is so beautiful that it is almost impossible to think a man in his right senses would walk away from her – for any reason. But the Ibadan-based producer of Ife O Dogba and Aromimawe will tell you this is something that nearly tore her apart when she was starting out on her acting path. “Yes, I have been heartbroken before” she told Potpourri when asked if her heart has ever been broken.

                 A new mum's post on her post baby body has gone viral after she slammed society's expectations of women snapping back in shape right after birth. Mel Rymill wasn't happy with what her Personal trainer said. So she set the record straight in her Facebook post that has gone viral! She wrote

Teachers are more likely to die from autoimmune diseases than people in other professions, a study on occupational hazard, has revealed. An autoimmune disease causes the immune system to attack healthy cells and organs in the body. The study also shows that farmers have a higher risk of death from such diseases while waitresses and book keepers do not

Ebonyi State Governor, David Nweze Umahi, has restated his resolve to retain his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) even as he confirmed decision of South-East governors to discuss the complaints of Biafran agitators with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Madam Beauty Siasia, the kidnapped 72-year-old mother of Nigeria’s Under 23 Coach, Samson Siasia, regained freedom yesterday after 12 days in captivity. She was abducted on November 16, 2015.

         A Court of Appeal in Makurdi, Benue state has nullified the election of former Senate President and lawmaker representing Benue South Senatorial District, David Mark.The court ordered a rerun within 90 days. The appeal was brought before the court by Daniel Onjeh, candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Witbank News reports that the service offered users "ebony" or "coloured" girls - with Ebony as the cheaper option. According to the service's price list coloured girls cost R300 for a quickie, while ebony girls cost R200. Similarly, while ebony girls cost R300 an hour, coloured girls cost R400. The Witbank news took screenshots of the Facebook Page - which appears to have been taken down since they first reported on the story.

Jose Mourinho is confident his Chelsea defence can nullify the threat of in-form Harry Kane even if John Terry fails to recover in time to face London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday. Mourinho’s side head to White Hart Lane after keeping two confidence-boosting clean sheets, first in last weekend’s victory over Norwich City and then in the midweek Champions League success at Maccabi Tel Aviv.

More Swiss people are having sex with horses, according to a sickening new report. There were 105 cases of the maltreatment of horses in Switzerland in 2014 — 10 percent of which involved people having sex with them, according to Tier im Recht, an animal welfare group. “This rate is relatively elevated compared with other types of animals,” Andreas Rüttimann, a legal expert with the group, told reporters, The Local reported.

          Lagos sex workers in Mushin,have cried out over fees being paid to Policemen. Some of the ladies in the illicit profession told a Punch correspondent who visited the area earlier in the week that much of what they earn these days go to policemen who come in weekly to collect compulsory ‘settlements’.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 30 new judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC). This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the NJC acting director (Information), Soji Oye.

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, which comprises members of the Shi’ite ideology, has given insight into how a suicide bomber disguised as one of its members and blew himself up during a procession in Kano, killing 20 people. Members of the group were on their annual Arba’een symbolic trek from Kano to Hussainiyyah Baqiyyatullah ground in Zaria, Kaduna State, when the bomber struck.

The father of Ayodele Samuel, a seven- year-old boy electrocuted by live electricity cable belonging to the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) in Kabusa area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has appealed to the power firm, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) for urgent compensation to avoid litigation, reports JOHN OFIKHENUA. MR Tade Ayodele, a spray painter left in grief by his seven-year-old son, Samuel Ayodele’s electrocution at Kabusa in FCT during the week told The Nation that AEDC has refused to act after the fateful incident of November 9, 2015.

    It’s Thanksgiving day, and while most people are gathering around loved ones in collective anticipation fordelicious home-cooked meals…one Mississippi man got so irate at his parents over forgetting to get him some fast food that he went so far as to brutally attack them with a knife. Yahoo : Authorities say a man could face charges in Louisiana after being accused of killing his father and stabbing his mother because they ordered fast food and didn’t get any for him. Ronald Pritchett, 32, of Purvis, Mississippi, faces charges of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and auto theft in the New Orleans suburb of Jefferson Parish, said Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the sheriff there.

                                       Nemesis has caught up with a 36 year old cosmetic seller, Daniel Obasi, who also is a serial facebook account hacker after he posed as the Deputy governor of two states in the South West. Before the long hands of the law caught up with him, five influential Nigerians had fallen prey to his cock and bull stories and were handsomely duped. Vanguard gathered that Obasi who hails from Imo State and resides in Port Harcourt, River State hacked into the Facebook accounts of the Ondo and Lagos state deputy governors Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo and Alhaja Oluranti Idiat Adebule respectively and made good money from their unsuspecting friends and acquaintances.

   Barely a month after buying himself an Audi R8 for his birthday,Davido has gotten himself yet another car for Christmas.Though he didn't name the brand, he says we should watch out for it .He shared the news writing JUST COPPED ANOTHER WHIP FOR CHRISTMAS!! JUST WATCH! SHUTDOWN!! CANT WAIT TILL IT ARRIVES! He already has about 8 exotic rides(could be more) including an Audi R8,G-wagon,Range Sport, Porsche ,a Chevrolet Camaro..

                         The heavily pregnant actress and her two kid spent Thanksgiving at her inlaws house in the USA..

A herbalist has been arrested after two kids abducted were rescued by the Cross River State Police Command on Thursday .They were made sex slaves by the herbalist, Emmanuel Akpan-Okon, who held them hostage for four years. The kids, Esther Wisdom and Felicia Destiny, both aged 11, said in the four years that they were held hostage, the herbalist raped them almost every day. Akpan-Okon (42) was arrested by the police following a tip-off that he specialised in the preparation of charms for armed robbers. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Henry Fadairo, said the rescued kids were abducted from their parents separately from Onitsha, Anambra State, and Auchi, Edo State.

Apprehension has gripped traders of Owode-Onirin market, along Mile 12 Ikorodu Road, Lagos, after 11 persons, including a pregnant woman, fainted after inhaling suspected poisonous fumes from substance that exploded at a section of the area, late Wednesday.

The 32-member Oyo State House of Assembly has suspended legislative duties until the state government pays the accumulated allowances owed the lawmakers. According to information gathered, the government is owing the lawmakers furniture, car allowances and two months running cost for the legislative arm. Due to the strike, the sitting that had earlier been scheduled for yesterday was put on hold. Speaking on condition of anonymity, one of the aggrieved lawmakers said, that despite the cash crunch being experienced in the country, some state governors still manage to settle their lawmakers wondering why they should be the only ones suffering in the whole of the South West.

 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) has engaged the Department of State Services (DSS) and Economic and the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop the hoarding and diversion of petroleum products. This is contained in a statement issued by NNPC’s Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja on Wednesday.

Allnigeriasoccer.com understands that Golden Eaglets coach, Emmanuel Amuneke, could strike it rich if Nigeria Under 17 internationals Kelechi Nwakali and Samuel Chukwueze are sold to a European club in the near future, as he has demanded a cumulative transfer fee of 5.3 million euros (about N1.1billion) for both players.

A FEW hours after the All Progressives Congress (APC) opted for a fresh primary to fill the vacuum created by the death of its governorship candidate in November 21 polls in Kogi State, there were indications that no fewer than 27 aspirants are warming up to grab the party’s ticket. Electoral umpire – the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the APC to replace its late candidate for the supplementary election scheduled for December 5.

   Chris Rock has not seen the 7-year-old girl who lived with him since she was an infant in more than a year ... and we're told it's because he believes his estranged wife Malaak did something shady to get her here in the first place. It's a bizarre story ... and one that triggered an international investigation. Here's what we know. Back in 2008, a 6-month-old named Ntombi from South Africa began living with the Rock family. The girl stayed in the family house ever since. Ntombi was even enrolled in a New Jersey school. Ntombi's biological parents reportedly were unemployed South Africans and somehow the kid ended up at the Rock home.

About 500 Nigerian deportees will arrive in Nigeria from the United Kingdom this morning aboard a chartered flight. The chartered flight, according to Leadership, was expected to take off from London Stansted airport via a private charter company, Titan Airways. Titan Airways to bring the deportees today.

A Nigerian woman has been fingered in the case of a modern day slavery after she took her young housemaid with her to a salon and made the poor girl fan her for more than two hours. The person who caught the high and mighty madam, Fransesca Joseph-Esenwa, even took a video of the disgraceful act.

              An American living in Paris has revealed the incredible story of how he was present at two major terrorist attacks, and survived both. Fourteen years after the man, named only as Matthew, stood at the foot of the World Trade Center in New York City and fled for his life as the first plane crashed into the Twin Towers. Again, he was among the crowd at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris to watch the Eagles of Death Metal.

Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has berated the federal government for failing to rescue the over 200 missing Chibok girls, several months after they were abducted by the dangerous sect, Boko Haram. Soyinka, while speaking in Osun state, where a mega-school was named after him, described the kidnapped girls' situation as a "shame."

The Conference of Islamic Organisations, CIO, has made a passionate plea to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state to allow Muslim girls wear hijab to schools. The former Governor of Lagos, Babatunde Fashola had banned the use of hijab in all Lagos public schools, forcing the muslim community to sue the state government over the issue. But when members of the CIO paid a courtesy visit on the Lagos Commissioner for Home Affairs, Dr. Abdullateef Abdulkareem on Tuesday in his office at the Government Secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria they pleaded for a reserve of the order.

The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday announced that it would conduct fresh primaries to determine a replacement for its late candidate, Abubakar Audu, in the inconclusive governorship election in Kogi State. Mr. Audu’s death was announced on Sunday shortly after Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the election inconclusive.

  Nigerian media entrepreneur, Funmi Iyanda, will on Wednesday, November 25 receive an honorary fellowship from the University of Cumbria in recognition of her significant global contribution to human rights and sustainability. She is the first African woman to receive the award.

     Men of the Special Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS) attached to Zone 2, Lagos have arrested two suspects who specialised in the diversion of stolen goods from Apapa Sea Port. The suspects, identified as Benson Odefila and Amechi Enemmuou, were arrested after buying a musical equipment loaded in a 40-feet container, valued at N19.5 million for just N600,000.

                Emmanuel Ikubese, Mr. Nigeria 2014/15 is still passionate about his domestic violence awareness campaign tagged ‘Project R.A.W’ (Respect A Woman). He's set to officially launch the campaign with a series of event this weekend as part of the Emmanuel Ikubese Foundation. The campaign will kick off with an awareness Soccer Tournament on Saturday, November 28th 2015 at Children International school football pitch. Lekki phase 1.

      A young woman had her face totally disfigured after using hair dye .An Imgur user chronicled her friend's terrifying allergic reaction to her hair color, starting with a picture showing the unbelievable of her face and head - which then lasted for five days. 'So, my friend had a pretty ridiculous allergic reaction to hair dye...'She then shared photos of her friend's progress at the end of five days which was visibly improved but still swollen.

A group of Iranian refugees stuck at the border between Greece and Macedonia for the past four days have sewn their mouths shut in protest. They did it hoping to persuade Macedonia to open the border and let them through on their way to western Europe. They are joined by hundreds of other halted migrants, most hailing from Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Bangladesh, who have been barred entry to Europe as a result of countries tightening their borders following the Nov. 13 attacks in Paris. One of the hunger strikers, a 34-year-old Iranian man named Hamid, told Reuters he's an electrical engineer and wants to immigrate "to any free country in the world." "I cannot go back," he said. "I will be hanged." See pics below

A 28-year-old burglary suspect, Olamilekan Olaoluwa, has been arrested by policemen from the Iponri division after breaking into a house in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State. The Kwara State indigene was said to have broken into a two-bedroomed flat on Brickfield Road on Sunday around 2pm, while the occupant was away.

Smugglers seem to have taken over the Nigerian rice market, flooding it with substandard and expired brands. Hundreds of trailers have been crossing the porous borders unchallenged – a development that is endangering the country’s plans to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production.

Eye witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday that the incident happened around 8.30 a.m. at Sheka quarters in Kano metropolis. According to the eyewitness, the deceased was sighted using a sharp knife to cut his throat with blood running down his body.

  Contestants of the 65th Miss World Competition pose for photos in ‪Sanya‬, South China's ‪Hainan‬ Province, yesterday Nov. 23, 2015.   Contestants from more than 120 countries and regions will compete in the final of the 65th Miss World Competition in Sanya on Dec. 19

      A woman who tried to kill her husband by lacing his drink with antifreeze has been jailed for 15 years. Jacqueline Patrick, 55, poisoned 70-year-old Douglas Patrick's favourite dink and gave it to him alongside a late night supper on Christmas Day . She had been encouraged by their daughter Katherine Patrick, 21, who collapsed in the dock in floods of tears as she was jailed for three years for helping her mum. The court was told that Mrs Patrick had first tried to kill Douglas in October 2013, but when he survived she continued to put harmful substances in his drinks.

A Chinese lesbian on Tuesday took the government to court over textbooks describing homosexuality as a “psychological disorder”, a landmark case in a country where discrimination remains common. Qiu Bai, 21, a student at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, brought the action against the ministry of education, demanding that it give her details of how it approved materials and how they could be changed. China only officially decriminalised homosexuality in 1997, removing it from its list of mental illnesses four years later.

         For those salesmen vending assorted items in Lagos traffic, some hard times are just by the corner. The authorities in Lagos State say they will soon bare their fangs on street traders. The sight of the slightest traffic jam on Lagos roads is, surely, a prayer answered for street hawkers. They surface from nowhere to cash in on the unpalatable experience for their own benefits. As long as the traffic lasts, the hawkers, young and old, male and female, lay siege to the road and freely sell their commodities. The heavier the gridlock, the happier they get.