Brazilian football referee pulls gun on the pitch after quarrel over red card (photos)

What the heck is this? Lol. A Brazilian football referee did something that most people have never seen before. He pulled a gun on the pitch during a dispute with players. Gabriel Murta was kicked and slapped by players during a match over the weekend, after he gave a player a red card.

DJ Xclusive set to wed this weekend

Popular Lagos DJ, Rotimi Alakija aka DJ Xclusive will be getting married to his fiancee Tinuke Ogundero this week. Their traditional wedding will hold on Thursday October 1st while their church wedding will hold on Saturday October 3rd. The couple got engaged in July 2014. Congrats to them.

Justin Bieber Covers Complex's October 2015 issue (photos)

Justin Bieber in underwater shoot for Complex magazine. See more photos after the cut...

Another near fall of heavily loaded mini bus on Ojuelegba bridge

This happened this afternoon in Ojuelegba. See more photos after the cut...

Jim Carrey's girlfriend commits suicide

Jim Carrey's 28-year-old on/off-again girlfriend, Cathriona White has committed suicide. Her body was found at her residence last night after her friends called the police. TMZ reports below...

Our sources say White left a suicide note addressed to Carrey which references their break up on Sept. 24. Cathriona tweeted on the 24th ... "Signing off Twitter, I hope I have been a light to my nearest and dearest."

Photos from the Senates plenary session today

The senate resumed its plenary session today September 29th after weeks of vacation. After its deliberation today, the senate adjourned sitting till tomorrow September 30th by 10am. More photos after the cut...

Nigerian twitter reacts to the much awaited ministerial list

Hilarious reactions from Nigerians to the much awaited Ministerial list....which still didn't come out today. More when you continue...

Corruption: Ex-FIFA Vice-President Banned For Life

 

Jack Warner

 

Controversial former vice-president of FIFA, Jack Warner has been banned for life from any sort of football related activities by the body’s ethic’s committee.

Warner is believed to have accepted bribes from individuals and corporate bodies to award the 2018 and 2022 world cups to Russia and Qatar respectively.

Pro-Saraki Protesters Besiege National Assembly Complex

Protesters under the auspices of Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Movement (ONYM) have oragnised demonstrations at the entrance of the National Assembly complex in Abuja to show solidarity to the embattled Senate president, Senator Bukola Saraki who is facing corruption charges at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Protesters at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja / Photo credits: Olatunji Obasa

The group’s members who turned out in large numbers in the early hours of Tuesday, September 29, were seen carrying placards and banners depicting various inscriptions to show support for Bukola Saraki. They are opposed to calls that Saraki resign as Senate president. More reports and photos after the cut...

Sarakigate: Politicians Running From Their Shadows - CACOL

There had been indications in the news that politicians in the country have begun to lobby the Code of Conduct Bureau into availing them the avenue to tinker with the information earlier submitted on the assets declaration forms already in its custody, to escape possible future prosecution. A development which came in the light of the ongoing trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false declaration of assets. Politicians in the country had until now seemed to have taken the exercise for granted, believing that a day of reckoning may never come.

Ministerial list yet to get to the Senate

The much awaited ministerial list is yet to arrive the Senate. Senate President Bukola Saraki in his address this morning said the Senate is still waiting for the list

"As we await the list of ministerial nominees this week, I believe the presence of ministers will create the space for greater policy engagement with the Executive Arm of government and enable us to begin to respond in a more systematic manner to the various economic and social challenges before us, especially through our various Committees that will also be constituted soon.

Photos: Nigerians among African migrants rescued from the Mediterenean between yesterday and today

Over 821 African migrants, among them Nigerians who were trying to make their way to Europe were rescued from rubber boats between yesterday and this morning in several rescue operations.

Im Senate President against the wishes of some powerful individuals - Saraki

Senate president Bukola Saraki insist he is being tried at the Code of Conduct Tribunal because he emerged senate president against the wishes of some powerful individuals. He said this while addressing members of the senate at their resumed session today September 29th.

"Distinguished Senators, I believe you have all followed with keen interest, my trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. I shall avoid discussing the details of that case here for obvious reasons. But let me say it again, that I am ready and will submit myself to the entire judicial process as provided by law.

Kogi/Bayelsa Elections: CACOL Queries APC’s Choice Of Candidates

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL has queried the propriety of the choice of the two governorship candidates by the All Progressives Congress in Kogi and Bayelsa States.

This came on the heels of the recent emergence of former Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva as candidates of the All Progressives Congress governorship elections scheduled to hold in Kogi and Bayelsa States on 21st November, 2015 and 5th December, 2015 respectively.