Kerosene explosion claims life of 15-year-old boy in Benin

A kerosene explosion that ignited a fire outbreak in Benin has claimed the life of a 15-year-old boy.

It was a tale of tears and sorrow as a 15-year-old boy was killed in a kerosene explosion that occurred on Thursday in Benin, the Edo State capital.

The incident which took place in the Textile Mill area of the city, also affected a woman, Loveth Odeh and her 5-year-old son whose name was given as Wisdom, as they suffered several degrees of burns from the fire that followed the explosion and are being treated at the Benin Central Hospital.

Nigeria unrest: Kano mosque attack 'kills dozens'

Dozens have been killed in a gun and bomb attack during Friday prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the Nigerian city of Kano, reports say.

Many more people have been hurt, with one rescue official putting casualty figures at just under 200.

The Central Mosque is where the influential Muslim leader, the Emir of Kano, usually leads prayers.

The emir recently called for people to arm themselves against Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

The group has been waging an insurgency in Nigeria since 2009 and has killed more than 2,000 people this year, rights groups say.

Jamie Cooper-Hohn wins £337m in High Court divorce case

The American wife of a London financier has been awarded £337m by a High Court judge in a divorce case.

Sir Chris Hohn and Jamie Cooper-Hohn, founders of the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, had fought over assets said to be worth more than £700m.

The sum is thought to be the biggest of its kind made by a judge in England after the couple separated following 17 years of marriage.

Details emerged after a draft ruling was given to the pair's legal teams.

Chinese Woman Kills 6 Different Partners For Inheritance

Chisako Kakehi has lost six different husbands and boyfriends to mysterious deaths since 1994 and has garnered wealth running into millions of dollars from insurance and inheritance.

A 67-year-old woman, Chisako Kakehi, was on Wednesday, November 19 arrested in China on suspicion of killing her husband, her seventh partner to have died mysteriously.

Chisako Kakehi was arrested on the suspicion that she poisoned her late husband with cyanide. Isao Kakehi, who was Chisako’s fourth husband, suddenly fell sick at home before he was confirmed dead at a hospital in December 2013, less than two months after the couple married. An autopsy found highly toxic cyanide compounds in his blood.

Suicide Bomber’ Burnt Alive In Gombe State

The man was said to have arrived the Gombe Line Motor Park at about 1pm today, November 18, with a sack which he dropped after refusing to be searched by the personnel at the gate.

A man suspected to be a suicide bomber has been set ablaze by an angry mob in Gombe State.

The man was said to have arrived the Gombe Line Motor Park at about 1pm today, November 18, with a sack which he dropped after refusing to be searched by the personnel at the gate.

10 Things to Know for Friday

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Friday:

1. WHAT'S NEXT CHALLENGE FOR OBAMA ON IMMIGRATION

He'll have to sell the politics and the policy of his go-it-alone strategy while he is at one of the lowest points in his presidency.

2. ANOTHER COSBY ACCUSER COMES FORWARD

A Florida woman is the fourth in recent weeks to say the comic gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually.

Okocha questions Eagles’ passion

Former Nigeria captain, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has questioned the level of passion among current players of the Super Eagles following their exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.

The reigning champions failed to qualify for the 2015 finals after drawing 2-2 with South Africa in Uyo on Wednesday, marking a second exit before the tournament proper in three editions.

South African defender Eric Mathoho (L) tries to stop Nigerian attacker Ahmed Musa during the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying football match between Nigeria and South Africa at Akwa Ibom stadium in Uyo, Nigeria, on November 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO - See more at:

And while Stephen Keshi’s future has already been called into question, Okocha believes the players have to take some of the responsibility too.

“To be honest, we will always produce talented players. But perhaps the question is whether they have the same passion that we used to have,” Okocha said, adding, “sometimes it seems as if they don’t really care much about the result.”

At least 45 dead in suspected Boko Haram attack in Borno - See more at:

Maiduguri – At least 45 people were killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack in northeast Nigeria, officials and witnesses said on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the restive region.

The attack happened in the village of Azaya Kura in the Mafa area of Borno state on Wednesday, the caretaker chairman of Mafa local government area, Shettima Lawan said, calling it “wicked and despicable”.

Village chief Mallam Bulama said: “We counted 45 bodies at the end of the attack.”

But other residents said more may have died after they fled into the bush.

Mafa, which is about 50 kilometres (30 miles) east by road from the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, and the surrounding area has been repeatedly attacked by the Islamist insurgents.

Jennifer Aniston’s Hot Winter Frock – Yours For £25!

You don’t need us to tell you that Jennifer Aniston loves an LBD, but the glossy-haired starlet has updated her signature fashion formula for winter, and we like it.

 

Jen hit the New York screening of her new film Cake in a very on-trend monochrome tartan sixties shift dress, adding to the retro vibe with a pair of suede knee boots. A perennial winter wardrobe favourite, tartan reigns supreme again this season thanks to designers like Jean Paul Gaultier and Simone Rocha, and a monochrome colour palette updates the print while ticking off two trend boxes in one go. Erm, that’s what we’d call a no-brainer buy.

CBN grants N2bn for SMEs in Delta State

ASABA—Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, rolled out a N2 billion Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSMEs, Development Fund in Delta State as part of its effort to alleviate poverty in the state.

Speaking at the ceremony in Asaba, the CBN governor, Mr Godwin Emefieli, said that the Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, credit funds were recognised worldwide as a catalyst for poverty alleviation, job creation and all-inclusive economic growth.

Emefieli noted that the fund was introduced by the apex bank to help address challenges facing SMEs in the country, adding: “The fund is meant to help those entrepreneurs with brilliant business ideas but lacking the necessary funds to succeed.”

Nigeria army 'retakes Chibok' from Boko Haram

The Nigerian army says it has recaptured the north-eastern town of Chibok, which was seized by Boko Haram militants on Thursday.

 Boko Haram fighters kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls from the village in April, sparking global outrage.

The group, which says it is fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, has repeatedly targeted villages in Borno state in recent months.

10 Important things you need to know for today!

1. U.S., CHINA MAKE KEY CLIMATE CHANGE PLEDGES

The world's top two polluters agree on taking ambitious action to limit greenhouse gases, setting an example for other nations one year before key negotiations in Paris.

2. WEALTHY NATIONS' SUMMIT TO FOCUS ON GLOBAL GROWTH

Amid sluggish economic conditions, the G-20 summit in Australia is zeroing in on boosting the world's GDP by $2 trillion.

Jet crash in Bahamas kills 9; prominent pastor Myles Munroe among the dead

A jet crashed Sunday near Freeport, on the island of Grand Bahama, killing all nine people on board, authorities said.

The aircraft hit a crane at the Freeport Ship Yard and crashed into a nearby "junk site," police said.

No U.S. agencies are involved, and the Royal Bahamas Police Force is handling the investigation, a police spokesman said.

Police have not released the victims' identities, but Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie said pastor Myles Munroe and his wife Ruth were among the victims.

Todays Music Is Evil– Terry G

Terry G has been in the music industry for just six years, yet he has created his own brand of street music. Born Gabriel Amanyi, the Apako master has also delved into the water-packaging business and in this chat with SAMUEL ABULUDE, the talented musician from Benue State bares his mind on his brand and how his creativity was borne out of frustration. This is vintage Terry G.

What has Terry G been up to?

I have been working. Recently, I opened a factory where water is packaged for sale. We started last month and it has been good. We have some trucks now and we are planning to add more before the year ends. As for the music part, I’m dropping a video soon as it is characteristic of Terry G; I always drop 3 videos a year. We also just shot a video for one of my artistes.

2015: Nigeria Sitting On a Time Bomb – Ambassador Hagher

 

The immediate past Nigerian High Commissioner to Canada, Professor Iyorwuese  Hagher, has warned that Nigeria is sitting on a time bomb as the 2015 general elections approach.

Hagher, the executive director of the African Leadership Institute in Dayton Ohio, USA who made this warning in a review of his new book titled: “Diverse but not broken”, added that six conditions were present and prevalent in Nigeria, a country he described to be sitting on a ‘ticking bomb.”