Soyinka blasts Jonathan -It's An Insult For Me to Share An Award With Abacha

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, was included in the long list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it is an insult for him to be listed alongside the likes of Abacha for the award.
On why he can't share anything with the likes of Abacha, Prof Soyinka said:

Mikel Obi and Genevieve Nnaji co-star in new movie

 

Remember those photos of Genevieve Nnaji and Mikel Obi in South Africa you guys saw a few weeks back and wondered what was going on? Well, the mystery has been unraveled...:-). It's for a movie. Yep, Chelsea football star, Mikel Obi has made his Nollywood debut.

Mikel was actually in SA to star in an inspirational new movie alongside superstar actress Genevieve Nnaji. The new movie is titled

Kidnappers demand N500m ransom to free Pres. Jonathan's uncle

Abductors of Inengite Nitabai, the 70-year old uncle of President Goodluck Jonathan, have demanded a N500m ransom, Sahara Reporters report.
A security source said that the abductors threatened to kill him if the family fails to produce the money. The source also said the family had constituted a committee to evaluate the demand, establish negotiations with the abductors and facilitate his release.
He said the kidnappers had also warned against the involvement of security operatives in the matter.
"The kidnappers contacted the family four days after and demanded a whopping sum of

Muslim extremists cut off a man's hand as punishment for stealing - and posted pics live on Twitter

 
Extremist Syrian organization named ISIS - Islamist State in Iraq and Syria - cut off a man's hand for allegedly stealing and tweeted the event and photos live. Daily Mail UK reports that ISIS claimed the man had asked for the punishment to be carried out in Maskanah, northern Syria, so he could be 'cleansed of his sins' of stealing.