EX-CHAD DICTATOR ON TRIAL FOR ATROCITIES IN SENEGAL

Senegal prepared Monday to begin the trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, 25 years after he fled there following an eight-year bloodsoaked reign of terror at home.

Once dubbed “Africa’s Pinochet”, the 72-year-old has been in custody in Senegal since his arrest in June 2013 at the home he shared in an affluent suburb of Dakar with his wife and children.

2 DIE IN LAGOS SALLAH FIRE DISASTERS

Tragedy struck on Friday and Saturday in Lagos State after a 37-year-old man, Lekan Are, and a 15-year-old teenager, Olamilekan Eniola, were killed in separate fire incidents in the state.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Are was burnt to death in the toilet, where he was trapped, after fire engulfed a three-storey building at Olushi, Lagos Island, while Eniola was killed in a fire incident in the Ilasamaja, Oshodi-Isolo area of the state.

EMIR OF KANO SANUSI WEEPS AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday in Kano wept at the Government House, while reflecting on life-after-death.

As beads of tears rolled down the cheeks of the Emir, he reminded his subjects of the need to exhibit good character, honesty, good compassion and transparency while dealing with their compatriots.

NIGERIA IS WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST CONSUMER OF CHAMPAGNE

This is a medal to all the beermongers and the big boys popping champagne every Friday at various clubs, you people achieved this milestone on your own.

POPULAR NOLLYWOOD ACTOR, BRUNO IWUOHA GOES BLIND [PHOTOS]

Nollywood Actor, Bruno Iwuoha Goes Blind, Battles Diabetes, Needs N3.5M For Eyes Surgery.

Nigerian Actor Chief Bruno Iwuoha Goes Blind, Battling Diabetes, Needs N3.5Million For Eyes Surgery.

Veteran actor Bruno Iwuoha was a guest on a radio station in Abuja recently where he opened up on his current battle with a life threatening disease.

50 CENT’S S*X TAPE CASE TO WRAP UP ON MONDAY

50 Cent’s sex tape case will proceed, despite the rapper’s bankruptcy filing this week.
A federal judge in Connecticut has ruled the case against the rap star, real name Curtis Jackson, will resume on Monday.

MAN RENTS ENTIRE 5-STAR HOTEL AS BIRTHDAY TREAT FOR HIS PET

The son of a Chinese billionaire stunned many across the world recently when he hired an entire 5-star hotel just to give his favourite pet, a sea lion, a memorable birthday celebration.

EX- NFL PLAYER'S MISTRESS KIDNAPS WIFE AND KILLS HER BEFORE COMMITTING SUICIDE IN GEORGIA

Former Buffalo Bills NFL player Buster Barnett, messed with the wrong woman. Buster’s mistress of many years, 45 year-old Lisa Brown, took it upon herself to kidnap his wife, 58 year-old Sandra Barnett, and kill her right before committing suicide.

This horrific story comes out of Clayton County Georgia, Where Brown learned of a trip Buster had planned with his wife. Brown wasn’t too happy about them going away together which probably ignited her to go after Mrs. Barnett.

EMMANUEL ADEBAYOR SHARES FIRST MESSAGE TO FELLOW MUSLIM (SEE)

Emmanuel Adebayor has all confirmed his recent conversion to Islam in a new post wishing fellow Muslims a happy Eid Mubarak along with his manner of dressing.

The soccer star shared a message on Instagram along with a photo of himself wearing the popular Arabian white thawb and an ankle-length white shirt. He covered his head with shumagg, a heavy red and white scarf-like head cover

See what he posted below:

ACTOR EMEKA IKE DENIES BEATING HIS WIFE

Like a Nollywood movie, the saga continues in the house of the Ikes. Last week, the internet went agog when news broke that Suzanne, wife of iconic actor, Emeka Ike, filed for divorce in a Lagos court. She claimed that her husband often beat her and when the battering was too much, she decided to leave the house.

NDLEA HAVEN’T INVITED ME –DAVIDO

Pop artiste Davido whose recent work featuring American rapper Meek Mill caught the attention of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency has said he has not been invited by the agency to answer any question.

When the Aye crooner hinted his fans that he was featuring Mill in his song, Fans mi, many knew that the song would be a commercial success. Indeed it became a hit song and shortly after, a video was shot in America for the most recent work.

MOTHER STABS SIX YEAR OLD SON

Six-year-old Promise Eboye, should not be alive, at least going by the four gory looking stab injuries on his back. The boy survived an attack that would have killed even an adult had the injuries been sustained in vital parts of the body.

HOUSEWIFE FINED N50,000 FOR MAKING LOVE WITH LOVER

A 29-year-old house wife, identified simply as Vero, has been accused of infidelity in Irri community, in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Her husband, identified as Ben, on Thursday told the elders of the community that he caught his wife in illicit love affair in an uncompleted building.

MAN ARRESTED FOR STEALING GIRLFRIEND’S WRAPPERS

The police have arrested a 25-year-old man, Ayuba Adamu, for allegedly stealing wrappers belonging to his girlfriend, Alhaja Hajarat Jamiliu.  The police said the Nigerien national also stole a cash sum of N10,000 from Jamiliu.  The incident happened on Market Street, Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State.

RETIRED SOLDIER SENTENCED TO LIFE IN JAIL FOR RAPING 10 YEAR OLD STEP-DAUGHTER

I would like to believe you are thinking - "Why would a retired soldier, a national hero, decend so low ?"  An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.