Xmas cow goes wild, injures man in Onitsha - Daily Sun

A middle-aged man trading at the Onitsha main market, Obinna Adimora has been admitted into aprivate hospital following injuries inflicted on him by a Christmas cow in Awada area of Onitsha yesterday. Trouble started for Obinna when tenants in a commercial building located in Ben Aghaeze Street contributed money and bought a live cow for Christmas merriment. Daily Sun gathered that the cow was purchased at the popular Ugwuoba cattle market near Awka at the cost of N120, 000 while the tenants planned to kill the cow on December 25 morning and the meat shared in equal proportion among the contributors.

LAGOS EXPLOSION UPDATE: At Least 1 Dead, Dozens Injured

Reports coming in from Lagos revealed that at least one person is dead and dozens injured as fireworks explosion rocked Lagos Island on Wednesday morning. The incident, which affected three buildings located at Okoya/Ojogiwa, Lagos Island, Lagos, occurred at about 8:00am. It was gathered that trouble started when a locked-up shop under one of the three buildings stocked with fireworks popularly called 'bangers' suddenly exploded and went up in flames.

Revealed: Chris Brown Was Paid $1 Million For Lagos Concert

Popular singer Chris Brown was paid at least $1m (about N156m) to travel down to Lagos with a 15 man crew last week, NET investigations have revealed. The Grammy-winning singer stopped over in South Africa, for concerts in Cape Town and Jo'burg, before heading down to Lagos for the show. The Lagos event, built into Brown's on-going world tour, was organised by Kilimanjaro Events - same company that promoted RickRoss and Anita Baker in the past. Financial details were not made public, but it was discovered that Oando boss Wale Tinubu was a major financier, as well as Etisalat, which provided last minute sponsorship.

Ukraine Police Helicopter Crashes, Killing 5

A police helicopter belonging to Ukraine's Interior Ministry crashed shortly after takeoff Tuesday in the central part of the country, killing five people on board, officials said. The Mi-8 helicopter slammed into the ground at about 1400 GMT (9 a.m. EST) just after taking off from an airport in the city of Alexandriain the Kirovograd region, about 320 kilometers (200 miles) southeast of the capital, Kiev, ministry spokesman Serhiy Burlakov said.

27 dead as Kazakhstan military plane crashed near Shymkent

A military plane carrying senior Kazakh security officials has crashed in the south of the country, killing all those on board. Officials said 27 people were on the flight, including border service officers and their acting head, Turganbek Stambekov. The plane went down near the city of Shymkent and was completely destroyed. The plane disappeared from radar just before 19:00 local time (13:00 GMT), KTK TV said.

SSS Nabs Okonjo’s Abductors In Bank; Suspects Arrested With N15m MARKED MONEY From The N40m Ransom Paid For Her Release

Operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) have arrested six of the abductors of Prof. Keneme Okonjo , mother of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala . Prof. Chukwuka Okonjo was kidnapped on December 9, 2012 at the palace of the traditional ruler. The victim was released on December 14. But in a bid tounravel those behind the kidnapping, arrests were made by the police, Army and men of the SSS.

Breaking News: Many Injured in Fresh Kano Bomb Blast

Bomb explosion has hit Agangra beer market in Badawa area of Kano metropolis killing unconfirmed number of people, injuring many. This is coming barely 24 hours after two coordinated bomb attacks which targeted the offices of two major telecoms providers Airtel and MTN at the Malam Kato Square area of the ancient city, leaving three people dead, a security officer and the two suicide bombers.