Denrele denies gay photo shoot with Charley Boy

After it went viral for close to two years, popular Channel O VJ Denrele Edun has emerged to deny locked-lips photos of himself and Charles Oputa saying it is the handiwork of mischief makers.He made this revelation on Sunday, during Channels TV Rubbin Minds where he was a guest.Charly boy and Denrele in controversial photoAccording to Denrele, he never knew where those pictures emanated from and couldn’t have indulged in such a shameful act.And when asked why

Angry passengers block Abuja airport runway

   Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja

Angry passengers on Thursday evening blocked the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, preventing planes from taking-off or landing.

Findings by our correspondent revealed that the blockade was caused by passengers who disembarked from an Arik Air flight that was meant to take them to the Margaret Ekpo Airport, Calabar from Abuja.

According to reports, the flight that had the Cross River State Governor, Liyel Imoke, on board, was denied landing at the Calabar airport at about 5.30pm by the station manager due to safety concerns.

My frustration as a musician – Baba Fryo

Pose crooner Baba Fryo is still around, very much around. Our reporter recently caught up with him in Tedi Village in Ojo Local government area of Lagos and what could you expect? One of Ajegunle’s finest bared it all. Excerpts:WHAT is happening to Baba Fryo?I am living a very simple life and trying to re-arrange myself since my last record label O’jez Music, frustrated me. I am trying to pick up myself again. If you listen to Peter Tosh in one of his songs he said:

ASUU strike: NUT threatens to shut down schools

    NUT National President, Comrade Michael Alogba Olukoya

The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the strike embarked upon by lecturers in the nation’s public universities.

The NUT President, Mr. Michael Olukoya, stated this in Abuja at the end of the union’s meeting, NAN reported.

ASUU, had since July 1, embarked on a strike it described as “comprehensive, total and indefinite.”

The lecturers are protesting against the non-implementation of an agreement they entered into with the Federal Government in 2009.

Pastor, two kids killed as Boko Haram Islamists open fire in church

 Suspected Boko Haram Islamists on Thursday opened fire in a church in Nigeria’s restive northeast, killing the pastor and his two children before setting fire to the building and fleeing, the military said.Boko Haram, which has said it is fighting to create an Islamic state in mainly Muslim northern Nigeria, has repeatedly attacked churches in its four-year insurgency.“Unknown gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists attacked” the church in Yobe state early on

Truck crushes 12 in Ogun

    Scene of the incident
No fewer than six people were feared dead, while six others were critically injured after a tipper driver rammed into roadside traders at old Ota Toll Gate in Ogun State.

 We learnt that the accident, which happened around 11am on Thursday, was caused by brake failure.

Eyewitnesses said the sand-filled tipper marked STOCKINGER STEYR and with number plate JJJ 551 XB, ran into the traders who were selling pepper, oil and bread among others.

An eyewitness said, “The incident happened around 11am. The tipper was coming from Lagos when it had a brake failure.