Reading Nigeria news online on Naij.com

It is no secret that Nigeria undergoes the fast process of development. Today this country is no longer on the outskirts of the world. In fact, it has become one of the largest newsmakers in Africa. Its economy has outgrown the one of South Africa and it is becoming one of the key affluent players in this region.

This is one reason why I have decided to write about the Naij.com and the importance of finding the latest Nigerian news on Naij. The other reason is that Nigeria is the country I love the best and presently living miles and miles away from it I still daily look up the latest Nigerian news online.

UK Woman Narrates How Nigerian Groom Confessed He Only Married Her For A Visa

Sales assistant Deana Charles has narrated her experience of a sham marriage starting from when she found her Nigerian groom texting another woman just half an hour after their wedding. She forgave him then, but couldn't overlook it when one year later, she found explicit messages he exchanged with another woman. When she confronted him, he admitted he only married her for a visa.

“My whole world came crashing down when I found out my marriage was a fake. I loved Ben with all my heart. We’d made loads of plans for the future and he seemed desperate to start a family."

Read the rest of the story as reported by The Sun UK below...

Woman Tries To Smuggle Groceries Worth $100 In Her Vagina From Walmart Store?

I couldn't believe my eyes when I read the news that Holly Fray was arrested after she attempted to smuggle up to $100 worth of groceries out of a WalMart store by hiding them in her vagina! I just had to confirm if it was real news, because let's face it, how deep/wide/big can one vagina be? It turns out to be a hoax and all competely fake and made up.

Snopes calls this report a work of fiction. The damning part of the story is that the picture of "Holly Fray" [above] included with the article is actually a photograph of California death row inmate Janeen Marie Snyder. Snopes also found out the article was first published by Empire News, and was then republished by viral web sites including Huzlers and Daily Viral Stuff. Empire News is a fake news website whose disclaimer states that all articles are "intended for entertainment purposes only." Read the funny story below...

Woman Discovers She's 8 Months Pregnant - After Boyfriend Felt Baby Kick

Abby Wake was surprised to learn last week that she is eight months pregnant. The California woman had no idea she was pregnant until her boyfriend Gorman felt a kick and an ultrasound at a hospital revealed she was 32 weeks along.  She said she and her boyfriend believed she was just a little bloated. Wake is lactose intolerant and has an irregular period, and thought movements in her tummy were from gas.

Her Australian boyfriend Jarryd Gorman was the one who finally suspected pregnancy after he felt Wake's stomach at a concert. Dr. Payman Joseph confirmed the baby news to the surprised couple, saying “it is more common than most people think." The doctor however added that Wake is “very thin compared to a lot of the other women that I’ve seen this in."

The couple is taking the news in stride, with Wake using a GoFundMe page to raise money for a "virtual baby shower." Writing as the unborn baby, the page started thus;

Eye-popping Facts About The Mayweather-Pacquiao Fight - Tickets, Betting, Cash Winnings!

The highly anticipated fight between boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao is happening today and some of there are some eye-popping facts and figures emerging about the bout! Like the picture above shows, some people paid upwards of half a million dollars for tickets to watch the match live. Also, it has been reported that the betting on the fight is unprecedented.

Men Are The Biggest Gossips + Gossiping Is Good For You

Men cannot keep a secret - and are now worse gossips than women, according to a study last year. Researchers have found that, contrary to the assumption that women can't wait to spill the beans, it is men who are first to pass on confidential information.

Thanks to social media, men no longer wait to see their mates in the pub and typically share a secret within three hours, the study found. And almost half of men admit to blabbing about a secret within minutes of first being told about it. In comparison, women will keep it to themselves for at least three and a half hours before passing it on.

African Husband Threatens Hunger Strike After 88-Year-Old UK Wife Is Remanded in Care Home

Ousman Jatta, 45, married British Beryl in the Gambia, when they were 32 and 75 years old respectively. The couple moved to the UK 9 years ago and Ousman soon took up a job as a store secrity officer. He has remained devoted to his much older wife who has since declined in health and developed dementia.

The much younger man, who is his wife's primary carer, received an emotional blow after he took her to a care home for respite - and social workers refused to hand her back. The devoted hubby dropped her off at a care home in February for respite while he took a well-deserved three-week break to his homeland. But when came back to the UK and went to pick her up, he was told social services had intervened and ruled his dementia-suffering wife couldn't return home with him.

Chibok Girls? Nigerian Military Finds Almost 300 Girls & Women in Sambisa Forest

The official Twitter account of the Nigerian military above has just put out a three-tweet series of announcement saying they have found 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest. They say they cannot officially confirm if the girls found are the same ones who were abducted from their school in Chibok community in April last year as they are yet to be profiled. My hope is that there are some of them among the group, but it is great that these women are now free! Great news! See the full tweets below...

15 Year Old Forced Into Prostitution To Pay Her Kidnappers Before She Was Released

Precious Nwaigwe, the 15-year-old schoolgirl, who disappeared on her way back to school about a year ago, has said she was trafficked to Libya and forced into prostitution to pay the Libyan pimp who bought her from the kidnappers. She lamented that after paying the money, she was again used as collateral for a 500 Libyan dinars (N50,000) loan by the kidnapper's liaison in Libya before she was finally able to return home.

She added that her abductors conducted pregnancy tests on her three different times, which were negative, and that she saw more than 1,000 Nigerian girls, who were also forced to work for the money paid by the pimps to the human traffickers.

Nigerian Woman Steals £17,000 From Employers For Luxury Wedding and Honeymoon

A Nigerian woman in the UK has been convicted after she started embezzling money from the firm where she worked on her second day in the job to fund a luxury wedding. Gabrielle Yinka Saunders, 32, used company credit cards to pay more than £10,000 for her wedding reception venue, as well as over £5,000 for a honeymoon in the Seychelles.

According to DailyMail, Saunders, now known as Gabriella Osborne since her wedding to David Osborne, got married at Belair House in Dulwich last September. She was arrested at Heathrow when she returned from the honeymoon. However, the fraudster has been spared jail even though a court heard that she had been convicted of fraud twice previously.

Thousands Sign Petition Against US Based Doctor Who Champions Igbo Massacre In Lagos

Before the governorship elections earlier this month, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, made some remarks to visiting Igbo leaders in Lagos, threatening the lives of Igbos if they did not vote according to his wishes. This led to an online tribal storm as Yorubas and Igbos squared off against each other.

At that time, a Texas based cardiologist, Adeniran Abraham Ariyo, shared Oba Akiolu's post with accompanying comments that seemed to promote the slaughter of Igbo people in Lagos, like the xenophobic attacks currently going on in South Africa. He also added that they would get the same treatment in Abuja because of how they felt their business success should lead to political influence.

Ondo Begins Spiritual Cleansing to Appease Gods For Epidemic - What Role Public Health?

A community of Ondo state is reported to have today begun the process of cleansing their land in a bid to appease the gods over a plague believed to have been brought to them by some persons who desecrated and stole from their shrine. The deadly illness that hit the community has killed at least 14 people so far.

The Ondo state commissioner for Information had earlier announced that the illness and sudden death is connected to an exhumed corpse. That the people who've died so far were those who had contact with the people who exhumed the corpse. But some people believe it is more than simply possible contact with pathogens in a decomposing body.

#TIME100 Lists Boko Haram's Shekau, Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili & Chimamanda Adichie

#TIME100 is TIME magazine's just released it's 2015 list of the Most Influential People around the world. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau made it among the Nigerians included, along with the president-elect Muhammadu Buhari, Oby Ezekwesili, and Chimamanda Adichie. For those wondering why these people were listed, read their citations below..

Nanny Who Kidnapped Orekoya Boys Arrested, Family Claim They Paid Ransom

Mary Akinloye, the newly employed nanny who kidnapped the three Orekoya boys has been arrested, and that is her picture above. Speaking on Channels TV this morning, the Lagos state Police Commissioner, Kayode Aderanti, said she was arrested yesterday night but did not say where she was arrested. The woman claims to be 23 years old but the photos do not seem to support her claims.

However, in a turn of events, the story the family is telling is quite different from that proferred by the police yesterday, While the police said no ransom was paid and technology aided in finding the boys, the father of the children's mother says they paid a ransom and that was how they were released.

Mom of Orekoya Children Weeps As Deadline For Ransom Passes & Kids Still Missing [Video]

Today makes it 5 days since 11 months old Aderomola Orekoya and his older brothers, Adedamola Orekoya, 4, and Demola Orekoya, 6, were kidnapped by a newly employed nanny from their home. Some days after the kidnapping, the kidnappers contacted the family to ask for a N13million ransom within 2 days or they will loose their kids forever.

The heartbroken and tearful mother says they can not afford that amount in this emotional video that just emerged today. She also mentions that though she has provided account details for a donation drive online, the response has not been encouraging. Watch video and see her call for help on Facebook below....

Woman Died After Childbirth At Eko Hospital Due to Negligence - Petition

A few days ago, the death was reported of Dolapo Adesanya, who had passed away after a complicated delivery at Eko Hospital in Lagos. Many blamed the hospital for what they called an avoidable death. A petition was even started which has received over 1,300 signatures as at today. The petition stated that negligence by Staff of Eko Hospital, Lagos resulted in the death of Dolapo Adesanya, and called on the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to sanction the Hospital.

A friend of the family who was close the events leading up to Dolapo's death wrote an article questioning the ethics of the hospital and calling for an investigation of what he termed negligence. Read below the statement from the hospital as well as other interested parties who have put out their own version of what is believed to have led to the death of the young mother of three. May her soul rest in peace...

#JodiArias Sentenced To Life In Prison Without Parole For Boyfriend's Murder

#JodiArias was arrested in 2008 after the graphic murder of her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, and has now been sentenced to life in prison without parole, after a long and difficult legal process. The judge called the crime "especially cruel" during the sentencing in court today. Alexander's body was discovered in his Arizona, home with a shot in the head and stabbed nearly 30 times. His throat had been cut from ear to ear.

Arias first said she had not been present when he was murdered, then when DNA proved she was lying, she said there had been a home invasion by two unknown killers. She finally admitted to the heinous act during the trial, with her lawyers claiming that Travis Alexander was a violent womanizer, and that she had killed him in self-defense during a domestic argument.

Chinese Teen Has Extreme Plastic Surgery To Look White and Get Back Boyfriend

A 15-year-old Chinese girl in Henan is in the news after reports say she underwent extensive plastic surgery to look white and win back an ex boyfriend. Instead of an expected uproar on her surgery photos, many find it disturbing that her after surgery pictures are very popular, having been received with a wave of enthusiastic admiration on Chinese social media.

According to reports, the young girl's account on Chinese social media platform Weibo, which states her birthday is May, 1999, has a shocking 400,000 followers. Her fans commented on her photos that she is "too beautiful to look at" and that her pointed chin and snow-white skin had made her a "snake spirit," a reference to one of the most popular folk legends in China. See more photos below...

Couple Arrested For Selling 'Golden Tickets to Heaven' They Say Jesus Gave To Them

A couple ,Tito and Amanda Watts were arrested over the weekend for selling fake “golden tickets to heaven” to hundreds of people. The couple, who sold the tickets on the street for $99.99 per ticket, told buyers the tickets were made from solid gold and each ticket reserved the buyer a spot in heaven, they simply had to present the ticket at the pearly gates and they'll get in.

Groom Walks Out Of Arranged Marriage & Throws Himself Into a River After Seeing 'Ugly' Bride

A groom has tried to kill himself after seeing his "ugly"  bride for the first time during the ceremony for their arranged marriage. Kang Hu, 33, claimed the bride Na Sung, 30, would be "bad for his image" after he walked out of the ceremony and threw himself in a nearby river.

The 33-year-old had stunned guests at the wedding in the city of Shiyan, in central China,when he apologised to his bride before telling her she was "too ugly".