KERRY WASHINGTON: SCANDAL ACTRESS HAS AN IGBO NAME - OGECHI

Kerry Washington "Ogechi" is her new name and that's because she is married to an Igbo man! The 'Scandal' actress disclosed her new middle name in her interview with InStyle Magazine March 2015 issue. Kerry who got married to former NFL star, Nnamdi Asomugha in July 2013, told InStyle that her new name, Ogechi, was given to her by her mother-in-law. "Nnamdi’s parents are Nigerian immigrants.

HACKERS STEAL $1BN IN WORLD'S BIGGEST BANK RAID

A new report has revealed that up to 100 banks and financial institutions worldwide have been attacked in an "unprecedented cyber robbery". According to a report by computer security firm Kaspersky Lab, about $1bn has been stolen in a series of attack that started in 2013 and still ongoing. According to the computer security firm, a cybercriminal gang named Carbanak, with members

POPE FRANCIS: THE BLOOD OF OUR BROTHERS CRIES OUT - PONTIFF CONDEMNS CHRISTIAN KILLINGS IN LIBYA

Pope Francis on Monday condemned the killing of twenty-one Egyptian Coptic Christians hostages by Islamic State militants in Libya, according to a Vatican Radio report. “The blood of our Christian brothers is a witness that cries out,”  he told a delegation from Scotland on Monday. “If they are Catholic, Orthodox, Copts, Lutherans, it is not important: They are Christians. The blood is the same: It is the blood which confesses Christ.” The hostages, said to be laborers from Egypt, are now “martyrs,” Francis said.

IYANYA: FANS REACT TO PHOTO THAT MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE A DWARF

Iyanya, artiste of Made Men Music Group shared one of his famous shirtless photos on his Instagram. Unfortunately for him, the expected response which was to be ladies drooling over him didn't quite go as he planned. The picture looked a little weird, making Iyanya look like what one of the comments said 'a midget on steriods'. Notice how small his arms look compared to the rest of his body.

FULANI HERDSMEN ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY

Three Fulani herdsmen who decided to abandon their trade of tending their cows and instead pursue a life of crime, have been arrested the police in Sabo area of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, for armed robbery. The suspects, Haruna Ibrahim, Usman Burani and Haruna Usman, according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), Muyiwa Adejobi, were arrested while robbing commuters and other road users on Igboora and Ayetoro roads of the state.

29-YR-OLD CLEARING AGENT SAYS WIFE BEWITCHED HIM TO RAPE 7-YR-OLD GIRL

In what can be seen as a funny excuse for committing a crime, a 29-year-old clearing and forwarding agent whose name was given as Uchenna, it was his wife's fault that he raped a 7-year-old girl who lives in the same compound with his family.The incident which happened at the Afromedia area of Okokomaiko, Lagos State, has seen Uchenna who is being detained by the Okoko Police Station, blaming his wife for his misdemeanor. According to the Sun Newspaper, the Abia State born Uchenna said that his wife bewitched him into committing the atrocious crime.