BATTABOX VIDEO: NIGERIANS in AMERICA - would you ever move back to NIGERIA??

BattaBox asks Nigerians living in America - what would have to change in Nigeria for you to move back home??

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan New Year message to Nigerians

Dear Compatriots,

I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the year 2014 which promises to be a momentous one for our country for several reasons, including the fact that it is also the year of our great nation’s centenary celebrations. I join you all in giving thanks to God Almighty for guiding us and our beloved nation safely through all the challenges of the outgoing year to the beginning of 2014.

President Jonathan’s Christmas Message To Nigerians

Dear Compatriots, 

I greet and felicitate with you all as we celebrate Christmas once again. I join our Christian compatriots and all other Nigerians in giving thanks to God Almighty whose Grace and Benevolence has helped our nation to overcome the many challenges it has had since we celebrated Christmas last year.

The annual commemoration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ is a most auspicious time for us, as individuals and as a nation, to rededicate ourselves to the virtues and ideals which the Messiah preached and exemplified during his earthly ministry.

BATTA BOX VIDEO: Nigerians, have you ever had unprotected SEX?

BattaBox heads out onto the streets of Lagos, Nigeria to ask Nigerians if they have unprotected sex... with some honest, crazy and shocking answers!

See Part II after cut...

4 Nigerians Killed in Benoni, South Africa

Four Nigerians died when a group of men opened fire on them in Benoni, on the East Rand, police said on Friday.

Five men were in a Volkswagen Golf on Thursday evening when a car stopped in front of them, police spokesperson Tim Masilela said.

A group of men got out of the car and opened fire, killing two men in the Golf. A wounded passenger tried to run away, but collapsed and died a few metres from the scene. A fourth man died later in hospital. The fifth man in the car was not hurt.

"The motive behind the shooting is unknown. Police are still investigating," Masilela said.

Last Saturday, three Nigerians were killed in a cellphone shop in Voortrekker Street, Benoni. They were inside the shop when five armed men entered around 18:00, police spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini said at the time.

The five opened fire, killing two of the customers, both 38, inside the shop, and the third man, 40, at the shop door. The gunmen fled in a green BMW. They were also believed to be Nigerians, said Dlamini.

He said the police found spent cartridges at the scene, and a licensed firearm belonging to one of the men who died. Nothing was stolen.

"The motive for the killing is still unknown but a possibility that the victims were a rival group is being investigated," he said.

Culled News24

Battabox Video: Find Out How Many Nigerians Know Nigeria

Do you know the answers to five simple general knowledge questions about the history & current affairs of Nigeria? This week, our Nigeria Gist takes on a different format as we take to the streets of Lagos to ask people to answer five quiz questions... and the prize? A 100 Naira recharge card!! 

"I am thinking of my children's school fees!" laughs one Mama as she thinks about the answer to the first question.

Odunayo asks five questions:

1. Which Nigerian President was publicly assassinated?

2. What is the name of the Lagos Deputy Governor?

3. What is the name of the Nigerian Vice-President?

4. What year did the Nigeria Civil War start?

5. What is the name of the Head-of-State that handed power to democratically elected President Olusegun Obasanjo?

The variety of answers are interesting and give an encouraging insight into how well we know our own country... or how much we want 100 Naira!

The answers are below:

1. Murtala Mohammed

2. Hon. Victoria Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire

3. Architect Namadi Sambo

4. 1967

5. Abdulsalami Abubakar

Nigerians will never learn, Is this Greed, Stupidity or Madness?

Residents scooping kerosene from a fallen tanker at Oshodi. Photo credit: Vanguard News

Stealing kerosene from a tanker after an accident; is it poverty, greed or madness?

Nigerians get Booty-tastic with Kukere and Oliver Twist! CEO Dancers shake the BGT stage - Week 2 Auditions | Britain

The CEO Dancers (2 Nigerian & a South African) tore the stage last night as they danced to Iyanya's Kukere and D'banj's Oliver Twist during the BGT Week 2 audition.

Simon's flirting gets the girls' backs up but the Judges' faces can't stay stony for long. Bombastic CEO Dancers reunite the BGT family and score themselves a full set of YESES.

VIDEO: Nigerians on rampage in Senegal; Burns Embassy

Nigerians in Senegal attacked the Nigerian Embassy which resulted in vandalising the building, furnitures and cars, hoisted flag etc.The alleged reason for the attack was that the Embassy failed to help them get the corpse of a deceased friend.