Day: 29 December 2012

December 29, 2012

Covenant University expels 200 students for not attending ‘departure service’, smoking, other offences

Students beg, Parents react… School declines comment I’m not aware — Prof Okojie, NUC boss About 200 students may have been expelled by the authorities of Covenant University, Cannanland, Ota,…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Okonjo-Iweala kidnap: “We didn’t take part in paying a ransom” – Police CP

… As villagers protest abduction of their children  New leader bolts with N1 million… Police arrest kidnapper days after forming new group ---------------------------- The 10-man kidnap gang, which abducted Prof.…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Hat tip Poko: Tonto Dikeh named Nollywood’s Most Controversial Actress of the Year

by Rachel Ogbu Nollywood actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh is named Vanguard’s controversial Actress of the Year 2012. In a report, Dikeh was the actress who rocked Nollywood with controversy…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Big Sean enjoys a ride in D’banj’s Aston Martin convertible in Lagos

by Rachel Ogbu   Big Sean enjoyed a bit of sight-seeing in Lagos recently just before he performed at the Koko Concert. With the roof down, he sat next to…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

“I’m sorry, I’m really very sorry”: Former ‘Redeemed’ pastor severely apologises for criticising Adeboye

by Rachel Ogbu Bankole Solomon, a former pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has apologised for criticising the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye last week.…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

‘My madam broke my left hand, took a razor blade & tore my private part’ – 10-year-old maid recounts horrific ordeal

A middle aged woman, simply identified as Uchenna is cooling her feet at the Onitsha Police Area Command for breaking her maid’s hand and tearing her private part with razor…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

RIP: Victim of horrific Indian bus gang-rape dies in Singapore; 6 men to face murder charges

The body of the victim of the gang-rape is moved out of the hospital A woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi has died at…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: The drones are coming – are you ready? (YNaija FrontPage)

by Temie Giwa When sophisticated robots fight wars, the collateral of such wars are often normal people; young fathers and little girls who wake to the rage of a people…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Azazi/Yakowa Crash: Navy helicopter was actually released to pick the husband of the minister of defence [UPDATE]

The husband of the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Felix Obada, escaped death by a whisker at Ogbia in Bayelsa State on Dec. 15, 2012. An investigation showed that…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Opinion: The way we acquire and share knowledge is changing

Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Although many people have fears about these electronic alternatives and even some erroneously think an end to books would be the demise of literature, the bitter fact…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Dele Momodu: My condolence, Mr. President

by Dele Momodu   Sir, when such occurrences happen, with the current rapidity, I believe it is time to look inwards. We must take a comprehensive glimpse at our home…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Don’t bring calamity on our land – Azazi’s kinsmen warn Gov. Dickson, insist he must be buried at Peretorugbene

Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

“OPC beat me with wood, they were about to set me on fire” – Man recounts narrow escape from lynch mob

In an attempt to escape arrest by a team of policemen on patrol on the LASU-Isheri Expressway on Wednesday, a robbery suspect, Godwin Ibe, narrowly escaped death in the hands…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Kogi governor ‘seriously’ injured in car crash, rushed to Abuja hospital

Governor Wada Idris of Kogi State was involved in a ghastly automobile crash on Friday afternoon. The accident claimed the life of his aide-de-camp, Idris Mohammed, on the spot. Mohammed…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Opinion: The curse of the Nigerian ‘Big G’ God

by Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun The narrow, dirt streets in southern cities like Aba and Port Harcourt are lined with zinc and wood structures with motorcycles parked in front of them and worshipers dancing…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

Oyedepo’s “cynical exploitation”, Farouk vs Otedola & more: See our list of the Top 12 scandals of 2012

  by Wilfred Okiche Another year, another bevy of scandals and 2012 was no different. Whether it was the back and forth between a certain billionaire business man and a…

Read More Arrow
December 29, 2012

No plan for any increase in fuel price- Presidency

by Rachel Ogbu Nigerians can drop their pitch forks and torches set for January 2013 fuel hike as the president has assured Nigerians that there were no plans to increase…

Read More Arrow
cool good eh love2 cute confused notgood numb disgusting fail