Kolapo Olapoju Based on recent research compiled by the British Council, Nigeria will soon overtake India to become the second biggest source of international postgraduate students in the United Kingdom. The council’s research forecasted that UK will have 241,000 postgraduate international students by 2024, maintaining its position as one of the top two destinations for studying a postgraduate... Read More
by Laila Ibrahim Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has elevated the late Bayero’s son, Aminu Ado Bayero, to the position of Wambai and Ahmad Ado Bayero. Emir Sanusi announced the appointments and reshuffling at his palace over the weekend, saying it became necessary following the death of Tijjani Hashim, Galadiman Kano, which created a... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe It appears there has been some money laundering attempt at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, managed by Sahelian Energy. Last month the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission probed Sahelian Energy for purportedly diverting N670 million of the company’s money to the Fidelity bank account of their sister firm Northwest Power. Incar Power, a... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Even if you are not watching the 2014 edition of the Big Brother reality show, when something sexual occurs in the house, people pay attention. Nigeria’s representative Lilian, is the lead actor in the first major talking point of the Big Brother Africa Hotshots, after she got her ass comprehensively squeezed by Namibian housemate,... Read More
by James Sambo Reports say that the Nigerian Army will arraign 16 soldiers over the abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State on 14 April. The soldiers, three of which are officers and 13 soldiers belonging to other ranks would appear before the General Court Martial at the Maxwell Khobe... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Police officers have rescued a kidnap victim at Okpara in Ethiope East LGA of Delta State. During the rescue operation, one of the suspected kidnappers was shot down, while others fled the scene with bullet wounds. A 39-year-old suspected rapist, Gbenga Anaorin, was also arrested by the police at Okpanam for defiling... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe Femi Falana, SAN, has revealed that several industrialists and elite indigenes of Ekiti State have planned to flee the state, after the inauguration of the Ayo Fayose, the governor-elect. Ayo Fayose defeated incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, to win the governorship election in Ekiti on 21 June, and his swearing-in is billed to hold... Read More
by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, will embark on a one-day official visit to Niamey, Niger Republic today, to participate in an ‘Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.’ According to a statement by Rueben Abati, the president’s spokesperson, “Jonathan and other participating Heads of State and... Read More
by Iyobosa Omorogie Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has granted a total pardon to a 77-year-old man, Dickson Umukoro, and two other condemned inmates in commemoration of the nation’s 54th independence anniversary. The septugenarian, Umukoro had is sentence commuted to freedom on grounds of age, health challenge and good conduct in Prison. He was convicted on... Read More
by Mark Bassey Chelsea FC coach, Jose Mourinho has gotten an impressive commendation from one of his former players. Paris Saint-Germain forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Mourinho is the most intelligent coach he has ever worked with throughout his career. The ‘Special One’ was boss at Inter Milan, during the 2008-09 season, when Ibrahimovic finished as... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju American, John O’Keefe and Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, 6 October, for discovering the brain’s ‘internal positioning system’, which assists human beings in finding their way and giving clues to how strokes and Alzheimer’s affect the brain. The Nobel Assembly awarded the... Read More
by Jewel Stephen Over the weekend, the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through its implementing agency, Lagos State Electricity Board [LSEB] launched the improved version of its mobile app, the Lagos Energy Calculator. This version of the mobile app has been improved based on feedback from an earlier soft launch in June... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Nigerian superstars, Psquare have gone into partnership with international beer brand, Skol, to be its face in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries. The pair, who are still basking in the euphoria of their recently released 6th record, ‘Double Trouble’, have kicked off their world tour, and recently performed... Read More
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by Damilola Jagun An Australian chef, Marcus Volke, killed his girlfriend, chopped her and boiled parts of her body, and slashed his throat when police tried to arrest him. The Chef’s victim is an Indonesian woman, Mayang Prasetyo. Police had visited his apartment in Brisbane on the night of Saturday, 4 October, after other residents... Read More
by Temitope Onitiju A Colombian woman has been hospitalized after a potato, which she used as a contraceptive, began to germinate and grow roots inside her. According to Colombia Reports, the mother of the 22-year-old woman had advised her to insert a potato into her vagina, as a technique to prevent pregnancy She said, “My mum... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Following the guest house building collapse in his church premises on 12 September, Temitope Balogun Joshua, the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All of Nations (SCOAN) has sent money and other items to the families of the 84 South African victims killed in the tragedy. On Sunday, 5 October, South... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The family of Ini Edo’s estranged husband has allegedly reacted to the actress’ recent Tweets – which confirmed the end of her marriage to Phillip Ehiagwina and absolved her of any blame in the collapse of the union. The Nollywood star had tweeted that she didn’t cheat on her husband as opposed to what... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe Officers of the Edo state police command have arrested a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), on the grounds of forging the letter headed paper of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the signature of Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina, the chairman of the UNIBEN chapter... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Barely three weeks after $9.3 million(N1,528,920,000) in cash transported by two Nigerians and an Israeli for arms purchase was seized at a Johannesburg airport, yet another US$5.7 million(N952 million) arms money from Nigeria, has been reportedly seized by South African authorities. A South African news publication, ‘City Express’, reported this on Monday,... Read More
by Temitope Onitiju A new kind of protection, ‘scrotal condom’, has been developed by two entrepreneurs based in Atlanta, U.S, to cover the entire crotch area during sex, to reduce the risk of catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Scroguard is worn with a condom and reduces skin to skin contact, which will lower the risk of... Read More
by Mark Bassey Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, has called up Dolphins forward, Emem Eduok as replacement for Stoke striker, Victor Moses, who was forced off after only 18 minutes of Stoke’s 3-1 defeat at Sunderland on Saturday, 4 October. Eduok played a minor role in Nigeria’s Flying Eagles’ campaign at the 2013 World Youth Championship held in... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Ghanaian actress and talk-show host, Joselyn Dumas says she ‘absolutely loves’ her Nigerian colleague, Genevieve Nnaji. In a recent interview, the endowed actress, who is the face of Range Rover E-vogue in her country, gushed about her delight to be on the same platform as Nnaji, who is the ambassador for the brand... Read More
by Damilola Jagun Education in Nigeria is in dangerous waters, as a result of outdated curriculum, poor infrastructure and facilites, and worse of all, incompetent teachers. It is a common occurence to find Primary and Secondary school pupils who cannot string together a full sentence in English, a serious cause for alarm. It becomes more... Read More
by Damilola Jagun In Nigeria, and sveral other parts of the world for that matter, beauty seems to earn more reward than brains. It becomes extremely discouraging for youths who are holed up in the library or laboratory studying hard, when someone who probably has little or no brain tend to get a lot more... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Fresh facts have emerged about the divorce controversy surrounding the founder of Believers love World (Christ Embassy), Pastor Chris Oyakhilome and enstranged wife, Anita Oyakhilome. Anita had filed for divorce from Pastor Chris in a London court, citing “unreasonable behaviour” by her husband, as the grounds for seeking dissolution of their 20-year-old... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The Nigerian policeman; the scruffy officer in weathered, formerly black uniforms. The men and women whose task is to protect and serve but turnaround to exploit and scare. The wide-eyed, hungry looking semi-literate officers. The gun toting recipients of uncountable 50 naira notes. The Police, who used to be ‘our friend’, but... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe The Director of ‘Code of Conduct Bureau, in Ekiti State, Akinfolarin Feyisola, has instructed Governor Kayode Fayemi to declare his end of tenure assets before the expiration of his tenure, without fail. On Sunday, 5 October, Feyisola said that all public officers had been duly informed about the assets declaration directive. He stated that the... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe Tunde Olatunji, the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), in Osun State, has declared that members of the party in the state will not emulate the recent defection of Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to the Peoples Democratic Party. Olatunji made the statement on Friday, 3 October, in Osogbo, where he... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, has stated that the problems and enormous challenges facing Nigeria as a nation, can be traced back to 1914, during the colonial rule of the British empire. Carrington says the colonial administrator at that time, Sir Frederick Lord Lugard, is directly responsible for... Read More
by Mark Bassey They are old foes and probably will always be. On a sunny afternoon in West London, where Chelsea stretched their lead at the summit of the English Premier League by 5 points, it was more than obvious that there is no love lost between Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger. Edin Hazard netted... Read More
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