by S’ola Filani 173 Turkish passengers escaped death by whiskers at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, on Wednesday night (11pm), when a Turkish Airline plane caught fire while fueling. It took the prompt intervention of the fire service at the airport to avert what could have been a major disaster. An airport personnel...
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by S’ola Filani Do wonders cease? Suspected armed robbers have sent out letters to residents of Elerinko Estate in Ijoko-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, informing them of an impending attack. The suspected robbers pasted the notification letter of their impending visit to the estate last Saturday and advised the residents in...
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by Olorunwa Lawal The Executive Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation will meet at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja today. Among other issues, the 13-member Committee is set to review Nigeria’s participation, and performance, in the recently –concluded 2014 FIFA World Cup finals in Brazil; appraise the preparation of the U-20 Women National Team, Falconets,...
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by Emma Chidiogo For the first time since Sanusi Lamido Sanusi became the Emir of Kano, he met up with President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday, 23 July at the Presidential villa. Sanusi was part of a delegation of traditional rulers from northern Nigeria led by Sultan of Sokoto, Dr. Sa’ad Abubakar III that visited the President to...
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by S’ola Filani Are you one of those people who criticize Davido for his grandiose show of wealth on social media- from his luxury cars to his jewellery to his jet set lifestyle? Well, the 21 year old certified Omo Baba Olowo has a few words for you “I don’t call it flaunting of wealth....
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By Emmanuel Chidiogo The rapid movement of the world into a digital age, is slowly catching up with Africa. Analogue TV, a major transmitted signal for 90 per cent of homes in Africa is set to be phased out by 2015. Ovum Limited, an independent analyst and consultancy firm, in London, have however predicted...
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Boboye Oyeyemi, the newly appointed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, assumed duty in Abuja on Wednesday. President Goodluck Jonathan had earlier that day approved Oyeyemi’s appointment to replace, Osita Chidoka, who is the new the Minister of Aviation. Until his appointment, the new corps marshal, who was second to Chidoka in the...
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by Soyombo Ayomikun “Bring back the girls” She told the king “Yes ma” He replied 1.She was But a little girl Who chose To confront hell She cherished education To the point of dying for it Terrorists decided to silence her forever She got shot 2.Her face Got shattered But not her voice Not...
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by Akintomiwa Agbaje All roads led to Studio Tinapa, Africa’s first and only purpose-built and world-class film studios based in Calabar, Cross River State, on Sunday July 20, 2014, where EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network celebrated its first anniversary with a brand new African first – a live...
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by Kolapo Olapoju A housewife, Mariam Jimoh, has made an excellent case against rejected a divorce suit instituted against her by her husband, Sunday Jimoh, on Monday, 21 July, at Ejigbo Customary Court in Lagos State. Mariam was taken to court by her husband who is from Oyo State, seeking for the dissolution of their 10-year...
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by Kolapo Olapoju A 27-year-old undergraduate of Madonna University, Chijioke Ezebuiro, has been paraded by the Abia state police command for allegedly killing his father, Emmanuel Ezebuiro. His elder brother, who called the police on Chijioke said he had gone to drop his children at school but upon his return, he met his 87-year old...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Matthew Durham, the 19-year-old American who molested young Kenyan children while on a mission program at an orphanage in the country has been charged, but his lawyer says the teenager was simply a victim of voodoo. During his hearing, where he was charged with four counts of travelling to engage in illicit...
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by Kolapo Olapoju President Jonathan reportedly (depending on who you ask) cancelled a planned trip to Chibok, Borno to meet the grieving families whose daughters were abducted 100 days ago. His government neither met with, invited, nor in any way officially consoled the parents, siblings or c0mmunity. He finally did this yesterday, on his terms,...
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The federal government has declared Monday, 28 and Tuesday 29 public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-el-fitri salah celebration. A statement issued yesterday in Abuja by the ministry of Interior on behalf of the federal government said the minister of Interior, Abba Moro, enjoined all Muslim faithful and Nigerians in general to extend the spiritual...
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by Kolapo Olapoju We were almost giving up! We now have life as Mavin Records has released the video for hit single/street anthem, Dorobucci. The song which features Mavin boss, Don Jazzy, Tiwa Savage, Dr Sid, D’Prince, Korede Bello, Di’Ja and Reekado Banks, was premiered today, 23 July. The video was directed by Nick Roux...
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by Hauwa Gambo As the country reminds itself of the ongoing tragedy that began 100 days ago, when over 250 girls were kidnapped from their hostels in Chibok Borno State, by the domestic terrorist organisation, Boko Haram, it has also been a time of sharp conflict as people struggle with ethnic, politician and religious questions...
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by Alkasim Abdulkadir The attempts at the lives of Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi and General Muhammadu Buhari would have spelt one thing for Nigeria today. Implosion. The explosions would have set up a cataclysmic chain of events that will have reverberated across Nigeria. The reason is simple –when it comes to these two men, their followers...
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by Ifeoluwa Adebayo Bombings in Nigeria are now a daily occurrence. This is a sad reality. Today two bombs went off in Kaduna, the capital of Kaduna state, and only an hour’s drive from the federal capital, Abuja. The second bomb attack apparently targeted the convoy of General Muhammadu Buhari, a prominent leader of the...
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by Francesca Uriri Depending on what end of the spectrum you stand, the number ‘100’ is a very important one. I’m not sure why this is so; maybe it’s because it’s well-rounded, maybe it’s such a compact, easy to remember number, who knows? In Nigeria, it is especially significant for birthdays, anniversaries, and other similarly memorable...
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by Emmanuel Chidiogo It is 100 days today since over 200 secondary school girls at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, were abducted. A few days after the kidnap, the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign began as an attempt to pressurise the government into swift action for the rescue of the missing girls....
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by Mark Bassey Louis van Gaal has revealed his anger at Manchester United’s decision to drag the first-team squad to the USA for a pre-season tour. The Red Devils will play Los Angeles Galaxy at the Pasadena Rose Bowl in California on Wednesday, as they begin their preparations for the new Premier League season. After...
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by Olorunwa Lawal Head Coach of Nigeria’s under-20 female national team, the Falconets, Peter Dedevbo, has released his final list of 21 players for this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finals, including Super Falcons’ ace Asisat Oshoala and former U-17 stars Patience Okaeme, Halimatu Ayinde, Jiroro Idike, Uchenna Kanu and Yetunde Adeboyejo. There are...
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by Abubakar Ibrahim One of the most influential Islamic scholars in Northern Nigeria, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi may have just escaped a possible assassination attempt as a bomb blast hit the busy Alkali Road, Kaduna, minutes after he passed that way. While the number of dead is uncertain, a witness, Abdullahi Kasimu reported between 15 and 30 possible deaths....
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By Godwin Akanfe The Defence Headquarters has announced that the military has so far recovered only one body from the site of the crashed Nigerian Air Force helicopter close to Bama in Borno state. An Air Force Mi-35 helicopter which was on a training mission last Monday had gone down die to a technical fault,...
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by Emmanuel Chidiogo The Lagos State government on Tuesday put its 2014 second quarter budget performance at 106 percent. Despite this flattering assessment, state governor, Babatunde Fashola declared there was still more to be. The state budget size for this year was N489,690 billion. “We just conducted the review of the second quarter budget performance...
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by S’ola Filani Some mad persons believed to kidnappers, allegedly invaded a secondary school -Onireke Girls’ High School – in Ibadan, Oyo on Monday, causing panic among students and teachers. It was gathered that the suspected kidnappers, who reportedly dressed like mad persons, had been terrorizing students and staff in the last few weeks. They...
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by S’ola Filani Four persons died while seven others sustained injuries in a renewed clash between the people of Aguleri, Anambra East local government area and people of Echeno/Odeke in Ibaji local government area of Kogi State on Monday. The people of Aguleri and the neighbouring Echeno/Odeke in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State...
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by Kolapo Olapoju To mark the 100th day since the abduction of the 219 Chibok girls and to keep the conversation alive, Nigerian Female Footballers in Abuja took partook in a football match tagged ‘100 days football Match’, for the missing Chibok Girls. The match, which was played between two football teams, ‘Dream Girls Women,...
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by S’ola Filani The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a farmer, Gbenga Ogunfolabo in Ishara, Remo North Local Government Area of the state for allegedly stabbing his wife, 45-year-old Bosede, to death with a broken bottle. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Tuesday, alleged that the...
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by Folashade Akintayo Granting coach Keshi a new contract for another four years and keeping the group while injecting new blood can only make the team better The prognosis that Nigeria – the giant of Africa will fail or succeed in its race against 31 countries to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup has now...
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