by Oge Okonkwo A Rwandan woman hacked her husband to death with a machete for fear that he would infect her with HIV, local media reports. The suspect, Annonciata Kampororo was said to have planned the killing with her son and sister, after she found out her husband, Anaclet Majyambere, 48, had inherited his brother’s HIV-positive wife. Inheriting the... Read More
by Tutu Akinlabi Wizkid is a talented musician and performer, looks like he wants to add being a saxophonist to that. The star is pictured above with Yemi Sax and seems to be holding his very own saxophone. He shared the photo via Instagram and said: “#TeamWizkid!!! Get ready for new music!! Feb 14th!! Ft... Read More
by Onyinye Muomah So, Mr. Nubia, if your songs, despite their great messages are not getting general acceptance, do not flog the media, either you change genre, or accept that you are before or after your time. There is really nothing like bad or good music, music finds its audience. I know this because there... Read More
by Eky Shirley It is indeed a high price to pay for full grown adults, talk more a teenager/young adult. Justin has virtually grown up before our very eyes; from the time of the release of his ‘Baby’ single, the ‘My World 2.0’ album and his other releases Once again, Justin Bieber is in the... Read More
by Abdulmalik Ibrahim Tijani However, unlike many a northern youths, I will not be cajoled and hoodwinked into voting out a corrupt Fedora hat wearing Ijaw fisherman for an equally corrupt ‘aboki’ farmer. I am a strong proponent for the rights of a group of people with a common header to seek a sense of... Read More
by Peregrino Brimah Privatization only works where the bidding process is open and transparent, where there is no prior exorbitant phony refurbishing, and where post sale competition is supported and privatized entities are regulated to not extort the masses with exorbitant charges. A few months ago, the federal government of Nigeria privatized major assets of... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A young Nigerian man has died after being stabbed and crashing his car into a bus in the United Kingdom. 22-year-old Femi Junaid is believed to have been injured before he got into his car and attempted to drive off but instead collided with a bus. Mr. Junaid, a resident of Peckham... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A medical breakthrough has been recorded by doctors who operated a baby inside her mother’s womb and saved her life. Hope Rollings, now ten months old, was discovered to have an abnormality when her mother’s pregnancy was 20 weeks old. Doctors decided that baby Hope would die if her condition was not... Read More
by Abdulazeez Amir Our current political system is neither democratic nor dictatorial. It is probably in-between or a marriage between the two. At the moment, it looks like our politicians are not ready for democracy and they don’t want dictatorship by the military so that’s why they have settled for political dictatorship. Gradually, Nigerian politicians... Read More
by Tahir Talba Aside the clamor for more and more resources from the Niger delta, the creation of more states, the adoption of state police, what do we want to jawjaw about? Are those the real problems of we Nigerians? For what it’s worth, a confab is necessary now, at a time steaming with so... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo An 11-year old marriage between Modinat and Musa Adekunbi has been dissolved by an Orile-Agege Customary Court in Lagos State on the grounds of adultery and threat to life. According to reports, President of the court, Adegboyega Omilola, dissolved the marriage after hearing the claims of Modinat and Musa. It was gathered that 35-year old Modinat had pleaded with the court... Read More
by Tony Obi Singer Dencia is really making a name for herself round the globe since the launch of her skin care line. The news of her newly launched skin cream and its effects had spread round so much that it was featured in one of UK’s top newspaper, Daily Mail. There were no flowers or... Read More
by Zara Mustapha Queen Bey definitely has a thing for heights. Last year she took a free fall jump from Auckland’s Sky Tower which was 600 ft high. This time with her superstar husband Jay-Z, doing the countdown, the singer took a huge leap from their yacht into to the water below. Well, if it isn’t... Read More
by Zara Mustapha Talented singer, Tiwa Savage, turned 34 on Wednesday, February 5, and her friends gathered to celebrate with her at the Pravada Lounge in Victoria Island on Thursday. Among those present at the party are the EME crew, Triple MG crew, Wizkid, Waje, Sound Sultan and others. The celebration also marked one year of Tiwa’s surprise engagement to... Read More
by Tony Obi We like the fact that Nigerian women no longer let themselves go and become flabby after having a baby. Annie Idibia has certainly firmed up a month after having her second child with her superstar husband, 2face. She shared this super hot photo on her Instagram page this morning. She was... Read More
by Zara Mustapha Seun Kuti, son of late Afrobeat king, Fela Akinlapo-Kuti took his newly-born daughter Adara to her grandfather’s gravesite located at Kalakuta Republic, off Allen Avenue, Ikeja. The Afrobeat singer, posted the photo on his Instagram handle with the caption: “Adi meeting grand daddy.” According to him, death should not prevent his daughter from meeting her... Read More
by Zara Mustapha We all know that controversial singer Maheeda has a beautiful grown up daughter whom she never ceases to show off, The self acclaimed Naija bad girl, revealed her maternal side yesterday evening when she shared an old photo of herself and beautiful daughter at age 2, and added a rather touching caption: “This picture always make... Read More
by Gimba Kakanda If we want to practise democracy, we have to be democratic. How do we expect credible leaders when all we do is criticise without taking part? And because we see one another in the same image, every praise of a presidential aspirant is seen as sponsored. If I write in favour of... Read More
by Abdullahi M. Seidu During the debate of the 2014 budget at the national assembly, the mob mentality of the APC lawmakers came to play. Instead of debating on substance, the APC lawmakers turned the chamber into a wrestling match. They left the substance of the budget and started running after shadows. The mobs are... Read More
by Dele Momodu That road is paved and littered with thorns. There is nothing any one can do for his country that the likes of Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN), Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and others of their ilk did not try. Gani could not be made a President despite being called the Senior Advocate of... Read More
by Lagun Akinloye The National Assembly is well within its rights to subject the proposed budget to this level of scrutiny. The impasse is one of many tests the country will face in the run up to the 2015 elections, and how it develops could give a good indication of what the Nigerian political scene... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The mother of a 12-year-old girl in Lagos has been beset with confusion after her young daughter fell pregnant due to being raped. Kehinde Williams was repeatedly raped by Shaibu Isiaka, 29; John Obah, 30; Vincent 28, and one Idris who is currently on the run. The four men were said to... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A man in Rivers has been arrested after reports that he molested a a three- year old nursery school student. Obioma Benson was apprehended by the police in Port Harcourt, the state capital, for allegedly inserting his finger into the little girl’s vagina. The unidentified child suffered injuries which were discovered by... Read More
by Mark Amaza In the week of Christmas 2013 the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa held rallies in the three senatorial zones of the state to drum up support for the local government elections – to hold on 18 January this year. As the ruling party in the state, the PDP was not prepared... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo A number of hotels in Delta have been invaded by mysterious snakes which are said to have become a threat to guests. The management staff of some of the hotels have spoken out about the snakes which are said to appear at odd hours. The development is has become a burden to... Read More
by Zara Mustapha According to a report from Leadership Newspapers, an Abuja bound Overland aircraft was said to have caught fire while passengers were aboard. No causality has been recorded. Details later…..
by Oge Okonkwo PDP sues Speaker, 20 Kwara lawmakers for defecting to APC The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Speaker, Razak Atunwa, and 20 other members of the Kwara State House of Assembly to court over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The appeal was made by the state chapter of the PDP and a... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Recent reports in the news have brought to light a series of discrepancies in the financial affairs of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi stated at first that a sum of $49.8 billion in oil funds had been unaccounted for by... Read More
by Adeola Balogun A Nigerian cab driver resident in the United States has been arrested after reports that he sexually assaulted a young girl. 51-year-old Nelson Egwu of Pflugerville in Austin, Texas forced the 17-year-old girl to perform a sex act on him after she couldn’t pay the fare for her trip. The girl alleged... Read More