by Oge Okonkwo Over 50 students of the Niger Delta University (NDU) owned by Bayelsa state reportedly escaped death on Friday when a lecture theater under construction collapsed at the permanent site of the institution. According to sources, the collapse was said to have been caused by an alleged attempt by the contractors to cut... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A 53-year-old man, Yusuf Alabi, was paraded by the Kogi state police command in front of newsmen for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his two daughters. According to the acting police commissioner, Austine Evbakhabokun, Alabi was apprehended following a complaint by one of his sons, Abdulmalik to the state investigation and intelligence... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Reports reaching us says another plane crash has been averted this morning in Sokoto. According to sources, a Kabo Aircraft bound for Saudi, carrying about 400 passengers from Kano made an emergency landing at the Sir Abubakar III international Airport when the tyres exploded immediately after take off. [READ: “I felt it... Read More
Busty glamour model Lacey Wildd has raised $23,000 in donations from fans to take her size triple-L breasts up to Q cup. The 45-year-old, mother-of-six, from Miami, Florida, told the Sun Sentinel that the operation, her thirteenth in total, is set for early 2014. Plastic surgeons will insert implants weighing a total of 42pounds into... Read More
by Orji Uzor Kalu A co-flyer on a British Airways flight from Heathrow to Washington Dulles Airport once asked me a very intriguing question:” Why is Nigeria still backward in spite of richness in human and material resources?” At first, I was stupefied by the question; not because I did not have a ready answer... Read More
by Adeola Balogun All hell broke loose at the National secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP ) yesterday following fears that a bomb had been planted within the office premises. News of the bomb was allegedly received by a director who conveyed the news covertly to other senior staff but along the grapevine, it... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Llyod Michael aka Big L (19) – Civil Engineering – Year 2; Ugonna Ibuzor – Geology – Year 2 Tekena Elkanah – Computer Science (19) – Year 2; Chidiaka Biringa – Theatre Arts – Year 2 It’s been one year since the lives of four promising young men were snuffed out in... Read More
by Adeola Balogun Fresh clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in Benue State have resulted in the deaths of no less than 3 persons. Assailants suspected to be Fulani mercenaries yesterday attacked Ejima community in the Agatu local government area of the state leaving death and destruction in their wake. The attack resulted in damage... Read More
by Akan Ido Blogger, Linda Ikeji who recently celebrated her birthday at the Cokobar in the UK just got what she described as “My Edee Beau make-over” looking awesome. Ikeji, who shared the photo on her Instagram page stuck with her now trademark centre parting with her red glowing lips and animated eyes saying all you... Read More
These are the first pictures to emerge of the migrant boat that sank off of the Italian island of Lampedusa killing more than 300 people. Italy’s fire service has released video footage of divers reaching the wreckage of a boat which sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa, 40 metres beneath the waves. The diving... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite the heavy security presence in the area, a new wave of violence yesterday swept over the Kokori area of Delta State, believed to be the stronghold of alleged robbery and kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah. Armed gunmen numbering about 30 and believed to be loyalists of Kelvin yesterday attacked two of the... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The efforts to nip the terror of Boko Haram in the bud are heating up as security troops are reportedly hot on the trail of a businessman suspected of providing the finances for the activities of the sect members. The move is part of the crackdown currently going on in Borno and... Read More
by Dino Melaye …we are more shocked by the open confession of our own President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at a Church service in Abuja that the alleged members of the Boko Haram have infiltrated his government and even could be dining with him. It is with deep sense of pain, bleeding heart and concern for... Read More
by Wilfred Jubril They are telling us that the party has got the magic wand to take us to the much desired socio-economic and political Promised Land. What gives them the impression that they have the capacity to tackle the myriad of woes staring us in the face? What is unique about APC? Is it... Read More
An obese bride-to-be who waited 12 years to marry her fiance because she feared she would look fat in her wedding photos lost nine stone to wear her dream white gown… and it was the first time she had ever worn a dress. Jane Bailey, 38, from Staffordshire, survived on a diet of chocolate and... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Following the postponement of the initial peace talks slated to hold on the 7th of October, President Goodluck Jonathan and his camp are awaiting the communication of a new date by the members of the newly created faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There might yet be hope for peace ass... Read More
Facts emerged yesterday on the probable reasons the chartered Embraer 120 aircraft carrying the corpse of former Ondo State governor, Chief Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday minutes after it took off from the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos. The ill-fated plane reportedly had 20 passengers, 13 of which died while the seven others were left in... Read More
The mood in Iju-Odo, Ondo State was sober yesterday as the remains of former Governor Olusegun Kokumo Agagu were buried. The ceremony, planned to be elaborate by the state government, was downgraded and the mood fouled up by Thursday’s crash of the plane carrying the body of the governor from Lagos. Thirteen people including the... Read More
by Peregrino Brimah The cabal, which includes the likes of Aliku Dangote, Femi Otedola, Olusegun Obasanjo, Tony Elumelu and in this particular case, Elizade motors, most likely sat down with the government and looked for what loophole to raiding the money of the masses and taking over available small businesses they had not yet usurped.... Read More
by Demola Rewaju The line against Agagu is that the crash of the plane is perhaps a certain retribution for his failure to fix the aviation sector during his tenure as Minister for Aviation. Of all the silliness this generation has produced, this is the silliest. We forget that this was a man whose was... Read More
by Dele Momodu This may be why it is alleged that some of these airlines fly aircrafts with various degrees of deformities. If airlines cannot fix faulty seats that are very visible and obvious, I often wonder if they would service the engines that are hidden and more expensive to maintain. Fellow Nigerians, where and... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola is definitely not going back to secondary school, just trying to set the trend on how the uniform recently introduced to the state under the jurisdiction of the state government should be worn. The governor wore the new indigenous uniform for secondary schools to speak at... Read More
You would have thought it reasonable to have double-checked the spelling of any word you planned to permanently tattoo on to another person’s skin. But as these unfortunate pictures show, a number of tattoo artists would probably be wise to store a dictionary in their parlour to avoid such embarrassing howlers. Then again, as one... Read More
Madonna has revealed she was raped at knife-point at the start of her career. The pop legend has opened up about her traumatic ordeal for the first time in nearly two decades, revealing she was sexually abused by a stranger at knifepoint shortly after arriving in New York City from Rochester, Michigan, to pursue her... Read More
An Arkansas woman who was fed up with her husband’s incessant snoring has been charged with attempted first degree murder after repeatedly stabbing him in his sleep with a butcher’s knife. Dawn Weiser, of Springdale, plead not guilty in court on Wednesday after leaving her husband with a punctured spleen, lacerated liver and three other... Read More
When amateur boxer Zack ‘King’ Khan was forced to give up because of an injury, he decided to concentrate on his hobby of weightlifting. The talented 33-year-old from Sheffield was soon asked to enter competitions, and at 29 he won the International Federation of Body Builders title, making him Britain’s first Muslim professional bodybuilder. Now... Read More
Students took off their clothes in class in a protest against a new strict dress code at a Hungary university. They were angered by the new strict rules introduced by the University of Kaposvar’s president. Even a professor at the arts school took part to protest the code which bans dresses showing too much cleavage and miniskirts. Bold: Students... Read More
by Dara Adeeyo When your head feels like a shit-ton of bricks or you can’t seem to breathe through both of your nostrils, being in a place that is familiar will ease the pain you’re going through. 1. Nothing is more comforting than your childhood bedroom when you’re sick/hungover. There’s something less depressing about spending... Read More