by Adeola Balogun The renewed clashes in Nasarawa State have resulted in the deaths of an additional 50 persons. The fresh attack by the Ombatse cult group in Obi town, Obi Local Government Area of the state has led to the loss of many lives and the destruction of property. According to reports, many houses...
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by Ekerete Udoh Now, fast forward to Nigeria-the question becomes: is the north giving President Jonathan the Republican treatment? I was at a popular Nigerian hangout spot the other day in Brooklyn, New York and as usual, the issue that was discussed centered on the 2015 presidential elections, the realignment that is taking place in...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo The end of the road has come for a group of car thieves in Lagos as they have finally been apprehended by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). The gang had allegedly been terrorizing residents of Ikeja and environs in the state for a long time. Sadiq Olayibi, Tolani Adeyinka, Adeleke...
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Adeleke Teslim,
car snatchers,
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ikeja,
Ireti,
lagos state,
Olayemi Akiloye,
robbers,
Sadiq Olayibi,
Special Anti Robbery Squad,
Tolani Adeyinka
by ‘Jola Sotubo A female police officer was yesterday subjected to an unusual punishment in Onitsha, Anambra State. Tochukwu Offoegbu, a police Inspector, was allegedly rough-handled by an unnamed wealthy citizen of the state. Her abuser, who also allegedly slapped the state commissioner of police last year, further proceeded to rip her clothes apart, almost...
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by Simon Kolawole He watched with pleasure as his boys set Anambra and Oyo states on fire and capped it all by withdrawing the security aides of Governor Chris Ngige. If Obasanjo is your hero of democracy, I am sorry for you. With former President Olusegun Obasanjo, you buy one and get one free. Problem...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo The Nigerian Anglican congregation can now heave a sigh of relief as its previously kidnapped Archbishop has been released. Archbishop Ignatius C.O Kattey was abducted along with his wife, Beatrice, at about 11:30pm on the 6th of September around the Aleto bridge, Eleme in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. His...
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by Ralph Egbu Atiku Abubakar was totally wrong to have led a walk-out at all and at a time the president and the vice president were already seated. In the first place walk-outs in politics have no meaning. If you show presence and fail to stop the event and walk-out, it means you participated. The...
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The Anambra State Police Command has arrested 38-year-old wanted kidnap suspect, Okafor, a graduate of Mathematics from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Okafor popularly known as Igwe did not only fall afoul of the law as a kidnapper, he also messed up the temple of God by keeping his victims in a church and sharing...
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by Tunde Fagbenle Times had drawn us apart and I did not reconnect with Mallam Saleh Jambo in the intervening years before his death. Yet, there was a true Nigerian whose friendship and interest cut across ethnic or religious lines; my benefactor; an urbane gentleman; and a generous heart. May his soul rest in peace....
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by Femi Aribisala In many respects, God’s making of a promise is even more substantial than what he promises. This is because God’s promise brings us to God. God’s promise keeps us with God. And being with God provides the fullness of joy. Read: God makes us promises, and then waits (Pt.1) God’s promise...
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A four-day-old baby boy has been gruesomely murdered by his own mother who fed him with a N40 rat poison. Binta Shuaibu, 20, conspired with her friend, Hindatu Umar, 27, to commit the dastardly act in Dan Amarya village, Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State. The mother and her co-conspirator are now answering to...
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by Demola Rewaju Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s first graduate president broke with tradition in his first budgetary allocation where education enjoyed a significant 26% of the national cake, higher than defence for the first time since independence. As a former unionist, one should ordinarily see ASUU as comrades but truth sometimes needs to be...
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by Chiamaka Meremikwu “And although at times you may not understand why I do the things I do, I just want you to know that it’s all for your good and I love you.” God put me here to help you through life; to use my experience to show you the way. To make...
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Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday said his father was hypertensive. NAN reports that Agagu, who returned from United States on Thursday, reportedly slumped in Ikoyi, Lagos, where he was having a meeting with Ondo indigenes on Friday evening. “He just...
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by Amenaghawon Joseph Idahosa The fiercely outspoken followers of PDP act like poorly informed religious persons who carry on with blind faith and are ready to do anything to protect their spaces of interests and influence. They are completely oblivious of the interests of the larger citizenry who are also closely watching their crazed actions,...
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An Arizona landscaper has been arrested for branding his girlfriend’s genitals with his initials. Christopher Lynn Jackson, 49, of Chandler, is accused of drugging the unidentified woman at a baseball game, who later awoke in pain to find him with branding equipment and a butane torch. She then found the letters ‘C’ and ‘J’ branded...
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Deputies say a married couple’s fight nearly turned deadly Friday night in north Houston. According to investigators with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, a wife pulled out a gun and shot her husband while they were riding in their SUV along Imperial Valley Drive near Bammel Road. The shooting happened at 11:10 p.m. while the...
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by Oge Okonkwo Veteran actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, in a recent interview at Asaba bragged about his strong sexual prowess while talking about his life in general. Here is what he told Entertainment Express: “I am strong sexually for 24 hours. My wife knows that. Each time I have an affair with any lady, she goes...
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by Oge Okonkwo Report reaching us says human rights activist, Mike Ozekhome, has left Nigeria with his wife and children a day after he was released by his kidnappers. [READ: #InCaseYouMissedIt: Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome narrates his ordeal with his abductors (WATCH)] The lawyer was spotted at the airport yesterday, September 13, about to board a Virgin Atlantic...
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The sword rests briefly on his neck as a blindfolded man kneels under a clear blue sky. Moments later, the executioner raises his right arm, slashes downwards and the prisoner is dead. The whole barbaric episode is watched by a crowd of jeering men, many of them armed. And sitting on a low wall only...
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beheaded,
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doom,
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by Oge Okonkwo Winner MBGN World 2013, Miss Anna Ebiere Banner is currently in Indonesia along with other beauty queens all over the world getting ready to battle for the crown at the 63rd edition of the Miss World competition holding on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 18-year-old beauty queen is really gearing up in full...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo Frank Donga of NdaniTV is at it again! This time he attends a job interview and manages to show, a little too clearly, all the emotions that an average job-seeker experiences. His expression is so sincere that, despite his bumbling, you want to give him the job right away. Watch the video...
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A priest was attacked with acid on the east African island of Zanzibar in the third such unprovoked assault in two months, and remained hospitalized Saturday, the cleric told CNN. The Rev. Joseph Anselmo Mwagambwa said he was attacked Friday afternoon while coming out of an internet cafe in Mlandenge, a community in the city...
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A 17-year-old high school student and her young daughter have been killed in a fiery crash as the victim’s own mother watched in horror from another car on a busy Georgia highway. Gabriella Faiz and her 2-year-old daughter, Jada, were pronounced dead Thursday night after their stalled Honda was struck on Interstate 285 at Georgia...
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Two days after President Goodluck Jonathan sacked nine of his ministers, some leaders of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party PDP), business moguls and traditional rulers yesterday stormed Aso Rock, the seat of power, putting their cronies forward for the vacant offices. On Wednesday, the president dropped the minsters of foreign affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru; education,...
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As she stepped out of a bath in Keith Richards’ country home, Marianne Faithfull had no inkling that she was about to be cast as the scarlet woman of the Sixties. But at that very moment, a convoy of seven police cars was winding its way up the tree-lined drive following a tip-off that drugs...
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by Adeola Balogun Songstress Waje went back to her roots as she recently paid a visit to the capital of her home state, Benin city. While there, she was a guest of the Oba of Benin; Omo N’Oba N’edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, CFR. The ruler received her warmly and gave her blessings and a...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo D’banj has gone international and from all indications, he intends to stay there. The star who has featured major music players like Snoop Lion and Kanye West in his songs, has received another international nod as his most recent album, “D Kings Men” was reviewed on The New York Times yesterday Friday...
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by Adeola Balogun Two Benue State farmers have been remanded in prison on suspicion of armed robbery. Aondoakura Ukor and Terwase Zakaa,who hail from Adikpo in Kwande Local Government Area of the state, were on Thursday arraigned for conspiracy and armed robbery before a magistrate court in Makurdi, the state capital. The Prosecution reportedly told...
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by Oge Okonkwo ‘Painting da town red tonite with my Buscemi toh bad! OooSssHhhEee‘, was what excited singer D’banj said as he stepped out in his new Buscemi 100mm shoes at the Soundcity/Nokia Lumia event which held last night at the Civic Centre, Lagos. The footwear is a full grain Italian leather sneaker which comes with an 18K gold plated...
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