by Orji Uzor Kalu A trip round the schools across the country shows massive decay and dilapidation. You can hardly find any of the schools in quality condition. What greets you is blown-out roofs, cracked walls, and broken floors. Many of the schools lack toilet and boarding facilities; not to talk of electricity and other... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo The wives of volunteers popularly known as civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) have been recruited by troops fighting armed rebels in Borno state, to restrain the increasing involvement of women in the activities of the Boko Haram sect. Men of the JTF have not ceased to express their surprise at the increasing rate... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Police in Ibadan have arrested, Ikechukwu Christopher, a suspected hired assassin. He was arrested after a routine check by the officers of the Oyo State police command. The suspect was said to be on his way from Enugu to Ibadan to carry out the assassination when he ran into the police. A... Read More
A teenager has been sentenced to life in prison for helping his brother murder his own children in a house fire. Jeremy Wand teamed up with his elder brother Armin to kill his three young nephews as well as an unborn baby girl in exchange for $300 in insurance money. In court yesterday the children’s... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Stranded members of the militant group, Boko Haram have resorted to cannibalism after being stranded with no food and water in the Magumeri forest which is 150 kilometeres from the Maiduguri, the state capital. Mallam Momodu Bukar, a suspected militant, told newsmen on Saturday in Maiduguri that he fled the camp... Read More
Cobhams Asuquo is a Nigerian musician and winner in the music producer of the year category at the 2009 edition of The Future Awards Africa. He is a prolific songwriter and producer and is signed to Sony ATV London as a songwriter. He started his professional career as a lawyer, before going into music full... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo An unhappy man, 40-year-old Amando Onoja, has pleaded with the Agege customary court to grant him a divorce from his wife Helen Onoja. Mr. Onoja, who is an officer with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), explained to the court, the disrespectful, destructive and stubborn ways of his wife, how she picks up fights... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Trouble befell 32 year old Quadri Busari when he decided to go head to head with two brothers who were supposedly his friends. Nurudeen Dada, 38, and Wasiu Dada, 41, of Isheri-Oke, Ijegun, Lagos are accused of stabbing Mr. Busari to death and have subsequently been remanded today by an Igbosere Magistrate... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the Ofada area of Mowe, Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, when a three-year-old boy, Ola William, fell into an open well and drowned. According to reports, the little boy had just come back from his school’s tutorials and was playing around the vicinity when the incident happened. It was... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The Chairman of the Kano State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Sheihi Abubakar has distanced himself and his association from the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Medical and Health Workers Union in the state. According to him, “We want to make it clear to the public that none of our... Read More
by Adeola Adelabu I hope Governor Ajimobi takes the positives out of the criticism and govern Oyo state better. As for his second term ambition, only God and the people will decide that when the time comes. It will be down to his performance rating, not propaganda or promises! “Politics is the art of looking... Read More
by Mansi Kohli Maintaining weight or losing weight should not be a short duration target. It should be an on-going activity, which needs to be achieved slowly and in a steady manner. Now that you have reached your weight loss goal, we are sure you wouldn’t want to slip down the slipper slope of weight gain again. The... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo There was confusion today at the Benin airport after a teenage stowaway was found in the tyre hold of an Arik Aircraft flying from Benin to Lagos. The incident is being considered a serious security breach on a local flight. The Aircraft with registration number, 5N-MJG Flight 44, left Benin Airport at... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Fire has just gutted Globacom office in Abuja. The office is located at Wuse 2, Aminu Kano crescent. An eye witness close to the scene reported that the inferno has been on for up to an hour as various interventions to put out the fire are yet to yield any fruitful result.... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo As Nigerians are still trying to come to terms with the revelations of an alleged sexual relationship between the General Overseer of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Biodun Fatoyinbo, and a former female congregant, Ese Walter, another can of worms has been burst open. Barely 24 hours after Miss Walter went public... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Isioma Ovia, daughter of internationally acclaimed Nigerian banker, Jim Ovia, will walk down the aisle today, August 24, with her longtime partner, Ola Olowu, an advertising executive who happens to be the older brother of media personality, Adebola Olowu popularly known as Illrymz. The wedding will take place at St Mark’s, Hamilton Terrace, St... Read More
Brittany Gibbons, a mother-of-three who spent years insecure about her body, decided to set herself a challenge between the sheets after her husband pointed out that he hadn’t seen her ‘totally naked for years’. The size 16 blogger, who says she was ‘horrible at intimacy’, resolved to have sex every day for one year in... Read More
by Tracy Schorn If someone wants to engage in an affair, or leave you for an affair partner, no amount of rational argument is going to sway them otherwise. Don’t hector, beg, or argue. Just remove yourself from the equation. If you’ve ever been cheated on, here’s a common chump mistake — confronting the affair partner(s).... Read More
from Huffington post Nutritional perks aside, avocados can play a key role in your healthy hair and skin routine. The antioxidants, amino acids and essential oils inside an avocado can help repair damaged hair, moisturize dry skin, treat sunburns and maybe even minimize wrinkles,….. You know they make a killer eggocado and are beloved among guacamole aficionados. You... Read More
by Wilfred Okiche It is difficult to describe ‘A husband’s wife’, the domestic drama by prolific writer and filmmaker Tyrone E. Terrence but we’ll try. It is all at once a character study on the strain that the years take on a marriage, a battle-of-the sexes treatise on what side is responsible for the gradual... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo From almost all accounts, Abiodun Fatoyinbo is an amazing guy. This is what makes it all the more difficult to believe the recent allegations of sexual impropriety leveled against him by Ese Walter, a former member of his church. [READ: How I was abused by Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of COZA – Ese... Read More
by Isi Esene There are unconfirmed reports that Mike Ozekhome (SAN), has been kidnapped in Edo state. The lawyer was reportedly kidnapped yesterday along the Benin-Auchi road. According to unconfirmed reports, all efforts so far made by security agents to get him released have proved abortive with some reports indicating that policemen sent to rescue... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo The end of the road recently came for 25 year old Ifeanyi Ofoegbu who had been in the habit of parading himself as a military officer and using this as an excuse to terrify innocent citizens around his Bariga, Lagos home. According to reports, the suspect, who is originally from Anambra state... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo Bodija market in Ibadan was again the scene of pandemonium as flared tempers led to a clash between Hausa and Yoruba traders. The trouble started yesterday when traders from both ethnic groups disagreed over the sale of beans in the market. According to reports, it was also believed that hostility towards the... Read More
by ‘Jola Sotubo In a major crackdown against oil thieves, the men of the Joint Task Force, code-named Operation Pulo Shield, have successfully put an end to illegal crude refining in 48 camps in the Niger Delta. The 48 illegal refineries were destroyed and several boats used by the oil thieves in their operations were... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo Queen Emegha Ozuke, a 68-year-old woman, a native of Igbanke, in Edo state, currently living in Abuja, has revealed her predicament in the hands of religious men. Mrs. Ozuke, a business woman and the founder of a well-known nursery and primary school in Kubwa town of Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital... Read More
by Garba Shehu States that have fed their destitute and poor for a month have no moral right to suddenly withdraw this arrangement simply because the Holy month of Ramadan is over. An Arab proverb says “a hungry man can fight the king”. “The world’s hunger is getting ridiculous. There is more fruit in a... Read More