Pakistani ex-President Pervez Musharraf has been indicted on three charges over the 2007 assassination of opposition leader and former PM Benazir Bhutto. Prosecutors said he was charged with murder, criminal conspiracy to murder and facilitation of murder. Mr Musharraf made no public remarks at the hearing but denies the charges. The case was adjourned...
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by Okechukwu Nnamdi My advice to Celestine and his team is to Bootstrap and find inexpensive ways of achieving progress. They should find a niche for their business and be aggressive. A few years ago I would spend hours at my office desk reading stories on techcrunch about American startups that got funded. I remember...
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Ahmed Razaq Oluwasanjo It is also important that APC should understand that the ultimate is not just dislodging the ruling party from power, but, crumbling their sophisticated system characterized by corruption… I will like to congratulate members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Congress for Progressive Change and All Nigeria Peoples Party, who collectively felt...
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by Isi Esene The First Lady, Patience Jonathan has made public her reasons for not taking time to exchange pleasantries with the Rivers State deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru, at the Port Harcourt Airport during the weekend. She explained that the Rivers State governor refused to send a delegation to commiserate with her on the death...
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by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani There really isn’t much hope for my father’s generation in terms of relinquishing tribal sentiments. Our only hope is our youth. When I was 17, a tall, handsome doctor fell in love with me. He left Nigeria, shortly after, for his residency in America, and proceeded to prove how much he was...
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by Akan Ido Just a weeks after a police Sergeant, Chris Omeleze was let off the Force after being caught on tape demanding a bribe in Lagos, another officer has been recorded trying to extort money from a motorist for an undisclosed offence. The female police officer was recorded demanding a N100 bribe from a...
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A member of the House of Representatives representing Malumfashi/Kafur constituency of Katsina state, Hon Ibrahim Babangida Mahuta, was attacked by a mob in his constituency. This is the third time the lawmaker has been attacked by youths from his constituency. The first being during the last public hearings on constitution amendments.Mahuta, who was elected on...
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by Oge Okonkwo More money to roll in for the brothers in the MAVIN crew as prolific producer, Don Jazzy announced on Twitter yesterday, that he and his brother D’Prince are the new ambassadors for MTN Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s largest telecommunication company. MAVIN first lady, Tiwa Savage got signed up as an...
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by Bayo Oluwasanmi You will agree that many of the so called men of God many a times through their behavior and ungodly acts, have revealed themselves as men of unsound judgment and undisciplined passions while claiming to be specially illuminated from heaven. Nigeria is on the wrong road. The spiral is clearly downward and...
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by Sam Omatseye I refer to the Civilian JTF, a group of young men who have charted a new path against the rapine and slaughter of the Boko Haram. They represent perhaps the greatest news of youth activism in this country in a decade. They are Nigeria’s unsung heroes. These days, it sounds almost like...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo Erstwhile Nigerian music producer OJB Jezreel has had a very publicized bout with kidney failure. The star, who cried out to the Nigerian public to help him raise funds for treatment and save his life, is finally preparing to leave for India where the transplant surgery will take place. The prolific music...
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by Oge Okonkwo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is being asked to look into the transportation expenses of a minister, as she was said to have blown N2 billion on chartered jets only in two years. The matter was reported in a petition, by a group called the Crusaders for Good Governance (CGG), to the...
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Most mothers would be shocked to find out they were expecting twins. But the surprise was more than most for Stacey Wright who gave birth to two sets of twins within 14 months. The 29-year old was stunned when she discovered she was pregnant with her second set of twins – despite being on the...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo In recent times, the world has begun to embrace the idea of equal rights for same sex couples and other gender minorities. However in Nigeria, the opposite is the case. An institute in Enugu is set to embark on a 2 day March to protest against what it terms as “societal vices.”...
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So sad! Former Disney star and Smallville actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot in his North Hollywood apartment Monday, his manager said. Young, 29, was best known for his leading role in the Disney series “The Famous Jett Jackson.”He was found unresponsive with a bullet wound to...
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by Isi Esene The meeting between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities which took place today in Abuja ended in a deadlock as both sides failed to reach an agreement. The meeting which held at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim was attended...
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Nicole Jacques, 27, will start her jail time for corrupting a minor on August 26th A Pennsylvania teacher has been sentenced to 11.5 to 23 months in jail for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy she met at her devoutly religious school. Nicole Jacques, 27, was 25 years old when she faced charges...
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KIII3NEWS VIA YOUTUBE A woman in Corpus Christi, Texas, went to great lengths to avoid capture after allegedly stealing from a sporting goods store. Stupid is as stupid does. It wasn’t quite Forrest Gump, but a Texas woman took off running and even crossed a busy highway on foot after allegedly stealing from a sporting...
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She used to spend her days posing in her underwear but now glamour model Carley Watts, 24, is to cover up after falling in love with Tunisian lifeguard, Mohammed Salah, 25. The model, from Dearham in Norfolk, met Salah during a holiday in Tunisia in April and says she is so serious about the lifeguard...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo The people of Otukpo in Benue State have been left in shock by a great tragedy that took the life of an innocent child by the hands of another innocent. A nine year old girl is dead after being shot by a 10 year old boy who was fiddling with a gun...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo Ageless and controversial music queen Madonna is at it again. The singer showed that she’s still got it even at 55 by flaunting her bod in a provocative outfit belying her age. The pop superstar turned 55 this weekend and so she took the party to Menton in France – taking over...
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by ‘Jola Sotubo In a new development in the Nigerian civil service, employees of the Benue State government are now expected to adhere to a dress code. The move is an effort to ensure that civil servants are dressed decently and responsibly during office hours to reflect the State civil service in a good light....
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by Ebenezer Obadare Yet, for all her innumerable personal flaws, Mrs Jonathan still deserves to be treated with some courtesy. Clearly, Professor Soyinka disagrees, or how else does one explain the shocking intemperateness of his language? Considering its ramifications for the principles of civility and mutual respect in a democratic public sphere, it is quite...
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by Akan Ido We don’t know for sure so you tell us. Artiste, Davido recently a photo on his Instagram page lounging with a cute lady identified Funmi Aboderin who is rumoured to be his girlfriend. Davido who has been associated with not a few ladies in his time but coming out with Aboderin sure has...
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Doctors have removed a 10cm long steel fork from inside a man’s penis, after a sexual adventure went horribly wrong. The 70-year-old visited Canberra Hospital’s emergency department complaining of bleeding genitalia. He then promptly admitted that he had inserted a piece of cutlery into his urethra in an attempt to pleasure himself. Unfortunately the attempt...
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When two small white mice are dropped into a snake enclosure at a Chinese zoo, it’s sad – but predictable – what will eventually happen. But what spectators weren’t expecting was a surprise counter attack from one of the fury underdogs. This brave little mouse did everything in its power to try to save its...
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A 4-year-old boy died in Michigan on Sunday evening after obtaining a handgun and shooting himself in the head, according to police. Dundee police responded at around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday to a 911 call reporting that a child had shot himself. Personnel from the Monroe County Ambulance and Dundee Volunteer Fire Department attempted to...
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Nigeria’s militant Islamist leader Abubakar Shekau may have been killed by the security forces during a shoot-out, an army spokesman has said. An “intelligence report” showed that Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram group, may have died between 25 July and 3 August, Lt-Col Sagir Musa said. Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency...
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Mexican security forces on Saturday caught the leader of the cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel, local media reported, the second major gang boss capture in just over a month as President Enrique Pena Nieto fights cartel violence. Mario Ramirez Trevino, known as X-20 or “The Bald One,” was captured in Mexico’s northern Tamaulipas state by the Mexican...
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by Oge Okonkwo In the video below, former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, dared Nigerians who say that the country has never had a true leader in the last 50 years. Making this sarcastic remark, Obasanjo also added that Nigerians can as well go to hell if we cannot list one true leader. He stopped...
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