A closed-door meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday in Abuja ended in a deadlock. However, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, who also serves as Chairman of the Universities Needs Assessment Committee, told newsmen that both parties had rescheduled their negotiations for Aug. 19. Suswan, who is... Read More
The committee set up by the federal government to implement the needs assessment report in Nigerian universities yesterday reached an agreement with representatives of the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the vexed issue of decaying infrastructure in Nigerian universities following the adoption of a report by the committee’s technical... Read More
by Demola Rewaju I have few problems with Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent outbursts against the Igbos, I’ve always known he could never be a part of the new Nigeria. my problem is with the effect of his words on many in my generation, some of whom are already lining up behind him and others against him,... Read More
A British bride who went to live in Gambia with her husband was found hanged after he told her he could not father children. Simone Lally, 27, left her home in Lancashire for a new life with Mohammed Jabakhanji, 29, and hoped to start a family. But only a year after their beachside wedding, he... Read More
The Army Battalion in charge of Special Military Operations in Mubi has confirmed killing two Boko Haram kingpins. This was just as it recovered a large cache of weapons from suspected Boko Haram members. Commanding Officer and head of Mubi Special Military Operations, Lt Col. Beyidi Gurama Martins disclosed this at a Press Conference in... Read More
by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on Thursday morning to assert with so much authority that “only Anambra indigenes are being targeted for expulsion from Lagos because all Nigerians know that Anambra is the leader of the Igbo nation”. The Abia State... Read More
by Pedro Christian Kalu In the words of John Okiyi Kalu “the views and actions of charlatans like FFK cannot and will never represent the views of the learned and hard working entrepreneurs of Yorubaland but rather that of a drug damaged mind seeking to ride on ethnic conflict to actualize his gubernatorial ambition.” I once admired and... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A teacher in Edo state, Augusta Odemwigwe, who could not read was caught yesterday by the Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, when she was asked to read an age declaration affidavit. Mrs Odemwigwe, on reading the age declaration affidavit, to the amazement of all, stuttered uncontrollably until the governor helped her out by reading it.... Read More
The Kaduna State commissioner for education, Mallam Mohammed Usman, has disclosed that the state government has closed 457 illegal private schools out of the 642 schools operating in the state without registration. The commissioner further added that about 185 more of such schools operating illegally would be closed down in the second phase of the... Read More
The Borno State Government on Tuesday announced financial assistance for victims of Sunday’s Boko Haram attack on Konduga in which 46 people were killed. The State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who made the announcement when he visited the town, expressed sadness over the attack. He said each family that lost its breadwinner would be given N250,... Read More
by Akanimo Asuquo Sunday Government should be innovative and ingenuous in formulating policies that regulate the extractive industries. Home made policies regarding the extracting of our natural resources should be considered against the present practice of copying hook, line and sinker, what obtains in other climes In the creeks of Brass,Escravos,Ogoniland,Akassa and other riverine communities... Read More
A Texas tattoo artist’s obsession with leopard spots may have caused a rift with his loved ones, but he believes it has brought him one step closer to becoming a true ‘manimal’ with cat-like reflexes. Born Lance Brieschke, Larry Da Leopard has covered every inch of his body with more than a thousand spots to... Read More
by Ife Adebayo Oil will not make Nigeria great, agriculture will not make Nigeria great, tourism will not make Nigeria great – Nigeria will only become great when we harness our human resource potentials and they in turn maximise the possibilities that arise from their abilities. For my Y! Politico series I’ve been writing about... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa As we look at #TheFutureAfrica we must bask in the euphoria of where we are compared to where we used to be, but in basking let us always remember that there is a future ahead whose challenges are yet to be met and start meeting them even today. All the trade numbers... Read More
Pandemonium broke out, Monday, in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, as soldiers attacked and injured police officers from Delta State Police Command, who were on escort duty with the state Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Anthonia Ashiedu. The soldiers beat a police corporal, who drove one of the police vehicles, to pulp... Read More
by Akan Ido The three female teachers, Patience Osadoplor, Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene who were abducted at Orhogbua Primary School, Ekehuan, village, Edo state have been freed. The teachers were kidnapped at gunpoint on July 30 and taken to an unknown destination. They were, however, released in the early hours of Tuesday at the Ekhehuan axis of the... Read More
by Rotimi Fasan His veiled attack at nameless and unpatriotic elders making comments likely to cause disaffection and disunity among Nigerians was definitely one of his many incompetent attempts at addressing festering national issues. So Chief Tony Anenih, the BoT chair of the PDP, marked his eightieth birthday last week and provided President Goodluck Jonathan... Read More
by Akan Ido Three men have been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a fourteen year old girl. The suspects, Ijezie Chidiebere, 24; Okechukwu Ezea, 25 and Chikezie Ejesi, 25, were said to have raped the teenager on August 3, 2013 in Orile-Iganmu, Lagos State. According to the police, the suspects violated the... Read More
A man who attended services at Owasso First Assembly of God in Oklahoma allegedly stole one of the church’s computers, and he might have gotten away with it if he hadn’t called technical support for assistance in removing the pornography filter. KMRG reported that Troy Ridling confessed and was arrested on Tuesday for stealing a computer from... Read More
A medical expert, Dr Adeyemi Oluwatosin, has raised the alarm over the frequency of sudden death among the youth and said that there was urgent need for the citizenry to take nutrition and healthcare seriously. Oluwatosin who raised the concerns in an exclusive chat with LEADERSHIP said youths between the ages 18-45 years could suddenly... Read More
by JD Zubema To put the records straight, Eze Odimegwu on assumption of duty as Chairman NPC in June 2012, told whoever wanted to listen that appointment of Directors and other staff in the commission was lopsided and he was going to correct it. He started by directing that all staff in his office, as... Read More
by Elnathan John My opinion in this matter is simple. A Lagosian as a social term is any Nigerian citizen who is permanently domiciled in Lagos, pays tax to the Lagos State Government and calls Lagos home. I am always wary of people who claim they know the ‘real story’ or the ‘truth about’ something.... Read More
by Peniel Plus “We need N1 Billion from ten (10) people, If you are one of them, please see my personal Secretary after we finish today. We also need N100million from those who can afford it, if you are in that category, please see my personal Secretary as well…. Let’s put our minds into any... Read More
Apostle Michael Canty of The Truth Ministries Holiness Church recently angered an entire wedding party and might have damaged his new ministry’s reputation after he refused to allow a bride wed her husband on her wedding day because he felt her dress was too sexy. Lisa Washington said ‘she’s never been more embarrassed then Saturday’... Read More
A Chinese woman has claimed she was left with a scratched eyeball after her iPhone 5 exploded. The phone user, surnamed Li from Dalian, said she felt that her iPhone was hot after talking on it for 40 minutes. She said that when she tried to end the call on the touch screen phone it was... Read More
A woman was eaten by her own cats and dogs when her dead body lay undiscovered in her isolated house, it has been reported. Janet Veal, 56, was found on her kitchen floor surrounded by her pets, some of which were also dead, with parts of her having been ‘gnawed and eaten’, the Southern Daily Echo... Read More
A 7-year-old girl was raped in a train’s toilet compartment in central India over the weekend, police said Tuesday. The incident comes amid widespread outrage in recent months over sex crimes across India. The child was lured away from her mother and her friend by a man in a park in Raipur, the capital of... Read More
Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, an ex-prime minister with a reputation for firmness, won Mali’s presidential election after his rival conceded defeat on Monday in a poll meant to draw a line under more than a year of turmoil. Keita, 68, universally known by his initials IBK, will now have access to $4 billion in international development... Read More
A doctor who allegedly videoed himself having sex with a patient took the woman’s virginity, a Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal hearing heard today. The woman’s mother testified that after her daughter told her it was the first time she had had sex, she told her daughter it was “just not right”. “I said that he... Read More
Police in Montgomery County, MD arrested and charged 54-year-old elementary school music teacher Lawrence Wesley Joynes last week with multiple counts of sexual abuse, child abuse, rape and molestation after finding child pornography on the teacher’s computer. According to ABC Channel 7, some of the pornographic materials featured Joynes’ students and appeared to have been produced... Read More