by Oge Okonkwo A 28-year-old woman simply identified as Stella has died after her heart was pierced with a knife during a row with a neighbour. The incident occurred on Saturday, June 22, at their residence number 59, Ojora Street, Ajegunle, Lagos. The neighbor, Stella Omoigiafo Gilbert a 31-year-old mother of one stabbed the deceased,... Read More
by Chi Ibe New details reveal that the suspected bomber from the Monday bomb blast in Kano hid the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in a wheelbarrow covering it with bananas and oranges as he disguised as a fruit seller passing by then they were detonated at New and Enugu/Igbo Road, all in Sabon-Gari, which is... Read More
by Ife Adebayo We need to get our children into school, EVERY ONE OF THEM. And the time to do that is TODAY. We are already many years late. Today I’ll be continuing the series on the hierarchy of needs for Nigerians. I wrote initially that the most basic of needs for Nigerians to survive... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo In an incident eerily reminiscent of the Aluu Community killing in Rivers state where four students of the University of Port Harcourt were gruesomely murdered in cold blood, suspected members of vigilante group, Nigeria Police attached to Badagry Police Division have been accused of killing 25-year-old Ifechukwude Gabriel Nwainokpor, a graduate of Geology and... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa The deregulation of the media on the continent via social media and cable television have brought Africa closer to itself and the world closer to Africa. Young Africans now see very clearly that freedom is not a gift from a dictator but a right they own as humans. Some 50 per cent... Read More
by Bankole Oluwafemi The global tobacco industry counts on this ignorance to bolster a business that is reported to be booming in emerging economies, where information about the negatives of tobacco consumption aren’t quite as widespread and the regulatory frameworks aren’t as effective. So you don’t smoke. That doesn’t necessarily mean that all is right... Read More
by Akan Ido With massive afro-pop hits like ‘Kukere’, Your Waist, Sexy Mama featuring WizKid and Jombolo Featuring Flavour, it is easy to forget Iyanya has his roots in R&B. At a recent Project Fame show, the season 1 winner and super-star performs WestLife’s ‘Flying Without Wings’ serenading the ladies like no one can. Watch... Read More
by Sk Johnson Nigerians will never cease to make me laugh. I mean they haven’t failed now and I certainly don’t expect them to stop now. Let me get straight into it. So in 2008 it was announced that renowned playwright, Biyi Bandele would be adapting Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s award-winning novel, Half Of A Yellow... Read More
by Isi Esene The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party is clearly not happy with the recent visit of four northern governors Sule Lamido, Rabiu Kwankwaso, Babangida Aliyu, Murtala Nyako and Aliyu Wamakko of Jigawa, Kano, Niger, Adamawa and Sokoto states respectively, to former Heads of State, Generals Ibrahim Babangida and Olusegun Obasanjo. Tukur expressed... Read More
by Chukwuemerie Uduchukwu It is a pity and unfortunate that the federal government honoured some of these actors and actresses with National honours and it was even reported that some billions of naira was budgeted for the industry. This action of the government is unnecessary. The movies and entertainment industries are meant to promote the... Read More
by Akan Ido A Rivers State High Court has ordered the police to present before it the detained Leader of the State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd who was arrested over his involvement in the fracas which engulfed the chambers during a failed impeachment attempt. The order was given by the trial judge, Justice L.... Read More
by Obinna Akukwe This non-transparent process have made many parents to sell family land, properties and life savings to send their frustrated wards to schools in Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Russia while few buoyant ones send theirs to UK for admission. The processes of gaining admission into Nigerian universities have been bastardized by the trio of... Read More
by Okey Ndibe This architect of Nigeria’s misfortune appears to cherish some Nigerians’ proclamation that he was a much better “leader” than, say, President Jonathan. Such flattery proceeds from a short memory as well as a profound misreading of Obasanjo’s role in misshaping our present. The starkest evidence yet of Nigeria’s despairing circumstances could be... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The Edo State House of Assembly are considering passing a bill seeking to prohibit kidnapping and other matters connected to it with an option for the death penalty for convicted kidnappers and the bill has passed through its second reading, new reports say. Minority Whip of the state legislature, Kingsley Ehigiamusor, who sponsored the bill... Read More
by Lanre Olagunju True democracy stands for freedom from oppression and subjection. But freedom comes with a price; even the Holy Bible agrees that the price for freedom is knowledge. There is a major link between education and its influence on democracy, and that link becomes easier to identify when we essentially bring to mind... Read More
by Abubakar Sa’ad Bakori Contrary to these funny theories linking Al-Mustapha’s freedom to President Jonathan’s 2015 ambition, the Major got his freedom through a painstaking legal battle, lasting for 15 years. Reducing all these legal efforts for freedom to politics is preposterous. In fact, these theories are insulting to our intelligence. Nigerians have a propensity... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Following the death of about 20 people in Sabon Gari, Kano on Monday after what was said to be a terror attack, five people were killed yesterday in Tapga Village of Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba state after armed militia group the village. Reports indicate that the armed militia group had... Read More
by Kayode Komolafe Jobs are not only meant to give the young men and women means of livelihood, being employed is a source of moral fulfillment, a feeling of being useful to oneself and the society It is no news anymore that without any regard to the mood of the people politicians have prematurely put... Read More
A paralyzed man is recovering in hospital after his dog ate one of his testicles. The 39-year-old, from Trumann, Arkansas, woke up on Monday morning after feeling a burning pain in his mid section. He has no felling from the waist down. He told police he sleeps in the nude and woke up to see... Read More
Flashing a bra strap a bit risque for you? Then you might want to avert your gaze now – if the catwalks are anything to go by. Judging by the latest lines from top designers, next season the streets are going to be full of women wandering around in skimpy nighties, barely-there camisoles and all... Read More
A gang who laughed as they doused a woman in acid while she walked her six-year-old twins home from school have been jailed for a total of 44 years. The attackers was heard laughing as the noxious liquid was sprayed at the screaming mother in front of her two boys outside Upton Cross Primary School... Read More
Allen John Geozos A Florida man who was denied a marriage license threatened to blow the entire courthouse down, according to police reports. The man, who is 52-years-old, was arrested Monday after he threatened to blow the Orange County Courthouse, an arrest report shows. Allen John Geozos and his girlfriend were trying to get a... Read More
Warning … one man got his willy stuck in a toaster Fire chiefs warned of an alarming rise in bizarre 999 calls today after a man got his willy stuck in a TOASTER. Another red-faced caller had to be rescued after his manhood was caught in a vacuum cleaner. Crews were also called out to... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo The meeting between university lecturers and the Federal Government concerning the on-going strike that held on Monday is rescheduled to hold on Thursday as contending issues were not resolved. Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, lecturers, government delegates led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, met on Monday,... Read More
Hanging in the balance: Girl, 12, in critical condition after contracting deadly brain eating amoeba
A 12-year-old girl is fighting for her life in critical condition after contracting a rare and extremely deadly brain-eating amoeba while swimming at an Arkansas water park. Kali Hardig is the second person to have come down with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in three years after swimming in the sandy-bottom lake at Willow Springs Water Park... Read More
A Missouri man is recovering in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries after he shot himself in the groin over the weekend. The Argus-Press first reported that a pistol tucked into the waistband of a 75-year-old Owosso man discharged, causing a bullet to be fired into his genitals. Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Office Det. Lt. David Kirk told Raw... Read More
A 12-year-old boy has miraculously survived after running over a two-and-a-half inch nail while mowing the lawn, causing it to fling into the air and pierce his heart. Abe Tullis, from Midway, Utah, was cutting grass outside his family’s home on June 4 – with dreams of setting up a lawn mowing business with friends... Read More