The 10-man kidnap gang, which abducted Prof Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been torn apart as a result of sharing the ransom collected for the release of the Queen of Ogwashi-Uku kingdom in Delta State. The new leader of the gang reportedly bolted away with N1million share of... Read More
A 29-year old man, going by the name Nura Mustapha, is currently explaining to homicide detectives at the State Criminal Investigative Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, why he was allegedly caught sleepng with the corpse of a lady identified as Faith Akin. Mustapha was arrested early in March after an attendant at the Green Star... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Silvo Berlusconi, former Italian prime minister will be parting away with, uhm, a lot of money after splitting up with his wife, Veronica Lario. According to reports, his ex-wife will collect 36 million euros a year in maintenance payments and that works out at almost 100,000 euros a day. Lario walked out of the... Read More
We are all aware of the darkness that lurks beneath the happy exterior of Christmas. This jolly time of year is also the same time of year that depression becomes difficult to bare. Some people struggle with finances and the darker and colder climate can isolate people as much as it can bring them together.... Read More
Students at 22 Philadelphia high schools will be able to take advantage of the school’s free supply of condoms when they return from winter break. The pilot effort is launched to fight “an epidemic of sexually transmitted disease” in the city, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Twelve schools in the city currently offer easy access to... Read More
by Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Christian Submission seems to be a very sensitive and controversial topic. It seems that a lot of women will call themselves women of faith but when the topic of submission comes up, it becomes a little more complicated. Of course there are women of faith who absolutely believe in submission, wholeheartedly practice... Read More
Most Americans would be up-in-arms if the government tried to control how they use the internet. We all generally have the right to say whatever we want to say online (our freedom of speech permits that.) Some governments are fed up with the anonymous attacks and posts that attack government officials and spread gossip through... Read More
by Honey Bee Women are usually more sensory acute than men. They are more intuitive in detecting emotions and when a guy is interested. But there are times that you will meet a guy who is overly shy and discreet in expressing his feelings. For the ladies out there who are curious (and sometimes clueless)... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart might be playing the happy couple but they spent the Christmas apart partly because Stewart was terrified of facing Rob’s family, a report said. Now recent news claim loved ones wouldn’t let him off the hook for “getting back with a cheat.” Things got out of control when family... Read More
I leave you with questions and only hope that one day…soonest, you’d find it in your heart to put down your weapons and leave us to heal and to forgive. Dear Boko Haram, I thought long and hard about this letter before I decided to put it out there (and by extension…put myself out there).... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Augustine Ikwuagwu and his wife, Margret were left inconsolable after their five childreng were killed at night in an inferno at Comfort Oboh Street, Kirikiri Town. Children, Chukwuemeka, 13, Ifeanyichukwu,10, Bright,8, Joy, 6, and Victoria, 4 were sleeping in the house when the fire broke out around 1 0pm. Their mother, Margret... Read More
by Oria Iyayi We do not teach the War in our schools, most times we act like it never happened. I never witnessed events of the Civil War having been born about a decade after the last shot in anger had been fired. I heard some accounts of the war from various people. I heard how... Read More
A Vancouver Island woman who was brought back to life after a bizarre accident at a McDonald’s drive-thru last month is thankful to those who saved her life. The accident occurred when Lee-Ann Sami pulled up to the window to pay for her meal at a McDonalds in Courtenay, B.C., on Nov. 11. The 34-year-old... Read More
by Jesse L. Ford for Reach for Happy Regardless of your current career path, employment status, or life path, you can follow these proven steps to create multiple viable streams of income that will make you rich and get you living the life of your dreams. We are focusing on getting rich through viable long-lasting... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Koko Concert was one of the most anticipated shows to close 2012. However, the reviews after the event on December 27 showed more of a let-down than hype. Main attraction of the show, D’Banj took to Twitter recently to discuss the issue and sincerely apologised for logistic problems and promised fans it... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo So, the way you’ve heard it told on our famously ‘follow-follow’ social media space, Dbanj’s 2012 Koko Concert, held on Thursday, December 27 was a huge flop, right? And he has done the wise thing and apologised. Well, apart from the fact that yes indeed he needs to get a full refund... Read More
by Lucas Togan Invariably all three factors – Religion, Language and Heritage – that will sustain a Nigerian revolution are missing (have always been) before the commencement of a revolution. The best Nigerians and Nigeria can hope for is a riot or another “OJOTA” gathering. What if the Nigerian government repeats the rude-shock New Year’s... Read More
Students beg, Parents react… School declines comment I’m not aware — Prof Okojie, NUC boss About 200 students may have been expelled by the authorities of Covenant University, Cannanland, Ota, Ogun State, recently for what was described as “disregard of paramount core values.” Frustrated and angered by the development, some of the affected students who... Read More
… As villagers protest abduction of their children New leader bolts with N1 million… Police arrest kidnapper days after forming new group —————————- The 10-man kidnap gang, which abducted Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been torn apart as a result of sharing the ransom collected for the... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Nollywood actress and singer, Tonto Dikeh is named Vanguard’s controversial Actress of the Year 2012. In a report, Dikeh was the actress who rocked Nollywood with controversy in the outgoing year. A product of Next Movie Star, Dikeh since she hit the limelight few years ago has never seized to be at... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Big Sean enjoyed a bit of sight-seeing in Lagos recently just before he performed at the Koko Concert. With the roof down, he sat next to D’banj who was driving his Aston Martin convertible and looking good in pink.
by Rachel Ogbu Bankole Solomon, a former pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has apologised for criticising the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye last week. Solomon claimed the General Overseer allowed politicians into their annual turning it into a political congress. (READ: Holy Ghost congress is now a political congress... Read More
A middle aged woman, simply identified as Uchenna is cooling her feet at the Onitsha Police Area Command for breaking her maid’s hand and tearing her private part with razor blade. Saturday Sun gathered that the woman allegedlly used a pestle to break her maid’ left hand and inflicted very deep cuts in her private... Read More
A woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi has died at a Singapore hospital, after her ordeal galvanised Indians to demand greater protection for women from sexual violence. The six men arrested over the violent attack in the back of the bus in New Delhi on the young woman and... Read More
by Temie Giwa When sophisticated robots fight wars, the collateral of such wars are often normal people; young fathers and little girls who wake to the rage of a people far away from them and their lives are squandered in a war they never asked for and one that gets them nothing but loss and... Read More
The husband of the Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Felix Obada, escaped death by a whisker at Ogbia in Bayelsa State on Dec. 15, 2012. An investigation showed that the naval helicopter ‘Helo 07,’ which was involved in the crash, was actually released to pick Obada, who was at the burial ceremony in Bayelsa.... Read More
Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin Although many people have fears about these electronic alternatives and even some erroneously think an end to books would be the demise of literature, the bitter fact is that the revolution is so compelling we can’t help it. The enduring advancement in scientific innovation and the irresistible potentialities of technology are transforming... Read More
by Dele Momodu Sir, when such occurrences happen, with the current rapidity, I believe it is time to look inwards. We must take a comprehensive glimpse at our home and check where the roof is leaking, because these are no normal times. Your Excellency, when I wrote my last letter to you about three... Read More
Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of the state. Azazi died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 15 alongside Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and four others, on his way from... Read More
In an attempt to escape arrest by a team of policemen on patrol on the LASU-Isheri Expressway on Wednesday, a robbery suspect, Godwin Ibe, narrowly escaped death in the hands of a mob in Lagos. Ibe, 29, was apprehended by some members of the Odua People’s Congress keeping the watch in the neighbourhood, in a... Read More