Opinion: Fashola and ‘okadas’ – Lagos can’t become New York overnight

by Babatunde Rosanwo Productivity in Lagos is highly dependent on efficiency; whether for the transport of goods, labor, or services between point A and B. The merit of banning okadas from the streets of Lagos is an easy one; this particular means of transport is prone to accidents, the okada riders are unruly, they flout... Read More

babatunde Fashola, commercial motorcyclists, economy, goods, highway, Labour, Lastma, okada, productivity

October 24, 2012

We will arrest rumour mongers – Bayelsa alleges plot to embarrass President Jonathan and state governor

by Isi Esene The Bayelsa State government yesterday cried out accusing some elements of plotting to embarrass the government of the state and ultimately, president Goodluck Jonathan, by accusing them of diverting relief materials meant for the internal displaced victims of the flood disaster. This was disclosed yesterday by the secretary to the state government,... Read More

Bayelsa, Edmond Allison-Oguru, flood, Gov. Timipre Sylva, secretary to state government

October 24, 2012

TICKER: FG to keep N276 million of the N1.1 billion found with man at airport – Court

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Tijjani Sherif, the man caught at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, while traveling with $7 million (about N1.1 billion) to forfeit 25 percent of the undeclared cash to the Federal Government. Justice C.J Aneke gave the order after the 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to a... Read More

airport, CJ Aneke, court, forfeit, money laundering, Tijjani Sherif

October 24, 2012

#SleevesUp Nigeria: Nigerians say “Never Again” to mob justice

by Rachel Ogbu The bloody Friday incident that occurred on October 5, 2012, in which four students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) were brutally murdered by a mob for alleged robbery continues to spark reactions across the country. SleevesUp Nigeria is now mobilising Nigerians and encouraging them to be united in one voice... Read More

#Aluu4, #Sleeves up Nigeria, advocacy, crinal code, Jungle justice

October 24, 2012

Opinion: We better face the facts – Nigeria is an illiterate country

by Onome Onodarho A nation is only as good as its people. As a country, we need to find effective ways to reduce the current level of illiteracy. During the course of my service year, I had the privilege of working in the customer service unit of one of the banks in Nigeria. The biggest... Read More

bank, children, education, literacy, nigeria, schools

October 24, 2012

Freedom of misinformation: Who is sorry now?

by Bashorun JK Randle How strange that it was only in Zimboda (and probably in Nigeria) that all the banks are being audited by only four firms; and the same auditors audit the Regulators! According to a recently issued report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Financial Faculty, “A lack of... Read More

audit, banking, david cameron, Ed Milliband, FOI, Mark Hoban

October 24, 2012

Teacher flogs pupil to death in Anambra State, school shut down by govt

by Isi Esene A 12-year-old pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, reportedly died while being flogged by her school teacher for not doing her homework. Sources say the secondary school student fainted in the process of being flogged by a female teacher and later died while being rushed to an undisclosed hospital in Awka, Anambra State. The... Read More

anambra, awka, Chidinma Ukachkwu, Simeon Ukachukwu, teacher, Uju Okeke

October 24, 2012

TICKER: After stinging debate loss, US Republicans spread nasty rumour that Obama sold cocaine in Harvard

Donal Trump told the hosts of Fox & Friends on Monday that he has some dirt on President Obama which he plans to release before wednesday. “Something very, very big concerning the president of the United States,” Trump said. “It’s going to be very big. I know one thing — you will cover it in a very... Read More

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Meet Marina Chapman, who claims she was raised by monkeys

Marina Chapman may live a quiet life now, but the story of her childhood is more akin to a wild fairytale: Chapman claims she was raised by monkeys. The British housewife alleges that capuchin monkeys raised her after she was kidnapped in Colombia and abandoned in a remote jungle, according to The Sunday Times via... Read More

Andrew Lownie, Marina Chapman, monkey, Oxana Malaya

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Bizzare Twist: Police say woman who says KKK set her on fire actually did it to herself

In a bizarre twist to the case of Sharmeka Moffitt, police are now saying that the woman wasn’t set on fire by members of the Ku Klux Klan. Instead, they say that she actually did it all to herself. The woman in Winnsboro is being accused of making up a story in which she said that... Read More

October 24, 2012

TICKER: ‘Dead’ man turns up at his own funeral

A Brazilian family was stunned when their relative arrived at his own funeral after a mix-up when the dead body was identified. The funeral of car washer Gilberto Araujo, 41, was being held in the town of Alagoinhas in north-east Brazil when Gilberto himself walked in. His brother Jose Marcos, had identified a body at the... Read More

brazilian, funeral

October 24, 2012

Femke becomes Funke: How Nigeria has changed me

Pepper. Obviously. My taste buds have been adapting to spiciness ever since I first set foot in Yorubaland. Adapting as in: they have by now been spiced into oblivion. After an overdose of cheese and coffee, I am getting used to being temporarily in my country of birth. Little things remind me of Lagos, and... Read More

Dutch, nigeria, Nrtherlands, pepper, telephone, Yorubaland

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Teen brothers arrested in 12-year-old’s murder

Two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, prompting a frantic search by her small hometown until her body was found stuffed into a home recycling bin. The boys’ mother played a part in cracking the case involving Autumn Pasquale, Gloucester County prosecutor Sean Dalton... Read More

Corey Hewes, Crime Investigators, Gloucester County, Jodie Robinson, Na'eem Williams

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Virgin Atlantic employs 10-year-old as manager

British mega carrier, Virgin Atlantic, has appointed a 10-year-old boy to test and approve its newly refurbished Boeing 747 jumbo plane. A statement by the airline office in Nigeria said the pint-sized primary school pupil, Billy Yeomans, was chosen from over 600 applicants to become the airline’s first Junior Approvals Manager in an initiative spearheaded... Read More

Virgin Atlantic

October 24, 2012

The return of cassava bread: UTC launches new bread – with even more cassava

by Rachel Ogbu This is one premier no one is eager to attend. The repackaging of UTC’s Starloaf cassava bread will be officially launched on Thursday, November 26, 2012- this time with even more cassava. Foluso Olaniyan, Managing Director of UTC, said the company will officially launch the rebranded, improved and export-quality cassava bread, with higher... Read More

cassava bread, economy, export, repackaging

October 24, 2012

Report: SSS says man behind Arik scare is a mental patient (and insists he did not have a bomb)

by Rachel Ogbu Earlier we reported the State Security Services, SSS, took into custody a man, Aminu Galadima who scared passengers on an Arik Air flight to Abuja yesterday when he started acting weird, standing and shouting “God is great!” Passengers landed safely and the SSS, Ministry of Aviation and Arik in different statements Tuesday, dismissed rumours that the plane... Read More

arik air, bomb scare, sss, terrorism

October 24, 2012

The wages of porn: Posh wedding hotel refuses to host wedding of adult TV star

by Rachel Ogbu A five star hotel based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom turned away adult TV star and glamour model, Pauline Bailey who goes by the name of Rachel T when she went to make inquries about holding her wedding there. The 27-year-old medical law graduate who works at Red Light Central TV was branded ‘not... Read More

adult tv, discrimination, wedding

October 24, 2012

New collection, male line & more: ORIKI set for re-launch

by Rachel Ogbu African fashion house ORIKI has taken new steps in rebranding this year. First it changed its brand name from ORIKI Clothing to simply ORIKI and now it will be moving to a brand new ultra-modern factory and flagship store on 60 Allen Avenue-Ikeja-Lagos. To also mark this great move, they will be having openings from October 25... Read More

African clothing, Designer, fashion, ORIKI

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Bank security guard steals N1m from ATM

A security guard, Danjuma Abutu, 36, attached to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB, Lagos has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, on a three-count charge of breaking into the bank’s Automated Teller Machine, ATM, to steal N1 million. The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, alleged in the charge... Read More

atm, bank

October 24, 2012

TICKER: Fight breaks out in Edo community over “manhood initiation”

Many residents of South Ibie Kingdom, near Auchi, Etsako East Local Government, Edo State on Tuesday fled the community as fighting broke out between youths and the police. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the fight broke out following a dispute between the monarch and some sections of the kingdom on whether to hold... Read More

Edo, Manhood

October 24, 2012

Y! Campus Rep Reports: Scoops, snippets and some backstage gist from The Headies 2012

by Pelumi Oyetimehin (additional reports by Chi Ibe) The 2012 Headies have come and gone but the good… and not-so-good memories continue to linger. We were there to catch all the happenings inside and outside the auditorium and was it full of scoops or what? Here, our Lagos campus correspondent brings you all the remarkable... Read More

Burna boy, D'banj, Davido, eko hotel, headies, mavin, Music, Next rated

October 24, 2012

PHOTOS: Hot or not? Toke Makinwa launches new blog with hot new shoot

The TV host and On-Air-Personality of The Morning Rose show on Rhythm 93.7 recently launched her personal blog on entertainment. Check her new blog, called The Toke Makinwa HERE

blog, entertainment, OAP, toke makinwa

October 24, 2012

Japheth Omojuwa: The US, Nigeria’s oil and signs of the last days (YNaija Frontpage)

It is good news for the world, it is a disaster for oil dependent mono-economies. A country cannot be more dependent on one source of income like Nigeria is on oil. One Newspaper headline had it like this yesterday ‘Anxiety as Nigeria’s crude oil export to U.S. slumps.’ This is not what those in... Read More

China, economy, Germany, nigeria, Oil, Petroleum, Shell, Vitol

October 24, 2012

Who’s your choice? Dangote, Elumelu make final list for Forbes Africa Person of the Year 2012

by Isi Esene Forbes is out with its shortlist of nominees for Person of the Year. The list includes two Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu; a South African, Stephen Saad; a Kenyan, James Mwangi and the Malawian President, Joyce Banda. Read their profiles and let’s have your preference. Tony Elumelu, Founder and Chairman of... Read More

aliko dangote, forbes, James Mwangi, Joyce Banda, Person of the Year, Stephen Saad, Tony Elumelu, vote

October 24, 2012

12-year-old flogged to death in Awka for failing to do her homework

by Hauwa Gambo An awful story. In Awka, the Anambra capital, a 12-year-old second school pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after her teacher caned her, purportedly for not doing her homework. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the girl died on Thursday last week after she was caned. She had fainted following the beating... Read More

anambra, awka, homework, teacher

October 24, 2012

Man who caused scare on Arik flight in SSS custody

by Rachel Ogbu The Ministry of Aviation and Arik Air have both denied that there was a suicide bomber on a domestic flight on Tuesday after reports that a male passenger screaming “Allahu Akbar” in an air-borne Arik plane scared passengers. Eye witnesses were quick to react and soon afterwards, news about the occurrence was all over social... Read More

airk air, aviation, boko haram, bomb scare, hijacking, stella oduah

October 24, 2012

Danger ahead: Boko Haram plans to “launch massive attacks” during Sallah – JTF

by Hauwa Gambo The spokesperson of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Borno, Colonel Sagir Musa, has announced that the Boko Haram sect plans to launch an attack during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration starting tomorrow. “Information available to the JTF indicates that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning massive attacks on military and civilian targets... Read More

boko haram, Borno, JTF, sallah, yobe

October 24, 2012

Femi Kuti Exclusive: “Why I agreed to judge on Nigerian Idol” (plus his favourite Nigerian artiste!)

by Chi Ibe Femi Kuti was on hand recently to speak with Y! on his life, reason for agreeing to be a Nigerian Idol judge and other things you might not know about him. Read through to know what the saxophone wielding Afrobeat legend has to say. YNaija: Why did you agree to be... Read More

afrobeat, debola williams, Femi Kuti, Music, nigerian idol, wizkid

October 23, 2012

TICKER: Donald Trump’s “big announcement” tomorrow is about “Michelle and Barack Obama divorce”

Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon. It is alleged that the eccentric real estate mogul will claim that the documents show the First Lady and the President were at one point in their... Read More

divorce, obama, papers, trump

October 23, 2012

TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt: Fashola and Obasanjo battle over vehicles

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola are at loggerheads following the seizure of one of Obasanjo Farms’ utility vehicles by men of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA). Sources close to Obasanjo Farms in Ota, Ogun state explained that one of the utility vehicles allegedly committed a traffic offence... Read More

Fashola, Obasanjo

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