What: Nigeria and South Africa Fashion Show. Where: Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos. When: October 6, 2012. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
by Hauwa Gambo So because the world is obsessed with all things (Princess) Kate Middleton, pictures across the globe show her fulfilling the wishes of a 10-year-old schoolboy… well, almost – or at least as good as he was ever gonna get. According to the Daily Mail: Earlier in the day as she greeted crowds... Read More
by Demola Rewaju Though I’m not an advocate of pre-marital sex, I admit it is a reality in our society today so I’m not preaching that you stop but that you gain a deeper understanding of what your D represents and stop relating with it merely as a means to the giving and receiving of... Read More
Our job is to “reduce crime by bringing more offences to justice, and to raise public confidence that the system is fair and will deliver for the law-abiding citizen.” In the aftermath of the horrific killing of four young undergraduates by residents of the now smeared Omuokiri-Aluu community in Rivers, Nigerians have struggled to come to terms with... Read More
Florida Gov Rock Scott sent thousands of Floridians to a dirty phone sex line when he accidentally gave out the wrong number for the state’s fungal meningitis hotline. Anyone who dialed the number Gov Scott offered was greeted with a sultry woman saying: ‘Hello boys, thank you for calling me on my anniversary.’ The humorous... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun Since the news broke that Mrs. Patience Jonathan was hospitalised, there has been a systematic repetition of history. I take that back, history doesn’t repeat itself; such linguistic constructions in the intransitive mode shrewdly obscure the oft-unpleasant reality that the actors of history are active agents of concomitant actions that culminate in... Read More
Less than 24 hours after the kidnap of Muiba, wife to Osun State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Najeem Salaam, her abductors have demanded N200m ransom for her release. A source told our correspondent in Osogbo on that the suspected kidnappers phoned the Speaker on Wednesday to make the demand. It was learnt that the... Read More
The people of Omuokiri Aluu Community have begun to count their losses barely 24 hours after students from the University of Port Harcourt embarked on reprisals to avenge the killings of their colleagues. The angry students had on Tuesday stormed the community, burnt some houses, cars and other property over the torture and murder of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Great news: A 120-year-old woman, Rhoda Tamunu, has been rescued from a house submerged in the floods in Bayelsa. On Wednesday, Mrs. Tamunu was rescued by the state’s Emergency Medical Services at Agudama in the state’s capital, Yenagoa. She is one of many displaced by the raging floods, some in relief camps... Read More
by Reuben Daba Winner of The Future Awards 2012 Designer of the Year, Toju Foyeh, isn’t resting on her oars. The Lagos based stylish and bold design house for women, opens a store in Victoria Island, Lagos on Sunday October 14th, 2012, at Suite 1, Number 31, Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos at 2pm... Read More
by Reuben Daba The Liberian Football Association is approaching with all seriousness, it’s Nations Cup qualifying match against Nigeria. It informed the Nigeria Football Federation that its match delegation will arrive on Thursday although it didn’t state the expected time of arrival. The Liberia Football Association (LFA) delegation will comprise of 125 people. It includes... Read More
by Juliet Macur To start what was deemed a new and better doping strategy, Lance Armstrong and two of his teammates on the United States Postal Service cycling squad flew on a private jet to Valencia, Spain, in June 2000, to have blood extracted. In a hotel room there, two doctors and the team’s manager... Read More
by Adewale Francis But when I went what did I see? I saw the kwashiorkor victims. If you see a kwashiorkor victim you’ll never like war to be waged. Terrible sight, in Enugu, in Port Harcourt, not many in Calabar, but mainly in Enugu and Port Harcourt. Then I enquired what happened to the food... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Chinwe Biringa, mother of Chiadika Biringa, one of the four University of Port Harcourt students lynched last week at Aluu community by a mob spoke via telephone on a Channels TV program, and said that policemen were present during the killings. She expressed her disappointment with the approach of the policemen who... Read More
by Reuben Daba Mrs. Torughene-Ere Aboh, a 38-year-old woman in Delta State, was lucky to escape death yesterday, when a shark attacked her at Forcados River in Oboro Community, Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. According to a report: The woman, a mother of five, who was taking her bath in the overflowing river,... Read More
A woman has revealed how she was dumped by her husband of ten years via a text message. When Lisa Arends received a text from the man she had loved for over 16 years, saying: ‘I’m sorry to be such a coward to be leaving you this way, but I’m leaving you and I’m leaving... Read More
Coleen Rooney has announced she is pregnant with her second child. The TV presenter and husband, Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney revealed on Twitter they are expecting a sibling for their son Kai, who turns three next month. The brunette, 26, is still in her first trimester and is expecting to give birth in May.... Read More
A disabled boy fell to his death because care home workers were too afraid to restrain him over ‘health and safety’ fears. James Dean Brotherhood, 18, had brain damage and was susceptible to blood clots following treatment for a brain tumour, which was removed when he was eight. But despite his medical history and the... Read More
by Isi Esene The European Union Delegation, UNODC, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and the Nigeria Immigration Service launched a nationwide “I am priceless” campaign on Tuesday. Adopting the UN tradition of the appointment of Goodwill Ambassadors, UNODC announced the appointment of two National Goodwill Ambassadors, Jude Abaga, A.K.A M.I,... Read More
by Isi Esene The fathers of two of the murdered UNIPORT students spoke to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) about the killing and what actions they want to be taken to obtain justice after the gruesome murder. In a telephone interview with the BBC, the fathers of two of the victims, Lloyd Michael and Chiadika... Read More
CHRIS BROWN never married his ex but their split is still costing him some serious cash. The singer has handed a lump sum to KARRUECHE TRAN so she can buy herself a house. The couple broke up last week over his friendship with RIHANNA. The Bajan has been on her best behaviour too since her... Read More
The deputy governor of Bono State has denied that 30 civilians were killed in reprisal attacks by officers of the Joint Task Force, JTF. Mr. Mustapha said the bodies seen by eye-witnesses were not those of corpses but people “sleeping.” Men of the JTF, while trying to avenge the death of some of their colleagues... Read More
Tony Uranta, a public affairs analyst, today confirmed that two different patrol teams were on hand at the scene where the boys were murdered and the location where the incident took place was within five different outposts of police and JTF. He further said that the Police did not attempt to disperse the crowd before... Read More
by Demola Rewaju The other half of the problem was that his beats always seem to sound so much alike with the heavy reggaeton sequence. It’s hard to imagine that Nigeria’s one time favourite music star, Terry G seems to be struggling to maintain relevance in an industry that has evolved several times in the... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Well, it might have been Goodluck Ebele Jonathan who said he doesn’t give a damn, but its Babatunde Raju Fashola (SAN), the executive governor of Lagos State, who lives he maxim everyday. Now, his government has begun the crushing 3, 000 motorcycles, popularly called okada, in pursuance of its new – some... Read More
The call for the creation of Lagoon state, has been reaffirmed by its proponents arguing that Lagos has remained the way it was since Nigeria’s independence hence the non-development of its rural part which they claim has remained “rural and backward while the city blossomed and prospered.” Leading the call on Tuesday, was the executive... Read More
A leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has faulted extracts from Prof. Chinua Achebe’s latest memoirs on the Nigerian Civil War accusing the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo as the initiator of the pogrom against the Igbo. The memoirs coming 42 years after the war, Adebanjo said, reinforced “Achebe’s pathological hatred for... Read More
by Sabella Abidde Exactly two years after what came to be known as the Independence Day bombing, the trial of the alleged mastermind, Henry Emomotimi Okah, finally began. The trial is taking place, not in Nigeria, but in South Africa where the government said she was prosecuting Okah because of its obligation to the international... Read More
Authorities in Germany are investigating the “violent tactics” used by Berlin police to subdue an allegedly “deranged,” weapon-wielding man over the weekend. The police allegedly shot the man in the leg, before pepper spraying him, kicking him in the neck and setting a dog loose on him, German website The Local reports. According to the... Read More
by Okechukwu Ofili Sadly, I realized that If I publicly expressed how I truly felt about this situation my books might never appear at those bookstores ever again. I am probably going to regret this article I am about to write. But I have to write it because I am sick and tired of getting... Read More