October 9, 2012

Another one: Dangote, Adenuga, Agbakoba to lead presidential disaster committee

by Isi Esene The president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Tuesday addressed the nation to intimate the public of efforts that are being made to alleviate the problems of states affected by flood disasters in the past weeks. The state affected include Kogi, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Ogun State and... Read More

aliko dangote, disaster, flood, Goodluck Jonathan, mike adenuga, NEMA, Olisa Agbakoba

October 9, 2012

3 things we learnt from Sunday’s El Clasico

by ‘Ifreke Inyang If you missed Sunday’s El Clasico game, well, let’s just say you missed out. No superlatives will paint the pictures as vividly as the live game. The football was end to end, the drama was incredible and our nerves were seriously tested. It ended 2-2, but even the scoreline doesn’t tell the... Read More

October 9, 2012

What will President Jonathan talk about this morning? We have 7 guesses

by Stanley Azuakola So the president says he’s going to address us in the morning at 7am, and we can’t sleep. Our hearts are racing. What’s he going to say? For those waiting with bated breaths, here are seven things we think he might say, come the morning. Share your thoughts! 1. Bakassi: This has... Read More

address, Bakassi, boko haram, cabinet reshuffle, fuel subsidy, President Jonathan

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Face of shame: 195-kg man accused of attempting to kidnap 10-year-old boy (PHOTO)

A 425-pound gang member in Southern California has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old boy on his way to soccer practice. Victor Joseph Espinoza, 55, lured the boy close enough to grab him Thursday afternoon at a park in Santa Ana, Calif., police said. The victim was able to break... Read More

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Achebe is angry because a Yoruba man won the Nobel – Ekiti commissioner

Poet, literary and social critic Mr Odia Ofeimun has said Biafran war leaders should be sent to the Nuremberg Trial for crime against humanity. He said those leaders are supposed to be tried for deceiving the Igbos to fight a war they were not prepared for. Ofeimun said this yesterday at Freedom Park, Lagos while... Read More

achebe, awoist, Odia Ofeimun, soyinka

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Romney Rules! Republican candidate leads Obama by four points

Mitt Romney has jumped out to a slight national lead among those likeliest to vote on Nov. 6, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center. Pew, which in mid-September showed Romney trailing President Obama by eight points, now shows him leading the president by four points among likely voters — the first... Read More

obama, polls, Romney

October 8, 2012

“This president is a bunker!” – See our (erm) Top 10 tweets on GEJ’s address tomorrow

by Stanley Azuakola So, normally, the people should be expectant when their president wants to address them – as is the case for President Goodluck Jonathan, who will address the nation on Tuesday morning, just nine days after his Independence address, the subject of much controversy. Erm… Unfortunately, each of his “addresses” have failed to... Read More

address, GEJ, jonathan, oau, tweet

October 8, 2012

“The war is still very personal”: Uzodinma Iweala (also) reviews Achebe’s book

by Uzodinma Iweala I met Chinua Achebe for the first time when I was in high school, but I knew him through his works long before that. “Uncle,” as my siblings and I were told to call him, came to our house in Washington, D.C., for a teatime reception my mother had organized. She had... Read More

‘There Was a Country’, achebe, biafra, civil war, igbos, iweala, uzodinma

October 8, 2012

PHOTOS: If you’ve got it, flaunt it! See our top Rihanna bikini looks

by Chi Ibe The R&B superstar, Rihanna is simply smashing in a bikini, if we may say so. Scroll down and see what she’s rocking and why, er, Mr. Brown couldn’t quite move on.

Bikini, Chris Brown, Rihanna

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Roll out the red carpet: GEJ, Jacob Zuma, Obaigbena, Diezani to testify at Okah’s trial

President Goodluck Jonathan and his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, are two of 144 persons expected to provide evidence in the on-going trial of Henry Okah, who is accused of masterminding the deadly Independence Day bomb blasts in Abuja, in 2010. Mr. Okah, whose trial began last Monday, 2 years after he was arrested from... Read More

diezani, jacob zuma, obaigbena

October 8, 2012

State of anomie: Chinese chef shot dead in Borno

By Stanley Azuakola A Chinese chef was today shot dead by gunmen in Gubio, Borno. State. Until his death, he was working as a chef for a construction company in Borno State. His death was confirmed by an official of the company. Even though Borno has been hit severely by terrorist attacks since the rise... Read More

Albert Audu, Chinese chef, chinese construction company, Gubio

October 8, 2012

TICKER: So sad: Man dies after police laugh off his plea saying he can’t breathe

Policemen in Milwaukee have some questions to answer about a man who died while in their custody. The medical examiner has complicated the questions they have to answer further by classifying the man’s death as a homicide. A dashcam shows 22 year old Derek Williams gasping for air in the police car after they arrested... Read More

October 8, 2012

Confirmed: 30 killed by military in Maiduguri today

by Hauwa Gambo The Associated Press has confirmed that Nigerian soldiers today killed at least 30 civilians in the northeaster city of Maiduguri. The soldiers were retaliating following the killing of one of their officers, a lieutenant. According to the report, “The attack came from soldiers attached to a special military unit on guard in... Read More

boko haram, maiduguri, Military

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Danny DeVito and wife separate after 30 years of marriage

Another celebrity marriage bites the dust. Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman have separated after 30 years of marriage, the couple’s rep Stan Rosenfield told “Entertainment Tonight.” DeVito, 67, and Perlman, 64, met in 1970 after Perlman went to see a friend in the Broadway play “The Shrinking Bride” and fell for DeVito, who was also... Read More

October 8, 2012

TICKER: I am not a member of the Illuminati – D’banj cries out

Dapo ‘D’banj’ Oyebanjo, on Friday October 5, 2012, during an interview on the ‘Morning Show’ at popular urban radio station BEAT 99.9 FM, was asked – ‘Are you a member of the Illuminati’? He calmly denied ever being a member of the ‘secret organization’ but we can’t help but wonder why he was even asked... Read More

beat fm, D'banj, illuminati

October 8, 2012

Be very afraid? President Jonathan will address you tomorrow at 7am

by Hauwa Gambo The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan will address the nation tomorrow, Tuesday at 7am. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, says the address will air live at 7 a.m. on the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). This... Read More

abati, address, FRCN, GEJ, jonathan, NTA

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Awful: 17-month-old baby found dead in backyard

An infant was found dead and buried in a Long Island backyard — and his parents never reported him missing. The body of 17-month-old Justin Kowalczik was unearthed Saturday at the home of a Farmingdale, NY mother of three, according to the New York Post. The mother’s boyfriend, Robert Rodriguez, was immediately named as a... Read More

October 8, 2012

Is she putting more effort into looking sexy? Watch out! Top 10 signs she’s cheating on you

by Eric Heston “Contrary to what your macho side might think, you may not be the center of her universe after all.” Cheating. It happens. Does it happen often? Not really. Will someone cheat on you? Hopefully not. But if Robert Pattinson — this generation’s teen heartthrob — can get cheated on, then what chance... Read More

October 8, 2012

Meet the woman with 9,000 piercings, she’s a world record holder – See (stunning) Photos

by Chi Ibe Brazilian Elaine Davidson is the world record holder for body piercing in the Guinness Book of Records and as of March 2012 her piercings total 9,000 according to her website. According to the Guinness World Record Organisation, the former restaurant owner is constantly adding and replacing jewellery, mostly in her face. She... Read More

Elaine Davidson, Guinness World record, piercing, Tattoo

October 8, 2012

Onoshe Nwabuikwu Reviews: Bisi Olatilo goes over the top, the Ondo debate, and more

by Onoshe Nwabuikwu Did you know it was Independence? Monday October 1, 2012 was Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary. Not that you needed reminding. I’m also fairly certain that the events of the past one to two weeks would have jogged the memory of even the worst amnesiac. So, did you feel the Independence Day... Read More

Airtime, Bisi Olatilo, Debate, election, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, Onoshe Nwabuikwu

October 8, 2012

MI Abaga speaks on #Aluu4: “The hope is the worst part of it”

by MI Abaga (miabaga.com) OPINION || ALUU 4 || THE HOPE IS THE WORST PART OF IT 08.10.12 / The hope is the worst part of it. The way they lay there, beaten and broken, battered and bruised. Knowing their end had come for certain. Knowing that the crowd meant to see this through to the... Read More

#Aluu4, mi abaga

October 8, 2012

Aw: Wounded lioness shows softer side by adopting baby antelope (TOO CUTE PHOTOS)

by Chi Ibe The Daily Mail tells the story best: “These touching photographs show a lioness adopting a helpless antelope calf – after she killed its mother. “The intimidating beast had just finished devouring a Ugandan Kob, and had the wounds to show for it, when its terrified child emerged. “Instead of making the defenceless... Read More

antelope, lioness

October 8, 2012

Senator’s driver arraigned for killing nurse in Akure

by Stanley Azuakola A driver for Senator Ajayi Borrofice, Michael Agunloye, was last Friday arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing a nurse, Mrs. Florence Olusori. Agunloye was actually driving a vehicle in the convoy of the senator when the incident happened. According to the police, which arraigned him, Agunloye was driving... Read More

Florence Olusori, John Zakari, michael Agunloye, Sen Ajayi Borrofice

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Stupid thief tries to break into a bathroom window… just inches from CCTV (PHOTO)

s is the moment a bungling burglar tried to break into a house, completely unaware his every move was being captured on a CCTV camera positioned just inches away from his face. Dopey Jake Smith, 24, can be seen in the footage trying to force open the bathroom window of a property in Wednesfield, in... Read More

October 8, 2012

TICKER: Gunmen kill 2 in Zaira, Kaduna

Two persons were killed by unknown gunmen at a drinking pub in Zaira, the Kaduna State police Command said on Sunday. DSP Aminu Lawal, the command’s Public Relations Officer, said one other person was injured in the incident, which took place on Saturday night along King’s Road, Sabon-Gari area of the town. Lawal said that... Read More

October 8, 2012

TICKER: #InCaseYouMissedIt: NTA airs Jonathan’s visit to his wife in Germany

President Goodluck Jonathan paid a secret visit to his sick wife, Patience, in Germany on Saturday. A short news item aired on the Nigerian Television Authority at 9pm showed the President’s visit to his wife, who is reported to be sick with an undisclosed ailment in Germany. The news item was accompanied by a short... Read More

Germany, nigeria, patience

October 8, 2012

Opinion: Shhhh… why is the trend of men as pathetic dogs in broad daylight acceptable?

by Jennifer Ehidiamen Some of us ladies are dating someone whose loyalty/faithfulness we secretly question. The beauty about modern day technology is that even though you are cut off from your regular base, the fact that you are following issues from that base on Twitter, or nosing around to read updates from similar source, you... Read More

Aluu Community, cheating, Fidelity, men, relationship, twitter.

October 8, 2012

Tolu Ogunlesi: Any hope for Nigeria? (YNaija Frontpage)

A ruling elite – largely a bunch of megalomaniacs – who exist in a world of their own, where they feed on the profuse offerings of sycophants, and in return dispense life-transforming favours. A citizenry who, now accustomed to the fact that there is no justice to be expected from the state, have perfected the... Read More

#Aluu4, celebration, David Mark, Godswill Akpabio, hope, Mubi, nigeria, UNIPORT students

October 8, 2012

TICKER: BREAKING: Explosion and gunshots hit Maiduguri

Heavy fighting may be ongoing between the JTF and Boko Haram. Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicate that multiple explosions and gunshots are occurring around Lagos street and Gwange area of the Maiduguri metropolis. A resident of the area informed PREMIUM TIMES that an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, may have been planted in... Read More

explosion, maiduguri

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