Michael Jackson’s burial was delayed for nearly three months due to wrangling between Janet Jackson and her brother’s estate, a detail revealed in a November Vanity Fair–exclusive excerpt of Untouchable, Randall Sullivan’s Michael Jackson biography, which will be published next month. According to Sullivan, Janet put up the $40,000 deposit at Forest Lawn to secure... Read More
It seems to be all but official. Rihanna and Chris Brown are back together. Celeb watchers have been tracking their moves all week in New York. The Daily News reported that “multiple witnesses” saw the two “kissing” at a Meatpacking district club on Monday night, where they “disappeared into the bathroom together” for 20 minutes.... Read More
The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday said that the police have recovered stolen jewellery worth N20 million belonging to Maryam Abacha, wife to Nigeria’s former military Head of State. Mr Idris said that one of the suspects who bought some of the jewellery was arrested and his arrest led to the... Read More
The Super Eagles of Nigeria has dropped five places to 63rd in the world in the latest FIFA Rankings released by the world football governing body. This is Nigeria’s worst ranking in a decade to show the decline of the team in world football. This ranking is coming as the Super Eagles are preparing for... Read More
by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan today approved the appointment of new service chiefs for the Nigerian Armed Forces. According to Reuben Abati, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, the new service chiefs are Vice Admiral O.S. Ibrahim (Kwara) for Chief of Defence Staff; Rear Admiral D.J. Ezeoba (Delta) as Chief of... Read More
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nigeria, at independence from British rule in 1960, was called the Giant of Africa. With a large population, an educated elite and many natural resources, especially oil, Nigeria was supposed to fly the flag of democratic success. It did not, and it is clear now, in retrospect, that it could... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang There were more Champions League matches on Wednesday. And all across Europe, there were fascinating fixtures and compelling drama. Here are the five things we picked out from the games: 1. Manchester City have still not adapted to continental football It would have been expected that Roberto Mancini’s men, would have learnt... Read More
A Georgia mother is reportedly suing RadioShack, claiming the chain sold her a porn-filled refurbished cell phone. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Marcia Jones filed a lawsuit against RadioShack and Sprint after she found pornographic pictures on two HTC Evo 4G phones she purchased at a store in a mall in 2011. One of the... Read More
A restaurateur and mother of 14-year-old girl has told a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Karu how the pastor of a church she attends serially had carnal knowledge of her daughter, impregnating her and aborting the pregnancy. According to her, the pastor had his way with the teenager on the pretence that he was carrying out... Read More
by Reuben Daba A 37-year- old man Nurudeen Adeniyi was yesterday arraigned before an Osogbo chief magistrate court for allegedly kidnapping a 10 year old boy identified as Sikiru Salam on 30th of September, 2012 at about 8:00 p.m. at Ibokun Road in Osogbo. Nurudeen allegedly kidnapped the boy by pretending that he knew him.... Read More
by Isi Esene A security official in one of the Adamawa colleges has refuted claims that the massacre which was perpetrated by unknown gunmen a few days ago in the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, was caused by a student union election dispute. Shuaib Aroke, the Deputy Registrar of the polytechnic were some of the murdered students... Read More
You know what’s cooler than a million users? A billion users. And now Facebook has just that. Yep, the social network birthed in a Harvard dorm grew in eight short years to a membership that it says accounts for nearly one seventh of the world’s population. Not fake users or bots — which Facebook tracks... Read More
0 members of the state parliament supported his removal from office. The embattled deputy governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar, has been impeached. Mr. Abubakar was impeached by 20 of the 24 members of the Taraba State House of Assembly, while three members were absent during the sitting. The 20 members voted n favour of... Read More
by Elnathan John You do not need a person of legal age, an adult who will one day kill you all in your sleep, run away with your children or worse, snatch your husband from you. God is faithful. He has blessed your hustle with a husband. You began by going out of your way... Read More
Muslims members of Southern Kaduna community in Kaduna State has asked the ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja to order the Federal Government to pay them the sum of N105bn as compensation for failing to protect them from an alleged ethno-religious cleansing carried out by indigenous members of the community after the April 2011... Read More
John Caruso had a problem with the way his girlfriend swore like a sailor. Problem is, his alleged solution — squirting dish soap in her mouth — may end up staining him with a domestic battery charge. Stephanie Madewell, 21, called police on Tuesday in Hudson, Fla., after Caruso, her on-again, off-again boyfriend of five... Read More
by Nnadozie Egeonu Customer will always want to know what is in for him; what extra benefits can he derive from patronizing you; why should he go for you instead of others? Consulting for small and medium sized businesses is such an awesome experience, quite touching too when you find a lot of young and... Read More
by Isi Esene The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied claims by the opposition that the former Lagos State Governor and leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is backing the candidacy of Rotimi Akeredolu, for the governorship election because of what is in it for him financially. The Osun... Read More
by Isi Esene Johnson Munago, a middle-aged Nigerian Civil Servant has approached a Grade A Customary Court in Igando, Lagos, to end his two-year-old marriage to Helen Munago, who he accused of calling him uncomplimentary names. He also accused his wife of reluctance to assume his surname preferring to use her maiden name instead. He... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Many Nigerians, and many across the world, stayed glued to their TV sets and the internet watching, pretending to watch, and monitoring the US Presidential Debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. The comments moved between shocked and impressed, hilarious and angry. See below our Top 10 tweets from across the world!... Read More
Apart from the obvious waste of state resources, government ownership of football clubs encourages a bloated and possibly insolvent league. Anyone that believes a revival of Nigeria’s fortunes in soccer is around the corner must live dreamland. A few months ago, I visited the Dipo Dina Stadium on a fine Saturday afternoon. There were about... Read More
by Oyedeji Aderemi There in the driver’s seat is the president of the nation, doing all he can to stir this vehicle that was once brand new but is falling to bits and pieces due to poor maintenance. Does this not look like Nigeria? Nigeria is like a molue — that big contraption of metal hooked... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo So you already know: many Nigerians, and Africans, were rooting for US President Barack Obama in his first election debate against Mitt Romney in Denver. Well, sorry, the world called it: Obama lost this one. Caricatured as a bumbling, fumbling candidate, the Republican Romney came out swinging – and smashed the stereotypes.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The largest painting in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records is right here in Nigeria. The painting which measures 3,130.55 m² (33,696 ft² 138.2 in²), was unveiled by the Ecole de Dessin in partnership with Lagos State Government, Nigeria, on 17 November 2010 in celebration of Guinness World... Read More
by Reuben Daba On Wednesday in Lagos, an Ikeja High Court sentenced a serial motorcycle snatcher, Jamiu Rasaki, to 28 years imprisonment for a two count charge of conspiracy and robbery. Rasaki was found guilty of each of the two count charge levelled against him. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison for each... Read More
The management of the University of Benin, on Wednesday said it had handed over to the police 143 of its students for certificate forgery. The students, according to a statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Harrison Osarenren, are students of the faculties of Social Sciences, Engineering, Management Sciences and Life Sciences. Vice-Chancellor,... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Nigerian emergency and government authorities have confirmed to the BBC that dangerous animals, ncluding crocodiles, snakes and hippos, have been found in homes and communities across Central Nigeria following the fearsome floods. The creatures were moved along flood-swollen rivers. “There is now a hippopotamus in [my] house,” Benue state resident Wuese Jirake... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola This has been one heck of a week for the Abacha clan. First, the late General Abacha got honoured by the Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson. He got a housing complex, an auditorium and a road named after him. That same night, it was son, Mohammed’s turn. The Bayelsa State Government honoured... Read More
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers last fortnight stormed Celenzia Community in Okokomaiko area of Lagos State and subjected the residents to untold hardship and torture. They particularly struck at 2, Charley Pace Street, broke into the flats and tied their husbands together while the women were compelled to bring all they have in their... Read More