TICKER: “We didn’t even know anything was wrong” – Qatar passenger

by Hauwa Gambo Nigerians caught in a fit of panic this afternoon over a potential Qatar Airways incident have had cause to heave a sigh of relief. As we just reported, the flight from Doha to Lagos has landed safely, according to emegency officials, and there are no injuries. As we reported earlier, passengers didn’t... Read More

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September 29, 2012

UPDATE: Troubled Qatar Airways plane lands

by Hauwa Gambo The Qatar Airways plane with “landing gear” problems has reportedly arrived safely. Speaking by telephone to our correspondent, one of the passengers on the plane who prefers her name anonymous said, “We didn’t even know there was an issue oh. We just landed and saw fire service guys on ground. God is... Read More

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September 29, 2012

TICKER: Qatar Airways plane lands safely

September 29, 2012

DEVELOPING: Qatar Airways plane in distress, set to land in Lagos

by Hauwa Gambo We can confirm news of a Qatar Airways plane in distress reportedly due to a burst tire mid-air. Official sources are calling it a “landing gear problem”. It is preparing to land at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The airplane is Flight No. QR592. It is an Airbus from Doha... Read More

September 29, 2012

Come guys, I’m still single – BBA winner Karen Igho invites suitors

by Reuben Daba As everyone knows, winner of Big Brother Africa 2011, Nigeria’s Karen Igho is single. Now, thanks to an interview she granted recently to WG, we also know that she is searching as well. In the said interview, the entertainment personality was quoted as saying that she is “a woman who desires to... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Sefi Atta is back! Nigerian author releases new book “A bit of difference”

by Stanley Azuakola Seffi Atta, author of the bestseller Everything Good Will Come, is scheduled to release the Nigerian edition of her new novel “A Bit of Difference” before the end of 2012. The book which was published in Australia in August 2012, is already a big hit in that country. The novel is shot through... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#Forgery: Three NECO staff, others sentenced to 12 years in prison

by Stanley Azuakola The arm of the law caught up with nine persons including three National Examinations Council (NECO) staff, and they have now been sentenced to 12 years in prison, each, for forgery. One other person, Hassan Ayuba, who pleaded not guilty to the three court charges was ordered to be remanded in prison... Read More

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September 29, 2012

£30,000 a year addiction to London: How Nigerians are becoming big spenders

by Susannah Butter Visitors from the West African country are the UK’s fourth biggest foreign spenders, parting with an average of £500 in each luxury shop they visit — four times what UK shoppers typically spend. Every year, Simi Osomo makes six trips to London from Nigeria. The 25-year-old spends about two weeks here and... Read More

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September 29, 2012

The waist works wonders: Singer, Iyanya gets Range Rover

by Hauwa Gambo So, have you heard? The ‘Kukere’ singer, famous for the way his waist moved in that hit song, isn’t holding back. He is making money and he is spending it, and here we are talking about it. This is his new buy – a 2010 Ranger Rover Sports car, reportedly costing N11million.... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Photo of the Day: You have been warned… forward that text or else …

by Chi Ibe Every wondered if anyone died from not forwarding an sms or an email or a Blackberry broadcast? Well, now you have a tombstone to prove it. Hilarious! A reader sent this in.

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September 29, 2012

Video: Davido releases new video for ‘All of you’

by Isi Esene Davido has released a new video of his ‘O.B.O GENESIS’ album titled ‘All of You’. The video which was shot in Brooklyn, New York, features all the components of a Sesan directed video – the quality, the concept, and the scenery is true to type. Check the video out and see Davido... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Temie Giwa: Arms and the plan (YNaija Frontpage)

The North is being burnt by unemployed despondent youths. While in the South, young kidnappers and car jackals constantly terrorize all as the Nigerian police spend their time watching movies, eating Titus sardines and asking for bribes while dangerous criminals smoke marijuana in the front of the barracks. Two months ago, I moved my... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Saudi Arabia adamant, threatens to deport even more Nigerians

by Isi Esene The impasse between the Saudi Arabia government and the Nigerian authorities over the deportation of about 500 women on pilgrimage to the Holy Land appears far from being resolved. Reports say the Saudi Hajj authorities are insisting on deporting more female pilgrims visiting the country unescorted by male relatives or guardians. According... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#DivorceCourt: “I wash her panties, I often smell other men on them,” man tells court… “I still love her and want her”

by Reuben Daba In a Lagos Grade A Customary Court, sitting in Agege on Thursday, a 39-year-old estate agent, Ibukun Oluwadamilare, was the subject of much laughter when he revealed that he used to wash his wife’s pants and they smelled of other men’s semen. Hear him: “Whenever she comes back at night from an outing,... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Stephen Igbinedion: A Nigerian perspective (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I sometimes want to exalt Nigeria’s growth, but deep down I know the hope most Nigerians hold onto is gradually fading away. It all started on a certain evening, I had just finished eating rice and stew with boiled chicken. I was just about to take an afternoon nap when I convinced myself to browse... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Police Helicopter Crash: Families of victims get N34.43 million, landlords also compensated

by Stanley Azuakola In March 2012, a police surveillance helicopter crashed in Jos, killing the erstwhile Police deputy inspector general in charge of Operations at Force Headquarters, John Haruna and three others. Yesterday, six months after that ill-fated crash, the families of the dead were paid death benefits amounting to N36,633,500 by the Nigeria Police... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#JustAwful: 20-year-old man, undergraduate, remanded for orally raping 7-year-old boy

by Reuben Daba A Makurdi court has locked Ortyom Dyorugh, a 20-year old, 300 level Accounting student of the Benue State University, Makurdi behind bars for allegedly indulging in homosexuality with a seven-year old Isaac Chivirter Shamigah. Dyorugh allegedly forced Shamigah to suck his penis at the Judges Quarters area of Makurdi town where they... Read More

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September 29, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: Heads, you lose: Police arrest 75-year-old man with human skulls in Ibadan

by Reuben Daba The police in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, have confirmed the arrest of a 75-year old herbalist, Ahmed Akekaka, for possessing human skulls. The arrest of Akekaka in his house in Apete, a suburb of Ibadan, was made following reports from residents at the Eleyele Police Station. According to reports, Adekaka was... Read More

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September 29, 2012

“He owes us 4-months’ pay” – Air Nigeria staff take Jimoh Ibrahim to court

by Stanley Azuakola Let’s face it: Nobody expected Jimoh Ibrahim’s words communicating his sack of all Air Nigeria staff and closing down the airline as the final word on the matter. Certainly there was more to come. As promised, workers of the grounded airline have dragged the chairman, Jimoh Ibrahim and the chief executive officer,... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Edo lawmaker shot by suspected assassins in Benin

by Stanley Azuakola An Edo State House of Assembly lawmaker, Rasaq Momoh, was shot on Friday, by gunmen suspected to be assassins. Momoh is an Action Congress of Nigeria lawmaker, who chairs the House Committee on Finance. He was shot along Akenzua road in Benin where he had gone for a visit. He was immediately... Read More

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September 29, 2012

More trouble: House of Representatives threatens to ignore 2013 budget

by Stanley Azuakola In an unprecedented move, the House of Representatives, on Friday, vowed not to treat the 2013 budget proposal until it was satisfied with the implementation of the 2012 budget. Consequently, members of the house turned down the request of President Goodluck Jonathan to lay the 2013 budget proposal next Thursday. This is... Read More

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September 29, 2012

“I am a courier for 20 people”: 24-year-old man headed for Dubai with $7m cash arrested at Lagos airport

by Stanley Azuakola The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday confirmed that it had arrested a 24-year old suspect, Abubakar Tijani Sheriff, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for trying to smuggle out $7 million (N1.12 billion). Sheriff is a bulk currency smuggler. He was arrested on Thursday for attempting to take the... Read More

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September 29, 2012

Rejoinder to Sanusi piece: “Reading Dele Momodu is like watching a poor quality film”

by Godwin Opene Editors Note: In response to Dele Momodu’s piece last week on ‘The bully called Sanusi’, the writer penned this rejoinder Usually for me, the surest way to avoid reading a sad piece of writing or watch a poor quality film is to not start because then, I carry on reading or watching,... Read More

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September 29, 2012

King of Drama! Emeka Ike disrupts Actors Guild of Nigeria election, Guild official arrested

by Reuben Daba The drama which has been going on in the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) for almost a year, continued on Thursday, as Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, who has vowed to sanitise the collapsed Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) again disrupted the Guild’s election held in Lagos. Five months ago at the guild... Read More

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September 28, 2012

TICKER: Amazing! Diver’s missing finger found in tummy of fish after three months

A human finger found inside a fish at Idaho’s Priest Lake has been traced to a wakeboarder who lost four fingers in an accident more than two months earlier. Fisherman Nolan Calvin found the finger while he was cleaning the trout he caught Sept. 11. He put it on ice and called the Bonner County,... Read More

September 28, 2012

TICKER: Woman fakes cancer to get a free wedding

When Lori Stilley told her friends and family that she had bladder cancer, they delivered meals, held raffles and a T-shirt sale, hastily planned and paid for her wedding and raised more than $10,000 for her treatment. But prosecutors say it was all a scam. Stilley, a 40-year-old who lives in Delran, N.J., was charged... Read More

September 28, 2012

TICKER: Some nerve: Man rapes teenager, then claims right to baby from rape

A Massachusetts man who raped a 14 year old girl over three years ago made her pregnant and now he wants to have the right to see the baby. The victim of the rape wants her rapist to be denied visitation rights and has asked the courts to make sure he stays away from her.... Read More

September 28, 2012

TICKER: Incredible! Did this Yoga master escape prison through this tiny hole? (WATCH)

It’s no stretch to say that yoga has many benefits. However, increasing one’s ability to escape from prison from a food slot is not usually listed in the brochures or pamphets at most yoga studios. Still, the prison escape from a yoga master in Korea is proof that the practice has practical applications beyond relaxation... Read More

September 28, 2012

TICKER: Masturbation causes blindness? Man caught in “solo action” in car by police now claims he’s vision impaired

Looks like your grandma might have been right after all. A Polish man who was caught masturbating in his car with women’s stockings on his head, now is suffering from severe vision loss, according to his lawyer. Rafal Ciesielski was convicted of outraging public decency in a court in Lincolnshire. The case was closed last... Read More

September 28, 2012

TICKER: Too much of a good thing: Mom suffers from “100 orgasms a day”

Rachel, an Atlanta, Ga. housewife, is very, very careful when she does her laundry. The mother of three experiences continuous, unwanted orgasms — sometimes for several hours a day — which can be caused by the most mundane of tasks, like the wash. “When it goes on the spin cycle, I don’t even like to... Read More

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