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
by Stanley Azuakola New day, new ‘authoritative’ speculation about the state of Dame Patience Jonathan. The latest is a Vanguard report which carries the first real good news we’ve heard about the first lady’s condition since news originally broke out concerning her trip to Germany. The reports says that Dame Jonathan was discharged from the... Read More
by Reuben Daba Apparently, the floods ravaging the nation presently do not respect persons. Not even the road leading to Otuoke, President Jonathan’s home town was spared, as it has been submerged by the floods. The road, which is the shortest route from Yenegoa, the Bayelsa capital, to Otueke, has now been abandoned by motorists... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The heavy flooding across many cities and communities in Nigeria is showing no signs of abating. In Delta State, an additional 120 communities have been hit hard by the floods. In fact, so severe was the flood in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, that a traditional ruler reportedly drowned... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, shared some disheartening news on Wednesday. The commission said that it is so broke that it may not be able to pay staff salaries from next month. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, who was represented by Dr. Abdulkadir Sulaiman, disclosed this to members of the... Read More
Mubi residents decry the attitude of the state and security agencies to the killing. The Adamawa State Police Command has made some arrests in connection with the killing of over 40 people, many of them students in Mubi, Adamawa state. The police spokesman, Muhammed Ibrahim, who announced this on Wednesday, also said some of the... Read More
Yes, my ‘job’ as wife and mother gave me every material advantage, but it didn’t give me the one thing I craved: love. And that’s why I sat down and wrote a letter to my husband resigning from our marriage. I went through the entire package. In painstaking detail I laid out every one of... Read More
British businesswoman accused of having drunken sex in the back of a Dubai taxi turned up to court today wearing a hijab. Rebecca Blake, 29, from Dorking, Surrey, was sacked from her £100,000 a year job as a recruitment consultant following the scandal and is facing a prison sentence after her alleged tryst with Irish... Read More
by Chi Ibe In a season full of surprises, budding talent and several never-seen-before occurrences, it has been a roller coaster ride right from the start at the MTN Project Fame. One the most interesting twists this season was the wild card entry, which used the social and internet media to select an outsider who... Read More
UK authorities are insisting on deporting a gay Nigerian asylum seeker, despite him facing a possible death sentence and a campaign to let him stay in Bradford. Olalekan M Ayelokun fled fromNigeria eight years ago to escape persecution because of his sexuality. A judge at Bradford’s Immigration Court stated he was not convinced Ayelokun was... Read More
Swimsuit hottie Bar Refaeli wants to do a “sex tape” — and she’s looking for $10,000 in donations to make her steamy skin flick possible. At least that’s the premise on a spoof video posted to Funnyordie.com, in which the 27-year-old Israeli-born model tells viewers she’s launched a Kickstarter campaign soliciting donations. “My name is... Read More
Jakub Halik is one of the first people in history whose heart has been removed and completely replaced by mechanical pumps. He is also reportedly only the second person to have had his heart totally replaced with a pulseless artificial heart. The first person — a man from Texas named Craig Lewis — died a... Read More
Senators expressed outrage at the failure of security agencies to protect lives and property of citizens. President Goodluck Jonathan, Wednesday, ordered security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the massacre of students in Mubi, Adamawa. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, disclosed this to State House correspondents at... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Apparently, if the Presidency thought silence would make this story go away, it miscalculated by miles. We’ve heard exhaustion, Parkinson’s Disease, food poisoning, ruptured apendicitis, uterine fibroid – and everything eles in between. Now, our friends at PM News say they have a scoop – and Dame Patience Jonathan actually has uterine... Read More
by Isi Esene Chris Brown was reportedly caught leaving Rihanna’s hotel room on Tuesday night. RiRi and Breezy were also said to have been caught canoodling on Monday night at Griffin nightclub. The 24-year-old and Brown were set up at separate tables and sources say Brown immediately “climbed over the center to get to her.”... Read More
iger Delta Minister Godsday Orubebe on Tuesday told the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg that despite the grievous harm that the October 1 2010 twin bombings caused to families of the victims, dialogue with members of warring factions has proved the best strategy in restoring peace to the oil-rich state. “Throughout his tenure, [Jonathan]... Read More
Super Eagles and Chelsea football player, John Obi Mikel has launched his record label. The Chelsea midfielder is reported to have teamed up with his younger brother, Patrick Obi launching a record label called MMM (Matured Money Minds). So far, the label has signed artistes on. Signed acts include; Charass, Kido, Edgar, Splash. – Hip... Read More
The shame is not the fact that the president lied, the shame is the fact that the president chose to believe his own lies. Nigeria’s president Jonathan abused the truth two days ago when he claimed Transparency International had commended his administration for fighting corruption. In his usual delusional state, the president claimed his administration... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo How do you know you’re a boss? When the women in your state come out in their hundreds to celebrate you as your turn 50. They were ably led his Special Adviser on Women Mobilisation, Getrude Oduka. At least no one will say she isn’t doing her job. “We want to show... Read More
by Chinua Achebe The persecution of the Igbos didn’t end with the Biafran conflict. Until the nation faces up to this, its mediocrity will continue. Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people – mothers, children, babies, civilians – lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary... Read More
Sticking to traditional gender roles could make you less comfortable and less safe in the bedroom. In a new study, young adults who assumed that men should take charge during sex were less likely to feel confident in sexual situations and less receptive to using female condoms. The study, published online Sept. 25 in the... Read More
The Presidency has dismissed claims that President Goodluck Jonathan is afraid of Boko Haram. Special Assistant to the President on Public Communication, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said this at a media briefing in Abuja on Tuesday. He said it was wrong to assume that Jonathan refused to go to Eagles Square, Abuja, for the second... Read More
The Federal Government is expected to borrow $25 billion by 2015, Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, DMO, told the House of Representatives yesterday. This disclosure was made at a meeting with the House Joint Committee on Finance, Legislative Budget and Research, National Planning and Aid, Loans and Debt Management scrutinising the 2013-2015 Medium Term Expenditure Framework... Read More
by Isi Esene The Oba of Benin recently gave honour well deserved to 2Face Idibia and Uti Nwanchuku at his palace over the weekend. Others also honoured at the Oba’s palace were Alex Otti, the Managing Director of Diamond Bank and Ehidiamen Koyomo, the MD of Mint and Print. Image Lifters publishers of Effizie Magazine... Read More
by Elnathan John Nigerians won’t appreciate this because they are mostly wicked and jealous of your boss. God will look into their matter and judge each of them appropriately. Ungrateful. That is what Nigerians are. You know this more than anyone in the country. You have had to bear the barrage of insults against your... Read More
by Isi Esene Adebusola Odunaya who was reportedly kidnapped in a bus on September 21 in Lagos on Tuesday narrated her experience in the hands of her kidnappers describing her escape as a miracle. Odunaya, 37, had left home on that fateful day for Idumota, Lagos Island to buy beverages and some other items but... Read More
by Isi Esene Linus Idahosa, Stephanie Okereke-Linus’ husband, yesterday October 2, threw a surprise birthday party to celebrate her 32nd birthday in thier Ikoyi home. Her Wikipedia page says she was born in 1982, but the actress announced on her blog that she is actually 32, so that ties up that loose end, right? Congrats,... Read More