I wake up every morning saying NO. I am saying NO to my people continuing to die because of the time it takes them to get to hospital. Not just one NO, but 1000 times, NO. Not in my country, not in my Lagos! As I sit in my office and watch it slowly get darker, I...
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Finally tested, even trailing, at the U.S. Open, Serena Williams turned things around just in time. Two points from defeat, Williams suddenly regained her composure and her strokes, coming back to win the last four games and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 on Sunday night for her fourth championship at Flushing Meadows and 15th...
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by Isi Esene The family of late women activist, Margaret Ekpo whose face is to be feature on the proposed N5000 note appears to have had a sudden change of heart as they are now expressing their support for the currency review announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). While speaking on behalf of...
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by Isi Esene Multi-billionaire tycoon, Mike Adenuga leads the pack of 149 Nigerians that made the list of the 2012 National Honours Awards. The Globacom chairman is to be honoured with the Grand Commander of the Order of Niger (GCON), the second highest national honour in the country. He is the only one listed in...
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by Isi Esene Nigeria’s first lady, Patience Jonathan was awarded another doctorate degree during the weekend by the Delta State University, Abraka. The award was received on her behalf by the minister for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina, who showed appreciation for the gesture by the university. She dedicated the award to...
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Nokia is eating a bit of crow as it’s been forced to apologize for misleading consumers when marketing a new line of phones. The company said this week that it actually didn’t use the “PureView” camera on its new Lumia 920 phone to shoot video that it used in an ad. The company also admitted...
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According to Atlanta police reports, the man and woman who decided to bring a baby while they committed two armed robberies were in custody on Friday. The couple, 21 year old Brandon Nicholas Lawson and 18 year old Joi Monai Jenkins, were arrested on Thursday night. In an e-mail statement, Officer John Chafee with Atlanta...
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The youngest daughter of mega pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes has released a statement announcing that she is ending her four year marriage. After just four years, Sarah Henson is divorcing her former NFL player husband, Robert Henson. In her statement, Henson writes: I have built my ministry and identity around being the best wife and...
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In the tweets below, you can see teenagers from Chicago cheering about the death of Jojo, a rapper who served as a rival to the more famous rapper Chief Keef. Jojo made a diss song about Keef, with the video filled with automatic weapons, blunt smoking, hanging on the block and all the other tools...
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Kim Kardashian and Beyonce are not “beefing” even though it has been widely reported that they are. It seems that on the contrary, they are actually friends. A lot of reports were circulating, this past week, that Beyonce allegedly had it out with Kim K at her Husband, Jay-Z’s Made in America event in Philadelphia ....
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It’s that birther thing again. President Barack Obama was at an Orlando sports bar, snapping a University of Florida Gators’ sign, sipping a pint and working a crowd when he walked up to a table with five children. One adult pointed to one of the boys, 7-year-old Andre Wupperman of Orlando, and informed the president that the...
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A district attorney at the center of the famed OJ Simpson murder trial has alleged that Simpson’s defense attorney tampered with the most crucial piece of evidence — the glove. Prosecutors said the glove linked Simpson to the grisly double-murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. After Simpson struggled to...
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A 27-year-old mother of two young boys (eight and nine years of age) is being charged with assault after nearly beating a community coach to death for allegedly molesting her sons. “I asked my son, ‘Did he touch you bad, did he touch you down there?’ And my little boy said ‘Yes,’ and I said...
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According to the 2012 Large Church Salary Report by Leadership Network, senior pastor salaries rose about 2% per year for the last two years, indicating that salaries for megachurch pastors have increased over the last two years after a short period of stagnation. For the most part, these pastors were found to be leading growing congregations. Leadership...
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In life, there are just some people that you don’t want to mess with. Joyce Maxine Gregory should probably be high on your list. Gregory has been accused in North Carolina of castrating her boyfriend with her bare hands. The woman allegedly squeezed the man’s testicles until they came out of his scrotum. The man,...
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Iraq’s fugitive vice president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads. The court ruling came as at least 45 people were killed in a wave of about 24 attacks across Iraq. Hashemi was the most senior Sunni Muslim in the predominantly Shia Iraqi...
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Over 190 Air Nigeria passengers who arrived the Gatwick Airport 8:30 on Friday morning to fly back home were allegedly stranded at the airport for about eight hours. Local media report that the delay was due to the lack of fuel to fly the aircraft to Lagos, thus the passengers were asked to contribute extra...
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by Stanley Azuakola There are fears that the telecommunications sector in Nigeria, especially in Northern Nigeria will be set back a notch if the recent threat of telecoms operators is followed through. The operators whose facilities were recently attacked by terrorist group, Boko Haram, have warned that they would cut off services in the crises-prone...
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by Isi Esene Five friends died last weekend after one of them got behind the wheel of a car they were all riding in and drove drunk and recklessly, all while tweeting about it. Jonathan Watson, 21, was driving his 2005 Nissan Sentra at a high rate of speed after leaving a party in Ontario,...
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by Stanley Azuakola The new Lagos State traffic law which was supposed to take effect from this week, has been suspended for another week. The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Friday said that this is to allow it carry out awareness campaign strategies. Hence, road users in Lagos have seven more days before they...
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No fewer than 12 people were on Saturday burnt beyond recognition while three others sustained serious injuries in a ghastly accident along the Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway. The accident was caused by a collision between a Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Ajetunmobi motors and a Mack Truck. An eyewitness said that the two drivers, who were coming from Lagos, were...
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Daniel Craig is to play James Bond in two more movies – and make £20 million. Craig, 44, who makes his third outing as 007 in Skyfall later this year, signed a deal last week which is expected to see him earn £10 million per picture. The blond actor has been determined to stay in shape for...
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by Stanley Azuakola There has been a marked improvement in power supply all across the country recently. That’s good news for all Nigerians, right? Wrong! One man’s meat is another man’s poison — it is true. Black marketers of petrol, that is those who sell petroleum products outside designated and approved outlets, have been having a hrad...
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She has not spoken about her personal or professional relationship with estranged boyfriend Robert Pattinson since she was photographed cheating on him with married director Rupert Sanders. But Kristen Stewart alluded to her one-time Twilight beau at a press conference for the first time today since the scandal broke six weeks ago. ‘We’re going to...
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Kim Kardashian is so busy being smitten with Kanye West, she’s apparently stopped looking in the mirror before leaving the house. The reality TV star, in New York this week, hit the town with her rapper beau on Monday night in an unflattering green dress that hugged her curves in all the wrong places. The...
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by Stanley Azuakola In the early hours of Thursday (Nigerian time), the few Nigerians awake were mostly watching US Vice President Joe Biden deliver his speech at the Democratic National Convention and patiently waiting for President Obama himself to come on stage to deliver his. At about that same time, the American Video Music...
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by Akan Ido The death toll following the September 2 flood which submerged several villages in some local government areas of Adamawa State have risen to 43. Many more people are still missing while bodies are being recovered in trickles from the river. The number of deaths may rise from the deluge that spread to...
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by Malita Wamala We need to get out of the box more often. God wants to link us to amazing men and women of God, for we indeed never know whom He wants to use in our lives at what point. I am so grateful for this time in my life, when the Lord has...
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The suspect in a deadly shooting at a rally following the election of Quebec’s new separatist premier has been arraigned on 16 charges, including murder, attempted murder and possession of explosives. Richard Henry Bain, 62, of La Conception, Quebec, made his first appearance in court behind protective glass Thursday after being accused of opening fire...
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There won’t be any prosecution of a Washington DC police officer who threatened the life of first lady Michelle Obama. The officer, who has not yet been identified, had his case dismissed by a judge this week and won’t be facing charges. The officer was accused of making remarks toward the first lady that were...
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