Senegal and the African Union have signed an agreement to set up a special tribunal to try Chad’s former leader Hissene Habre. The 69 year old has been been under house arrest since 2005 in Senegal, where he fled after being deposed. He denies charges of killing and torturing tens of thousands of his opponents.... Read More
Savannah Dietrich, a Kentucky teenager who was sexually assaulted and then threatened with jail for naming her attackers, has reportedly destroyed the life of at least one of the perpetrators. “He’s had to move,” David Mejia, the attorney for one of the attackers, told The Huffington Post. “He has lost all the potential that was... Read More
by Helen Afam IRENE Obaseki was my classmate in Benin City. We became friends because each of us had what the other did not have; while he was better in Mathematics, I loved and excelled better in the English Language and Literature. So when it was time for us to move on to higher institutions, he... Read More
The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha, the Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, has urged the police to investigate the death of a lady, Miss Francisca Okoli, who was murdered after resisting being raped. Okeke made the call on Thursday in Onitsha in an interview with newsmen. Okoli, 23, was murdered after she resisted attempts by a five-man... Read More
Margaret Jackson may be a 73-year-old grandmother, but she’s no pushover. Just ask the guy who attempted a home invasion — she stabbed him with a big barbecue fork. The attempted robbery happened last Friday afternoon when Jackson’s dog heard a noise in the backyard of her Houston home and started skittering back and forth.... Read More
American singer Tim Storms has a vocal range of 10 octaves, and holds the Guinness world record for having the widest vocal range and hitting the lowest note, G -7 (0.189 Hz). “My lowest note would be somewhere around if you were to take another piano and sit at the bottom on the left side... Read More
Nigeria’s Boko Haram sect has debunked stories that its representatives are holding peace talks with the government and threatened to strike media houses it said fight the group “with the pen”. The Nigerian media and at least two foreign news organizations have reported that talks are going on between the government and the militants who... Read More
by Ada Igboanugo With the partial closure of the third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State government’s determination to open the waterways in order to create a realistic alternative to the frustrating road traffic is putting the waterways in the spotlight. But it seems a long way yet to that dream as OMOLOLA ITAYEMI and ADA IGBOANUGO discovered on a... Read More
by Isi Esene The e-conference on Constitution Review is scheduled to hold on Thursday 23 August 2012. The conference seeks to ensure wide participation of the people in the review of the 1999 Constitution to make the document more responsive to the yearnings of the people. If the preamble of the Nigerian 1999 constitution which... Read More
by Akan Ido “All of A sudden, pow! pow! pow! pow! pow!” That was the description of an eyewitness to the July 1 shooting of Milton Hall by the police in a parking lot on West Genessee Avenue, a busy commercial strip on the north side of Saginaw, Michigan. The 49-year-old Hall is seen in... Read More
by Isi Esene The alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University, have spoken on ChannelsTV about their alleged crime. The two suspects Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, have confessed to the killing of the young woman. According to Nwabufor, the duo did not intend to... Read More
by Isi Esene The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to engage in unconditional dialogue with the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The cleric expressed his reservations yesterday in Akure, Ondo State at a meeting of the national executive council of the Association. According to... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola A Nigerian, Mahmood Oyewo, has made the shortlist for the 2012 Anzisha Prize. The prize which is sponsored by The African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation is apremier award for Africa’s young entrepreneurial leaders. Through the Anzisha Prize, talented young entrepreneurs in Africa whose businesses and social ventures have made a... Read More
Foremost comedian Julius Agwu was recently honored by the Tupac foundation in Atlanta USA. The comedian was presented with the autobiography of Tupac Shakur titled ‘Tupac Shakur Legacy’ autographed by Tupac’s mum, Afeni Shakur. Julius Agwu with so much excitement said, ‘I feel very excited for this recognition. And most importantly, it is an inspiration... Read More
South African President Jacob Zuma says it is not good for women to be single Zuma made the comments during an interview with Dali Tambo on his television show People of the South, which was aired by SABC3 on Sunday. The interview was conducted at Zuma’s house in Inkandla. Speaking about his daughter Duduzile’s marriage to Lonwabo Sambudla,... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola It’s confirmed. Nigeria’s minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is now officially on an offensive. Since last week when the minister threatened to release names of the marketers indicted by the presidential committee headed by Aig-Imokhuede which investigated subsidy claims, and she did. And she has not looked back. Last week, Okonjo-Iweala... Read More
by Isi Esene The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event that has taken place on the streets of Notting Hill since 1965, it has attracted around one million people in the past years, making it the 2nd largest street festival in the world. This year’s carnival will be spiced up with a re-invented Nigerian... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Alhaji Mujahhid Dokubo-Asari has been one of President Jonathan’s fiercest (in every sense of the word) backers. The ex-Niger Delta militant and self-acclaimed freedom fighter has threatened fire and brimstone several times on anyone who as much as suggest a change of guard at the presidential villa. (See some of his outbursts here... Read More
by Ayo Owodunni His name was Dotun. He was about 60 years old, 5ft 5 inches and had a beautiful family. He had worked for a prestigious government organization for many years and had just recently retired. Like many other retirees, he waited for his pension from the government. After many years of serving his country,... Read More
The way social media has become a tool for saving lives is reflective of our failing health care system. I avoid reading books written by former presidents, and view most of them as attempts to rewrite history and whitewash tattered reputations. It is a cruel way to view any form of literature, but the first... Read More
by Ifreke Inyang The La Liga ia barely a week old, but we will be watching another tasty El-Clasico tie between Real Madrid and Barcelona tonight. Every other season, the two Spanish powerhouses, split all the domestic honours between themselves. And this evening, the first leg of the Supercopa will be played at the Camp Nou. Real Madrid coach, Jose... Read More
by Isi Esene Producers of American Idol are said to be in talks with Grammy award winner, rap artiste, and G.O.O.D Music owner, Kanye West, to be a judge on the world’s biggest talent hunt. His name is the latest on the list of those who were said to have been approached for the role... Read More
by Isi Esene The co-ordinating minister for the Economy and minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has described the planned nationwide strike by members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) as anti-people. The union is insisting that the government must pay subsidy funds to verified marketers by Friday or it... Read More
by Isi Esene Men of the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, yesterday, paraded the alleged killers of Cynthia Osokogu , the daughter of a Rtd. Gen. Osokogu who was murdered in an hotel in Festac Town, Lagos. Paraded were two suspects, Echezona Nwabufor, 33, and Ezekiel Nnechuwu Olisa Eloka, 23, who confessed to the killing... Read More
Labor unrest in South Africa’s platinum belt spread on Wednesday, raising concerns that anger over low wages and poor living conditions could generate fresh violence after 34 striking miners were shot dead by police last week. The strike that started last week at Lonmin’s Marikana mine has driven up platinum prices and stoked worries about... Read More
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations in Tehran next week, defying calls from the United States and Israel to boycott the event, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday. A spokesman for Iran’s U.N. mission said it appeared that Ban would be attending the summit next week,... Read More
Republican Representative Todd Akin left open the possibility that he might drop out of the Missouri Senate race, but remained defiant against “party bosses” who want him to quit after controversial comments on rape and abortion. “I’m never going to say everything that could possibly happen. I don’t know the future,” Akin said on ABC’s... Read More
They were seemingly ordinary tweets from two friends hanging out on a railroad bridge in their hometown, enjoying one last summer night together before heading back to college. “Drinking on top of the Ellicott City sign,” read one. “Looking down on old ec,” read another. Accompanying photos showed their view from the bridge and their... Read More
TICKER: “I had a threesome with Kim Kardashian and another woman” – Porn star makes outrageous claim
An adult-film performer is claiming he had a threesome with Kim Kardashian and another female porn star at a Los Angeles swingers’ party in 2001, reports RadarOnline. There have been plenty of allegations about Kim Kardashian’s sex life and sexual history, but it’s particularly questionable as to why porn actor Julian St. Jox would decide... Read More
Police say a western Pennsylvania woman blamed her nonexistent twin sister for stealing items from a hotel room. The Beaver County Times (http://bit.ly/Sm5XDv ) reports Wednesday that police charged 31-year-old Jennifer Brown, of Rochester, with false reports and theft. State police say Brown took some bed clothes, an alarm clock, coffee pot, basket and a... Read More