Love affairs between musicians and models are a common occurrence in the showbiz world. But 24-year-old Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi has caused controversy after publicly declaring his love for a baby-faced model who is just 12-years-old. Despite the fact that Canada-based Akama Miki is not yet in her teens, the pair have exchanged romantic... Read More
by Reuben Daba Lagos State, and indeed Nigeria would not be too impressed by the kind of pictures the world has been viewing recently. First, Rick Ross released his very controversial Hold Me Back video set in the slums of Lagos, and now, popular British paper The Daily Mail, has published a piece captioned The floating slum on... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola An ex-police corporal, Ikechukwu Nwabueze was sentenced to death by hanging, by an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, on Thursday for killing a three-year-old girl, Kasufara Muritala. The presiding judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, found the 35-year-old former policeman guilty of the crime which was brought before the court by the Lagos State... Read More
by Isi Esene The Saudi Arabia government Wednesday disregarded the 24 hour ultimatum given by the Nigerian government through Vice President Namadi Sambo to release the women who were in the holy land for religious pilgrimage. In defiance to the ultimatum, the Saudi Arabia government deported 510 female pilgrims mainly from Sokoto, Jigawa, and Kano... Read More
by Isi Esene Amos Sijo, a 28-year-old man living in Abuja was on Thursday sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Gudu District Upper Area Court for stealing three bottles of Benylin cough syrup. The judge however gave the accused and option of coughing out N3,000 or serve the prison sentence. According to the police... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On Thursday, in the United States of America, at a forum themed – Nigeria-Africa’s Frontier in the Global Economy, the Nigerian government gave what qualifies as its first rebuttal of claims by International Oil Companies (IOCs) that the new Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) does not give them a fair shake. At the roundtable,... Read More
by Isi Esene David ‘Davido’ Adeleke, the undisputed Omo baba Olowo has hit the big leagues if reports going the rounds is anything to go by. The Dami duro crooner is reported to have acquired a building in Lekki, Lagos, worth a whopping N140m in a deal rumoured to have been finalized in the past... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola On the issue of Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan’s official position at the United Nations General Assembly is that Nigeria’s three-prong strategy of a “robust” approach to neutralizing Boko Haram, holding indirect talks with the group and improving education in the North is working, and Nigeria is winning the war. When one... Read More
While NFL stars may have to wear ridiculously tight pants, we’re quite thankful they aren’t tackling each other in skimpy lingerie. That said, we don’t think anyone’s complaining about the annual Lingerie Football League’s Lingerie Bowl. Last year’s competitors, the Los Angeles Temptations and the Philadelphia Passion are back for round two. Take a look... Read More
by Isi Esene There have been major flood disasters in many parts of the country mainly in Lokoja, Kogi and other states like Edo which was attributed the overflowing of the River Niger. The worrisome pictures taken from these places was re-enacted in Lagos this morning after a heavy downpour which disrupted normal business activities... Read More
by Isi Esene Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s most legendary writer, has published his long-awaited memoir about his experience during the Nigerian Civil War which broke out in 1967. The world renowned writer has been silent about the war for over 40 years during which he acted as a roving cultural ambassador for Biafra when... Read More
The biggest incentive to crime in Nigeria remains the inability of our security agencies to find and punish criminals; until the situation changes, we will remain in this climate of fear. They say the day monkey is going to die; all the trees in the forest are slippery. The time was 8pm, and I had... Read More
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