TICKER: One person confirmed dead, 15 still missing in Lagos ocean surge

An ocean surge today sacked communities around Kuramo Beach in Lagos Nigeria, leaving one person dead and 15 others missing. Mr Femi Oke-Osayintolu, General Manager of The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the incident occurred at about 2 a.m.... Read More

beach, Kuramo, lagos, ocean

August 18, 2012

TICKER: They can’t do it: Power minister says a PHCN workers’ strike would be illegal

The minister of Power, Prof. Barth Nnaji, today (Saturday) said electricity workers in the country cannot go on strike. He said embarking on a strike action will be unconstitutional and a violation of the laws of the land. “They are not supposed to go on strike because electricity is an essential service and it is... Read More

Barth Nnaji, PHCN, Power sector

August 18, 2012

Medical Miracle: Construction worker survives horrific injuries (Graphic Photos)

by Akan Ido A 24-year-old construction worker survived after a 6-foot metal bar fell from above and pierced his head, doctors said Friday. Luiz Alexandre Essinger, chief of staff of Rio de Janeiro’s Miguel Couto Hospital said doctors successfully withdrew the iron bar from Eduardo Leite’s skull during a five-hour surgery. “He was taken to... Read More

accident, brazil, Eduardo Leite, Luiz Alexandre Essinger, medical, Rio de Janeiro

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Michael Phelps could get in trouble for Louis Vuitton photos (See Photos)

Michael Phelps could be in hot water — not the cold bathtub he appears to be in — for his recent photo shoot with the French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton. Photos of Phelps taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating the International Olympic Committee’s controversial Rule... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: 5 times the joy: Five siblings marry on same day in mega-wedding ceremony

All eyes might have been on France this weekend for the rumored wedding of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie that went bust, but a pretty spectacular wedding took place Friday in Mesa, Ariz. Not one, not two, but five of eight siblings from one Arizona family said their “I Do’s” in what has been dubbed... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Miss China Wen Xiayu crowned Miss World

China’s Yu Wenxia was crowned the Miss World 2012 at a gala ceremony today. Wales’ Sophie Moulds was adjudged the first runner-up, while Australia’s Jessica Kahawaty was the second runner-up. India’s Vanya Mishra made it to the top seven spot but failed to progress further. She, however, did bag the titles of Miss Social Media... Read More

Miss China, Miss World, Yu Wenxia

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Rare spider discovered in cave (See Photo)

A group of cave explorers and scientists have made a rare discovery: an entirely new taxonomic family of spider in the caves of southern Oregon. Only two other spider families (the taxonomic group above both genus and species) have been found since 1990, and this is the first newly discovered, native one uncovered in North... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Forget Apple, Forget Facebook: Here’s the one company that actually terrifies Google

It’s very easy to get caught up in the Android versus iPhone duel and Google’s recruiting battles with its newly-public Silicon Valley neighbor, Facebook. But neither one of those companies worry Google executives as much as another that is actively taking money out of their pockets. This company is from Washington, but no, it’s not... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Bizarre: Man breaks into homes, strips down to underwear and licks remote controls

Russell Neff is accused of breaking and entering into a home in Salisbury, Md., but it’s what he allegedly did after he was inside that will likely give homeowner the willies for years to come. Officials said that after Neff, 22, broke into the home on Wednesday and made himself comfortable by stripping down to... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: “Bozo Repellant”? Clown wounds up with Steve Jobs’ stolen iPad

When his buddy gave him a 64GB iPad, Kenny the Clown immediately began using it in his act. “I didn’t notice anything special or anything like that. It was silver; it looked normal,” he tells the San Jose Mercury News. He loaded it up with songs he’d clown to, like the Pink Panther theme song,... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Who would have thought: Cereal bars more fatty than can of cola

The image of cereal bars as a healthy snack is a ”myth”, according to a study that found many contain high levels of fat and sugar. All but one of the 30 bars in the study were high in sugar, with 16 containing more than 30% sugar, the consumer group Which? found. One bar, Nutri-Grain... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Mother recommends the death penalty for son

When a mother recommends that a judge give her son the death penalty, you know that you’ve got a serious problem. Jennifer Cloninger endured an absolute nightmare when her son, Matthew Safrit, shot his stepfather to death and then turned the knife on her. The entire argument took place because the parents would not allow their... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Jealous Rage: Man beats his girlfriend after seeing picture of Mitt Romney on her Facebook wall

A Tennessee man made himself look almost as dumb as he appears in this picture when didn’t recognize the man that was on his girlfriend’s Facebook wall. Lowell Turpin, a 40-year old man who obviously rode the little bus as a child, saw a picture of a strange man on his girlfriend’s Facebook page. Turpin... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Sir Alex Ferguson condemns Twitter after Rio Ferdinand is fined £45,000 for ‘choc ice’ tweet

Ferdinand, who chose not to appeal against the punishment after attending a personal hearing eight days ago, accepted the insulting nature of the remark. The term “choc ice” was declared to be “offensive and insulting” by Lord Herman Ouseley, chairman of the Kick It Out campaign, in a telephone submission to the FA’s regulatory commission.... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Plane crashes in Philipinnes, top government official reported to be on board

Officials say a light plane carrying Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo has crashed while attempting to make an emergency landing. At least one person has been rescued but there is no immediate word on Robredo’s fate. Transportation Secretary Manuel Roxas II told DZBB radio that the Cessna plane took off from central Cebu city on... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Man U’s Sir Alex Ferguson urges Robin van Persie to become his new Eric Cantona

Van Persie, who completed his £22 million transfer from Arsenal on Friday, claimed his inner-child was “screaming for United” and is expected to make his debut for the club against Everton on Monday if he proves his match fitness during training this weekend. Yet having arrived at Old Trafford as last season’s double Footballer of... Read More

August 18, 2012

PHOTOS: Two gorillas show striking human emotions when re-united

by Akan Ido Gorillas, with 97 per cent of our DNA, have always shown close similarity to humans through their expression of intense emotion. For Kesho and Alf, who grew up together at Dublin Zoo and were reunited in Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire (they were separated when Kesho was sent to London Zoo to... Read More

Alf, brotherhood, Emotions, friendship, Gorillas, hug, Kesho

August 18, 2012

Promise fulfilled: Okonjo-Iweala releases list of indicted oil marketers

by Stanley Azuakola Minister of Finance and co-ordinating minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has released a list with 21 firms which were indicted by the Presidential Committee on Fuel Subsidy Payments which was headed by Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imokhuede, managing director and chief executive officer of Access Bank Plc. On Wednesday, in a meeting... Read More

indicted, Marketers, Okonjo-Iweala

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Eerie: Carpenter offers ‘Build Your Own Casket’ classes

The recession hasn’t stopped funeral costs from rising, so one New York Mills, Minnesota carpenter is trying to reduce the burden by teaching people to build their own coffins. Patrick Kilby, a woodworker with years of experience, offers classes where people can make their own casket, which can also be used as a book case... Read More

August 18, 2012

Temie Giwa: End of corruption (YNaija Frontpage)

However, none of these strategies and ideas … will matter if people aren’t inspired to take action to demand these things from the government. This is the only way. Ever since the very First Republic, corruption has been the bane of every Nigerian government. One can make the case that corruption indirectly led the country... Read More

corruption, National Bureau of Statistics

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Unbelievable: Man housed 9-inch plastic spoon in stomach for 10 years

When Lee Gardner rushed to hospital after vomiting blood and suffering debilitating stomach cramps he feared the worst. But doctors in Barnsley were left stunned when they discovered a nine-inch fork in the man’s stomach and incredibly it had been there for more than a decade. The baffled medics were even more confused when they... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Is this the end of “football age”? New brain scan technique can prove you are lying about your age

For those who claim to perpetually be 29, it could be bad news. Researchers have found a ‘developmental clock’ inside our brain that can reveal, to within a year, exactly how old we really are. They say the discovery could have major implications for medicine, and gives new insight into how our brains change over... Read More

August 18, 2012

TICKER: 17-year-old gang raped, accused’s phone pictures of crime used as key evidence in court

A 17-year old girl (name withheld) has narrated before an Ejigbo magistrate’s court in Lagos, how two friends, Ekene Uzor, 24, and Eni Daniel, 21, allegedly gang-raped her after they had forced her to perform oral sex on them. They also took her nude photo with their camera phones. The teenager was giving evidence before... Read More

Ekene Uzor, Eni Daniel, M.B Folami, phone evidence, rape

August 18, 2012

Major oil marketers accused of being behind planned fuel strike

by Akan Ido The Federal Government has revealed that the fuel scarcity currently being experienced by residents of Abuja, is caused by several companies found to have been involved in the fuel subsidy saga. According to the minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Conoil, which is owned by Mr. Mike Adenuga, and other companies such... Read More

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, Bamanga Tukur, Conoil, fuel subsidy, Marketers, mike adenuga, minister of finance, ngozi okonjo iweala, strike

August 18, 2012

TICKER: 70-year-old pastor charged for allegedly raping a 10-year-old orphan

A 70-year-old pastor, Alfred Idonije, has been arraigned before an Egor Magistrate’s Court 4, sitting in Benin, for allegedly raping a 10-year-old orphan, (names withheld). Idonije, who is a pastor of an undisclosed church, is alleged to have forcefully had unlawful canal knowledge of the minor on June 25, 2012 after luring her into his... Read More

Alfred Idonije, Benin, pastor

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Bricklayer banished for sexually molesting 14-year-old daughter for 7 years

A 45-year old bricklayer, Elijah Olusesi who has been having sex with his 14-year old daughter (name withheld) since she was seven, has been apprehended by members of O’odua Peoples Congress, OPC. He was caught by the OPC members who had laid ambush for him at Adeosun Street, Adiyan, a remote community in Ifo Local... Read More

Bricklayer, Elijah Olusesi, OPC

August 18, 2012

TICKER: Allow us die – Court ruling shatters death wish of two paralysed men

Two severely disabled victims of locked-in syndrome have protested angrily that British judges are leaving them to undignified and increasingly distressing lives after they lost a landmark High Court battle to be allowed to die with medical help. Tony Nicklinson, 58, who had sought to end his ”dull, miserable, demeaning, undignified and intolerable” life after... Read More

Britain, euthanasia

August 17, 2012

TICKER: Chimaroke Nnamani is not dead

Associates of a former governor of Enugu State, Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, on Friday debunked rumours of his death. There has been anxiety since some blogs posted reports that Nnamani had passed on. But his associates, who spoke to PUNCH, said Nnamani was in Washington DC, United States recuperating after undergoing a “medical procedure.” Dr. Dan... Read More

dead, nnamadi

August 17, 2012

TICKER: Chimaroke Nnamani is not dead

August 17, 2012

TICKER: Ibori transferred to maximum security prison

Convicted former governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, has been transferred to a maximum-security prison, the Worcestershire Long Lartin Prison outside London. United Kingdom prison officials confirmed the transfer to saharareporters.com, but said they could not tell what informed the move. “Yes, Mr. Ibori is now serving his prison term in the Long Lartin... Read More

Ibori

TICKER: One person confirmed dead, 15 still missing in Lagos ocean surge

TICKER: They can’t do it: Power minister says a PHCN workers’ strike would be illegal

Medical Miracle: Construction worker survives horrific injuries (Graphic Photos)

TICKER: Michael Phelps could get in trouble for Louis Vuitton photos (See Photos)

TICKER: 5 times the joy: Five siblings marry on same day in mega-wedding ceremony

TICKER: Miss China Wen Xiayu crowned Miss World

TICKER: Rare spider discovered in cave (See Photo)

TICKER: Forget Apple, Forget Facebook: Here’s the one company that actually terrifies Google

TICKER: Bizarre: Man breaks into homes, strips down to underwear and licks remote controls

TICKER: “Bozo Repellant”? Clown wounds up with Steve Jobs’ stolen iPad

TICKER: Who would have thought: Cereal bars more fatty than can of cola

TICKER: Mother recommends the death penalty for son

TICKER: Jealous Rage: Man beats his girlfriend after seeing picture of Mitt Romney on her Facebook wall

TICKER: Sir Alex Ferguson condemns Twitter after Rio Ferdinand is fined £45,000 for ‘choc ice’ tweet

TICKER: Plane crashes in Philipinnes, top government official reported to be on board

TICKER: Man U’s Sir Alex Ferguson urges Robin van Persie to become his new Eric Cantona

PHOTOS: Two gorillas show striking human emotions when re-united

Promise fulfilled: Okonjo-Iweala releases list of indicted oil marketers

TICKER: Eerie: Carpenter offers ‘Build Your Own Casket’ classes

Temie Giwa: End of corruption (YNaija Frontpage)

TICKER: Unbelievable: Man housed 9-inch plastic spoon in stomach for 10 years

TICKER: Is this the end of “football age”? New brain scan technique can prove you are lying about your age

TICKER: 17-year-old gang raped, accused’s phone pictures of crime used as key evidence in court

Major oil marketers accused of being behind planned fuel strike

TICKER: 70-year-old pastor charged for allegedly raping a 10-year-old orphan

TICKER: Bricklayer banished for sexually molesting 14-year-old daughter for 7 years

TICKER: Allow us die – Court ruling shatters death wish of two paralysed men

TICKER: Chimaroke Nnamani is not dead

TICKER: Chimaroke Nnamani is not dead

TICKER: Ibori transferred to maximum security prison

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