Temie Giwa: Money, violence, and inequality (YNaija Frontpage)

Nigeria’s Gini score in 2010 was 0.4296, showing a remarkably unequal society with large sum of the GDP going to the pockets of the super rich and oil marketer, leaving the rest for 60% of Nigerians to share at the rate of $1 a day. Two years ago, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) released a... Read More

Inequality, money, Temie Giwa, violence

August 4, 2012

Woman sentenced to two years in prison for stealing recharge cards, claims hypnotism

Isi Esene Aminat Akiode, a 27-year-old woman has been sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for a stealing recharge cards worth N300,000 on May 4 in Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Akiode, who was sentenced at a Chief Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, was an employee of Global Communications Investment (GCI) Limited at the time of the offense.... Read More

Abeokuta, hypnotism, Ogun State, Prison, recharge cards

August 3, 2012

PureView: Nokia launches its 41 mega-pixel camera range of smartphones in Nigeria

by Isi Esene Nokia has shown its intention to take the phone competition right down to the wire with the introduction of its Uber-sleek top-of-the-range device, the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone. The must-have gadget was unveiled to the media yesterday at a breakfast meeting organised by the company at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island,... Read More

Chris Brown, nigeria, nokia, Olumide Balogun, PureView, smartphone, West Africa

August 3, 2012

Emir of Fika escapes suicide bomb attack

by Isi Esene The Emir of Fika in Yobe State, Alhaji Muhammed Abali Ibn Mohammed Idrisa, was on Friday targeted in a suicide bomb attack which killed his police orderly. Sources say the Emir had just finished his Friday prayers when the incident took place. He is reported to be unhurt. “A man who looked... Read More

boko haram, Bomb, emir, Fika, Potiskum, suicide, yobe

August 3, 2012

Zebra Living to launch new capsule collection at NABILLA: Fashion in the Gallery event; See details

Zebra Living will be launching it’s capsule collection at a unique fashion and lifestyle event at the Nike Art Gallery on the 12th of August, hosted in conjunction with Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne, Rosalita’s Desserts, and The Life House. The event, tagged “NABILLA: Fashion in the Gallery” is, according to Zebra Living, it’s “presentation of... Read More

fashion, lifestyle, zebra living

August 3, 2012

“Some section of the media has been misinforming” – Okonjo-Iweala speaks out about the budget (again)

by Adeniyi Abdul Minister of Finance and co-ordinating minister of the Economy Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has once again spoken out regarding the ongoing concerns over the implementation of the 2012 budget. Speaking on Wednesday at an interactive session organised by the Senate, she stated that 56 per cent remained the performance level of the 2012 budget... Read More

2012 budget, House of Reps, ngozi okonjo iweala, senate

August 3, 2012

Fashola goes hard: Lagos governor signs terminator traffic bill into law

by Isi Esene The governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola yesterday signed the state traffic bill in to law. The law, which appeared somewhat like the Old Testament Ten Commandments, with accompanying punishments for violation, prohibits many acts hitherto considered ‘normal’ by Lagos road users. At the signing ceremony which took place at the Banquet... Read More

babatunde Fashola, bill, lagos state, Lastma, okada, security, traffic, transportation

August 3, 2012

“The people of the area have been crying” – Lagos State arrests 52 prostitutes organising ‘Ladies Night’

by Adeniyi Abdul Lagos State isn’t playing; not if you’re a prostitute, that is. The Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit on Wednesday night rounded up 52 commercial sex workers on Isaac John and Toyin Streets in Ikeja, after being informed that they were organising a special “ladies night”. Chairman... Read More

lagos state, law, prostitution, Task Force

August 3, 2012

Scheduled Third Mainland Bridge diversion postponed

by Isi Esene Motorists using the Third Mainland Bridge have been given another temporary reprieve as the second complete diversion on the bridge, which was meant to allow for the completion of the concrete casting of the second and third expansion joints inward Lagos Island, has been postponed from the 5th to the 12th of... Read More

babatunde Fashola, construction, diversion, Kayode Opeifa, lagos, postponed, third mainland bridge, transportation

August 3, 2012

Photo of the Day: Don’t bother looking for Ghana’s basketball team at the Olympics, they’re here

In the light of Nigeria’s loss to the US’s Dream Team at the London Olympics… Googled Ghana’s basketball team… they didn’t make the Olympics because of azonto practice. A reader sent this in.

basketball, Ghanian team, olympics

August 3, 2012

Don’t chicken out: Let’s have a conversation about my life as a gay person

by Wayne Self I see greedy, rapacious, vengeful people who are Christians. And these people are accepted in the Church, and the Church does very little to combat them. Sometimes it seems like being gay is the ONLY thing certain modern Christian movements won’t allow. This post is all I have to say about the... Read More

equality, Gay lifestyle, same sex marriage

August 3, 2012

Walk Out: PHCN workers abandon meeting with ministers

by Isi Esene The meeting between the Federal Government and the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) workers to fine-tune the modalities guiding the privatization of the electricity company ended on a sour note with the workers staging a walk-out on the ministers who were present. The meeting had in attendance, the minister of Power,... Read More

Electricity, Emeka Wogu, Labour, PHCN, Power, Prof. Bart Nnaji

August 3, 2012

Kathleen Ndongmo: Our Olympics starts today! (YNaija Frontpage)

Curious, isn’t it? That a festival of strength, speed, and endurance should have such a dearth of African representation at the front end. So, this week, if like me, you have been peppering your workday with frantic browser refreshes to see how Africans are faring in these Olympics, you’ll have noticed a couple of things.... Read More

August 3, 2012

“The Drivers Academy”: Dangote needs truck drivers and they have to be graduates – Click to see details

by Stanley Azuakola Good news for the teeming unemployed in the country… or embarrasing news, depending on how you want to look at the cup –half-full or half-empty. The Dangote Group is looking for truck drivers. The thing is Dangote being Dangote, the company isn’t looking for just any truck driver to meet its transport... Read More

Dangote, drivers academy, employment, graduates

August 3, 2012

Who’s excited? Second stanza of national anthem adopted as national prayer

by Stanley Azuakola Now learn these lines if you don’t know them already: “Oh God of creation, direct our noble cause. Guide our leaders right, help our youths the truth to know. In love and honesty to grow and living just and true. Great lofty heights attain. To build a nation where peace and... Read More

Mike Omeri, national anthem, prayer, second stanza

August 2, 2012

Syria Crisis: Kofi Annan resigns as international mediator

by Adeniyi Abdul Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has decided to step down as the U.N.-Arab League mediator in the 17-month-old Syria conflict at the end of the month. He announced this in a press conference in Geneva where he blamed the increasing militarisation going on in Syria and the “clear lack of unity”... Read More

Ban Ki Moon, Kofi Annan, syria, UN

August 2, 2012

#ThisShouldConcernYou: Call for entries in the 2012 Splendid Literature and Culture Foundation Series

by Adeniyi Abdul The 2012 edition of the Splendid Literature and Culture Foundation Series is open with an official call for entries being announced. The foundation seeks submissions in the genre of children’s literature from young Nigerian writers between the ages of 11 and 21. See more details from the organisers: The aim of the... Read More

Contest, literature, nigeria, writing

August 2, 2012

#BathSalts High: Middle-aged couple breaks into pastor’s home and shoots invisible criminals

by Adeniyi Abdul Just when you thought it was over, another case of humans engaging in bizarre acts due to the influence of bath salts happens to have popped up. Thankfully no faces were eaten this time but reports say the parties involved were acting, unsurprisingly, “like wild animals”. Donna Jean and Phillip Walls who... Read More

Bath salts. Narcotics, Drugs

August 2, 2012

“We will sell everything Akingbola has in this world” – Sanusi reacts to London court ruling

by Stanley Azuakola This is the kind of news that gets a #Lobatan comment on Twitter. Following Tuesday’s London court ruling, in which Justice Burton ordered the erstwhile CEO of Intercontinental Bank to refund N164 billion, being the proceeds of what the court felt was a shares fraud, the CBN governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has... Read More

erastus akingbola, Intercontinental Bank, London court, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

August 2, 2012

“This is not necessary” – Doyin Okupe wants Reps to cool down on budget implementation

by Adeniyi Abdul The 2012 budget is turning out to be quite the controversy cow, what with the impeachment threats from the House of Reps and statements and counter statements from the president’s side. The latest person to wade into the topic is senior special assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin... Read More

budget, Doyin Okupe, House of Reps, Impeachment

August 2, 2012

We have (more than) 83 million fake users – Facebook

by Hauwa Gambo If you’ve observed a Facebook account – especially Corporate – suddenly expand overnight or been promised ‘Facebook Likes’ in 24 hours, well now Facebook explains why. The company, in filings this week, has confirmed there are more than 83 million fake users on the social network as 8.7% of its 955 million... Read More

advertisers, bot, facebook, likes, middle east, users

August 2, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: I like Goodluck Jonathan (YNaija Frontpage)

This government has a long time to change the opinion of social media users; as Howard Wilson said in 1964, “a week is a long time in politics.” Harold Wilson will be remembered for winning four general elections; it is remarkable for a man to convince the demanding British electorate that he is the right... Read More

August 2, 2012

In this together: GEJ’s Special Assistant stands surety for subsidy fraud suspect

by Stanley Azuakola One fact which has often been overlooked since news broke of the arraignment of certain individuals and companies on allegations of subsidy fraud concerns one of the fraud suspects, Mr. Mamman Ali. Most reports correctly describe him as the son of a former PDP chairman, Ahmadu Ali. What they don’t say is... Read More

Ahmadu Ali, Christian Taylor, court, EFCC, fuel subsidy fraud, Goodluck Jonathan, Justice Onigbanjo, Mamman Ali, Mariam Ali, speacial assistant

August 2, 2012

60-year-old, 4 others escape collapsed building in Lagos

by Isi Esene A three-storey building under reconstruction at #3 Anikantamo Street, Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island, caved in Thursday afternoon. Five people escaped the collapse but a 60-year-old woman is said to have been critically injured. The building was said to have showed signs of impending collapse but nothing concrete was done to prevent a... Read More

collapse, Island, lagos state, NEMA

August 2, 2012

“In truth, I shot him only once” – Suspects narrate how Oyerinde, Oshiomhole’s aide was killed

by Isi Esene The suspected killers of Olaitan Oyerinde, aide to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, have revealed that they were at his house not to assassinate him but for a robbery. The robbery, according to them, was precipitated by Oyerinde’s gateman who incessantly boasted to Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullahi, his friend, about his boss’ wealth and influence.... Read More

Adams Oshiomhole, Benin, David Ugolor, Edo state, gateman, Marilyn Ogar, Olaitan Oyerinde, police, sss, Stae Security Service

August 2, 2012

Fear grips Kano residents as police defuse explosive devices

by Isi Esene There was panic in Kano yesterday with the discovery of several high-calibre Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) behind a popular bakery along Rijiyar Zaki quarters of the northern state. The news of the discovery and the movement of troops towards the area further fuelled the panic with many residents scampering for safety. Deputy... Read More

bakery, boko haram, FCE, IED, Improvised Explosive Devices, kano, package, police, terrorism, troops

August 2, 2012

For the Records: Pattern of Demolition of Human settlements by public authorities in Nigeria by Chidi Amselm Odinkalu

PUBLIC STATEMENT BY CHIDI ANSELM ODINKALU, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, ON PATTERN OF DEMOLITION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN NIGERIA. ABUJA/LAGOS, 31 JULY 2012: My attention has been drawn to a recent and increasing pattern of demolition of human settlements in different parts of the country respectively by federal or state authorities.... Read More

August 1, 2012

An ‘Up NEPA’ moment: India’s power restored after massive outage

by Stanley Azuakola You know a power outage is mega when it makes international news. Tuesday’s blackout in India falls squarely in that category. In fact such was the number of people affected that the outage made world record as the largest ever blackout. By any count, 620 million people thrown in darkness is a... Read More

Ceerrapa Moily, Confederation of India Industry, India, power outage

August 1, 2012

Police, SSS reveal the names of the suspects in the murder of Oshiomhole’s aide

by Stanley Azuakola New developments are springing up in quick succession, in the investigation of the murder of Mr. Olaitan Oyerinde, the late principal secretary to the Edo State governor. Just last week, the controversy was over the arrest of Reverend David Ugolor, the Executive Director of African Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ).... Read More

Adams Oshiomhole, Benin, killlers, Olaitan Oyerinde, police, sss, suspects

August 1, 2012

Photos: When ‘NEPA’ hit India

The Indian nation felt what the Power Holding Company (PHCN) [read NEPA] subjects Nigerians to everyday with a massive power cut dubbed the World’s biggest-ever blackout. More than 600 million people were affected by the power cut after three electricity grids collapsed and subjected many citizens to untold hardship. The power failure caused havoc in... Read More

grid, India, NEPA, PHCN, Power

Temie Giwa: Money, violence, and inequality (YNaija Frontpage)

Woman sentenced to two years in prison for stealing recharge cards, claims hypnotism

PureView: Nokia launches its 41 mega-pixel camera range of smartphones in Nigeria

Emir of Fika escapes suicide bomb attack

Zebra Living to launch new capsule collection at NABILLA: Fashion in the Gallery event; See details

“Some section of the media has been misinforming” – Okonjo-Iweala speaks out about the budget (again)

Fashola goes hard: Lagos governor signs terminator traffic bill into law

“The people of the area have been crying” – Lagos State arrests 52 prostitutes organising ‘Ladies Night’

Scheduled Third Mainland Bridge diversion postponed

Photo of the Day: Don’t bother looking for Ghana’s basketball team at the Olympics, they’re here

Don’t chicken out: Let’s have a conversation about my life as a gay person

Walk Out: PHCN workers abandon meeting with ministers

Kathleen Ndongmo: Our Olympics starts today! (YNaija Frontpage)

“The Drivers Academy”: Dangote needs truck drivers and they have to be graduates – Click to see details

Who’s excited? Second stanza of national anthem adopted as national prayer

Syria Crisis: Kofi Annan resigns as international mediator

#ThisShouldConcernYou: Call for entries in the 2012 Splendid Literature and Culture Foundation Series

#BathSalts High: Middle-aged couple breaks into pastor’s home and shoots invisible criminals

“We will sell everything Akingbola has in this world” – Sanusi reacts to London court ruling

“This is not necessary” – Doyin Okupe wants Reps to cool down on budget implementation

We have (more than) 83 million fake users – Facebook

Akintunde Oyebode: I like Goodluck Jonathan (YNaija Frontpage)

In this together: GEJ’s Special Assistant stands surety for subsidy fraud suspect

60-year-old, 4 others escape collapsed building in Lagos

“In truth, I shot him only once” – Suspects narrate how Oyerinde, Oshiomhole’s aide was killed

Fear grips Kano residents as police defuse explosive devices

For the Records: Pattern of Demolition of Human settlements by public authorities in Nigeria by Chidi Amselm Odinkalu

An ‘Up NEPA’ moment: India’s power restored after massive outage

Police, SSS reveal the names of the suspects in the murder of Oshiomhole’s aide

Photos: When ‘NEPA’ hit India

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