by Chi Ibe The #SaveMayowa campaign will be talked about for months at least, for a dramatic unveiling of the character of the Nigerian as well as the denouement into scandal that has many either sad or angry. Unfortunately, after over N100m raised, we lost 31-year-old Mayowa Ahmed who passed away from Ovarian cancer in...
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Following the botched jailbreak at the Abakaliki prisons on August 18, inmates who sustained gunshot wounds have started receiving treatment. There have been varying casuality figures on the number of injured and dead persons during the failed jailbreak. Sources have said 19 inmates died during the attempted jailbreak with 16 others injured, but prison officials...
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Mayowa Ahmed the young lady who was battling stage IV Ovarian cancer has passed away News filtered in on Twitter on Sunday with the hashtag #RipMayowa. The news was announced by her brother, Foye, on his Twitter account, @Asiwaju_Foye at 1pm today. A source at the NGO behind the campaign who wishes to remain anonymous until a...
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From discussions on the the budget padding scandal in the House of Representatives to the #Immigration2000, Nigerians were vocal as always this past week. Here are the top 10 notable quotes. “We have so far rescued over 20,000 abducted persons, and we are still rescuing more and we will continue to do that.” – Chief...
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That was fast. Considering all the water that has passed under its bridge on the matter, we would have sworn the LindaIkeji blog would be the last to touch this story. Soon after we stopped tracking the major blogs reportage on rumours of the passing of Mayowa Ahmed, the brave young woman the Nigerian internet...
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And that’s a supremely good thing. Whilst our team in-house has joined others across the media to confirm this rumour (in this case, waiting for family confirmation, or at least independent sightings on a matter of huge public interest), we at TMB monitored the major – and even many minor – news, lifestyle and entertainment...
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As the Rio Olympics comes to an end today, Nigeria’s participation has been, to put it mildly, dramatic. All summed and considered, he Nigerian delegation to Rio was able to win a meagre (bronze) medal, that many Nigerians have taken to calling “golden bronze” considering the twists and turns that brought us here. We present...
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Yesterday, militant group Niger Delta Avengers a ceasefire. In a statement released by its spokesperson Brig. Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, the group said it would begin a “cessation of hostilities in the Niger Delta against all interest of the Multinational oil Corporations. “We will give our Niger Delta elders and genuine stakeholders that tacit support to the dialogue...
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Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, has joined the bandwagon of those making a demand for the restructuring of the country. Fayose said it was shocking that the All Progressives Congress (APC) who rode to power on the platform of true federalism is yet to heed to calls for restructuring. In a statement issued in...
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by Tolu Omoyeni More interesting than the news of the Nigerian Dream Team winning their first medal (bronze) at the Olympics since 2008 is the news of this Japanese man who promised the team coach and captain a reward and made good on his promise. Like he literally just ‘dashed’ Coach Samson Siasia and team...
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From the victors at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio De Janeiro to the heavy monsoon rains in Manilla that have had a cataclysmic effect on the populace, here are the top 10 photos of the past week from around the world. Here’s for you Nigeria – John Mikel Obi celebrates as the Nigeria Dream Team VI...
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The Ogun state police command has decided to sue a man to court for naming his dog ‘Buhari’. The name of the dog is actually the surname of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari. According to Premium Times, the Force Public Relations Officer, Ogun state Abimbola Oyeyemi, said it took the decision after investigations because the man’s actions could cause a...
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The lawmaker representing Surulere constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Desmond Elliott has provided a homeless woman with a well furnished apartment. Elliott, a multi-award winning actor who recently rehabilitated a borehole in his constituency found out that the woman who washes cloth at the spot was homeless. So he took it open himself...
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has hired a personal nurse for the mother of late Nigerian football icon Rashidi Yekini who died four years ago. Earlier this year reports filtered in that the family of the late African Footballer of the Year and Nigeria’s legendary footballer, particularly his mother, Sikiratu Yekini and younger brother, Akeem, were struggling to survive...
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After winning Nigeria’s only medal at Rio 2016, the heavens smiled on the Dream Team, as Japanese philanthropist Dr. Katsuya Takasu doled out the sum of $390,000 to the team – making good on his promose. Takasu had on August 18, 2016 written a letter to the Nigerian Embassy in Japan stating his intent of watching...
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For the past few days, Davido has been in Jamaica. And he is having the time of his life. From recording with one of the biggest musical exports from the country, Popcaan (which is why he is in Kingston in the first place) to winning his first game of dominoes, here are 13 moments from his trip to Jamaica...
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by Chi Ibe How do people even cram themselves so tightly into one space just to hear a 26 year old sing songs you could listen to if you bought a bought a N150 CD? Obviously, you don’t yet understand the power of Nigeria’s musicians – Wizkid, Davido, Flavour, Patoranking… the entire cast of Africans...
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Akah loves food but does not like being in the kitchen except to take food. In fact, he doesn’t know how to cook! Not because he can’t (he’s sure he can do anything), but because he doesn’t give it attention, so he’s horrible at it now. So on this episode of Akah Bants, he took...
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by Tolu Omoyeni When photos of a little Syrian boy who had just been rescued from the rubbles of a bombed building in Aleppo surfaced on the internet on Thursday, the world stopped. Five years old, Omran Daqneesh was covered up in dust with a patch of blood on his face as he stared, confused...
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We actually thought she had joined the Nigerian artistes on Coke Studio 4 when we saw this picture of her on the set of Coke studio 4, but obviously 21-year-old Anna James came on the set as a guest, courtesy, Coca-Cola Nigeria. While on tour of the city, Anna took time out to visit the...
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From Niger to Cameroon, Wizkid is no stranger to shutting down stages in African countries. The Starboy was at it again on Saturday, 20, August 2016 when he performed at a packed arena at the Tigo Fiesta 2016 concert in Tanzania. https://www.instagram.com/p/BJWko7mDtMB/?taken-by=wizkidayo The concert was held at the 35-000 capacity CCM Kirumba stadium, Mwanza – the second...
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You would be forgiven if you thought this was published on City People. But SaharaReporters has a scoop on the troubles of popular government contractor Emeka Offor. The almost jubilant report spotlights crisis is on three fronts: financial, health and family. Here are seven things you will learn from the story. 1. The rich also cry Offor is...
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Barcelona superstar and Brazilian captain Neymar led Brazil to its first ever Olympics victory in the football event. Before the Rio 2016 victory, the football event had been the only football competition that Brazil had never won, and they were determined to lift the trophy on home soil. To that effect Neymar opted out of...
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These are the top news headlines this week. 1. Disengaged Immigration officers camp outside Aso Rock Disgruntled officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), who were disengaged from the service, took their protest straight to the President’s door. They were ignored by government officials. 2. Man arrested for naming his dog Buhari An Ogun state based...
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500 The number of former Niger Delta militants who will be given agriculture related skills. 1,600 The number of cases of pipeline vandalism which have occurred so far in 2016, according to the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu. 110,460 The number of shortlisted candidates for aptitude tests into the Nigeria Police Force. 100,000...
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by Roqeebah Olaoniye If you’re like me and have been a bit confused about this statement that is starting to sound too much like the kind of propaganda we’ve been warned to shun, welcome. If you’re not, and you need a reason to be confused this lovely evening, Isime Esene has reported HERE how APC chieftain,...
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Omran Daqneesh, whose pictures went viral on the internet, covered with gray of dusts and smears of blood after he was rescued from a building collapsed by airstrikes has lost his brother, Ali Daqneesh. According to Yousef Saddiq, the director at Aleppo Media Center, Ali Daqneesh, 10, died today from injuries sustained from the airstrikes. Omran’s...
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by Tolu Ogunlowo As the budget padding controversy rages on members of the public wonder what’s next. When it comes to pilfering public funds Nigerian politicians ought to be awarded a Nobel Prize for the ingenious ways they devise to keep their fingers in the till. They will always find a way to circumvent whatever...
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A large number of aggrieved Immigration officers, who were dismissed from the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) last year, staged a protest yesterday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa. They were mostly ignored by government officials. Following the botched 2014 recruitment exercise into the NIS where several persons lost their lives, the Federal Government last year announced...
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Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Buratai on Saturday said the Army will continue its rescue missions in the North-east, regardless of the Federal Government’s efforts to dialogue with the insurgents. Buratai said this while speaking with journalists shortly after commissioning the Nigerian Army Officers Wife Association (NAOWA) Day Care, Nursery and primary school...
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