A four-year-old identified as Omonigho Abraham is currently battling for his life at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, following an unexpected encounter with two savage dogs last Thursday, the Punch reports. Omonigho had his scalp eaten by the two dogs and dragged across Adegboyega Street, Akesan Estate, in the Igando area of Lagos....
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by Isaac Oladipupo “For our fatherland Nigeria, my greatest desire for the past six years has been to see Babatunde Raji Fashola run for President. If this ever happens, I would place all my works on hold and deplore my professional expertise and influence alongside others’ toward ensuring a successful campaign that would see him...
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As you count down to the February General Elections, we show you what to read and what to skip today Taraba Acting Governor declares Suntai missing. Leadership Falana is not optimistic about Fayose YNaija INEC must stop polling units allocation Vanguard Shagari is looking good for Sokoto polls Leadership And Oshiomhole is looking good for Presidency...
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by Uche Okorie The analysis of why Nigeria at 54 is yet to attain anywhere near its full potentials, is not just a story of the circumstances of colonization, greed of the political class or oil. It goes way beyond that. To this end, this poem is just what it is-an attempt to highlight some...
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by Femi Aribisala The English have an expression: “give a dog a bad name in order to kill it.” It refers to the malicious misrepresentation of someone in order to discredit him. This has been strategy of the opposition to Goodluck Jonathan to date. This opposition comprises an unholy alliance between the APC, the Arewa...
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by James Sambo Reports say that the Nigerian Army will arraign 16 soldiers over the abduction of over 200 girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State on 14 April. The soldiers, three of which are officers and 13 soldiers belonging to other ranks would appear before the General Court Martial at the Maxwell Khobe...
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by Chinedu Nnawetanma The QR code has been in the world of technology since 1994, but most Nigerians haven’t even heard of it or seen it before. It is one of technology’s simplest, yet most useful tools. That is why today you find them almost everywhere; from product packs to product labels and from magazine...
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by Yemisi Aiyedun On my way home yesterday I was listening to the radio and the topic of the day was very interesting. Wanawana was asking if studying for a master’s degree is worth it and she requested that people call to share their opinion. I would have called but …I got home and headed...
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by Damilola Jagun Police officers have rescued a kidnap victim at Okpara in Ethiope East LGA of Delta State. During the rescue operation, one of the suspected kidnappers was shot down, while others fled the scene with bullet wounds. A 39-year-old suspected rapist, Gbenga Anaorin, was also arrested by the police at Okpanam for defiling...
Read MoreAbemu Gabriel,
arrest,
Celestina Kalu,
Delta,
Ethiope,
Gbenga Anaorin,
kidnapper,
Okpara,
police,
rapist,
victim
by Godwin Akanfe Femi Falana, SAN, has revealed that several industrialists and elite indigenes of Ekiti State have planned to flee the state, after the inauguration of the Ayo Fayose, the governor-elect. Ayo Fayose defeated incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, to win the governorship election in Ekiti on 21 June, and his swearing-in is billed to hold...
Read MoreAyo Fayose,
businesses,
Ekiti,
elections,
femi falana,
George Bush,
Governor,
Industries,
Kayode Fayemi,
Lere Olayinka,
Senior Advocate of Nigeria,
violence
by Laila Ibrahim President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria, will embark on a one-day official visit to Niamey, Niger Republic today, to participate in an ‘Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.’ According to a statement by Rueben Abati, the president’s spokesperson, “Jonathan and other participating Heads of State and...
Read MoreAlex Barde,
Aminu Wali,
Benin,
boko haram,
Cameroon,
Chad,
chibok,
France,
Idriss Deby,
Lake Chad Basin Commission,
Meeting,
musiliu obanikoro,
niamey,
Niger,
nigeria,
President Francois Hollande,
President Goodluck Jonathan,
terrorism
by ‘Ifreke Inyang March 22, 2014. It is a grand affair for Arsenal. Long serving manager Arsene Wenger, is set to take charge of his 1,000th game in charge of the Gunners. It is a landmark occasion by every scale. The party did not end well. Jose Mourinho and his gang inflicted a 6-0 thumping on...
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by Iyobosa Omorogie Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has granted a total pardon to a 77-year-old man, Dickson Umukoro, and two other condemned inmates in commemoration of the nation’s 54th independence anniversary. The septugenarian, Umukoro had is sentence commuted to freedom on grounds of age, health challenge and good conduct in Prison. He was convicted on...
Read MoreAugustine Okoroh,
Charles Ajuyah,
Chijioke Edeh,
Chukwuemeka Igwebuike,
death row,
Dele Mokwunye,
Delta,
Dickson Umukoro,
Emmanuel Uduaghan,
Independence anniversary,
inmates,
Jonathan Igbi,
Joshua Musa,
Moses Orakpor,
pardon,
Uche Dike,
Ufuoma Paul Eto
by Mark Bassey Chelsea FC coach, Jose Mourinho has gotten an impressive commendation from one of his former players. Paris Saint-Germain forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic says Mourinho is the most intelligent coach he has ever worked with throughout his career. The ‘Special One’ was boss at Inter Milan, during the 2008-09 season, when Ibrahimovic finished as...
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by Kolapo Olapoju American, John O’Keefe and Norwegian couple, May-Britt and Edvard Moser, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday, 6 October, for discovering the brain’s ‘internal positioning system’, which assists human beings in finding their way and giving clues to how strokes and Alzheimer’s affect the brain. The Nobel Assembly awarded the...
Read MoreAlzheime,
American,
brain,
Demetia,
discovery,
internal positioning system,
John O'Keefe,
Karolinska,
London,
May-Britt and Edvard Moser,
medicine,
Nobel Prize,
Norway,
Oxford,
rats,
Science,
Sweden
by Jewel Stephen Over the weekend, the Lagos State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through its implementing agency, Lagos State Electricity Board [LSEB] launched the improved version of its mobile app, the Lagos Energy Calculator. This version of the mobile app has been improved based on feedback from an earlier soft launch in June...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Nigerian superstars, Psquare have gone into partnership with international beer brand, Skol, to be its face in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries. The pair, who are still basking in the euphoria of their recently released 6th record, ‘Double Trouble’, have kicked off their world tour, and recently performed...
Read MoreBayo Adetu,
beer,
Belgium,
Brand endorsement,
Canada,
Congo,
double trouble,
nigeria,
PSquare,
singers,
Skol,
Sweden,
uk
by Damilola Jagun An Australian chef, Marcus Volke, killed his girlfriend, chopped her and boiled parts of her body, and slashed his throat when police tried to arrest him. The Chef’s victim is an Indonesian woman, Mayang Prasetyo. Police had visited his apartment in Brisbane on the night of Saturday, 4 October, after other residents...
Read Moreaustralia,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
Brisbane,
cannibalism,
chef,
Courtney Reichart,
Dorothy Volke,
Marcus Volke,
Mayang Prasetyo,
Murder,
police
by James Sambo An accident along the Sokoto-Sabon-Garin Kwannawa highway today claimed the life of one person leaving about 17 others injured. According to Kuteb Takum, the Sector Commander of the Commission in the state, the accident happened while the victims were returning from a ceremony in Sabon-Garin Kwannawa. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in...
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by Temitope Onitiju A Colombian woman has been hospitalized after a potato, which she used as a contraceptive, began to germinate and grow roots inside her. According to Colombia Reports, the mother of the 22-year-old woman had advised her to insert a potato into her vagina, as a technique to prevent pregnancy She said, “My mum...
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We deliver your news brief for Tuesday, October 6, 2014. Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to take necessary steps to make governance at the centre less attractive to politicians. Atiku stated this in Ado-Ekiti when he inaugurated the Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe General Hospital built by the outgoing Ekiti...
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by Akan Ido Ex-Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, is currently observing the hajj in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The usually vocal ex-militant posted some pictures on his Facebook page while stoning the ‘devil’s wall’. But the caption accompanying the photos really got our attention and we bet you’d like it too. Check it out below and tell...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Following the guest house building collapse in his church premises on 12 September, Temitope Balogun Joshua, the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All of Nations (SCOAN) has sent money and other items to the families of the 84 South African victims killed in the tragedy. On Sunday, 5 October, South...
Read Morebuilding collapse,
coroner's inquest,
high court,
ikeja,
investigation,
Kirsten Nematandani,
Lagos State Government,
Lindiw Ndwande,
Ministry of Justice,
Mxolisi Catazo,
Rebone Tau,
south africa,
Sunday Times,
Synagogue,
T.B Joshua,
Thanduxolo Doro,
Vathiswa Madikiza
by Kolapo Olapoju The family of Ini Edo’s estranged husband has allegedly reacted to the actress’ recent Tweets – which confirmed the end of her marriage to Phillip Ehiagwina and absolved her of any blame in the collapse of the union. The Nollywood star had tweeted that she didn’t cheat on her husband as opposed to what...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe Officers of the Edo state police command have arrested a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), on the grounds of forging the letter headed paper of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the signature of Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina, the chairman of the UNIBEN chapter...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Barely three weeks after $9.3 million(N1,528,920,000) in cash transported by two Nigerians and an Israeli for arms purchase was seized at a Johannesburg airport, yet another US$5.7 million(N952 million) arms money from Nigeria, has been reportedly seized by South African authorities. A South African news publication, ‘City Express’, reported this on Monday,...
Read MoreAbuja,
arms,
Cape Town,
cash seizure,
Cerberus,
City Express,
Nathi Mncube,
National Conventional Arms Control Committee,
National Prosecuting Authority,
nigeria,
smuggle,
south africa
by Temitope Onitiju A new kind of protection, ‘scrotal condom’, has been developed by two entrepreneurs based in Atlanta, U.S, to cover the entire crotch area during sex, to reduce the risk of catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Scroguard is worn with a condom and reduces skin to skin contact, which will lower the risk of...
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by Akan Ido Former Destiny’s Child singer, Kelly Rowland is expected to give birth to heer first child in a few weeks but the Grammy Award winner artiste took some time out to grand Elle Magazine an interview. Rowland who is married to her manager, Tim Weatherspoon spoke about life being pregnant, beauty rituals and...
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by Mark Bassey Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi, has called up Dolphins forward, Emem Eduok as replacement for Stoke striker, Victor Moses, who was forced off after only 18 minutes of Stoke’s 3-1 defeat at Sunderland on Saturday, 4 October. Eduok played a minor role in Nigeria’s Flying Eagles’ campaign at the 2013 World Youth Championship held in...
Read More400 people in sudan coup d'etat,
african cup of nations,
Congo,
Dolphins,
Emem Eduok,
Mark Hughes,
south africa,
stephen keshi,
Stoke,
Sudan,
super eagles,
Victor Moses
by Akan Ido The Catholic Church in Nigeria have lamented the persecution its members are currently going through in the North-east part of the country. In a statement released by Rev. Fr. Gideon Obasogie, the Director of Social Communication, Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, many members of the church are living in fear due to the insecurity occasioned...
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