by Emma Chidiogo There has been a lot of buzz on social media because a group of Nigerian youths have started a hashtag demanding 30% involvement in Government or nothing else. This group wants to be given the opportunity to prove their relevance in rebuilding the country; a demand which is based on the reasoning that 35%...
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by Gbenga Adeyemi Some days ago, at a conference in Ibadan, statements were made to the effect that the popular delicacy known as ponmo may become rare as the days go by due to its regulation by the government because of the high potential of foreign exchange from hides and leather. The statements were made by...
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by Aper Draonel Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has called on George Akume, the former governor of the state for reconciliation. The two governors have been at logerheads since 2007 when Suswam took over governorship of the state, with Akume moving with his supporters out of the PDP into the ACN which later merged with...
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by S’ola Filani A report in the Nation newspaper claims that Boko Haram has agreed to swap some of the abducted 219 Chibok girls for 18 members. According to the Nation, Boko Haram sent the list of its commanders and the 30 girls to be swapped to a minister, who is also a lawyer, an...
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by Damilola Jagun Following reports that it is charging prospective youth corps members the sum of N4,000 to print call-up letters, the National Youth Service Corps, has stated the reason why the fee is being paid by the corp members. In Abuja, on Wednesday, 10 September, the scheme explained that the N4,000 fee for printing...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has announced that the female student of the institution who was suspected to have the Ebola virus disease has tested negative to the virus. According to the institution’s spokesperson, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the student, who was moved to Lagos State after showing Ebola-like...
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by Ayokunle Odekunle The date was September 11, 2001 A day America will never forget. On that day, there were four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by al-Qaeda upon the United States of America. A nation that seemed invincible and untouchable. Almost 3,000 people were killed by the attack. Americans wept and gnashed their teeth. Non-Americans...
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by Olusegun Adeniyi It has not come to that or perhaps it has; at least in the family of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN). But before I get ahead of myself, let me explain. It was early in 1994 during the regime of the late General Sani Abacha. A ghastly accident had just occurred...
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by Eky Shirley Remember her right?So I am assuming that you have like me seen the movie “The Proposal”. If you haven’t, know that I am saying a prayer for you (what are you waiting for)? And with that, welcome to my world this lovely and cold Tuesday. Back to the issue though. Sandra Bullock’s...
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by James Sambo Youths, local hunters and vigilante group members have reportedly killed scores of Boko Haram insurgents who had been terrorising residents of Michika and Madagali local government areas of Adamawa State. On the night of Tuesday, 9 September, the militants were ambushed when the residents of the area noticed that they had exhausted their ammunition,...
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by Kolapo Olapoju An 18-month-old baby has tested negative for the Ebola disease, after being suspected to have contracted the virus. The infant was recently quarantined at the treatment centre after manifesting symptoms of the disease. This was disclosed by the Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sampson Parker, while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe Many retired soldiers are angry with the Federal Government, and they have threatened to carry up arms against the state if their demands are not promptly met. On Wednesday, over 100 retired soldiers protested around the streets of Benin City, Edo State over the non-payment of the 2010, 53 per cent increase...
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by Abimbola Adelakun If there is anyone who knows all about power — its uses and abuses — in Nigeria’s democracy (and perhaps, for most part of Africa), that man is Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a former governor of Bayelsa State and ex-boss of President Goodluck Jonathan whose impeachment proved a magic bullet that paved the latter’s...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe A 26-year-old resident of Ilorin, Zainab Usman, has successfully gotten out of a physically-abusive marriage. On Wednesday, 10 September, an Ilorin Area Court in Kwara, dissolved her three-year-old marriage with Lawal Usman, over claims of constant beating. Zainab pleaded with the court to end her marriage to Lawal, saying he was too...
Read MoreAbusive marriage,
battery,
beating,
court,
dissolved,
Ilorin,
Lawal Usman,
physical abuse,
union,
Yusuf Abdulkareem,
Zainab Usman
by Laila Ibrahim N13 billion has been approved by the Federal Government for the purchase of 10 integrated rice mills and 6 high quality cassava flour mills to boost rice and cassava production in the country. N568 million was also approved by the Government for the award of contract for the procurement and construction of...
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by Tunji Andrews Nigeria plans to sell N100 billion ($615 million) worth of bonds with maturities ranging from 3 to 20 years at an auction next Wednesday, the Debt Management Office said on Wednesday. However, it is thought that tight liquidity and banks’ lack of access to their credit balance at the Central Bank of Nigeria...
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by Isi Esene Several passengers lost their lives this morning as a Sokoto bound 18-seater bus with registration number, BUD 291 XA, collided with a trailer. The bus which took off from Ilorin, Kwara State was said to have lost control resulting in a head-on collision with the trailer. According to eyewitnesses, the tragic accident happened...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Mike Tyson is in Toronto for a show, “Undisputed Truth Wednesday night” at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre, and he got really upset at an interviewer, while on Canadian cable channel CP24 on Wednesday, 10 September. Tyson has been pictured hanging out with Toronto’s Mayor, Rob Ford, who is currently running for re-election,...
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cable channel CP24,
Canada,
expletive,
Interview,
Mike Tyson,
Nthan Downer,
rape,
rob ford,
swear words,
Toronto,
Undisputed Truth Wednesday night
by Akan Ido Kim Kardashian’s half-sister, Kendall Jenner has once again taken off her clothes after going completely nude for an artistic photo by Russel James on Sunday. In this new shot, Kendall goes topless for the latest issue of love Remix magazine with her arms placed across her chest as she holds a lit...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe A Customs agent, Musiliu Abdul, has seen his 7-year-old marriage dissolved by an Igando customary court in Lagos. As a result of a petition he filed 7 April complaining about denial of sex, on Wednesday, 10 September, he told the court that his wife, Bisola, had starved him of sex for months. The 48-year-old man...
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by Isi Esene There has been a significant improvement in the performance of candidates in the just released June/July National Examinations Council (NECO) 2014 results. According to the results released today 72.58 per cent of candidates got a credit pass in English Language while 69.49 per cent of the candidates recorded a credit pass. While...
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by Azubuike Azikiwe A 37-year-old man has been remanded in prison for defiling his ward, a 14-year-old boy. On Wednesday, Yakubu Danladi, was arraigned on a one-count charge of ‘unnatural offence’ before a Magistrates’ Court in Minna. Danladi allegedly committed homosexual acts with a 14-year-old boy, Ahmed Mohammed, in his house in Minna. According to the...
Read MoreAfred Auta,
Ahmed Mohammed,
Alhaji Danasebe,
Amina Musa,
Gay rape,
homosexuality,
magistrate court,
Minna,
molestation,
police,
rape,
Yakubu Danladi
by Laila Ibrahim The Federal Government will not go back on it’s decision for the resumption of schools on the new set date of 22 September. According to the minister of Health Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu who spoke after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting, there is no scientific basis for the resumption date to be...
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by James Sambo Contrary to the Nigerian military’s claims that it has recaptured the town of Bama, Borno, from the insurgents of Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram, the indigenes of the town say the militants are still occupying their land. A press release dated Wednesday, 10 September, written by ‘Concerned Bama Indigenes Forum’, bemoaned the...
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by Jewel Stephen Claims by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that one of its marshals was attacked with a syringe at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been refuted by Nigeria’s aviation authorities, on the basis of unavailability of evidence. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had on Monday said that a marshal,...
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by Emma Chidiogo The All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed disdain over the decision by President Goodluck Jonathan to embark on a foreign trip with former Borno State governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, to Chad. The Party condemned Jonathan’s act, stating that he cannot pretend that he never knew that the former governor have been in...
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by Kolapo Olapoju Ofuche Ukoha, popularly known as Dr. Sign Fireman, is the much-maligned general overseer of ‘Perfect Christianity Ministries, who was earlier in the year arrested of contracting a teenage member of his church to kill a 12-year-old girl. Fireman was arrested and quizzed by the Police, as the suspect, Ikechukwu Egboka, claimed that...
Read MoreBose Ogoja,
Church,
church healing,
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Ikechukwu Egboka,
Lafayette,
Louisiana,
Murder,
Ofuche Ukoha,
pastor,
Pastors Sydney,
Patty Morales,
Perfect Christianity Ministries,
police,
Royal lineage Christian centre,
sign fireman,
united states
by Damilola Jagun The Guinness World records compilation for 2015 has been released, and some extraordinary feats and accomplishments made the list for next year. From extra-long tongues to jumping cats, as always, the publication which marks its 60th anniversary, as always, leaves us amazed about the peculiar things, people and achievements of life. Here...
Read More2015,
60th anniversary,
Akiko Obata,
Alley,
Beth Johnson,
Cats,
Guinness World Records,
Karsten Maas,
Long tongue,
Nancy Siefker,
Nick bennet,
Nick Stoeberl,
Yannick Read
by James Sambo At least 1,300 refugees have been registered at the Adamawa Internally Displaced Persons Camp, the camp Commandant, Abdulmumini Jauro has said. While speaking on Wednesday, at the Bajabure refugee camp in Girei Local Government Area, Jauro said; “We have so far registered over 1,300 Internally Displaced Persons who escaped from insurgent attacks...
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by Uche Okorie Most people have this rubicund opinion of themselves of being fair and unbiased in their approach to issues. Of course this is at best idealistic, bias is an intrinsic part of human nature. We are the sum total of our experiences-good and bad. Experience especially when it is unsavoury can create and...
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