by Kolapo Olapoju Well, its election season, and absurdity will begin to reign supreme! We happened to stumble on this wide-banner with its caption saying in part, “Fear not Mr President, Lo, I am with you. I am your God. Trust me, I will help you in 2015.” And then an image of Jesus Christ... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Widespread reports suggest that the organisers of Big Brother Africa have planned to drop contestants from Ebola-affected countries from participating in the season 9 of its annual reality show. The reports insinuated that the four Ghanaians who made it through the selection stage were denied from participating, with fresh audition taking place... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Indian sex workers in Sonagachi have been instructed to refrain from rendering sex-services to all Africans, following the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the sub-region of West Africa. At a forum of 130,000 sex workers in West Bengal, Indian NGO, ‘Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee’ warned them of the danger... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju The World Health Organisation, says the Ebola situation in Nigeria looks reassuring and the spread of the virus can be stopped. The vote of confidence stems from the fact that all the 12 people confirmed in the city are all part of a single chain of transmission, started by Liberian/America, Patrick Sawyer.... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe Ali Ndume, the Senator representing southern Borno state, says his constituents in Gwoza are under siege. His statement is coming two weeks after the Boko Haram insurgents took over the town of Gwoza and mounted their flags there. Ndume was speaking during a visit to shelter camps of people displaced by the... Read More
by Olorunwa Lawal The Nigeria Football Federation has denied a statement by the Chairman of NFF Electoral Committee, Mr. Amoni Biambo, to the effect that elections into the NFF Executive Committee will hold at the General Assembly next Tuesday. “The statement must have been made in error. As far as the NFF is concerned, there... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe British warplanes will be sent to Nigeria to help in the search of the abducted Chibok girls. On Wednesday, 20 August, it was reported by British newspaper, the Daily Mail, that three Royal Air Force (RAF) Tornado GR4s outfitted with surveillance equipment were in the process of being deployed to fly reconnaissance... Read More
by Damilola Jagun The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a Cherubim & Seraphim pastor for raping a 32-year-old woman within the church compound at Odogbolu in Ogun State. The victim claimed that the she was in a prayer session with the 37-year-old pastor when he asked her to hold on to a candle stick and... Read More
by Jewel Stephens A man killed himself on the morning of Tuesday, 19 August, by walking in front of a train driven by his ex-girlfriend. 36-year-old Gary Wells was reportedly devastated after Diane MacDonald, 29, ended their relationship, which prompted him to step on the track till the train hit and killed him. The... Read More
by Simon Ateba Thursday, August 21st, is a bright day here in Osogbo, the capital of Nigeria’s south-western state of Osun. The masked men have gone. The checkpoints have disappeared. The sea of policemen and soldiers holding Ak-47 rifles or operatives of the State Security Services brandishing machine guns and driving at breakneck speed have... Read More
by Alkasim Abdulkadir Sitting in the train cabin last week in Netherlands, the Dutch man who sat across from me looked eager to start a conversation, he got a chance when I looked hurriedly across the train platform to see if it was my stop, this is Delft, where are you going he asked. I... Read More
by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu I spoke to Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the senior Consultant Endocrinologist and Physician, who has just died of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), to schedule a previously agreed medical review. It was a Saturday. We agreed that I would come in the following Monday, July 21. On 20 July, Patrick Sawyer, the... Read More
by Damilola Jagun According to AFP, some Air France flight officials are refusing and hesistant to board planes flying to Ebola affected countries like Nigeria Guinea, and Sierra-Leone. The report stated that cabin crew scheduled to work on some flights “have not wanted to carry out their assignment”. Sophie Gorins, the Secretary-general of the... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Online newspaper, Premium Times is reporting a bomb scare in Nyanya, Abuja. A Peugeot 406 car suspected to be carrying an explosive device was sighted abandoned in the middle of the road, which prompted passersby, soldiers and motorists to flee for safety out of fear. A witness said that, “The driver just... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju According to predictions by British political observers, a 35-year-old Nigerian/British, Chuka Ummuna, could become the first black Prime Minister in the United Kingdom. His late father, Bennett Ummuna, was a Nigerian politician who ran for the governorship of Anambra State during the Babangida Administration. Chuka is an English and French Law graduate... Read More
by Dr. Bayo Okelana The cure for Ebola has been published multiple times in medical literature.[1,2,3,7] Animal and human models have consistently shown that antiserum from convalescent and survivor patients dramatically reduces mortality in severely ill Ebola patients, from about 85% to about 10%.[2,3] This was demonstrated in the 1990s by local doctors in the Congo during... Read More
by S’ola Filani Two Nigerian students of Doregos Private Academy, Ipaja, Lagos – Eveshorhema Sophia Samuel-Alli and Ibukunoluwa Ruth Oladeinde have discovered that African walnut can cure bad breath. Their project – Walnut: Sustainable Solution to Halitosis, was presented at the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair which held in Los Angeles, USA in... Read More
by Ife Adebayo I got a chat message from a friend yesterday saying “we lost Kunle Olaifa to an accident”. The only reply I could give was “WHAT???”. I met Kunle Olaifa when I was in the University of Ilorin. He was a very active member of AIESEC back then and he was a role... Read More
by Umari Ayim I swallow and tell Chika that Paulette has something to do with them. Chika frowns quizzically at me, trying to understand my words because her mind is suddenly full of questions. – Read Episode 1 of the compelling story HERE. – Read Episode 2 of the compelling story HERE. – Read Episode... Read More
by Tope Olofin I am on the verge of assuming that very soon there will be more mobile phones than there are human beings, especially in the Nigerian environment. This seems like a worthy assertion Nigerians possess more than one phone. Initially, the trend was one smartphone and a dumb one, now it is 3... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju After Don Jazzy became the first Nigerian celebrity to carry out the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, several of our popular African and Nigerian entertainers have also joined in the challenge for charity. Some of them are Genevieve Nnaji, Davido, Iyanya, Peter Okoye, Ice Prince, Korede Bello, Emmanuel Adebayor, Didier Drogba and... Read More
by S’ola Filani The Federal Government has denied ordering the sack of striking members of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), saying they have only been placed on suspension, contrary to reports. Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, stated this while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja, on Wednesday, noting that the change in vocabulary... Read More
by S’ola Filani About a week after he slumped while defending himself before the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct levelled against him by the State Assembly, the embattled Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyebuchi Wednesday resumed his defence, and explained why he slumped. “I had been sick and was taking medication before appearing... Read More
by Olusegun Adeniyi However, the challenge of the moment is to remove the stigma element from those who are unfortunate to have caught the bug. And I see no better way of doing that than by celebrating the lives of our health professionals who have died as a result of their contacts with Sawyer with... Read More
by Ayokunle Odekunle Are you an aspiring armed robber? Do you look up to armed robbers as role models? Well I have news for you. The offence of armed robbery carries a MANDATORY sentence of death and guess what? You do not have to kill anyone or shoot or stab anyone before you are convicted.... Read More
by David Cyril The National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put the current total number of registered voters in Nigeria at 70,383,427, of which Lagos with 5,426,391 has the highest number of registered voters in the country. Kano is said to have about 4,751,818, which makes it the second highest of registered voters in Nigeria, 2010... Read More
by S’ola Filani Who is in for some early morning laughter? One of the health attendants that attended to the Liberian Patrick Sawyer, but survived the ravages of the disease, allegedly caused commotion in her church last Sunday. According to reports, the young woman (name withheld) had stepped out to testify to the goodness of... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun By tomorrow, Friday, August 22, the kidnapped girls of Chibok would have been unwitting ”guests” of Boko Haram for 130 days. Between their kidnap and frightful escapes, the recurring line from the relevant security agencies has been, “We know where they are”! Ironically, every Nigerian knows where they are too: With Boko... Read More
by Damilola Jagun The new Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba was presented with a high tech bomb disposal robot by the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, during a visit of latter to the force headquarters on Wednesday, 20 August. The robot was presented alongside other equipments which will assist in the counter terrorism war,... Read More
by Jewel Stephen For the first time in the history of Nigeria, a female state chief judge hands over to a sibling. The daughters of Justice James Williams, recorded the feat on Wednesday, 20 August, when Lagos state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, swore in Justice Funmilayo Atilade as the new chief judge of the state, taking... Read More