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by Azubuike Azikiwe Unconfirmed reports say that founder of the Living Faith church founder, Pastor David Oyedepo has been barred from entering the United Kingdom. A source at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport told ‘ThisisAfrica’, that Oyedepo’s barring was communicated to airlines via an ‘Airline Alert’ on Saturday, 9 August. The alert stated that any airline... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe As he counts down to this weekend’s celebration of 25 years in the industry, renowned DJ and music producer, DJ Jimmy Jatt is the cover star on the new issue of Red Sheet magazine. Red Sheet magazine which is a lifestyle magazine has had notable celebrities on its cover, in this issue,... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju President Goodluck Jonathan has authorized the termination of doctors across federal hospitals in Nigeria with immediate effect. The information was dispersed through a letter signed by a permanent secretary in the Ministry of health, which cited the current challenges facing the health sector as the main factor that necessitated the move. The... Read More
by Mark Bassey The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), has upheld Luis Suarez’s ban for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. However, the Uruguay international will be able to train with his new Barcelona team-mates. “The sanctions imposed on the player by Fifa have been generally confirmed,” CAS said in a statement. “However, the four-month... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has announced that Nigeria will receive samples of an experimental drug to treat the deadly Ebola disease today, 14 August. While briefing journalists in Abuja on the update of the virus, he said, “the drug, ‘Nano Silver’ is already on its way to Lagos.” He also... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju As part of reactionary measures to curb the further spread of the Ebola virus disease, the Federal government has passed out a directive instructing all primary and secondary schools in Nigeria to remain shut until further notice. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students Matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe, disclosed... Read More
by Mark Bassey Nigeria continues to climb in the FIFA rankings and now sits in the 33rd position, after the latest standings were released on Thursday. The African champions, who were previously ranked 34th after the 2014 World Cup, are still 3rd on the continent with 673 points, only behind Ivory Coast and Algeria. Algeria... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, has admitted that he has not made any decision on Victor Moses’ future. The winger will return to Stamford Bridge, after spending last season on loan at Liverpool. However, the Super Eagles player faces fierce competition for a place in Chelsea’s attack. Moses however holds a British passport... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe   Two Nigerian men who tried to sneak £900,000 (N243,346,730) worth of cocaine into Belfast, Northern Ireland, have been charged with importing cocaine and converting criminal property. Prosecutors said the package, which came from South America inside a box of chocolates, was seized after being intercepted by customs officials in French Guiana. The... Read More
by Olorunwa Lawal   Authorities in Singapore have sent a Nigerian woman  into a hospital isolation unit on suspicion that she might have the Ebola virus, the Straits Times reported on Thursday, 14 August. The woman, in her 50s, was believed to have flown into Singapore recently and arrived at a hospital emergency department with a... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju Olaoluwa Joseph, a phony lawyer has been arrested for impersonating as a legal counsel in Akure. He was arrested on Monday, 11 August, while appearing as a lawyer before Chief Magistrate Olarenwaju Adesanmi in Akure. Joseph was reportedly clad in a lawyer’s garb and had sat at the bar to defend a... Read More
by Godwin Akanfe Minister of Health, Onyebuchi Chukwu has confirmed another Ebola case, bringing the total number to 11. A doctor who treated Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian-American that brought the disease to Lagos has shown symptoms, Chukwu announced today. A member of staff of West African regional economic body Ecowas this week became the third... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju   A teacher at a private school, Adeniran Adebayo, has been arraigned for molesting a 10-year-old form four pupil inside the school toilet. The victim and the suspect are pupil and teacher at a private school on Olateju Ilesanmi Street, Baruwa, Ipaja area of Lagos. The victim said her health teacher threatened... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju   Eze Anthony Owabie, the traditional ruler of Rumuoprikom community in Obio Akpor LGA of Rivers State, on 13 August, accidentally shot his son over the visit to the community by Governor Chibuike Amaechi. The governor, who is on a tour of local government councils in the state was scheduled to visit... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe   What’s going on here? The blogger, Linda Ikeji’s shares from a reader who says a lecturer in her school came to class dressed in a complete protective suit and a lion mask. The reader, who is a student of Mass Communication at Anambra State University, Ulli, sent in photos of the female... Read More
by Silas Dahir APC is not joking about recovering its mandate in the bye-election; therefore it is wisdom for President Jonathan to see beyond the political gimmick of catching ‘a big fish’. A shark can always turn around to bite; Ribadu is no option for the PDP. President Goodluck Jonathan, you are told. Is President Goodluck... Read More
by Olorunwa Lawal Nigerian athletes and officials to the on-going 2014 Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China have been ordered to return home after the country pulled out of the competition on Wednesday as a result of discrimination against its athletes. The decision to withdraw Team Nigeria from the Games was taken after a meeting between... Read More
by Kolapo Olapoju   A woman accidentally killed her daughter while trying to park her car in south-west London on the morning of Wednesday, 13 August. Six-year-old Bolutito Shodipe was run over by her mother who was attempting to park her car outside the Hunslow West tube station at around 9.40am. Police and London Ambulance Service paramedics tried to... Read More
by Abimbola Adelakun What’s new is that the soldiers’ wives are adding that their husbands will not be sent into battle to suffer the handicaps of jamming guns, misfiring mortars and preventable deaths.   November and December of 1929 saw thousands of women stampeding the Native Administration outposts in Calabar and Owerri to protest both... Read More
by Alkasim Abdulkadir In the final analysis, there is reassurance in the President’s speech that this regime of violence is reaching its turning point “Let me reiterate clearly that evil will never prevail over good The picture of the humanitarian catastrophy wrought by years of insurgency in North Eastern Nigeria is staggering, the displacement of... Read More
by Adedayo Ademuwagun Dele Oyebanji is a young man who lives in a neighbourhood near the Mushin train station in Lagos. He gets to see trains come and go everyday, but he has never been in a train before. Like Dele, many people in Lagos are not accustomed to getting around by train. Most people... Read More
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by Josephat Okara & Conrad Harry Nigeria’s national security is in need of a thorough review. The commander- in –chief should see this as a priority. We do not want our beloved country to be a failed state. Thanks to Komolafe for inadvertently calling attention to this worrisome trend in our country. Kayode Komolafe’s piece,... Read More
by Olusegun Adeniyi Therefore, whenever massive turn-out was recorded everywhere in such a state like Ekiti or Osun, we can easily extrapolate that majority of those who were eligible to vote and were duly registered came out to cast their ballots. Yet at the end of the two elections, the percentage of the actual voters... Read More
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