Labourer, 26, charged to court in Abuja for stealing SIM card

by ‘Jola Sotubo An Abuja based labourer, Christopher Musa, has been accused of stealing a GSM SIM card. The 26-year-old, from Mabushi in the FCT, was yesterday brought before a Wuse Magistrate Court for allegedly stealing a SIM card belonging to one Ibrahim Guruwa. According to police prosecutor, Sgt. Abdullahi Alhasan, the case was brought... Read More

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August 24, 2013

“It’s a story of sin, choice and revenge…”: Top 10 tweets on Ese Walter/COZA pastor alleged affair (READ)

by Junior Idakula The controversy regarding allegations made by lawyer and radio personality, Ese Walters and the senior pastor of COZA, an Abuja-based church, Biodun Fatoyinbo [click HERE if you missed the story] rages on, with various opinions being shared on social media especially Twitter, over the alleged sexual affair between the lady and the... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Girl on fire! Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe covers House of Maliq magazine (LOOK)

by Chisom Ukaegbu Yoruba actress, Mercy Aigbe Gentry’s covers House of Maliq magazine current edition. The cover which shows her as the ‘Girl on Fire’ posing her in clothes accentuating her sexy figure truly defines this beautiful actress who has acted in various home-made films. “Yess!! it’s about being me, not being into trends. It’s... Read More

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August 24, 2013

No more ‘Yori Yori’? Vast of Bracket says doctors asked him to stay off unprotected sex

by ‘Jola Sotubo Vast of Nigerian music duo Bracket recently returned home to pomp and fanfare after successfully receiving treatment for cancer and beating the disease. The singer returned home last week and has now revealed that he was given a stern warning by his doctor. Vast was instructed by medical personnel to stay away... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Opinion: The Ese Walter affair – In defence of the gospel

by Ayomipo Edinger In conclusion, the book of revelation has a message to 7 categories of Christianity to which every one of us belongs to. The church is not a place of perfect people. The church is a place of people in pursuit of the passion of the Christ. In the end, salvation is personal.... Read More

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August 24, 2013

A rejoinder: A brotherly advice to Governor Akpabio

by Helen Ukpaukure It bears mentioning here that none other than the government of the United States has described Akpabio as a future Nigerian leader to watch out for. This revelation came through Wikileaks, Julian Assange’s internet whistle-blowing site. Dele Momodu’s open letter to Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State, with the above title,... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Adeseye Ogunlewe: My experience of the Igbos in Lagos

by Adeseye Ogunlewe Instead of deporting the Igbos, whose contributions to the development of Lagos state are immensurable, you must keep on praising and encouraging them to keep on developing Lagos State . Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Terrorism: Soldiers kill 2 Boko Haram suspects dressed as women

by ‘Jola Sotubo In a true case of bullies acting like cowards, two men suspected to be members of Boko Haram have been apprehended while disguised as women. The suspected terrorists dressed in female Muslim attire to avoid being arrested but their ploy failed. They were spotted by a local vigilante group, called Civilian JTF,... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Demola Rewaju: ‘Church wedding’ and the mockery of it

by Demola Rewaju The major problem is a religious one – people don’t take marital vows as seriously as they should because they don’t take God seriously. If one would not violate the terms of a legal document stamped and signed by a judge or notary public, one shouldn’t violate a vow made in front... Read More

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August 24, 2013

How a shy boy may turn out to be the WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALLER (thanks to a life-changing operation)

A wafer-thin margin can separate glorious success from abject failure in the ultra-competitive world of modern sport. Take, for example, the miraculous rise of Gareth Bale, the 24-year-old Welshman who today finds himself on the verge of becoming the most expensive professional footballer in the history of the game. Just over a year ago, after... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Okorocha weeps at APC rally, presents Ngige as gov’norship consensus candidate

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, wept openly on Friday during a rally in Awka where the All Progressives Congress presented Senator Chris Ngige as the consensus candidate of the party for the November 16 2013 governorship election in Anambra State. Okorocha, who could not hold back tears, said he was crying over the death of... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Opinion: Ese Walter affair – Confessions of a bitter woman

by Malcolm Ifi Ese Walter’s allegation that he misled her is watery and not to be taken seriously because she misled herself. What any rational woman worth her salt would do after such advances have been made to her by a “man of God” would be to flee the man and his church. The noise... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Opinion: Women and their disappointing reaction to the Ese Walter COZA affair

by Ego du Jour The blind sheep that follow pastors in Nigeria are partly responsible for this. The level of “power” given to church leaders is mind blowing and when corrupt people are given power this is the result. I haven’t had much time recently to tweet or blog as much as I would like.... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Myne Whitman: Unrepentant sinners and chauvinist men of God

by Myne Whitman This was really the story of a young, vulnerable woman, manipulated by an older man in authority and with power over her. When someone told me about the affair between COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo and Ese Walters, as shared by her, I had my doubts. I saw the young good-looking pastor, asked... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Mystery as clinic medical director hangs himself in Lagos

by Oge Okonkwo The medical director of City Convalescent Clinic, identified only as Okereke, committed suicide early yesterday at his residence, 13, Aliu Street, Kosofe by Ile-Iwe Bus-stop, Ketu, Lagos. The body of the deceased was discovered by his wife, his lifeless frame dangling from a ceiling fan in one of the rooms of their two-storey building,... Read More

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August 24, 2013

#InCaseYouMissedIt: 35 people killed in fresh Boko Haram attack, 14 others injured

by ‘Jola Sotubo The nation has continued to count its losses to the rampaging terrorist sect Boko Haram. According to reports released by the military today,at least 35 people have been killed in a fresh attack which also left 14 people injured. The attack occurred in a remote village in Borno State since Monday but... Read More

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August 24, 2013

Azubuike Ishiekwene: Tukur and the making of PDP’s funeral

by Azubuike Ishiekwene The PDP may continue to deceive itself, but it’s unlikely that a confidence vote on Tukur will cure the party of its current poisoning. It’s a congenital problem. The chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, 80-something-year-old Bamanga Tukur, has vowed that he will not relinquish his chair, even at gunpoint. Why... Read More

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August 24, 2013

That boy is mine: 2 women remanded in prison for ‘fighting over a man’ in Lagos

by Oge Okonkwo Two women, 23-year-old, Ogechi Nmerenini, and 22-year-old Bilikisu Akinyode, have been remanded in custody, on the orders of the on the orders of the Apapa Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, for fighting in public over a man. Nmerenini and Akinyode were charged for public disturbance after arrest was made by the police at Atebo street.... Read More

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August 24, 2013

MIRACLE: 3-year-old boy lives after getting shot in the head while in his apartment

A 3-year-old boy was shot in the head inside his Brooklyn apartment early Saturday, cops and neighbors said. The little boy, who neighbors identified as Terrell, miraculously survived when the bullet pierced his skull inside the E. 21st St. apartment in Flatbush about 3:30 a.m., cops said. The child was rushed to Kings County Hospital,... Read More

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August 24, 2013

BIZARRE: Undergraduate ‘runs mad’ after buying loaf of bread in Oyo

by ‘Jola Sotubo Commotion erupted at the Eleyele area of Ibadan on Wednesday after a young man who seemed perfectly normal suddenly began to act strange. The young man, reported to be a student of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, conducted himself normally when he got off a commercial bus and bought a... Read More

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August 23, 2013

The baby with 2 heads: Doctors remove growth that weighed a kilo from eight-month-old Indian boy

An eight-month-old baby who grew a second ‘head’ has undergone surgery to have it removed. Doctors say the second head was a ‘parasitic twin’, weighed almost a kilo and had brain tissue within it. The child, known as Tofajjal, was suffering from a rare disease called encephalomeningocele, said to affect one in 40,000-45,000 babies. An eight-month-old baby who grew... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Shocking! Meet the Chinese man, 46,who was locked up in a stone cell for 30 YEARS by his parents

A man who displayed signs of mental health problems as a teenager has been locked up by his parents for 30 years. Dong Hai,46, was caged in a five square metre stone shelter in his parent’s back yard when they grew frightened that he could hurt someone. Dong Watou and his wife Xiao Hong... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Shocker! Mother, 50, shows up ALIVE 13 days after her funeral

A Philadelphia woman has shown up alive 13 days after her family buried her in an emotional service. Sharolyn Jackson, 50, was laid to rest at Colonial Memorial Park by her devastated family on August 3, following the Philadelphia Medical Examiner signing a death certificate and releasing a body believed to be hers. ‘I had... Read More

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August 23, 2013

ASUU Strike: UNIILORIN lecturers divided

by Oge Okonkwo Many weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities embarked on a nationwide strike, the University of Ilorin chapter is yet to join as lecturers are divided as a result of alleged threats issued out by the University authority against those who participate. For the past eleven years, the university has not participated in any... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Sex game gone wrong: Man dies after getting wrapped in nylon during kinky sex game

A murder investigation has been launched after a man died when he allegedly took part in a kinky sex game involving cling film. Two men aged 21 and 34 were arrested on suspicion of murder following the discovery of the victim’s body in a flat in Dover, Kent, on Tuesday morning. The victim, who has... Read More

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August 23, 2013

‘Juju made my maid confess to stealing,’ woman tells court

by Oge Okonkwo A businesswoman and the prosecution witness in a criminal trial, Abiola Olatunji, narrated to a Lagos chief magistrate court, sitting at Ebute-Metta, how her 18-year-old maid, Iyanuoluwa Abayomi, owned up to theft through diabolical means popularly known as ‘Juju‘, with the help of a traditional thief-catcher known as ‘Ajilegege’. Mrs. Olatunji told the court that, she... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Awww! First picture of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s baby North West revealed (LOOK)

by Junior Idakula Rapper Kanye West joined Kris Kardashian on her new talk show “Kris” today, where he revealed the first official picture of his daughter, North West. Kanye’s girlfriend, and North’s mother, Kim Kardashian, also tweeted a picture of the infant today. Get a better look at little Nori below.

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August 23, 2013

Church member sets self on fire, injures others

A follower of the Unification Church set fire to herself and two others in South Korea Thursday, the local fire service said. Spokesman Song Sam-soo says the Japanese woman poured paint thinner on herself and a man, and another woman standing nearby was also injured. The man and woman suffered third-degree burns, while the bystander... Read More

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August 23, 2013

Yes, men notice a woman’s breasts but only AFTER checking out these two…

Eyes, smile and breasts are the first things a man notices in a woman, in that order according to a new survey. The check list emerged amid a look at men’s impressions of women they meet for the first time, or pass in the street and vice versa. The results show that the stereotypical guy... Read More

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August 23, 2013

3 stretches to beat back pain without getting up from your chair

by Mary Jo Cameron Begin in Positive Seated Posture . 1. Seated Forward Bend The numerous benefits of this exercise include releasing tension in the spine, stretching the lower back and hamstring muscles, energizing the brain and central nervous system, and slowing the heart rate. Do this stretch anytime you need to take a quiet break and... Read More

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Labourer, 26, charged to court in Abuja for stealing SIM card

“It’s a story of sin, choice and revenge…”: Top 10 tweets on Ese Walter/COZA pastor alleged affair (READ)

Girl on fire! Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe covers House of Maliq magazine (LOOK)

No more ‘Yori Yori’? Vast of Bracket says doctors asked him to stay off unprotected sex

Opinion: The Ese Walter affair – In defence of the gospel

A rejoinder: A brotherly advice to Governor Akpabio

Adeseye Ogunlewe: My experience of the Igbos in Lagos

Terrorism: Soldiers kill 2 Boko Haram suspects dressed as women

Demola Rewaju: ‘Church wedding’ and the mockery of it

How a shy boy may turn out to be the WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALLER (thanks to a life-changing operation)

Okorocha weeps at APC rally, presents Ngige as gov’norship consensus candidate

Opinion: Ese Walter affair – Confessions of a bitter woman

Opinion: Women and their disappointing reaction to the Ese Walter COZA affair

Myne Whitman: Unrepentant sinners and chauvinist men of God

Mystery as clinic medical director hangs himself in Lagos

#InCaseYouMissedIt: 35 people killed in fresh Boko Haram attack, 14 others injured

Azubuike Ishiekwene: Tukur and the making of PDP’s funeral

That boy is mine: 2 women remanded in prison for ‘fighting over a man’ in Lagos

MIRACLE: 3-year-old boy lives after getting shot in the head while in his apartment

BIZARRE: Undergraduate ‘runs mad’ after buying loaf of bread in Oyo

The baby with 2 heads: Doctors remove growth that weighed a kilo from eight-month-old Indian boy

Shocking! Meet the Chinese man, 46,who was locked up in a stone cell for 30 YEARS by his parents

Shocker! Mother, 50, shows up ALIVE 13 days after her funeral

ASUU Strike: UNIILORIN lecturers divided

Sex game gone wrong: Man dies after getting wrapped in nylon during kinky sex game

‘Juju made my maid confess to stealing,’ woman tells court

Awww! First picture of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian’s baby North West revealed (LOOK)

Church member sets self on fire, injures others

Yes, men notice a woman’s breasts but only AFTER checking out these two…

3 stretches to beat back pain without getting up from your chair

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