by Spark people Start by finding out how quickly you currently eat your meals. You may be surprised to find out that breakfast or lunch at your computer is over within 5 or 10 minutes. Then, work on adding time to your meals, aiming for each meal to take at least 20 minutes. Setting a... Read More
by Chisom Ukaegbu YBNL rapper, Olamide is back with new single featuring ‘Kukere’ master, Iyanya Mbuk. The track is a mixture of Afrobeat with little of french words accompanied by the sultry voice of ‘Your Waist’ singer. Download the song.
The parents of a 4-year-old boy from Arizona are facing child abuse charges after police say the mother scolded him with boiling water and then failed to seek medical attention for nearly two weeks. Court documents say the toddler from Mesa suffered severe burns on his back, arm, shoulder and leg when his mother, 28-year-old... Read More
by Nasir el-Rufai I am keen to know why the presidency chose to keep quiet on my charge that President Jonathan is the godfather of the oil thieves. If that is not the case, how come oil theft jumped from about 100,000 barrels per day before his election to a staggering 400,000 per day now?... Read More
The Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Re-integration, IYAMIDR, yesterday, raised alarm that over 300 Nigerian girls are languishing in different prisons in Libya. It called on the Federal Government to exploit the bilateral pact with the Libyan Government to secure their release. President of IYAMIDR, Solomon Okoduwa, who briefed newsmen in... Read More
by Kiri Blakeley Mentally begin to detach from the relationship, and I don’t mean begin to harden your heart or tell yourself you don’t care. I mean letting go of the idea that you can change anyone. If you’re in a toxic relationship, you probably know you want to get out. But you feel stuck, paralyzed, and... Read More
by Sally Stich Don’t let others off the hook. Hold a family meeting and express your concerns. Then set a timer each day for 5 or 10 minutes and declare it “pickup time.” Everyone is in charge of picking up his or her stuff in public areas. Which would you say is more damaging to your... Read More
by Chisom Ukaegbu Music magazine, Mystreetz is back with rap sensation, Phyno gracing the cover pages. The tagline ‘Has Rap music finally pulled down the walls of language barrier?’ is actually true as this rapper continues to wow his audience with lyrics from his native language towing the same line as Olamide, late Da Grin,... Read More
In seven years, The Future Awards Africa has produced over 120 winners and 1,200 nominees across the world. With its umbrella The Future Project, it has been in the forefront of inspiring a new generation of leaders/leadership and entrepreneurs for Nigeria, working with the Africa Union, the US Government, the British Council, the Ministry of... Read More
About 40 million Nigerians translating to 23.9 per cent are unemployed, Chairman, Subsidy Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) Dr. Christopher Kolade has said. He spoke yesterday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital at a sensitisation forum for firms in the state. Quoting the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), he added that one of the challenges of graduate unemployment... Read More
by SK Johnson I have a confession, Don’t take it personal, I have a confession, so you got to listen See I like Beyonce, but she dey with Jigga I am not a big D’banj fan. I’m not even sure whether it’s spelled ‘D’Banj’ or ‘D-Banj’ or ‘D Banj’ – is the ‘b’ even meant... Read More
A closed-door meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday in Abuja ended in a deadlock. However, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, who also serves as Chairman of the Universities Needs Assessment Committee, told newsmen that both parties had rescheduled their negotiations for Aug. 19. Suswan, who is... Read More
The committee set up by the federal government to implement the needs assessment report in Nigerian universities yesterday reached an agreement with representatives of the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on the vexed issue of decaying infrastructure in Nigerian universities following the adoption of a report by the committee’s technical... Read More
by Demola Rewaju I have few problems with Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent outbursts against the Igbos, I’ve always known he could never be a part of the new Nigeria. my problem is with the effect of his words on many in my generation, some of whom are already lining up behind him and others against him,... Read More
A British bride who went to live in Gambia with her husband was found hanged after he told her he could not father children. Simone Lally, 27, left her home in Lancashire for a new life with Mohammed Jabakhanji, 29, and hoped to start a family. But only a year after their beachside wedding, he... Read More
The Army Battalion in charge of Special Military Operations in Mubi has confirmed killing two Boko Haram kingpins. This was just as it recovered a large cache of weapons from suspected Boko Haram members. Commanding Officer and head of Mubi Special Military Operations, Lt Col. Beyidi Gurama Martins disclosed this at a Press Conference in... Read More
by C. Don Adinuba A man who introduced himself as a professor from Nnewi called me on the phone on Thursday morning to assert with so much authority that “only Anambra indigenes are being targeted for expulsion from Lagos because all Nigerians know that Anambra is the leader of the Igbo nation”. The Abia State... Read More
by Pedro Christian Kalu In the words of John Okiyi Kalu “the views and actions of charlatans like FFK cannot and will never represent the views of the learned and hard working entrepreneurs of Yorubaland but rather that of a drug damaged mind seeking to ride on ethnic conflict to actualize his gubernatorial ambition.” I once admired and... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A teacher in Edo state, Augusta Odemwigwe, who could not read was caught yesterday by the Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, when she was asked to read an age declaration affidavit. Mrs Odemwigwe, on reading the age declaration affidavit, to the amazement of all, stuttered uncontrollably until the governor helped her out by reading it.... Read More
The Kaduna State commissioner for education, Mallam Mohammed Usman, has disclosed that the state government has closed 457 illegal private schools out of the 642 schools operating in the state without registration. The commissioner further added that about 185 more of such schools operating illegally would be closed down in the second phase of the... Read More
The Borno State Government on Tuesday announced financial assistance for victims of Sunday’s Boko Haram attack on Konduga in which 46 people were killed. The State Governor, Kashim Shettima, who made the announcement when he visited the town, expressed sadness over the attack. He said each family that lost its breadwinner would be given N250,... Read More
by Akanimo Asuquo Sunday Government should be innovative and ingenuous in formulating policies that regulate the extractive industries. Home made policies regarding the extracting of our natural resources should be considered against the present practice of copying hook, line and sinker, what obtains in other climes In the creeks of Brass,Escravos,Ogoniland,Akassa and other riverine communities... Read More
A Texas tattoo artist’s obsession with leopard spots may have caused a rift with his loved ones, but he believes it has brought him one step closer to becoming a true ‘manimal’ with cat-like reflexes. Born Lance Brieschke, Larry Da Leopard has covered every inch of his body with more than a thousand spots to... Read More
by Ife Adebayo Oil will not make Nigeria great, agriculture will not make Nigeria great, tourism will not make Nigeria great – Nigeria will only become great when we harness our human resource potentials and they in turn maximise the possibilities that arise from their abilities. For my Y! Politico series I’ve been writing about... Read More
by Japheth Omojuwa As we look at #TheFutureAfrica we must bask in the euphoria of where we are compared to where we used to be, but in basking let us always remember that there is a future ahead whose challenges are yet to be met and start meeting them even today. All the trade numbers... Read More
Pandemonium broke out, Monday, in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area, Delta State, as soldiers attacked and injured police officers from Delta State Police Command, who were on escort duty with the state Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Anthonia Ashiedu. The soldiers beat a police corporal, who drove one of the police vehicles, to pulp... Read More
by Akan Ido The three female teachers, Patience Osadoplor, Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene who were abducted at Orhogbua Primary School, Ekehuan, village, Edo state have been freed. The teachers were kidnapped at gunpoint on July 30 and taken to an unknown destination. They were, however, released in the early hours of Tuesday at the Ekhehuan axis of the... Read More
by Rotimi Fasan His veiled attack at nameless and unpatriotic elders making comments likely to cause disaffection and disunity among Nigerians was definitely one of his many incompetent attempts at addressing festering national issues. So Chief Tony Anenih, the BoT chair of the PDP, marked his eightieth birthday last week and provided President Goodluck Jonathan... Read More
by Akan Ido Three men have been arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a fourteen year old girl. The suspects, Ijezie Chidiebere, 24; Okechukwu Ezea, 25 and Chikezie Ejesi, 25, were said to have raped the teenager on August 3, 2013 in Orile-Iganmu, Lagos State. According to the police, the suspects violated the... Read More
A man who attended services at Owasso First Assembly of God in Oklahoma allegedly stole one of the church’s computers, and he might have gotten away with it if he hadn’t called technical support for assistance in removing the pornography filter. KMRG reported that Troy Ridling confessed and was arrested on Tuesday for stealing a computer from... Read More