by Oge Okonkwo A two-months-old baby with four limbs had been successfully operated upon. The baby girl who was born with a rare congenital defect called “dipygus;” having small extra legs between her normal legs was operated upon by doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola. The baby, born in Konkol community of Maiha Local Government Area of Adamawa,... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A female teacher at an undisclosed nursery and primary school around Ilupeju has has been arrested by the Lagos state police command for allegedly defiling a two-and-a-half-year-old girl. According to sources, it was revealed that the suspect, identified as Funmi, inserted a fork into the little girl’s private part. It was gathered... Read More
by Adisa Adeleye As it is being noted, the political atmosphere has been dominated for a long time by a strong party (ruling with impunity) and a few scattered opposition parties, weak and ineffective. Now, what should Nigeria expect from the new APC? It is gratifying that after several false alarms, the voluntarily merging parties... Read More
by Garba Shehu The Almajiri education policy of the Jonathan administration is important, not because it is a pioneering effort. In Kano, I know of the past efforts of the military administration of Governor Ndatsu Umaru who attempted, in a vigorous way, to merge the Arabic and Boko (western) schools complete with an edict to... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo The bodies of two children,between ages three and four, were found in a fish pond near Railway Quarters in Bauchi metropolis of Bauchi State. Though there were different reports on how the little children died, they were said to have been dumped in the pond by some individuals who came in a commercial... Read More
Gunmen in Pakistan fired on the vehicle of a politician driving past worshipers leaving a mosque on the Muslim holy day of Eid, killing nine people and injuring 27 in the western city of Quetta, police said. Quetta is the capital of western Baluchistan province, where several militant groups are active, including the Pakistani Taliban, who claimed... Read More
by Femi Longe Of the 10 best startups in Nigeria in 2010 according to techblog www.techloy.com, none has gained major traction since then and most have died. This could be ascribed to the age old stat that majority of new businesses world-over die in their early years of operations or could be blamed on the budding nature... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A 46-year-old bricklayer, Chukwudi Ugankwo, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after testing positive to drug ingestion. The arrest was made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, where it was learnt that Ugankwo, ingested 83 wraps of cocaine, one of the highest quantities of drugs ingested at a time by... Read More
by Oge Okonkwo A woman, identified as Muji Kazeem committed suicide at her residence, Oremerin street, Ladilak, Somolu, Lagos State, four months after giving birth to a set of twins. Mrs. Kazeem, a hairdresser by profession, was found dead a well in the early hours of Tuesday after she was declared missing for two days by her... Read More
A National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member serving in Ondo State drowned in a boat mishap yesterday in Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government. It was learnt that the incident occurred when the speed boat conveying the corps member, identified as Juliet Okorocha, and other passengers from Lipate to Igbokoda caught fire. The boat capsized as... Read More
By Isi Esene Two people have been arrested in connection with the gruesome attack of Folakemi Akinbode, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Bayelsa state. The 26-year-old lady was attacked late on Monday by hoodlum who tried to dispossess her of her bag while returning from work. Akinbode’s arm was almost chopped off... Read More
Odunayo Ogunmola In a bid to secure the trust of the people he leads before fully settling down to the serious business of governance, Dr. Fayemi did what many elected officials fear to do by declaring his assets and publishing same on the pages of major newspapers in the country to show that he has... Read More
by Akan Ido Popular Nollywood actress, Lola Alao got hooked to her partner, Wale Ajibola, yesterday in Atlanta. Alao who has a daughter from a previous marriage got hooked to Ajibola who is said to be an IT expert based in the U.S. Congratulations to the lovely couple.
by Olusegun Adeniyi It is rather unfortunate that many otherwise respected people would always see ethnicity in every problem and that is why I hesitate to comment on this issue until the madness that is going on subsides. When last year the Lagos State Government put some people considered destitute in a bus and dumped... Read More
by Isi Esene Operatives of the Joint Task Force have arrested a medical doctor and a lawyer for their alleged roles in the violence in the Borno and Yobe. It is not clear the nature of their involvement in the prevailing violence in the north but the lawyer is known to be a prominent defender of... Read More
by Adedeji Ologbenla Giving the laptops or tablets to every child is not a bad idea but of what direct and indirect impact does it have on the child’s mental development. As beautiful as the idea of free laptop for all, it is like giving knife to an ignorant child to slice an onion which... Read More
A Philadelphia judge upheld murder charges Wednesday against a fundamentalist Christian couple in their 8-month-old son’s faith-healing death, saying things might be different if their toddler hadn’t died four years ago ‘under strikingly similar circumstances.’ Herbert and Catherine Schaible were still on probation after the 2009 death of their 2-year-old son Kent, for which they... Read More
by Alison Bryant You need to practice. This is particularly important if you want to take shots at a special event, such as a wedding, where you won’t have time to take dozens of the same shot to get it just right. Take your camera out and just try taking lots of pictures. If you’re... Read More
by Akan Ido Rapper, Nicki Minaj has posted a new photo of herself wearing nothing but her long hair covering her breasts. Minaj has been known to show a lot of skin teasing her loyal followers on social media. Some might express reservations over this but we don’t see her fans complaining.
Imprisoned by her own body and slowly dying, Sherri Muzher wants to choose when to exit this life so she can help others to live. The 43-year-old Michigan woman has launched a one-woman campaign from her wheelchair to get her home state to reconsider its ban against physician-assisted suicide because she wants to donate her... Read More
STEVE READ/GETTY IMAGES Bossa no-no: Accused hooker peddler Hilda Maria Mallo, 62, was charged with felony promoting prostitution after a Midtown sting ensnared one of her ‘girls,’ waiting naked on the bed for her meeting with an undercover cop. A Brazilian madam and at least four of her hookers were busted in a Midtown East... Read More
The Texas teen suspected of raping and murdering a 6-year-old girl from his neighborhood was transferred Wednesday from the hospital to jail where he is still receiving treatment for a gunshot wound to the head. Tyler Holder, 17, will only interact with medical personnel at Tarrant County Jail. “It is common for accused child offenders... Read More
Shocking surveillance video from an Iowa mall shows cops beating a mother in front of her 1-year-old daughter after she was caught shoplifting at a department store. Brandie Redell, 34, admits that she was caught red-handed stuffing $388 worth of clothes into her 1-year-old daughter’s stroller at the Von Maur department store in Davenport on... Read More
by Isi Esene Mrtin Elechi, the governor of Ebonyi state has ordered the immediate sack of the state commissioner for environment, Paul Okorie. Okorie’s sack was made public in a release signed by the commissioner for information and state orientation, Emmanuel Chike Onwe. In the statement, Okorie was said to have been engaging in “acts... Read More
by Adanna Chukwuma By the end of 2015, with concerted global action, we could bring quality health care to the doorsteps of 650 million Africans, many of whom would be excluded otherwise. Now that’s a no-brainer. Three years ago I was working as a medical doctor in one of the poorest states in Northern Nigeria, with... Read More