by Rachel Ogbu There are indications that the Federal Government and university lecturers have began new talks to end the on-going strike in universities across the nation. Yesterday, Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, announced that it has entered into fresh negotiation with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Leading the negotiation the Secretary...
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by Chi Ibe A security guard in a private school in Ijegun, Lagos State has been arrested for allegedly raping a student of the school inside the school premises. Emeka Nwabunwane, 30 is said to be a civil engineering graduate from Delta State University, Abraka in Delta State, who lost his job and was newly employed at...
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by Ogaga Ifowodo Honourable” Evans Bipi, one of the chief brawlers in the aforementioned incident, is currently the butt of jokes for confessing that he was provoked into violence when a colleague blasphemed Jesus Christ in the person of Mrs Patience Jonathan. The ugly spectacle of the “street fight” that broke out in the Rivers...
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by Kayode Komolafe It takes a genuinely anti-poverty president or governor to focus more on those policies that would democratise access to basic needs rather engaging in propaganda of executing “projects” all over the place… Politicians and their publicists talk so much about “dividends of democracy”; yet the meaning of the phrase has become imprecise....
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by Rachel Ogbu Ex-Governor of Ekiti state, Ayo Fayose has been suspended from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The party announced the suspension on Tuesday claiming he allegedly played a role in the invasion of the state secretariat by hoodlums last week. The Chairman of the party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, announced the suspension in Ado-Ekiti, the...
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by Rachel Ogbu Two men were sentenced to jail on Tuesday for homosexuality in Cameroon. One man received a two year prison sentence while the court handed down a suspended one-year jail sentence to another underage youth. One of the men, identified as Joseph Ombga, has already been detained for almost two years at Yaounde’s...
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by Obademi Ayodeji Until recent times, it seemed to the public eye that the Nigerian government, in all its colossal might, was flagrantly defied by a sect; in the paradoxical manner of a heavyweight champion being pummelled senseless by a school-yard bully. In the Nigeria Economic Report issued by The World Bank in May 2013,...
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by Jelani Cobb Yet the problem is not that this case marks a low point in this country’s racial history—it’s that, after two centuries of common history, we’re still obligated to chart high points and low ones. The not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial came down moments after I left a screening of “Fruitvale...
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The world has seen the royal baby for the first time as the future king left hospital with his ecstatic parents this evening, who revealed they had not yet chosen him a name. Prince William and Kate waved and smiled broadly to the waiting cameras as they held their prince on the steps of the...
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A terrifying video has been released of the moment a pair of divers were almost submerged and eaten by two humpback whales. The once in a lifetime encounter happened as the pair casually bobbed in the water at Souza Rock, two miles from Morro Bay in California. Suddenly a ball of fish surrounded Shawn Stamback...
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Perhaps there is something to the predictions tucked inside fortune cookies after all. After opening a cookie that promised he would ‘soon come into a lot of gold’, William Johnson promptly went out and bought a lottery scratch card – just in case. Mr Johnson was stunned to discover he had scooped a $1million prize...
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Simone Becchetti-Getty Images Do you flirt on Facebook? Do you sext? Do you kiss women who are not your wife or girlfriend and consider it a perfectly innocent act? If so, you may be cheating without knowing it. A new poll has revealed that men and women have very different ideas about what constitutes infidelity,...
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Police in Malawi said Tuesday they had arrested a 37-year-old man and charged him with breaching the peace, after he allegedly called President Joyce Banda “stupid.” Japhet Chirwa is believed to have called the head of state “stupid and a failure” after a failed bid to change the name in his passport, police spokesman Maurice Chapola...
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If cocaine is a hell of a drug, human ashes are one hell of a mistake. William “Billy” Cantrell, 28, was arrested this week for allegedly stealing a box of human ashes from a neighbor in Tennessee. Family members believe Cantrell thought the ashes were cocaine. “William thought it was drugs, he thought he’d done found...
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If you assault your roommate because he changed the radio station, eventually you’ll have to face the music. Police say Josue Rodriguez, 40, attacked his roommate with a machete because the roommate changed the radio station, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Rodriguez was allegedly taking a shower in his Lake Worth home when he heard the...
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by Rachel Ogbu The mother of 2face’s children, Sunmbo Ajaba got married yesterday, Monday July 22. She married Pastor David Adeoye of Royalty Christian Centre and their wedding took place at Sheraton Hotel in Lagos. New photos seem unclear because according to reports, the security was very tight. Few days to her wedding she had...
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Eunice Ukaegbu A woman called in a bomb threat in order to prevent her husband from flying alone to Nigeria, according to police reports. The woman sent New Jersey police rushing to Newark Airport after falsely accusing her husband of plotting to blow up a plane, authorities said. Eunice Ukaegbu, 50, called police about her...
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Japanese police are hunting a poetry writing killer after the bodies of five people were discovered in a remote mountain village. Three bodies were discovered on Sunday after two houses were burned to the ground in a secluded hamlet in western Yamaguchi prefecture. Then on Monday a further two victims were found. Investigators said they...
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A little girl whose head got trapped in window railings 70 metres high in a tower block has been rescued by firefighters The five-year-old had climbed out of the living room window apparently because she wanted to take a ‘look around’. Footage shown by China’s state broadcaster shows she had apparently managed to squeeze her...
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by SK Johnson See that? That face up there? That is the face of fury. At least that’s what Stella Damasus expects us to believe. Two days ago the singer/actress released a video on YouTube, supposedly in response to the #ChildNotBride controversy. I’m not exactly sure what I was expecting; something sincere and insightful, maybe?...
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by Rachel Ogbu Blogger, Linda Ikeji has written a personal letter to her fans touching some very intimate and controversial issues. In the letter titled, “Dear LIB readers; A letter from me, Linda, to you”, the celebrity blogger takes time out to thank supporters and even critics while dispelling Illuminati rumours and allegations that she...
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A 42-year-old elementary school teacher had sex with a 13-year-old student at band camp where he was a leader, police said today. Kenyan Rodgers was arrested yesterday and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child. The alleged assault took place at a Texas Southern University camp for middle and high school...
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She dazzles her fans night after night with her energetic stage performances and flawless vocals. And Beyoncé wasn’t about to let the small matter of her hair getting caught in a fan get in the way of the Montreal leg of her Mrs Carter Show tour on Monday night. Proving herself to be the ultimate...
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by Rachel Ogbu Doting mother and actress Mercy Johnson Okojie posted this adorable picture of her daughter, Purity. Purity obviously cant want to be a grown up, see how committed she is to brushing her gum. Mrs Odianosen Okojie captioned the photo @fynestgirl24 we ready 4 ur BD parry,even Purity dey brush teeth now.happy weekend 2...
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I do not ask that you return; I do not ask that you not run – far from it… Hey Wura! I heard you left. I heard you picked up your things and left the keys… I heard you walked out the door; your back, the last they saw. Hey Wura! I see your right....
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Sheer confidence … Rihanna BRA-less Rihanna leaves little to the imaginations of her Swedish fans as she steps out in a see-through top. Leaving her hotel in Stockholm, the brazen pop beauty greeted swathes of followers gathered outside en route to her gig at the Globe Arena. All eyes were drawn to her white mesh T-shirt that clearly...
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by Rachel Ogbu Here is beautiful singer, Yemi Alade playing the seductress to a very tempted Yomi Black. Alade strips down to a very sultry outfit when Black comes around for a visit and he had to answer the question: “If there was one thing you wanted in the world right now what would it be?”...
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by Rachel Ogbu Dipp and comedian, Bovi on set of the music video “Balance For Me.” Both guys bring fun, crazy dance moves and hyper-activity to the mix. The sexy Afro-Pop/Dance number is directed by Gambit Pictures and expected to drop on July 27, 2013. x x x x x x x x x x x...
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by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji It didn’t look planned in the way that say a new city or a new estate would be planned. Instead, the development seemed somewhat random, like a patchy haircut. The other day, while I was doing some reading, I came across a quote from this 2010 book; “Diary of a Bad Year: Confessions...
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