A federal high court sitting in Abuja Wednesday morning, vacated the arrest warrant issued by Nigerian Senate against the sacked chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina. Justice Adamu Bello, in his one hour judgment held that the arrest warrant issued did not comply with section 88 of the 1999 constitution as...
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by Rachel Ogbu Household of God’s former pianist, Dafiaghor Okiotor has appeared before a court in Lagos again, this time for breaching the peace and disorderly conduct. On Tuesday, the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, presided by Magistrate Oshodi Makanjuola heard how 40-year-old Okiotor, first demonstrated at Rev. Chris Okotie’s church on July 15 claiming to be owed N39 million as payment...
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March is National Nutrition Month! So what does nutrition have to do with physical therapy? For starters, with downtime spent in rest and healing, calorie needs are lower for most people recovering from an injury. Not only are you less active when you’re recovering from an injury or dealing with pain; but with less to do,...
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Many of us snack while we’re working, which might help us get through our tasks faster — but it also helps us power through that bag of chips with great speed. It’s 3 p.m. and you’re miles away from dinner, but that salad at lunch didn’t quite fill you up. What should you snack on?...
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by Victor Ehikhamenor He was a gentle needle that sewed tattered clothes, a minuscule scorpion’s tail that packed venom. He answered every question with the precision of a sniper. He was a man who spoke gently, yet he was a writer “in whose company the prison walls fell down,” as Nelson Mandela said. LAGOS, Nigeria I...
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What will the royal baby look like? That’s been on our minds since Kate Middleton and Prince William tied the knot. When the Duchess of Cambridge announced she was pregnant, a flurry of mock-up baby photos began circulating, ranging from questionably cute to truly creepy. But with Kate halfway into her pregnancy, a new set of baby photos is making us optimistic....
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by Chi Ibe The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced a bank fraud operation that took place in Abuja to a jail cell at the Kirikiri maximum prison, Lagos. Right from his prison cell in Lagos, Ikechukwu Ogbu, serving a 15-year jail term had reportedly swindled Abuja based bank manager, Pat Enechukwu, of N12.3m using a...
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Will Smith says he passed on a role in “Django Unchained.” Will Smith has accepted roles in all three “Men in Black” films, the over-the-top romantic comedy “Hitch,” and the animated underwater feature “Shark Tale,” but there is one recent Oscar-nominated film he turned down. Smith was up for the lead part in Quentin Tarantino’s...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday at a Lagos High Court alleged that four mobile phones were recovered from the cell occupied by a convicted fraudster, Ikechukwu Ogbu, at Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Lagos. Ogbu, who is currently serving a 15-year jail term at the prison, is standing trial for allegedly swindling a bank manager,...
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By Laz Ude Eze After reading about the history of his early years noting that he wrote his most popular book Things Fall Apart while in his late 20s, I asked myself, I’m I doing enough for myself and for my country? Are young Nigerians learning from trailblazers like Achebe? “If you say you are...
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by Chijioke Victor Uche It is hard, almost impossible for an Igbo person to make a complete sentence without at least an English word in it. “The white man came to our land, With the Bible in his hand, Asked us to close our eyes and pray. We closed our eyes, Did as he said....
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by Lewis Schiff Those who are “business brilliant” have, on average, more failures than members of the middle-class. But they use those failures to help them succeed on the next attempt. How many times has your success depended on knowing something that most people don’t? The survey research I did for my new book, Business Brilliant,...
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Authorities in Fairmont, N.C., say Christopher Stanlane, Jr., 10, was killed when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a shotgun. Authorities say a 10-year-old boy was killed in North Carolina when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a shotgun. Robeson County deputies say 34-year-old Christopher Stanlane...
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by Chi Ibe Pero Adeniyi, 2face Idibia’s ex and mother of his three kids – Rose, Justin and the baby she had last year – was spotted in Lagos last week. Adeniyi is based in the US and according to online reports was in the country for business but was not seen at 2face’s wedding to Annie Idibia even at...
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Ford Motor Company and the advertising firm WPP have issued apologies after mock ups of ads for the Ford Figo, a hatchback made in India, were posted online last week, Business Insider’s Laura Stampler reports. While three posters were uploaded to (and removed from) Ads of the World, the one that has perhaps received the most attention features caricatures of three scantily-clad...
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by Nwilo Bura–Bari Vincent Achebe played a vital role in placing Nigerian literature in the limelight. He gave attention to African writings. He founded the Association of Nigerian Authors. He would be missed, but his books will console us, I pray. I grew up in a densely populated suburb of Port Harcourt called Ogbunabali. There,...
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by Ife Adebayo Professor Achebe’s rejection of the recent national honour by the PDP led government of President Goodluck Jonathan is a testament to the fact that he died without his dreams for Nigeria being fulfilled, neither did he see any hopes that these dreams will be fulfilled in the near future… October 1st, 1960,...
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by Chude Jideonwo Broadly, the critics are right – much of the conversation among young people is neither purposive nor constructive; many of the people leading this anger movement are themselves questionable characters, sometimes in cahoots with the same people they angrily denounce, most times transparently fanning the flames simply for personal aggrandisement. There is...
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by Bayo Oluwasanmi Achebe’s position on those great varieties of problems he wrote about was far reaching and breath taking. Few modern writers dared be as candid in the expression of unwelcome thoughts as Achebe. On March 21, the intellectual world lost one of its most distinguished members when Chinua Achebe died after a brief illness...
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A Beechcraft 18 The 12 lucky skydivers jumped out just in time.A small plane crashed in the neighborhood of Taylorville, Illinois, late Saturday morning moments after 12 parachutists jumped safely from the plane. The pilot died in the accident. The local news media reported that the wreckage of downed twin-engine Beechcraft 18 were scattered across two or three blocks. “There were plane...
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by Lanre Olagunju Patience is power and not the absence of action. To think otherwise is foolhardy. Patience is a virile virtue; it does not mean lying down under affliction, but standing up under it and marching on. “Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is “timing” it waits on...
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by Sam Nda-Isaiah It is remarkable that even while it might be difficult to find some good books that are merely five years old in many western bookshops, Achebe’s first book, Things Fall Apart, which he wrote 55 years ago still graces the shelves of all major bookshops around the world. Even though he died of...
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I thought once I moved back, getting a high paying job will be easy. “Afterall, I am an international graduate! Surely I must be better than the rest”, I thought. However, it seemed like a lot of Nigerians believed they were the best too. Pulse racing, heart pumping, adrenaline in overdrive as I...
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by Raja Vudatala Is it appropriate to punish someone who is just a victim of circumstances that were created by the society? Can that be called Justice? [READ: Raja Vudatala: As an accused rapist commits suicide in detention – I ask, what is justice?] A friend of mine tore into me for my assumption of...
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Street-level drug dealers in Washington and Colorado are up in arms over the takeover of the marijuana market by large-scale corporations. Many dealers feel as though the sudden legalization swept the financial rug from under their feet. Having to compete with the widespread legal sale of marijuana is not something most dealers were prepared to...
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by Japheth Omojuwa The time has come to embrace this reality and do something different. The World Economic Forum’s global competitive index for Nigeria does not reflect any sign that our vision is being fulfilled as we go on. The National Planning Commission is responsible for the planning and design of the National Vision 20:...
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by Rachel Ogbu The State Security Service on Tuesday arrested scores of illegal immigrants transported in a truck arriving Lagos. The arrest took place at Berger, on the border of Lagos and Ogun states with the state Director, SSS, Achu Olayi, confirming the arrest. He reportedly said the agency had noticed a flood of illegal immigrants into...
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Sue Austin doing her scuba diving dance Sue Austin has been wheelchair-bound since 1996 but she never let her disability bring her down or keep her from reaching her dreams. Seven years ago Austin has learned scuba diving. Austin who is an artist has created a unique performance in which she combines scuba diving with dance.She performed her underwater show called...
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by Rachel Ogbu The Boko Haram amnesty recommendations have been at the peak of discussion in the last two weeks. Yesterday, the Northern Economic Summit and the Afenifere Renewal Group joined in with both groups taking very different sides on the matter. According to reports, the ARG said granting amnesty to Boko Haram could decrease the killings in...
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by Rachel Ogbu Two communities, Dak and Attakar in Ganawuri district of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State were attacked by gunmen Tuesday morning reportedly setting the towns on fire. A member representing Riyom Constituency in the state House of Assembly, Daniel Dem, said that dozens of people were feared dead and homes were burnt to...
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