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by Akan Ido Like other federal agencies such as the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has appointed ambassadors from Nollywood and the music industry. The NDLEA on Monday unveiled, Stella Damasus and music act, Lamboginny (real names, Yinka Lawanson) as Ambassadors at its headquarters in Lagos. At the... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The burial service of iconic Nigerian fashion designer, Oluremi Osholake, better known as Remi Lagos held on Friday, November 16, 2012.   She was cremated at the Golders Green Crematorium with friends and family including Funmi Iyanda and Dele Momodu present to bid the fashion icon farewell…   Osholake who reportedly passed on at 51... Read More
by Chi Ibe   The Central Working Committee for The Future Awards has announced that its annual post-awards school seminars, which have held for three years now, will again move outside of Lagos. “The Future Awards is a national campaign focused on leadership and enterprise, and the awards are only the cherry on top,” said... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo OUCH!, referred to as “Nigeria’s foremost fashion and lifestyle brand” has now introduced its female line, OUCH! Woman. “The line is in answer to the demand of thousands of females who expressed a desire to be adorned in outfits of the level of quality and style that their male counterpart have enjoyed... Read More
by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji   You’ve been put on this earth to be all you can be, like the reserves. –            (Jay- Z) Lost Ones. I couldn’t help noticing the kidnap of Ngozi Iweala’s mother’s dominate the headlines this week. It is just one of many stories of how like a murderous sow, Nigeria continues to... Read More
China is to invest N146.466 billion ($927 million) in Nigeria’s power sector, in a move designed to boost the nation’s power situation. China will through its Export-Import Bank provide 75 per cent of required funds to build a 700 mega watt hydro power station on the Northern Zungeru River, while Nigeria will provide the remaining... Read More
by Dr Raj Persaud and Adrian Furnham When asked to describe one memorable regret in their lives, a recent large survey found the most common qualm amongst a nationally representative poll of North Americans, involved ”romance”. This covered love, sex, dating or marriage. Romantic remorse includes divorce, marrying the ”wrong person,” an affair, not pursuing... Read More
The world’s tallest woman has died in eastern China. She was 39. Chinese state media say Yao Defen died on Nov. 13 at her home in China’s eastern province of Anhui. Guinness World Records in January 2010 had certified her as the world’s tallest living woman at 7 feet and 7 inches (233.3 centimeters). The... Read More
Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday halted a protest march by commercial motorcycle riders who took to the street to protest against the state traffic law. Hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders and members of civil society groups had gathered at the Labour House, Olajuwon Street, Yaba, as early as 8am to hold... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo   Police authorities in Delta have denied a Reuters report that abductors of Professor Kanane Okonjo, mother of the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have demanded $1 billion as ransom.The report followed a purported member of the kidnapping gang calling to make the demands “We have to identify the... Read More
by Isi Esene The siege laid on the businessman, Wale Babalakin, by security operatives at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Lagos seem not to be abating. Sources say there is an increased number of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives and riot policemen in the hospital premises. There are also speculations that... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo President Goodluck Jonathan has come out publicly to acknowledge the former governor of Bayelsa and his former boss, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, as his political benefactor. It will be recalled that Alamieyeseigha escaped detention in the United Kingdom in December 2005 after he was arrested for money laundering in September of the same year.... Read More
by Chi Ibe   Kinsmen of the Okonjo family, under the Umu Anioma Foundation Worldwide have come out strongly against the kidnap of Prof Kanene Okonjo, mother to the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. They have also demanded that security forces ensure her immediate release. “Once again, the image smear on... Read More
Brazilian superstar Ronaldinho says his former Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi will one day be overtaken as the world’s best player by Brazil’s promising star Neymar. Ronaldinho said he expected Messi to win the Ballon d’Or for a record fourth consecutive time in January ahead of Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo but Neymar will be the... Read More
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