At 93, Dr Charles Eugster cuts a dapper figure in his navy suit and matching silk handkerchief and tie. But he looks just as good in the Lycra gym suit he has on underneath, ready to spring into action like a nonagenarian superhero. This former dentist took up bodybuilding just six years ago, aged 87,... Read More
by Adedunmade Onibokun The right to share privileged information with a person’s legal Attorney is also protected provided that the information is not in furtherance of a criminal purpose. Terrorism has continued to threaten global peace and prosperity. To address this criminal activity, governments all over the world, including the Nigerian government, have passed into... Read More
You see, Nigerians are rude, obnoxious, often cruel people; they behave ‘politely’ only when there’s something to be gained from the other party… You want to study Nigerians, or understand Nigeria? Go to an airport; one that handles regular inbound flights to Nigeria. I was on one such flight a few days ago. An Arik... Read More
by Martha Dawson Making changes in your life almost always start with making changes in your head. How often have you chastised yourself for ignoring an intuitive message? Maybe you found yourself in a situation that could have been prevented if only you had listened to your intuition. There are many names used to describe... Read More
by Isi Esene A 10-year-old primary school pupil has accused her step-father, Alabi Ibrahim, of raping her. The victim alleged that the her step-father habitually had carnal knowledge of her at their residence at Opara Estate, Aiyetoro Road in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The little girl had innocently shared her ordeal with her sibling who leaked the... Read More
by John Turner It pushes you to do things that others may think is crazy because of your size, your intelligence level, or your background. That is PASSION! When I think about “PASSION” and the NFL, the first person that comes to mind is Ray Lewis. He is playing in his 17th season in the... Read More
by Atiya You’ve got to swallow your pride and do what’s necessary to set things right. Sometimes even the most intelligent of us don’t always make the smartest choices. Sometimes we think when we see others; they don’t have a care in the world. However, everyone has experienced adversity. During that time, we can choose... Read More
by Chinonso Ogbogu Well, unfortunately, it has become fashionable that a person who tries to stand out from the crowd in his field of endeavour would eventually be labeled ‘ITK’ by those around him. When the figures of the last national census conducted in 2006 were released, it dawned on us that we were the... Read More
by Oluwadamilare Awe At this rate that we are going in this country, I fear for the next generation. What will become of them? What will their lives be like? What world will they live in? Everywhere in the world I see violence and injustice rather than fairness and justice. I see innocent people being... Read More
by Isi Esene The All Nigeria Peoples Party has described the People Democratic Party-led government as corrupt while responding to the leaked report of the Petroleum Revenues Task Force chaired by Nuhu Ribadu. The ANPP demanded an apology from the PDP government for the “decade-old daylight robbery of the whole federation.” The party said it... Read More
by Isi Esene Sunday’s Kaduna Catholic Church suicide bombing, like several others before it, killed 10 people and injured even more. A suicide bomber had reportedly approached St. Rita’s Catholic church premises during a mass and rammed his car into the church wall after being prevented from gaining entrance into the compound. The bomber is... Read More
A leader of motorcycle operators’ association in Ondo town, Ebenezer Adedeji, was on Saturday killed by an okada rider. It was learnt that Adedeji was the branch chairman of the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria, the okada riders’ unit in one of the parks in the town. Witnesses said Adedeji had before the incident,... Read More
The Kaduna State government yesterday pledged to pay the medical bills of the 145 victims of St. Rita’s Catholic Church attack in Kaduna. Deputy Governor Mukhtar Yero spoke when he visited some of the victims on admission in four hospitals. Yero condemned the attack and assured that government was committed to the protection of lives... Read More
by Isi Esene Ebenezer Adedeji, a branch chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, at a park in Ondo State, has been reported killed by an unidentified commercial motorcycle driver in an argument over the daily N100 ticket collected by the association. Adedeji was said to have accosted the commercial motorcycle operator... Read More
The suicide bomber who killed eight Catholic worshippers in Kaduna on Sunday drove into the church as worshippers knelt praying and the priest was serving the Holy Communion, eyewitnesses and survivors said. The bombing, which happened at the St. Ritas Catholic Church, Ungwan Yero, Malali, Kaduna State, also left 100 injured. However, seven persons were... Read More
by Isi Esene Lucy Ukpong, the 20-year-old photography shop salesgirl who was killed by a stray-bullet in the Apo Area of Abuja earlier in the month has being buried. Ukpong was hit in the chest by a bullet allegedly from policemen from the FTC Special Anti-robbery Squad on October 12. The policemen claimed they had... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has admitted that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) indiscipline was costing the party a great deal. “…there cannot be any meaningful progress and development without culture of discipline,” he said. At the South-West caucus meeting of the party in Ibadan yesterday, a rather disappointed ex-president said until... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba State was flown to Germany for further treatment but recent reports claim he might not have made it save for some Fulani herdsmen close to the scene of the Thursday air crash. The governor flying with a few of his aides in Yola when the accident occurred was rescued... Read More
A mother who killed her nine-year-old son by setting him on fire as punishment for smoking has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. Noluthando Nomavayi , 37, from Delft in Cape Town drenched her two sons with paraffin and set them alight when she discovered them smoking cigarettes in May 2011. The older son... Read More
A prized goat has been put up for sale in India with a whopping £128,000 price tag. Islam Bhati, 37, from Rajasthan in India, is trying to sell his finest goat for 11 million rupees to a Muslim family celebrating the Eid al-Adha festival. The two-year-old animal is organic and has the word ‘Allah’ in... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, are requiring the intervention of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission in its bid to retrieve the N132.5bn the Federal High Court granted them against the Federal Government for damages. The concessionaires and operators of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, Lagos, released a letter complaining to the... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu ARISE, Africa’s global style and culture magazine, has launched its ARISE 100 series. The THISDAY Magazines Group publication distributed the first edition of the series this month and it ARISE 100: DYNAMIC WOMEN, is published in Issue 17, it celebrates extraordinary and powerful women effecting real change for the continent across a... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu How can one be a prostitute and then be a “a virgin in Christ?” Annie Lobert, an ex prostitute has appeared in a new video in which she shares how she became “a virgin in Christ”. Before turning her life around, Lobert worked on the streets for 16 years. She is now a new... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Carlos Tevez, the Argentine Manchester City player provided the standout moment of an otherwise disappointing game with his thunderous winner over Swansea City. He hit a 25-yard pile driver just after the hour mark in a game that featured 12 minutes and 42 seconds of stoppage time at the end of the... Read More
by Ifeanyi Dike Jr Sean is the best road trip bud. He is melodramatic and does not suffer fools in Lagos traffic; instead, he conjures up hilarious Yoruba insults and gesticulates in a very matter-of-fact manner. Today was going to be a good day. Not only was it my first day as an actor, Sean... Read More
Two prisoners of the Federal Prisons in Ahoada in Nigeria’s Rivers state were killed yesterday in a jail break that happened at about 5.45 pm. Nine others sustained injuries in the daring escape from a jail house, 50 kilometers from the capital of Port Harcourt However, four inmates escaped. And the authorities have launched a... Read More
by Jaipi Sixbear There are many factors in the bedroom of committed partners that can kill the mood for sex. It isn’t necessary to be so crazy that one or both of you should be committed. Just keep the sex lively and fun by using these pointers for having interesting bedroom encounters. Keep the mood... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Meet Pet-Proto, a Boston Dynamics-designed bipedal robot that is capable of analyzing and navigating complex obstacle courses, making decisions autonomously, and with, if not the actual dexterity of a human being, at least the functional semblance of one. Pet-Proto is part of DARPA‘s (Defense Advance Research Projects Agency) work to promote its... Read More
Tiara Stevens and her son are both mother and son as well as brother and sister. Her father did the unthinkable to her when she was still very young and now they have a teenage son together. Said Stevens, “That confuses me a lot. It’s like, ‘Which one are you today? Are you my son,... Read More
by Isi Esene The menace of jungle justice can be attributed mainly to ignorance and lack of awareness. To beam the spotlight on the problem of awareness and the re-orientation of Nigerians on its illegality, the actor and comedian popularly known as Bovi has released a short film in a bid to put the issue... Read More