by Isi Esene The Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai, who was on Thursday involved in a plane crash is reported to be in a stable condition at the National Hospital, Abuja. This was disclosed yesterday by the Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Bello Bala Shehu, while receiving president Goodluck Jonathan who came to assess...
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As the Federal Government and labour representatives move to resume the deadlocked talks with workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria over their factitious pension fund, there are indications of fresh obstacles to successful negotiations. Essentially, the House of Representatives Committee on Power is not in favour of giving a special treatment to the...
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Ex-militants who claimed to be in the third phase of the Western Delta Wing of the Federal Government Amnesty Programme on Friday alleged that the amnesty office in Ondo State did not pay them the money they were promised for their involvement in the last governorship election in the state. They alleged that the Special...
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by Rachel Ogbu Seplat Petroleum Development Company Limited, an independent oil and gas company has launched social programme, Seplat Pearls Quiz which is aimed at promoting academic excellence in secondary schools located in Edo and Delta States. The first prize for the quiz programme is a brand new Toyota bus for the school; various categories of scholarship and...
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An oil tycoon who used African law to attempt to strip his ex-wife of a £17.5million divorce payout has won a landmark case to slash the money by £9million. Multi-millionaire Michael Prest, 50, one of Britain’s most successful black businessman, originally claimed under ‘native’ African law his oil company didn’t belong to him. And despite...
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She was 29 weeks pregnant and still a virgin. That diagnosis from a doctor in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was presented at the trial of a 15-year-old girl who was accused of violating the country’s harsh Sharia laws against sex outside of marriage. The girl, identified only by the initials MM, was examined Aug. 8 and...
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These shoes bite. A pair of black lace-up Oxfords designed by a fine art duo features soles made of teeth, dubbed the “Apex Predator Shoes” by their creators. Fine art duo Fantich & Young list the shoes on their website with the killer description that “Apex predators are predators with no predators of their own,...
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A mother dubbed the world’s unluckiest woman after losing her leg, going blind and having a double organ transplant has seen her fortunes change after meeting the love of her life. Steffanie Wise, 35, says the horrific chain of events that earned her the unfortunate title all started after she tripped on a STEP at...
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A mother returned to her luxury New York apartment to find her two children stabbed to death and their nanny lying nearby with self-inflicted wounds, police said. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the children, two-year-old Leo and six-year-old Lulu, suffered “multiple stab wounds,” and were pronounced dead at the scene. “It’s about...
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An Italian court on Friday sentenced former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to four years in jail for tax fraud in connection with the purchase of broadcasting rights by his Mediaset television company. Berlusconi has the right to appeal the ruling two more times before the sentence becomes definitive and will not be jailed unless the...
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by ‘Ifreke Inyang Most Arsenal fans are not happy. On Wednesday, they watched in anger and irritation, as their team crumbled at home to Schalke 04 – their second unacceptable defeat in just four days. Call them fickle if it pleases you, but they are calling for Arsene Wenger’s head. But maybe we should take a moment...
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by Isi Esene It is an established fact that the industrial economy is gone and the knowledge economy is here to stay. In this economy, even knowledge is not enough without its effective adaptation and application. As a leading proponent of New Economy knowledge, ‘Gbenga Sesan, gives us an expose on the skills needed students...
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A high school in Richmond, Virginia is drawing lot of attention since the opening of Armstrong Child Care Lab, a day-care center in the school. The district recently opened the day-care center at Armstrong High School in an effort to bring down the number of high school drop outs. The Virginia Department of Education reports...
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by Isi Esene With the direction of fashion and style the world over, it’s hard to discern what works and what doesn’t, but these celebrities think wearing their underwear outside their dresses actually work. Guys, check these photos out and tell us which is flashy or trashy. Let’s hear your verdict. ...
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The easiest way to know that your government is backward is when you live in a country that sends you to prison for not accurately predicting an earth quake. Yes, people might get killed, but this isn’t an exact science. Scientists are resigning in protest to a recent set of verdicts handed down by Italian...
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by Rachel Ogbu This gives life after death a whole new meaning. A recent list from Frobes has revealed that Elizabeth Taylor is now the highest-earning dead celebrity. Taylor’s estate led Forbes’ annual list, which was released Wednesday, by raking in $210 million in the past year. She topped Michael Jackson who was last year’s...
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A soldier from an upstate military reservation is accused of watching his wife have sex with a 15-year-old girl via Skype while he was stationed in Afghanistan, cops said. Shawn S. Raymo, 22, and wife Jessica M. Raymo, 21, were each charged with one count of felony use of a child less than 17 in...
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After a court in St Petersburg summons Madonna on charges of ‘gay propaganda’, an activist says Lady Gaga will be next. Lady Gaga is likely to be charged in Russia under the same ‘gay propaganda’ laws levelled at Madonna, a leading activist has said. Madonna has been summoned to a St Petersburg court after allegedly...
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by Emeka Oparah Meanwhile, some European countries, where less than 15% of the population recognise the existence of any gods and never bother to go to any place of worship, be it Sunday or Friday, are doing good, showing love and prospering as a people. In their famously controversial book, The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx...
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What is painfully obvious is that government does not have the right statistics of housing deficits in Nigeria, nor a workable transport sector development strategy under implementation. Just when you think President Goodluck Jonathan should have finished settling his political debts to enable him focus on easing the hardships that most Nigerians face simply to...
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People who do not identify themselves as Christians or people who believe in God often look at Christians and believers and say that they are very hypocritical. The subject of hypocrisy often centers around whether or not people who say they believe in God and live their lives according to the word of God should...
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Can you imagine having to ask someone else to flush the toilet for you because you’re too terrified it will swallow you up? That’s exactly what 20-year-old Ney Decino, from Church Village, Wales, has to go through every day. “The sound of the water sends shivers down my spine. It’s awful. I swear it will...
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Today, there are too numerous homicide cases that remain unresolved, and given our collective amnesia as a nation, the criminals in our midst also know this so they continue to ply their trade, almost certain they would get away with it. There used to be a popular car sticker with the inscription, “Insured by the...
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Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has appeared fifty-four years after the author’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, today arguably the best-known novel ever written by an African. In the time between the two books, a remarkable literary and political career has played out, producing a plethora of poetry, fiction, and essays. It...
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by RachelOgbu Felicia Garcia, a 15-year-old student at Tottenville High School who killed herself by jumping in the path of a train was bullied to death by classmates after she had sex with four football players, police sources revealed. The tormented Staten Island teenager was driven to her death after two 17-year-old classmates blabbed about the...
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by Rachel Ogbu Honey B, Daughter of fuji artiste, KWAM1 has releaseed her first single titled ‘Sempe’. In this new track, the pretty BRIT School of Performing Arts graduate features her dad and shows of her music style which includes Jazz, Hip Hop, Afrobeats, RnB...
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by Zvika Krieger On my BlackBerry, I could easily write entire articles (which I often had to do on the road as a Middle East correspondent). On my Samsung, I struggled to write a standard email. The day had finally arrived: My two-year cell phone contract was up, and I could finally ditch my BlackBerry....
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Rev. Jesse Jackson has not retired his marching boots. In response to an Illinois factory’s move, Rev. Jesse Jackson joined a number of people outside of the factory to protest the move. Police officers placed the Civil Rights leader under arrest for criminal trespass. Sensata Technologies, a factory that manufactures and sells sensors and controls...
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by Hauwa Gambo So now we’re blaming ‘okada’ riders for all the evil known to man, are we? The Lagos commissioner of police, Umaru Manko, just in time to corrobate the testimony of the new war against commercial motorcyclists (‘okada’) in the state, has made the grand declaration that 98 per cent of robbery incidents...
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The internet’s abuzz with the rumor that famed attorney Gloria Allred is preparing an October surprise. For those who don’t remember, Allred revealed Herman Cain’s adultery and scuttled his campaign for the Republican nomination. She also ended Meg Whitman’s chances of becoming governor of California by revealing that Whitman had fired her maid when she...
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