A Brazilian family was stunned when their relative arrived at his own funeral after a mix-up when the dead body was identified. The funeral of car washer Gilberto Araujo, 41, was being held in the town of Alagoinhas in north-east Brazil when Gilberto himself walked in. His brother Jose Marcos, had identified a body at the... Read More
Pepper. Obviously. My taste buds have been adapting to spiciness ever since I first set foot in Yorubaland. Adapting as in: they have by now been spiced into oblivion. After an overdose of cheese and coffee, I am getting used to being temporarily in my country of birth. Little things remind me of Lagos, and... Read More
Two teenage brothers were charged Tuesday with murdering a 12-year-old girl who had been missing since the weekend, prompting a frantic search by her small hometown until her body was found stuffed into a home recycling bin. The boys’ mother played a part in cracking the case involving Autumn Pasquale, Gloucester County prosecutor Sean Dalton... Read More
British mega carrier, Virgin Atlantic, has appointed a 10-year-old boy to test and approve its newly refurbished Boeing 747 jumbo plane. A statement by the airline office in Nigeria said the pint-sized primary school pupil, Billy Yeomans, was chosen from over 600 applicants to become the airline’s first Junior Approvals Manager in an initiative spearheaded... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu This is one premier no one is eager to attend. The repackaging of UTC’s Starloaf cassava bread will be officially launched on Thursday, November 26, 2012- this time with even more cassava. Foluso Olaniyan, Managing Director of UTC, said the company will officially launch the rebranded, improved and export-quality cassava bread, with higher... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Earlier we reported the State Security Services, SSS, took into custody a man, Aminu Galadima who scared passengers on an Arik Air flight to Abuja yesterday when he started acting weird, standing and shouting “God is great!” Passengers landed safely and the SSS, Ministry of Aviation and Arik in different statements Tuesday, dismissed rumours that the plane... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu A five star hotel based in Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom turned away adult TV star and glamour model, Pauline Bailey who goes by the name of Rachel T when she went to make inquries about holding her wedding there. The 27-year-old medical law graduate who works at Red Light Central TV was branded ‘not... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu African fashion house ORIKI has taken new steps in rebranding this year. First it changed its brand name from ORIKI Clothing to simply ORIKI and now it will be moving to a brand new ultra-modern factory and flagship store on 60 Allen Avenue-Ikeja-Lagos. To also mark this great move, they will be having openings from October 25... Read More
A security guard, Danjuma Abutu, 36, attached to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB, Lagos has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, on a three-count charge of breaking into the bank’s Automated Teller Machine, ATM, to steal N1 million. The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, alleged in the charge... Read More
Many residents of South Ibie Kingdom, near Auchi, Etsako East Local Government, Edo State on Tuesday fled the community as fighting broke out between youths and the police. The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the fight broke out following a dispute between the monarch and some sections of the kingdom on whether to hold... Read More
by Pelumi Oyetimehin (additional reports by Chi Ibe) The 2012 Headies have come and gone but the good… and not-so-good memories continue to linger. We were there to catch all the happenings inside and outside the auditorium and was it full of scoops or what? Here, our Lagos campus correspondent brings you all the remarkable... Read More
The TV host and On-Air-Personality of The Morning Rose show on Rhythm 93.7 recently launched her personal blog on entertainment. Check her new blog, called The Toke Makinwa HERE
It is good news for the world, it is a disaster for oil dependent mono-economies. A country cannot be more dependent on one source of income like Nigeria is on oil. One Newspaper headline had it like this yesterday ‘Anxiety as Nigeria’s crude oil export to U.S. slumps.’ This is not what those in... Read More
by Isi Esene Forbes is out with its shortlist of nominees for Person of the Year. The list includes two Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Tony Elumelu; a South African, Stephen Saad; a Kenyan, James Mwangi and the Malawian President, Joyce Banda. Read their profiles and let’s have your preference. Tony Elumelu, Founder and Chairman of... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo An awful story. In Awka, the Anambra capital, a 12-year-old second school pupil, Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after her teacher caned her, purportedly for not doing her homework. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the girl died on Thursday last week after she was caned. She had fainted following the beating... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu The Ministry of Aviation and Arik Air have both denied that there was a suicide bomber on a domestic flight on Tuesday after reports that a male passenger screaming “Allahu Akbar” in an air-borne Arik plane scared passengers. Eye witnesses were quick to react and soon afterwards, news about the occurrence was all over social... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo The spokesperson of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in Borno, Colonel Sagir Musa, has announced that the Boko Haram sect plans to launch an attack during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration starting tomorrow. “Information available to the JTF indicates that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning massive attacks on military and civilian targets... Read More
Femi Kuti Exclusive: “Why I agreed to judge on Nigerian Idol” (plus his favourite Nigerian artiste!)
by Chi Ibe Femi Kuti was on hand recently to speak with Y! on his life, reason for agreeing to be a Nigerian Idol judge and other things you might not know about him. Read through to know what the saxophone wielding Afrobeat legend has to say. YNaija: Why did you agree to be... Read More
Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon. It is alleged that the eccentric real estate mogul will claim that the documents show the First Lady and the President were at one point in their... Read More
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola are at loggerheads following the seizure of one of Obasanjo Farms’ utility vehicles by men of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA). Sources close to Obasanjo Farms in Ota, Ogun state explained that one of the utility vehicles allegedly committed a traffic offence... Read More
A man sitting outside a southern California store suffered serious burns from a Molotov cocktail over the weekend in a random attack that was caught on video. Cops in Long Beach released the surveillance camera footage in hopes of identifying the suspect. It happened Friday night outside the El Paisano Ranch Market, KNBC-TV reported. The... Read More
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) said on Monday in Abuja that it had no regrets for choosing DANA Airline as “the best domestic carrier for 2011”. FAAN had on Friday named DANA Air as the best domestic airline in the “Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport 2011 Staff Awards”. The award which were in different categories, also include best staff, best airline... Read More
A woman was set on fire this weekend, allegedly for wearing a pro-Obama t-shirt. Sharmeka Moffitt is now in critical condition after the incident, which has sent shock waves through the Winnsboro, LA community. According to the Franklin Parish Sheriff’s Office, Moffitt was walking along a trail at 8 pm on Sunday evening and three men... Read More
The heavily-caffeinated Monster Energy Drink is being investigated by US officials for its reported link to five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into claims that people had adverse reactions after they consumed the 24 oz (680ml) can, which contains 240 milligrams of caffeine. It has three times... Read More
A Pennsylvania high school student is lashing back at his school district with a lawsuit after he was suspended for having consensual sex with his then-girlfriend during a school trip to Morocco last spring. Anders Hemdal, now a junior at Schuylkill Valley High School in Leesport, says he was unfairly punished by administrators even though... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu Who knew GT Da Guitarman had a feisty tongue? The former Storm Records artiste recently took to twitter to psche up himself for his coming concert and also let out a rant about people trying to put a gag on him. It is reported that the ‘Dreamer’ crooner had a message... Read More
A student nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into the veins of an 80-year-old patient who died hours later has defended herself by saying “anyone can get confused.” Rejane Moreira Telles, 23, said she had just three days of work experience in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, clinic when she mixed up administering a drip to... Read More
Our youth have quickly learnt that as was the case in January with the fuel protests, this is Nigeria where martyrs are soon forgotten and freedom is buried… “You will not be able to stay home, brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.” – Gill Scott-Heron I spent... Read More
Slain Oregon Starbucks barista Whitney Heichel was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and then shot four times by a neighbor who waited outside her apartment and asked for a ride on the morning she vanished, court documents said. The chilling details behind the 21-year-old’s murder emerged Monday as her accused killer, Jonathan Holt, made his first appearance... Read More
by Rachel Ogbu To keep the street clean during the Sallah (Eid-el-Kabir) celebrations, the Lagos State Waste Management Authority recently announced its intentions to give one million free trash bags to residents. In a statement, LAWMA said distribution of the one million trash bags will be done through the 350 Private Sector Participants, PSP, operators... Read More