by Tom Stevenson Perhaps Africa is the investing destination we have all been waiting for now that Asia and Latin America have become practically mainstream. A colleague gave me an insight into the global village that investors inhabit these days. She told me how she had recently found herself in China to discuss opportunities in...
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Updated: A woman earlier declared dead in the fresh bomb blast that hit Jalingo, the Taraba State capital on Friday night has been revived. The spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaibu, confirmed in an SMS to PUNCH on Saturday afternoon that the woman did not die afterall, but collapsed after the blast...
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by Isi Esene It is no longer news that Charly Boy (says he) will be back as a judge on Nigerian Idol, but what is news (that we don’t care about anyway) is that the weird-dressing artiste will be coming back as his alter-ego, Linda – yes, Linda. For those who don’t know Linda, well,...
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Last week, the heartwarming photograph of a young girl in tears after meeting President Obama took the Internet by storm. The image, captured by White House photographer Pete Souza, features Janiya Penny, an 8-year-old from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who finally had her dream come true through the Make-A-Wish foundation. Penny has sickle cell anemia, a...
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by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Many Nigerian students want to school abroad, but their return can cause tensions in the workplace. My friend’s niece has been sulking and shedding tears. She does not want to attend university in Nigeria. Government officials here send their children abroad to school. Families that can afford it also do the...
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The hairiest teenager is Supatra “Nat” Sasuphan (Thailand) according to the Ferriman Gallwey method of evaluation of Hirsutism. She was measured on the set of Lo Show dei Record in Rome, Italy, on 4 March 2010. Meeting Nat was one of the many highlights of the show for on-screen adjudicator, Marco Frigatti. “She’s a remarkable...
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by Stanley Azuakola PassNowNow, a social interaction and education focused platform which employs contemporary solutions and innovation to teach, engage, entertain and empower young people by using television, radio and the internet as channels of delivery, is organising a creative writing contest for secondary school students. The contest is however open to only secondary school...
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by Ifeanyi Dike Jr ‘I did not save your life and frankly, I think you are a pshyco. I don’t like you and I don’t like what you are proposing’ I said, as I wore my sunglasses and walked off. It is almost impossible to find Nigerians at airport check-in without heaps of luggage...
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What bothers me is how these issues will pass us by again, not because we do not feel bad for the dead in Mubi and Aluu, but because, many more will soon die in the same circumstances and we would simply have to move on to grieve with the next set of victims and their...
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by Reuben Daba In a move designed to consolidate its presence in Nigeria, Intel has expanded its business operations with appointment of 7 Nigerian experts. It also unveiled a new campaign tagged “Create Your Tomorrow.” According to its Country Manager Olubunmi Ekundare, the moves mark an extension of Intel’s footprint in West Africa and underline...
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by Victor Olojo Political parties are the main mechanism for the organization of government and the key channels for maintaining democratic accountability, none of these values seem to be on the plane of the PDP. Decades ago, gender and women issues were on the front burner of global development agenda. Today it is relatively inappropriate...
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By Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses On her wedding day, it’s hard for any beaming bride to imagine that her joy could turn into despair and sorrow in just a few years. For Sarah Jakes, it was only four years before she had to face the sad reality of divorce. Now Sarah is ready to open up a...
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by Anna Goldfarb I don’t think wedding fever is going to end anytime soon, so I propose that we apply this level of enthusiasm to other life events. As a woman in my 30s, weddings are constantly up in my grill. I’m bombarded with wedding talk both in my personal life and in most entertainment...
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by Shamika Sanders For two years, Chris Brown and 24-year-old model–Karrueche Tran–could be seen shining together under the bright flash of paparazzi cameras. They doused us in intimate photos and showered us with their loving subliminal tweets on social media. Karrueche never spoke bad about Chris and never once said a word about the domestic...
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by Stanley Azuakola Bizarre! That’s how the Kwara State Police Command is describing the case involving the 35-year- old petrol attendant who got abducted during his wedding. Then he was found five days after. The police is currently investigating the matter. Up till now, nobody (police or relatives) know the reason behind the abduction. The...
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by Reuben Daba A Lagos woman, Taiwo Ogunrinde told an Agege Customary Court that she had had enough of her eight-year marriage and wanted out because her husband, Adeloba Ogunrinde is a thief. The court agreed and separated the couple. Taiwo alleged that her husband stole the proceeds from her kerosene and recharge cards business....
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by Reuben Daba Since Achebe released his book, ‘There was a country’, in the United Kingdom a week ago, lots of Nigerians have stated their stands on the touchy issue of Nigeria’s Civil war, either agreeing or disagreeing with the renowned author on the role played by Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Some have wondered how Awolowo...
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by Stanley Azuakola PDP-FLU Stops The Dame From Returning Officially, the administration is still insisting that first lady, Patience Jonathan, is resting after the stress of hosting other first ladies for a few days during the Africa First Ladies Summit in Abuja. Most Nigerians believe this story because everyone knows how hard it is to...
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by Noo Saro-Wiwa But many Nigerians resented it, and Achebe admits that the Igbo could be cocky, brash and materialistic, though he rejects the popular suspicion that there was a pan-Igbo agenda to control Nigeria – his people have too strong an “individualistic ethic”. No writer is better placed than Chinua Achebe to tell the...
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by Hauwa Gambo Those close to her have known about Mercy Johnson’s pregnancy for months now. But the newly wed has managed to keep her private affairs safe from the public. Fortunately (for you), a pregnancy is not one of those things you can hide! The new Mrs. Okonjo was photographed at a recent event...
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By Stanley Azuakola This one will stir some controversy; people will talk. One of Nigeria’s most revered Christian ministers, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, made some rather controversial statements in a faith-based programme which aired on Dove TV, according to reports. The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God spoke on the program, on the...
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By Reuben Daba There is a time for everything and a season for every purpose. Sometimes, it seems though that seasons clash. How else can one explain how an occasion meant for merriment – a wedding – could so easily turn to gloom as no fewer than 20 of the wedding guests reportedly died in...
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So you know how you’re interested in knowing what’s up with that “silly girl”, which is why you’re reading this story anyway? (Insert guilty chuckle) Well, Kim Kardashian seems bent on proving all who have questioned her sense of style wrong as she steps out in Miami while returning from a trip back from Mexico...
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Optima Media Group (OMG), producers of the Nigerian Idol talent show launched the third season of the talent search show on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at a media event held in Lagos, two prominent people were missing – a judge Charly Boy and co-host Tiwa Savage. While there’s been rumours that Charly Boy might not be joining...
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The New York painter has a new exhibit, “Resurrection,” in Manhattan’s Soho neighbourhood that opened on Thursday and is due to run through October. It features a number of Castiglia’s paintings from the last 10 years, all of which were created with Castiglia’s blood. Castiglia, 30, said in an interview this week that his first...
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By HelloBeautifulStaff At the end of the day a cheater is going to cheat, but if you take these steps you will probably find out faster than not. I know you shouldn’t have to keep your man from cheating. But preventative medicine never hurt anybody. I always say that to some degree men...
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Annie Hawkins-Turner is used to people being unable to look her in the eye — as she boasts the world’s largest natural breasts. Her gigantic size 102ZZZ assets weigh nearly 85lbs, each heavier than the average four-year-old child. And she now makes a living from her unusual assets – starring in soft-core porn movies under...
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Two of Nigeria’s notable religious leaders , the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Onaiyekan, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar III, have both been nominated for the 2012 nobel peace prize, representing Christianity and Islam respectively. This nominations, coming at a time when the activities of the violent Islamic sect,...
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by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, I remember the prodigiously gifted Fela Anikulapo Kuti today, as always on occasions like this. I had searched for an appropriate title for this column since I read the first of the staccato attacks against my simple-and-straight-forward piece on our thunderous Central Bank Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. Not that...
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Police have confirmed that Mark Bridger has been charged with child abduction, murder and perverting the course of justice over the disappearance of April Jones. The five-year-old was seen willingly getting into large vehicle at around 7pm on Monday evening on the Bryn-y-Gog estate in Machynlleth. Police have been searching for the little girl, who...
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