by Isi Esene Special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Reuben Abati on Thursday disclosed to newsmen that the president has ordered the suspension of the planned introduction of the N5,000 scheduled to come into circulation next year. According to him, the president Jonathan’s latest disposition to the issue was based on the... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Once again, The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) said on Thursday that it would return to court to challenge the Federal Government’s deductions from the Excess Crude Account, to offset fuel subsidy payments. Speaking at the close of the forum’s meeting in Abuja, the chairman of the NGF, Chibuike Amaechi, said that the decision to... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly can only be described as frosty at best. Before the National Assembly went on recess, the House of Representatives had threatened the president with impeachment, following what they felt was his failure to implement the budget as approved. Since they returned from... Read More
Kate Middleton is more of a trendsetter than she knows. The poised Duchess of Cambridge, who recently won an injunction against a French magazine for running topless photos of her, is setting a precedent for other public figures to stand up against paparazzo. And Heidi Klum is apparently one of the trend’s earliest adapters. The... Read More
A British woman killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul wrote a tragic last message on Twitter just weeks before she died, asking: ‘I am back in Afghanistan and wonder what lies before me this time.’ Jeni Ayris, from Edinburgh, died alongside 11 fellow aviation workers when a female insurgent rammed a car laden with... Read More
Earlier this week her ex-husband Ashton Kutcher looked overjoyed as he put on a very public display of affection with new girlfriend Mila Kunis. But Demi Moore cut a very different figure on Wednesday night as she left the Sunset Towers Hotel in West Hollywood. The 49-year-old actress appeared frail and gaunt, displaying her very... Read More
A U.S. publication appears to have Photoshopped a baby bump onto the Duchess of Cambridge’s slender frame. Star magazine, which claims to reveal that Kate is pregnant with twins, published an image of the British royal from her recent visit to Singapore on the cover of its latest issue. The 30-year-old is seen standing in... Read More
Former Fugees frontman Wyclef Jean is dropping his autobiography, Purpose: An Immigrant’s Story, and gives insight into what caused the tensions between him and Lauryn Hill that lead to the Fugees breaking up at the height of their career. Wyclef claims that Lauryn led him to believe that she was pregnant with his child, which... Read More
It appears that Canadian music channel Aux has a bone to pick with Chris Brown. The company has created a plugin for Google’s Chrome web browsing application that blocks any mention of the artist on the internet. On their website, the company attributes Brown’s latest tattoo — that many speculate is a replica of Rihanna’s... Read More
The multi-talented screen writer and playwright/producer/actor, etc., Tyler Perry, took to his own blog to apologize to his fans for canceling the final “Madea” tour that was scheduled for this fall/winter. It’s apparent that Perry has been facing some recent challenges. First, his Atlanta studio was burned for the second time; second, the Atlanta Police officers... Read More
A soldier told his father that he had reason to believe that he was going to be killed by someone in his own unit. Shortly thereafter, he was dead. Greg Buckley Jr. was stationed in southern Afghanistan when the killing took place. He was one of the soldiers training security forces that would take over... Read More
Obama was all smiles while schmoozing 100 donors at Jay-Z’s 40/40 on West 25th Street, where supporters paid $40,000 a plate for the privilege of getting within arms length of President Obama. “Let me just begin by saying to Jay and Bey, thank you so much for your friendship. We are so grateful. Michelle... Read More
The right wing just learned what it’s like to lose a fight to the LGBT community. Chick-fil-A stirred a great deal of controversy once it was disclosed that the chicken chain donates money to organizations that lobby against LGBT rights. Chick-fil-A came under pressure from the LGBT community to cease support for anti-gay organizations, but... Read More
Florida prosecutors today released evidence in the murder case against George Zimmerman which revealed, among other things, that Trayvon Martin never touched George Zimmerman’s gun. The Orlando Sentinel reports: Among the new evidence is a series of DNA reports from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. They reveal that DNA tests on Zimmerman’s gun and holster found evidence of... Read More
An Ohio woman is so horrified by a recent revelation that she has had to seek therapy.Valerie Spruill found out that her late husband was also her biological father. A DNA test has confirmed that 60 year old Spruill was married to her father, Percy. The Doylestown, Ohio resident has three children and eight grandchildren.... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo No, no, no – don’t pass the mic on this one. Former Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria and rapper, Munachi Abii is the confident beauty on the cover of the new quarterly faFor their new issue, La Mode Magazine chose ex-shion magazine. We like! You?
By Dermot Corrigan On the contrary, having a personality as compelling and colourful as Mourinho managing one of the world’s top clubs is good luck for everyone involved in football, and especially journalists. Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho had his first answer ready when he sat down in the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu press room about... Read More
by A. O. Izukanne Growing up, I got to know the Obollo Afor-Otukpo-Markurdi route as the major route going to Northern Nigeria from the East. This expressway is known as the A3 expressway. (I didn’t know expressways in Nigeria had proper nomenclature and codes) According to wikipedia, “The A3 highway is a highway in... Read More
by Reuben Daba AfricaMagic and MultiChoice Africa have jointly come up with a new initiative which they call The AfricaMagic Viewers’ Choice Awards. They made the big announcement during a special episode of the popular AfricaMagic magazine show Jara. Jara is hosted by former winner of Big Brother Africa, Uti Nwachukwu, and Helen Paul and is beamed to DSTV... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang On Wednesday, we were all glued to our TV screens, for more Champions League action from all across Europe. The drama was just as intense, if not more. But here are the four things we picked out from the games we saw: Chelsea desperately need a striker The argument was usually that... Read More
A heartbroken mother has told how she discovered that her only daughter was dead via Facebook – after police failed to tell her in time. Cheryl Jones, 49, was horrified to see that friends of former model Karla James had put up messages on the social networking site saying: ‘RIP Karla.’ Her mother immediately rang... Read More
A jilted lover distraught that his ex-girlfriend was in a new relationship broke into her home and hung himself on her four-poster bed to ‘shock’ her, an inquest heard. Matthew Nimmo died weeks after he was released from prison, where he had been serving a sentence for breaching a restraining order that banned him from... Read More
A married 52-year-old nurse who had a torrid two-year affair with a teenage patient at a secure mental health unit has been jailed for 18 months. Jeanette McCleod had sex with the 17-year-old boy after seducing him at the NHS-run hospital where she worked for five years. When police were alerted by the boy’s family,... Read More
Two Tennessee brothers who say they killed a deputy officer and his friend in self-defense have hung photos of the dead men’s bodies outside their property as a warning to other law enforcement officials. Roane County Deputy Bill Jones, 53, and former police officer Mike Brown, 44, were shot to death on the property of... Read More
WHEN a group of 36 stowaways were collared at Glasgow Airport, there was no chance of a quick getaway. That’s because the crafty gang were giant African land snails found in the luggage of a Nigerian man. The illegal imports, each six inches long and with shells the size of a small fist, were alive.... Read More
by Dennis Hamill If New Yorkers stormed embassies with murderous rage after 9/11, the NYPD would wrap us in huge orange nets, but the video of the twin towers falling, not to mention those of Daniel Pearl’s beheading and the slaughter at the 1972 Munich Olympics are the true evil. C’mon, who’s obscene? I’m having... Read More
by James Martin If I make it to heaven and Jesus introduces me to his wife, I’ll be happy for him (and her). But then I’ll track down Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, who wrote so soon after the time of Jesus, and ask them why they left out something so important. At an academic... Read More
by Isi Esene Colombian singer, Shakira, has made it public that she is expecting a baby with Barcelona soccer player, Gerard Pique. Due to the good news, the international artiste has decided to cut down on her work schedule to savour the moment. She reportedly wrote: “As some of you may know, Gerard and I... Read More
by Isi Esene Thousands of Muslims marched in Zaria, Kaduna State today in protest against the amateur movie said to have been produced to disrespect the Holy Prophet Mohammed. The protesters reportedly displayed placards and banners and burnt US and Israeli flags on the streets of the city. The protesters who gathered under the auspices... Read More
by Isi Esene Reports say that Arik Arline today suspended all its flights out of Lagos leaving passengers at the Murtala Muhammed Airport stranded. There are conflicting accounts as regards the actual cause of the flight suspension but some published reports say flights were grounded by labour unions over unpaid dues to them. It further stated... Read More