At least 13 people have been confirmed dead, and three others injured, following an auto accident that happened on the Lagos-Benin Expressway. The crash, which occurred around 7:45am on Sunday at Ohosu, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, involved an Anambra Mass Transit bus and an Inveko Trust Hiace truck. The... Read More
Three persons have been reported dead and many others missing in a flood caused by the release of water from Lagdo Dam in Cameroon Republic, Shadrack Barub, the Secretary of Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), said at the weekend. “The incident occurred following the release of water form Lagdo Dam by the Cameroon Republic... Read More
The Presidency on Sunday defended the yearly award of about N5.6bn contracts to former Niger Delta militants to protect oil pipelines. It said the contract was in the interest of the nation. Speaking in a telephone interview with our correspondent, the Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said Nigeria... Read More
South-East Governors’ Forum on Sunday condemned the killing of Cynthia Osokogu. Cynthia, daughter of Maj-Gen. Frank Osokogu (retd), was murdered by friends she met on a socio network on July 22 at a Lagos hotel. Speaking with reporters in Nnewi on behalf of the South-East Governor’s Forum on Sunday, Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, described... Read More
The Federal Ministry of Works has debunked speculations in the social media that the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, was about collapsing due to structural defects. Dominic Avishigh, the ministry’s Director of Highways Design (Bridges), on Sunday, urged the commuters to disregard the rumour. He said that a joint inspection of the bridge was first carried... Read More
by Isi Esene If you somehow missed the biggest youth event in the country, The Future Awards (TFA), which took place in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on August 26, not to worry, here are the list of the winners, their categories, and their work. YOUNG PERSON OF THE YEAR: IDRIS AKINBAJO. Best Use of Advocacy:... Read More
This week, Alicia Keys mentioned her son Egypt as a possible cameo subject in her next album. She joked that even though her son only knows a couple of words, she is going to consider putting him on the album along with her. “He might need a cameo, you know what I mean? He might…He... Read More
In this little skit that will either make you laugh or offend you, comedian Eddie Griffin talks about why he doesn’t go to church. In the video, Griffin says that Jesus never wrote a book in the bible, but the book is all about him. He also makes some sneaky references to the sexual abuse... Read More
The Future Awards holding in The Atrium, Port Harcourt Tear Down those walls! Live Blog 5:24pm: Key Note Speaker, Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holding and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation taking questions after giving his keynote address which he jotted on the airplane on his way to the Awards. 5.32pm: Tony O. Elumelu departs... Read More
There will be a lot of boobs protesting in front of the White House on Aug. 26. It’s not what the protesters will be saying that makes them boobs; it’s what they will be showing, to say: We’re here. We’re topless. Get used to it. Women who want the federal government to advance the rights... Read More
The South African Brewery (SAB) has made its entry into the Nigerian beer and beverage industry with its production plant in Anambra State. Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, while fielding questions from newsmen, said that the SAB production plant which will be commissioned this month in the State is the biggest in sub-Saharan Africa. He... Read More
As the country struggles to curb the violent activities of the Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, international intelligence agencies have uncovered plans by al-Qaeda, to launch fresh attacks on Nigeria, Ghana and two other African countries. Al-Qaeda, which was founded by the late Osama bin Laden, has launched attacks all over the world. Investigations by... Read More
Late Cynthia Osokogu’s parents, at the weekend, disclosed that her killers demanded a ransom of N20 million from the family. They also urged the youth to learn from her death. The parents, retired army General Frank Osokogu and his wife, Joy, who were speaking out for the first time after their daughter’s death, added that... Read More
Dr. Joseph Odumodo, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), announced that the agency has destroyed sub-standards products worth over N1 billion since the launch of its zero tolerance campaign. Odumodo, who disclosed this during a facility tour to Lafarge Ewekoro factory, Bio-Organic Limited, Cometstar Manufacturing Company, Homan Industries... Read More
Nepal has exempted eleven countries, including Nigeria, from its new tourist visa regime which will soon be introduced. It was disclosed on Saturday that the new visa regime is a strategy to reduce the number of foreign offenders that use Nepal as a transit route to illegally migrate into a third country, and also to... Read More
It has emerged that Don Jazzy, singer and chief executive of Mavin records, is not happy at the wide coverage given by the media to his donation of N2million to Funmi Lawal, a law student diagnosed with malignant sarcoma. Lawal’s story made the headlines on August 20, 2012, with many soliciting help for her to... Read More
An Agriculture Development Bank in Gashua town, Bade Council area of Yobe State, was attacked by a group of armed men on Saturday, leaving two people dead. The two dead men were identified by the state commissioner of police, Patrick Egbuniwe, as one policeman and one of the militants. The police said that the militants... Read More
Moses Chinedu Nwosu, a Nigerian, has been sentenced to death by a High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Nwosu was found guilty of drug trafficking last year. Judicial Commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab sentenced the 50-year-old after the prosecution successfully proved the case against him beyond doubt the case. Zaki said that Moses’ testimony amounted... Read More
by Isi Esene See photo of the de-facto leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) bow to the founder and leader of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mohammed Buhari. Does this say anything about their parties’ merger plans? Or is this just for the cameras?
by Scott McCleod For Leadership Day 2012, I thought I would gather in one place many of the talking points that I use with principals and superintendents about Internet safety… Even though they may use fancy terms and know more than you do about their domain, you never would allow your business manager or special education... Read More
This is one reason why moving this year’s event to Port Harcourt excites me. The more non-Lagosians get to feel the experience that is the Future Awards, the stronger the brand grows and the more likely it is to become a true representation of what the Nigerian youth is as a whole. I had been... Read More
by Isi Esene Vigilant policemen in Okpokwu Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State yesterday arrested fifteen suspects and impounded a vehicle reportedly loaded with weapons belonging to a Peoples’ Democratic Party local government chairmanship aspirant in the party’s rescheduled ward congress. The PDP ward congress has been postponed several times due to the tension... Read More
The clear danger to public affairs commentary is that we have a lot of unintelligent people repeating stupid clichés and too many intelligent persons wasting their talents lending relevance to thoughtless conclusions. “THEY” in this piece refers to all the cynics, the pestle-wielding critics, the unrelenting, self-appointed activists, the idle and idling, twittering, collective children... Read More
by Akan Ido The business partnership between the duo of Obi Asika and Olisa Adibua appear to have run cold with the sudden announcement of the disengagement of Adibua from the board of the entertainment company, Storm 360 Limited. In a terse statement released on Saturday by the entertainment company, Asika disclosed the disengagement saying:... Read More
by Isi Esene On Friday, Chude Jideonwo, Executive Director of The Future Project, in a Twitter interview conducted by Japheth Omojuwa of Omojuwa.com spoke on the inspiration and aspiration of The Future Project in a no-holds-barred manner. The interview which started around noon centred on the impact of the Awards on the lives of past... Read More
Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made “one giant leap for mankind” with a small step on to the moon. The modest man who had people on Earth entranced and awed from almost a quarter million miles away has died. He was... Read More
A western Pennsylvania priest has been placed on leave amid allegations of sexual abuse involving children several decades ago. The Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown said Friday that the Rev. George Koharchik, pastor of Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Mount Union, will not be permitted to function as a priest and won’t have contact with... Read More
Two inmates serving time for a notorious 1995 murder that the feds say the pair didn’t commit will continue rotting behind bars after a Bronx judge said he didn’t have the power to grant them bail. Judge Efrain Alvarado rejected a plan endorsed by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office to release the convicts to house... Read More
The US government cannot force tobacco firms to put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages, an appeals court in Washington has ruled. It said the government’s plan undermined free speech in America. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had wanted to put nine pictures of dead and diseased smokers to convey the dangers of... Read More
A huge explosion rocked Venezuela’s biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 80 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country’s key oil industry. Balls of fire rose over the Amuay refinery, one of the largest in the world, in video posted... Read More