by Isi Esene Nokia is giving its loyal customers a 50% discount on its newly launched 41 mega-pixel Nokia 808 PureView. The phone, which boasts of an unparalleled 41 mega-pixel camera, also comes with a FREE magnetic Joby Gorilla Pod Tripod Stand to make your photo and video shooting experience very comfortable. The first 41... Read More
by Isi Esene The Speaker of the Lagos Sate House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has assured Lagosians that the House will consider their wishes when deliberating on the cremation bill which is presently being considered for passage into law. The bill which was sponsored by the Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Health Care Services,... Read More
by Isi Esene The Ogun State Truth Commission has recommended the prosecution of the wife of the immediate past governor of the state, Mrs. Olufunke Daniel, and seven others for perceived offences. The commission’s Chairman, Justice Pius Aderemi (retd.), on Tuesday recommended that Mrs. Daniel; the former commissioner for youths and sports in the state,... Read More
by Bukar Usman The state of emergency imposed on 14 local government areas in some states of the federation, following violence attributed to Boko Haram, was not re-imposed when the 6-month duration lapsed. That was a good decision by the Federal Government. The emergency rule was gradually becoming counterproductive and did not seem to have... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo This gets more interesting. After former head of state, General Ibrahim Babangida deployed colourful words against “self-acclaimed elder statesman” and Niger-Delta leader over accusations that he (Babangida) is behind Boko Haram, Chief Clark – no shrinking violet himself – has returned fire. Speaking yesterday, Clark challenged the former general to a public... Read More
by Isi Esene The July 29th topic on Rubbin’ Minds was ‘How to do Urban: The challenge of urban development’. The programme was sequel to our previous topic which focused on the contentious Makoko eviction which was forcefully carried out by the Lagos State Government. The panel of discussants which was made up of Tolu... Read More
by Isi Esene Honourable Farouk Lawan had a hard time travelling out of the country this morning as men of the State Security Service (SSS) initially denied him from travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj. He was said to have been denied because the security operatives believe he was trying to escape... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo People have wondered what the former minister of Education and vice president of the World Bank, Obiageli Katryn Ezekwesili would be up to after leaving the Bank. Well, the widely admired leader could only go higher. The Open Society Foundations today announced that it has asked Mrs. Ezekwesili, a world-renowned expert on... Read More
by Doyin Jaiyesimi The Mavin Records crew which comprises of Don Jazzy, Wande Coal, Dr Sid, D’Prince, and Tiwa Savage look dapper on the cover of the new issue of TW Magazine. In the July/ August double issue, the all-star crew open up about their music careers, their successes as a team, and more. The... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul The United States Secretary of State is shown in the video below dancing the night away at a party in South Africa. The party hosted by South African Foreign minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane. took place Tuesday night and at a point during the proceedings, a jazz singer performing moved over and began grinding... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul It’s been over 2 months since the Dana Air crash took place, claiming the lives of all 153 passengers on board but the bodies of the victims are only just about to be released. The Lagos State Government has announced that the bodies are ready to be handed over to the families... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Star musician Wizkid has reacted to rumours about himself and D’Banj which have been floating around the web the past week. A tweet which was supposedly sent by Wizkid to D’Banj regarding the latter’s GOOD Music deal went viral but the former has officially shut down the talk. The tweet in question... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Kogi State Governor Idris Wada is shown above visiting survivors of the Monday attack on a Deeper Life church in Okene where unknown gunmen opened fire during a Bible study. The attack left 17 dead and several others wounded and the Governor went to offer his condolences yesterday, dressed in a bulletproof... Read More
by Isi Esene The #Dream4Nija youth media project has released the first in its series of breakaways and short videos that is set to be released leading up to the launch of the documentary in September. The documentary video features established artistes like Banky W, 2face Idibia, Wizkid, el-Dee, Cobhams Asuquo, Niyola, and Toyosi Akerele... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Hear the big story from Kenya today: Kenyans are angry with their parliamentarians because they took tax payers money and used it to fit the parliament with 350 plush hi-tech chairs, at the cost of 200,000 shillings/2,300 dollars/368,000 naira per chair. This is more than the average Kenyan earns in a year... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo The editors of Mania Magazine have released the latest cover – for their August 2012 ‘Body Issue’ – and showing off a body to die for is style icon and beauty entrepreneur, Nike Oshinowo. Oshionowo speaks in the interview about leaving her job as coordinator of Miss Nigeria, and shares her opinions... Read More
by Isi Esene An uncompleted building in Dutse Alhaji, an Abuja suburb, collapsed today killing three people and injuring nine others. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) head of Public Relations, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, confirmed the incident and adding that five injured people have been taken to... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul South African Olympic racer Oscar Pistorious is shown in the picture above about to race a little girl named Ellie Challs. Pistorious is a double amputee who made it to the semi-final of the men’s 400m event at the ongoing London 2012 Olympic Games. He was 11 months old when doctors discovered... Read More
by Isi Esene The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday denied Mr. Farouk Lawan from leaving the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Lawan, who is currently embroiled in a bribery scandal involving the chairman of Zenon Oil, Mr. Femi Otedola, was billed to fly out for the lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia... Read More
by Isi Esene Apparently as a response to the spate of terror attacks perpetrated by militant insurgents, almost daily in the northern part of the country, the Nigerian Army Counterterrorist and Counter-Insurgency (CTCOIN) Centre at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna, has trained 439 additional soldiers to be deployed to crisis-prone areas... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul What is this – Bash-GEJ week? “Uncontrollable laughter” is not exactly a phrase which finds it’s way into every criticism directed at President Goodluck Jonathan, but for Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late Gani Fawehinmi, it is – as lawyers say – the fit and proper reaction. In a statement released earlier... Read More
by Isi Esene The survivors of the Monday attack on a Deeper Life Bible Church in Okene, Kogi State yesterday have narrated their harrowing experience during the attack on them during a service. The attack, carried out by unknown gunmen, has so far claimed twenty lives. A survivor who narrated his experience from the hospital... Read More
by Lagos Hunter “If you argue that Dangote’s ‘Graduate Driver Academy’ isn’t an insult to the years you spent at the university, then you deserve to be a driver” The tweet above dragged me into an extended debate with a couple of folks who thought that I was being senseless. Their arguments? “After all, Dangote... Read More
by Adeniyi Abdul Former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has never been one to shy away from speaking his mind and recent comments he’s made about President Jonathan are no exception. In a recent interview El-Rufai criticised Goodluck Jonathan’s ability to handle the insecurity in the country and stated that he... Read More
Change has never really been about big things and events, it has always been about seemingly small events amplified to immeasurable proportions. Rosa Park only sat in a bus. The chain reaction of her insistence has not stopped till today. The world has changed and is changing at an increasing rate. Power used to be... Read More
by ‘Ifreke Inyang Sao Paulo’s vice president, Joao Paulo de Jesus Lopes, has confirmed that Paris Saint-Germain, have contacted the club with a €45 million deal for Lucas Moura. The 19-year-old midfielder is being courted by Manchester United, who have already put in a bid, but it is understood that PSG’s offer is bigger. “We... Read More
by Isi Esene A newly appointed judge of the Delta State High Court, Justice Marcel Okoh, was yesterday abducted by gun-wielding youths at Oria-Abraka on his way to the oil rich city of Warri. Justice Okoh was the former director general of Public Prosecution (DPP) of Delta State and the vacation judge for High Court... Read More
by Isi Esene The Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, yesterday ordered a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Central Senatorial District of the state. He announced this in a state-wide broadcast as a direct response to the killing of members of the Deeper Life Church in Okene on Monday. The governor also announced the donation of seven... Read More
by Isi Esene Chinwe Amoloku, an expectant mother, obviously wasn’t expecting an early arrival of her baby when she decided to visit the convenience over the weekend at Umusan Ogbe, Kwale, Delta State. In the course of doing the needful, it was reported that she ‘accidentally’ delivered the baby in the pit latrine without the... Read More