Justice Gabriel Kolawole on fire: Declares Islamic banking illegal

by Stanley Azuakola It’s not every day you hear that a single judge gave two headline-making rulings on the same day. But that’s what happened yesterday Friday 15 in Abuja at the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole. In one of the cases involving Sen. Ali Ndume, who is accused of being... Read More

Ali Ndume, Gabriel Kolawole, Godwin Ogboja, Jaiz Bank, Sanusi Lamido

June 16, 2012

Temie Giwa: Stop the horror (YNaija FrontPage)

A recent conversation with someone on twitter reminded me of the issue of Female Genital Mutilation in Nigeria. The lives of women are difficult all over the world and the constant struggle to protect the integrity of our bodies is a never-ending battle. Recently, in the United States, a concentrated effort to destroy Planned Parenthood,... Read More

June 16, 2012

“I’m a damaged woman” – 13 things about Kola Boof’s “press statement” that made me sad

by Hauwa Gambo If you don’t know who Kola Boof is or how her name became entangled with those of Russel Simmons, Kimora Lee Simmons, and Djimon Honsou, then you are lucky; run along – there’s nothing to see here but woe. But if you do know both Boof and then the entire huff and... Read More

africa, Djimon Honsou, kimoro, Kola Boof, Linda Ikeji, osama, russell, simmons, Sudan

June 16, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: It’s official – Genevieve Nnaji is queen of the Range (Photos)

by Hauwa Gambo We reported a few weeks ago that Genevieve Nnaji (no suffixes needed) would be the new face of Range Rover in Nigeria. And now it’s official. Land Rover and Coscharis Motors on Thursday held a press event announcing Nnaji as their ambassador for the new Range Rover Evoque in Nigeria. The event... Read More

ambassador, car, cosharis, genevieve, land rover, nnaji, range rover

June 16, 2012

#InCaseYouMissedIt: #DanaCrash investigators probe for contaminated fuel

by Hauwa Gambo There are reports that the team of investigators from our local Accident Investigation Bureau and the United States National Transportation Safety Board are looking seriously into samples of aviation fuel collected from all of Dana Air’s Boeing MD-83 planes aircraft. The investigators are said to have begun tests on samples of aviation... Read More

#DanaCrash, Aircraft, Airline, Fuel, investigators

June 16, 2012

“A big problem” – Religious groups stop members from donating blood

by Stanley Azuakola July 14 was World Donors Day. In an event organized by the National Blood Transfusion Centre, Enugu, to mark the day, religious groups came under fire. They were criticized for the pressure they applied on their members, dissuading them from donating blood. The Coordinator of the Centre, Michael Chukwu, disclosed that religious... Read More

Club 25, world donors day

June 16, 2012

#DanaCrash: We must not forget, say organisers of memorial service

by Stanley Azuakola With the pace at which the talking points in Nigeria change as new developments occur in the polity, it takes less than a week for Nigerians to move on and forget about issues that used to mean the world to them. On June 3 this year, a plane conveying 153 passengers from... Read More

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June 16, 2012

Aninoritse Odeli-Serrano: Hello, my name is …

by Aninoritse Serrano-Odeli What’s in a name? A lot of people have had this argument over the years: “nothing is in a name; oh a lot is in a name”. Either way, this argument did not start with me and long after I am dead and gone lots of people will still talk this matter.... Read More

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June 16, 2012

Report: Farouk Lawan may spend weekend in detention, to sue police on Monday

by Hauwa Gambo Lawyers to the (former?) chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, may be heading to court on Monday. (Read updates on FemiVSFarouk bribe scandal HERE) As at 7pm yesterday, the legislator was still detailed along with the clerk of his committee, after they reported at the... Read More

bribe, dollars, House of Representatives, lawan, otedola, police, zenon

June 16, 2012

Woman hacks husband to death in Ekiti

by Seyi Lawal The things you hear. A woman, who is a teacher in the Ido-Osi local government of Ekiti has been reported to have hacked her husband (also a secondary school physics teacher) to death – she attacked him with a machete when he was asleep. He died around 3am on Tuesday, June 12.... Read More

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June 16, 2012

You asked for it: Sambo says police reform will cost us N1.5trn

by Hauwa Gambo Maybe next time, we should just grumble quietly. The Vice-President of the country, Namadi Sambo yesterday revealed that the much-talked-about reform of the Nigeria Police Force will be costing Nigeria N1.5 trn, and that’s just the budget. He said this during a meeting of his government’s ]Committee on the Interim Implementation of... Read More

ict, nigeria, police, Reform, Sambo, security, vice president

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