by Adedoyin Jaiyesimi There is no denying that Chuddy K’s ‘Gaga Crazy’ is a smash hit! From the radio to the club, this tune just gets you up on your feet whenever you hear it played. The official video of the hit single has finally been released and the video captures the song’s essence: dance and party!... Read More
As some guy put it on twitter, the brand name of some of these schools is probably the only value they can hang on to considering that the schools lack proper infrastructure, lecturers, and a modern environment that can compete in the 21st century. “If this business was split up, I would give you... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Dana Air’s insurance LLoyds of London will compensate the families of those who died in the crash, they announced yesterday at the joint Dana Air/Lagos State government news conference. According to Yomi Oshinkoya, a Lloyds correspondent, “The international law and standards stipulate that the sum of 30,000 dollars (N4.6 million) must be paid to... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Justice Ayo Salami is tired of waiting for President Jonathan to ratify his reinstatement by the National Judicial Council (NJC) as President of the Court of Appeal. The embattled judge has therefore written directly to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to bypass the president and allow him resume work following its decision to lift... Read More
by Chi Ibe With 250 pages of travel destinations, holiday trends, travel dairies and more, Mania Magazine’s June edition has been described as the biggest edition yet. Cover’s supermodel Ojy Okpe is stunning on this month’s publication with a picture taken in Paris. In the magazine, readers are promised an eyeful of various travel destinations such... Read More
Dana Air held a world press conference on Wednesday, at which the airline defended itself against criticism over its safety and maintenance record, stating that its chief engineer died in the crash. A Dana Air plane crashed on Sunday this week killing all passengers and staff on board the plane and an unknown number of area... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The professional social networking website LinkedIn has been hacked and 6.46 million passwords stolen. According to tech website The Verge, a user in a Russian forum claimed to have done the deed. He also created a dump and had uploaded all the passwords onto the internet. The user uploaded 6,458,020 hashed passwords,... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Have you ever been on a plane and apart from hoping that you land safely; you find yourself also whispering a quick prayer that the people going to sit next (and close) to you are hot and interesting. According to an AFP report, getting trapped in a boring conversation with a fellow passenger... Read More
His name was listed as one of the crew members of the ill-fated Dana Flight 9J-922. His face was published on the pages of the papers as a victim of the crash. But yesterday, Mr. Amaechi Obodo, a co-pilot at Dana Air declared that he was alive and well. YNaija had reported a day after... Read More
I was meant to meet Tosin on Monday, but she never made it to Lagos; instead, I will be attending a service in her honour later today. My first visit to the FATE Foundation office was in April 2010; I was asked to speak to a group of entrepreneurs on “Planning for the Future: How... Read More
by Seyi Lawal The World Health Organisation has issued a warning that drugs for gonorrhoea might no longer be working to treat the disease. It is believed that a spreading resistance to drugs used to treat the Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) is on the rise. According to reports, millions of people with the condition may be... Read More
by Chi Ibe For reasons that still remain a mystery, an Arkansas teenager shot his sister in the head, twice, while she slept. Colton Harvey, 15, who pled guilty to the crime, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. There is still no remote cause for his bizarre action. Harvey was said to have... Read More
by Chi Ibe Montreal police found on Wednesday, a horrifying new twist in the gruesome “Canadian Psycho” murder case after new body parts turned up in the mail at two Vancouver schools, while the suspect awaits extradition from Germany. Yesterday, authorities found a hand and foot but were still trying to determine if the human... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus,19, has announced her engagement to Liam Hemsworth, 22, her film actor boyfriend. Cyrus told People magazine after the engagement that she was so excited and looked forward to a life of happiness with Hemsworth. She also tweeted: “Life is beautiful.” Liam Hemsworth starred in this year’s blockbuster,... Read More
by Seyi Lawal Popular Nigerian artiste, K-Solo has separated from his wife after just 6 months of marriage. A new photo showing his estranged wife, Kikelomo Akinkunmi severely battered started making its rounds on social media earlier today. This picture seeks to confirm Akinkunm’s allegations that K- Solo who’s real name is Solomon Oyeniyi had a habit of assaulting her.... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya The Presidency released a statement today, refuting rumours that attribute the Dana Air crash to the First Lady’s travel schedule. The rumours claim that the air space was closed for two hours with all planes in flight unable to land, causing the faulty Dana Air to lack where to land hence it had... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji has revealed that he was supposed to board the ill-fated Dana aircraft, which crashed on Sunday. The Speaker testified on the floor of the House that he was scheduled to take the flight back to Lagos from Abuja where he’d gone to attend a meeting... Read More
My prayers go to the friends and relatives of those we lost on Black Sunday 3rd June, 2012 from the Bauchi terror attacks to the Dana plane crash in Lagos. May their souls rest in peace. Amen. This is a rejoinder to last week’s column with the same title. I felt I needed to make... Read More
It was a solemn time today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as the Federal Executive Committee dedicated its weekly meeting to the memory of the Dana plane crash victims. The president and council members in attendance all donned black attires. The lights were dimmed, short comments were made, and prayers offered to God. In a... Read More
by Obinna Igwebuike and Osita Egbubine Could it get any worse than this? Why would a generation with such promise be submerged in so much uncertainty? Sad times we live in. The evil that men do unleashes terror in the land. We look to our leadership, but we glean no inspiration. The mother of all... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya Nigeria might have its first Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) up and running 7 years from now, according to an article published in The Guardian today. If the deal goes through, Russian Nuclear energy company RosAtom, according to its director Sergei Kiriyenko, will be building the nuclear plant with a look to 2019 as its... Read More
Ayodele Olofintuade made her writing debut with Eno’s Story. And with just that one children’s book, the graduate in Mass Communication has made it to the shortlist for the 2011 Nigerian Prize for Literature. Ayo speaks about writing from a young age, the publishing industry, her writing contract with Cassava Republic, and her unpublished works.... Read More
by Tolu Orekoya In response to the tragic air accident that happened on Sunday this week, Aero took to the microblogging website, Twitter to allay fears about their service and to reassure the public about their safety record. Instead it has created a Twitter backlash, with many finding the tweets insensitive and inappropriate so soon... Read More
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by Chioma Ogwuegbu photo credit: Vanguard From my experience, distributing relief materials is merely a stop-gap measure. It does benefit the victims, but does not have a far-reaching impact. If we really want to help, then we need to really listen and observe the people we are giving the help, instead of insisting that it’s our brand... Read More
by Niyi Akinnaso If Jonathan understood democracy as described above, then he is a timid leader. Afraid of working through controversial issues, timid leaders tend to catch people by surprise In yet another unwarranted assault on university education, the 50-year old University of Lagos became the unexpected target of a name change by presidential fiat.... Read More
The president is not slowing down in his push to have the University of Lagos (UNILAG) bear a new name, Moshood Abiola University, Lagos. He asked the Senate on Wednesday, June 6 for its approval to rename not just the University of Lagos, but two other universities in the country. In a letter sent by... Read More
by Feyi Fawehinmi Been meaning to share this for a minute now. As the title suggests, this post hasn’t been inspired by anything or any event in particular. There’s a way you can package poison for sale such that the buyers will not only pay top dollar for it, they will kill for the chance to... Read More
by Lajubutu A. Lawrence Caveat lector: This article isn’t going to provide you any new insight, it will probably not tell you anything you don’t already know and you probably do not need to read it. Now that we have gotten that out of the way, let me start by saying that the essence of... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola In some countries, being able to go out for a drink with your staff (like US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton), or get to work in the morning using the same sort of transportation that your constituents do (like London’s Mayor, Boris Johnson) is a sign of a leader in tune with... Read More