The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday lamented that Nigeria is daily splitting along ethnic and religious lines and that the country, as currently constituted, is not working. He said this at the 2017 Annual Conference and Induction Ceremony of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (ICMC) tagged, “Myth and Reality of Agitations: […]
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Zimbabwean military returns power to police
Zimbabwe’s military, which staged a peaceful coup on November 15, ousting former President Robert Mugabe, returned power to the national police on Monday. According to a joint statement by the army and police, because “normalcy” had returned to the country following Friday’s swearing-in of President Emmerson Mnanagagwa, who replaced Mugabe after 37 years in power, […]
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Society for Family Health asks Nigerian rich pastors to fund HIV treatment
The Society for Family Health has called on wealthy pastors who own private jets to assist in funding HIV/AIDS treatment as donations from foreign countries and organisations have dropped. The Managing Director of the SFH, Bright Ekweremadu, said this at the 2017 World AIDS Day organised by the National Agency for the Control of AIDS […]
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Nine-year-old girl pregnant as stepdad rapes her 10 times daily
A nine-year-old girl is pregnant by her alleged rapist stepfather, who is said to have assaulted her up to 10 times a day. The abused girl’s pregnancy was only discovered by her mother after five months, meaning she was too late to have an abortion in Peru. Local news reported that the girl’s stepfather, 30, […]
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Ronaldo can never be my friend, Messi says
Lionel Messi believes he and Cristiano Ronaldo will never share a close friendship because they do not get to spend enough time together to build the required bond. The Barcelona and Real Madrid stalwarts have shared a formidable rivalry throughout their La Liga careers and have collected myriad individual honours between them. But while Messi claims the alleged enmity is very […]
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Zimbabwe declares Mugabe’s birthday public holiday
Zimbabwe has made former president Robert Mugabe’s birthday a public holiday, a state daily reported Monday, nearly a week after the long-time ruler stepped down. “It is hereby declared that February 21 of every year henceforth shall be a public holiday to be known as the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day,” The Herald newspaper reported, […]
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I fear for pregnant women in Nigeria…
It is sad that you might never know the last time you get to see your friends or loved ones, anything can happen in just a minute. Yesterday I went to see my pregnant friend, only to be told she died during child birth. Young beautiful lady, with a two year old daughter. I always […]
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2019: Igbo in Abuja begin campaigns for Buhari
The Igbo community in Abuja has begun a campaign for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari, urging a former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu to desist from speaking in a manner that suggests that the president is not interested in the 2019 project. Speaking on Sunday at the inauguration of the Abuja chapter […]
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Police issue warning over new type of car theft
Thieves now steal vehicles without needing the keys, Police have warned. In a CCTV showing how robbers made away with a car without using the key, two men in white suits and masks were seen pulling up outside a victim’s house in the Elmdon area of Solihull, United Kingdom, carrying relay boxes. They used one […]
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I quit boxing when a Delta boy battered my face in a championship – Mr Ibu
“I used to be a boxer. I was doing well until I went for a championship in Delta State. The boy I fought with was an idiot; he gave me a beating I would never forget. That boy changed my face and made me hate anything that had to do with gloves. After the fight, […]
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Kim Kardashian hires lawyer to help free jailed woman who killed her abuser
Kim Kardashian has enlisted a lawyer to help free Cyntoia Brown, a woman who was jailed for killing a man who picked her up for sex when she was 16. Brown was sentenced to life in prison in 2004 for shooting dead Nashville estate agent Johnny Allen. At the time of the killing she being pimped by her violent […]
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When you make friends…
If you are polite and courteous, you will enjoy the friendship of many people. But when you make friends, don’t be too quick to trust them; make sure that they have proved themselves. Some people will be your friends only when it is convenient for them, but they won’t stand by you in trouble. Others […]
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I’m cool with homosexuals, I admire Bobrisky’s guts – Actress, Victoria Inyama
“My say on the homosexuality trend is that everyone has the right to live their lives the way they deem fit and suitable as long as they don’t harm anyone. As a psychology student, I simply cannot judge anyone by whatever choices they make. Respect in diversity so we can all live in peace. In Bobrisky, […]
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I’m tired of heartbreak, I need true love – Nollywood Actress, Ruth Eze cries out
Nollywood actress, Ruth Eze was all smiles few months ago, when her boyfriend gifted her a brand new car to mark her birthday. However, the rosy relationship which Ruth believed was altar- bound couldn’t stand the test of time as it came crashing like a pack of dominoes and Ruth was plunged into a world of […]
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Football star, Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for gang rape
Former AC Milan and Real Madrid striker Robinho was sentenced to nine years in prison in Italy on Thursday after he was convicted of gang rape, according to local media reports. The alleged incident occurred in January 2013, when Robinho was playing for Milan in Serie A. He was found guilty in absentia by an […]
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Young beautiful woman dies after ‘falling out of a second-storey window while taking selfie (Photos)
A young woman has died after reportedly falling out of a second storey window while trying to take a selfie. The victim, Toni Kelly, is understood to have been on life support for a week before she tragically passed away. Unconfirmed reports suggested that the young woman had been trying to take a photo of […]
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‘Only one out of 100 Nigerian graduates employable’
The Director General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, SMEDAN, Dr Umaru Radda has said that only one out of 100 Nigerian graduates were employable, attributing the situation to poor skills and lack of entrepreneurial competence. Radda, who spoke on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the sensitization for the Young Business […]
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November 30, 2017 




