Two weeks ago, many families mourned, following the death of no fewer than 80 people, including 57 passengers of a...
Hellfire Survivor: A Tale of a Survivor of the "Mass Burning Accident" at Ugbogui, Benin-Lagos expressway that killed over 57 people!
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The documentary Fuelling Poverty, described as a national threat by the Nigerian government, received industry acclaim when it got n...
The Documentary 'Fuelling Poverty' Nominated for the 2013 AMAA Despite Being Banned by the Nigerian Government
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Today, Senior Pastor House on The Rock Church Rev Paul Adefarasin and wife dedicated their new Rock Cathedral. President Goodluck Jonathan and former Prime Minister of the United
Kingdom, Tony Blair, were in attendance as guests of honor, gospel
singer Don Moen too.
The reportedly N5b building is located close by Liberty Hall along Lekki
Epe express way, Lagos State and can seat ten thousand people.
On Thursday, a man
suspected to be fake medical practitioner, Michael Akorful was arrested
in FESTAC Town, Lagos. Not only that, he was also accused of
impersonation. Michael, 28, a
Ghananian, known as Dr. Hilarious Abiwu, was arrested by the Medical and
Dental Council of Nigeria and Health Facility Monitoring Agency
(HEFAMA). Michael, who said he has been practising until he mismanaged a patient who was brought to his hospital, confessed that he is not a medical doctor but stole the licence from another doctor in Ghana. According to him, “I was
in school in Ukraine but could not graduate. I ran away from the school
because I was to be arrested for being a witness to a
The Golden Eaglets on
Saturday at the ongoing African Under- 17 Football Championship
defeated Congo 7-0 inside the Stade de Marrakech in Morocco . With the victory, the
team is now through to the semi- finals of the competition and the U17
World Cup to hold in United Arab Emirate later in the year.
A Lagos-based couple, two weeks ago, got what they did not bargain
for when an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court ordered the remand of their
7-year- old ward (name withheld) at the Child Correctional Center,
Yaba, while the only suspect in police custody was granted bail.
The victim was allegedly raped several times by three men: Kassim Mohammed, 43, Oluwatobi Daramola and James Aniekan.
The Magistrate, Mrs E. B Daudu of an Ikeja Magistrate court granted
the application of the police prosecutor identified as Anthonia for
the rape victim to be remanded in the Child Correctional Center because
her guardians could not take proper care of her, which made her
vulnerable to sexual assault.
The Magistrate however, released one of the suspects, Tobi, on
bail. It took the kind intervention of the Deputy Chief Registrar of the
Lagos High Court, Mr A.O. Isaacs for the Magistrate to temper justice
with mercy by releasing the victim to her guardians after spending
nearly the whole day at the correctional center.
According to the little girl, the police prosecutor, Anthonia, whom
she described as the ‘fat woman’
THE Christian Association of Nigeria
(CAN) has frowned at utterances of the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI) that
tagged CAN President, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, and his executive council
as enemies of Nigeria over their stand on amnesty for the Boko Haram
sect
The Islamic body, recently in a press conference in
Kaduna, wondered if “they (CAN) were appointed special advisers to the
President on the perpetration of insecurity?” even when some Christian
leaders like John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Bishop Matthew Kukah as well as
Paul Unongo have thrown their weight behind the amnesty for the sect.
Addressing
newsmen in Abuja, General Secretary of CAN, Rev. Musa Asake, said
although Cardinal Onaiyekan and Bishop Kukah were respected Catholic
leaders, they could not speak for Nigerian Christians neither could they
speak for CAN.
Asake said: “The two men do not have any moral or
institutional authority to speak for Nigerian Christians.
Issues pertaining to the love lives of people are really not any of our
business but when it has to do with our celebrities, then it becomes
itchy to our ears.
The rumour mill has been spinning for a while now leaving everyone
confused about the recent hand-in-hand toddling between Nollywood’s bad
boy-Jim Iyke and Ghanaian sexy screen goddess-Nadia Buari.
Whilst we are still basking in the revelation, let’s refresh our minds
that Nadia and Jim have been gamboling together lately. Among the many
places these two have been seen together, some significant ones may set
the tone right; they were together in Uganda to receive respective
awards. They were together in Dubai together as they attended 2Face’s
wedding. They were together last Wednesday night to see the premier of
Jim’s reality TV show titled ‘Jim Iyke Unscripted’. They have been
together at couple of events in the UK, Dublin
Mr. Dare Ogunlana, a security expert has said that the
various insurgencies in northern Nigeria and Niger Delta have awakened
the government to see the error of their ways; describing the Boko Haram
and MEND groups as a ‘blessing.’
Speaking on Sunrise, he said that President Goodluck Jonathan is
expected to handle the situation of the Boko Haram insurgents
differently because the country is now in the democratic dispensation.
However, he also blamed politicians who “wanted to seize power” for
the making illegal weapons available to thugs; a problem for which
Nigerians are now paying the price.
He described terrorism as a generational struggle stating that it
will continue to exist as long as there is injustice, corruption and bad
governance.
“I made a statement recently that even Boko Haram, MEND is a
blessing. If not for the fact that we have Boko Haram and MEND, our
government will not know that what they are doing (the stealing and
Is it just puppy love or something more? Khloe Kardashian Odom opened up about younger sister Kylie's reported romance with Will Smith's son Jaden Smith during an interview with Ryan Seacrest on radio station 102.7 KIIS FM on Friday, Apr. 19 -- and, according to the reality star, it's sometimes hard to tell.
"I think he's so sweet … but I will also say they're teenagers and I
really can't keep teenagers straight," Kardashian Odom, 28, told
Seacrest. "You just never know. Everything is up and down, but they're
definitely best friends."
Regardless of the status of the two teens' relationship, however, the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star
Accused:
An Egyptian bride has been ordered to pay more than $8 000 compensation
to her husband after he accused her of lying about being a virgin
before they married
An Egyptian woman has been ordered to
pay her former husband £5240 in compensation after he discovered she had
lied to him about her virginity. The man accused his
wife of deceiving him into believing she had never been married before -
and therefore a virgin - and of having surgery to fake her virginity,
during a bitter divorce battle which went to the court of appeal in Abu
Dhabi.
The court upheld a previous ruling that found she had
deceived her husband and increased the compensation she must now pay for
the emotional damage she caused him. The money is also meant to help him
overcome the stigma of what is considered in some parts of Arab society
to be an embarrassing ordeal for him and his family. The case
centred around the original marriage contract made by the couple where
the Egyptian bride, the court heard, allegedly faked a number of key
points about her background.
Nollywood producer, Kunle Afolayan
while commenting on the recent controversy involving movies with
elements of pornography in Nollywood, said that although such movies are
against Nigerian culture, he wouldn’t be surprised if people patronise
such films.
“Sex sells more than anything in the world” he said.
He advised that such films be banned if the National Film and Video Censors Board finds them unworthy for the society.
He
stated this during a Google Hangout with Channels Television, other
media outifts and fans alike from Nigeria and across the globe
yesterday.
The hangout was staged to usher in the official
premiere of his movies; Irapada, Figuring and Phone Swap online, which
will be available in three different languages.
Pretty Big and blessed Yoruba Actress
Funke Adesiyan is in a relationship with Rahmon Salawe and if things go
well, they will soon sign the dotted lines. Their relationship has been
on for about a year and going on strong without distractions.
Rahmon
popularly known as Sati Rahmon used to be married to a Jamaican named
Monica but both are rumoured to have happily parted ways.
Funke
Adesiyan is Actor Saheed Balogun’s ex while Rahmon was the apple of
Actor Bisi Ibidapo-Obe’s
Two weeks ago, many families mourned,
following the death of no fewer than 80 people, including 57 passengers
of a commercial luxury bus, which collided with a fuel tanker in
Ugbogui, on the Benin-Lagos expressway and burst into flames The
victims were burnt beyond recognition and were given mass burial last
week. However, today the family of Kenneth Chinedu Nwaokoro, a
24-year-old final year student of Information Technology of Caritas
University, Enugu, who survived the accident, is rejoicing.
This
lucky young man, from Imo State, was returning to Enugu to complete his
final year project, after visiting his brother in Lagos. He is currently
on admission at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu. Narrating what
happened and how he survived, Nwaokoro told Saturday Sun: “When we left
the park to embark on the journey, our bus was half filled; so the
driver picked passengers along the road until the bus was filled, except
Screen goddess, Joke Silva – who is
happpily married to ace actor, Olu Jacobs – in a recent interview with
Nollywood Insider had this to say about the high rate of divorce in
Nollywood.
“Long surviving marriage is not exceptional in
this industry. The thing is that, we are the ones that people know.
Sony Irabor and Betty; John Momoh and Shola; and Bayo Oduneye have been
married much longer. What of the late Justus and his wife? We have
marriages that have stood the test of time just like you will find in
other professions.
For me, since you love the person you get
married to, both of you should work at it together. See it as your main
responsibility once you get married.
Even before you get married,
you should ask yourself, am I capable of making this person my total
responsibility? That, am I willing to dedicate my time to making this
person happy? It is a two way thing; it is not only the woman that is
supposed to make the man happy, it is also for the man to make the woman
A new report on MSNBC website lists the profiles of Nollywood actresses that are mothers and are still steamy hot and sexy.
When
they aren’t in front of the camera, some of the most successful
actresses in Nollywood are mothers. We take a look at nine of
Nollywood’s hottest moms:
"I am so happy I'm now getting married, I can now proudly wear iro n
buba like a Nigerian woman...God bless that young man that picked me and
decided to pity me and marry me when I had given up all...I am saying
this because I want you all to hear it, God bless him for me for
covering up my shame"
D’banj told Seun Apara
of Thisday Magazine he’s actually searching for someone to settle down
with but he has not found his choice yet, his words below: “I have dated a lot of
women but I don’t really want to talk about them because most of them
have moved on and some are married. I don’t have any regret at all
because I am still young and I am still a bachelor though my mum wants
me to settle down. She is proud of me and I do let her understand that it’s not that I don’t want to marry, I just haven’t found the right woman. If she finds the right one for
National University
Commission, NUC, has released the list of the Top 50 Universities in
Nigeria for 2013 so far. The University of Ibadan tops the list, they
are followed by University of Lagos, Unilag and University of Benin,
Uniben in second and third place respectively.
2013 TOP 50 University In Nigeria. 1. University of Ibadan, UI 2. University of Lagos, Unilag
Ladies do have taste for
good things.So guys,if you want a real lady to call your own, please
Read this, if you really have all this qualities : What are Women Truly Looking For? While personal tastes
vary considerably, there are certain things about a man that are almost
guaranteed to turn a woman’s head, and ultimately her heart. The more of
these traits a man possesses, the better. 1. Confidence This is a big one, and
is present in body language, tone of voice, and in every way you
interact with her. A healthy dose of confidence says you have
First Movies International paid
actress Chika Ike a whooping N5million to shave her hair in a movie
where she will play the lead role. They are currently on location and Chika will shave her hair on Monday. She plays Olu Jacob's youngest wife. When he dies she has to shave her hair
Below is the cheque she got last week:
Governance in Nigeria has been reduced to setting up of
Committees, another committee and another, yet we hardly see tangible
results. We observed that many Nigerians, apart from those who are eating from the government, are already complaining about this trend.
Below
is how comedian Basketmouth related the Boston bombing incident that
happened in the United States of America and the way President Goodluck
Jonathan is ‘romancing’ Boko Haram:
“Those who tried to Terrorise Us failed bcos America has refused to be Terrorised” ……Barack Obama
4
days after the Boston Marathon Bombings, the FBI and state Police in
Boston have apprehended the 2 bombers; One dead and one seriously
injured.
Just 4 days? That’s unfair now!, they didn’t set up a
26-man Committee? American Government didn’t
The
documentary Fuelling Poverty, described as a national threat by the
Nigerian government, received industry acclaim when it got nominated for
the 2013 African Movie Academy Award, AMAA, in Malawi.
On March 15, barely 25 days to the ban as announced by the Nigeria Film and Video Censor Board,
NFVCB, fuelling poverty, a documentary made by Ishaya Bako, was
announced amidst pomp, one of the best made documentary for the year
2013.
AMAA,
a highly competitive and arguably the most important African film event
and awards, nominated Mr. Bako’s documentary, in accordance with its
core values of professionalism, excellence, integrity and passion.
These
values, the NFVCB apparently considered “highly provocative and likely
to incite or encourage public disorder and undermine national security”
as it banned the airing and distribution of the film.
The Akwa Ibom State
Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of Akwa Ibom State House
of Assembly member representing Ikono State Constituency, Mr. Victor
Udofia, over the alleged murder of one Mr. Nsikak Etefia. The incident took place on August 15, 2012 at Ibiaku Atta, Ikono Local Government Area of the state. The
state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Etim Dickson, told newsmen in
Uyo that Udofia was invited for questioning by the police. He said, “In reaction to
several calls from media practitioners across the state on the above
issue, I hereby confirm the invitation to state CID Homicide
The council spokesman confirmed the release. Kehinde Bamigbetan, the
Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Authority, who was
kidnapped on Monday night, has been released. The Head of Information Unit of the council, Rabiu Hassan, confirmed the release to PREMIUM TIMES. It is not clear if any
ransom was paid for Mr. Bamigbetan’s release as his abductors had
demanded a ransom of $1 million (N155 million ) for his
A woman has been arrested while trying to cash an undisclosed amount
of money paid into her bank account as ransom, which further led to the
arrest of three other men which police described as members of her gang.
.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Lucky Uyabeme
said in a statement in Asaba that, “on the 4th of this month, a male
resident of Care Time Street Umuaji quarters Asaba reported at ‘B’
Division Police station Asaba that on 3/4/13, an unknown person called
him with a GSM line and told him that he was paid to kidnap him.
The complainant added that following his plea with the caller, he was
asked to pay an undisclosed amount as ransom into an ECO Bank account
No. 0013414514 with the account name of one Sandra Agbonya,
…Demolish ‘commander-in-chief’, Kelvin’s residence
…Villagers under oath not to divulge information
POLICE in Delta State, weekend, raided Kokori, an Urhobo community in
Ethiope East Local Government Area, alleged to be the headquarters of
the flourishing kidnap industry in the state and demolished the country
home of the “commander-in-chief”, one Mr. Kelvin.
No fewer than 50-suspected partners in crime of Kelvin, an assumed
PhD holder, declared wanted by the police, since last year, were
arrested and undergoing interrogation at the time of this report.
The pulling down of the building, which had served as a hideaway for
kidnappers for many years is a major burst through in the war against
kidnappers in the state.
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan ordered the flattening of the residence
after efforts to obtain information from
Don't judge a woman until you've walked a mile in her Christian Louboutins. Four years ago, when her sister Kourtney got pregnant and decided not to marry longtime love Scott Disick, Kim Kardashian took a stand against having a baby out of wedlock. But now that she's happily expecting her own child with boyfriend Kanye West, the 32-year-old first-time mom-to-be is realizing that there's more than one way to be a family.
"I've said some things that I completely am, like, a hypocrite about now," the six-months-pregnant star says in a clip from the upcoming special Ryan Seacrest With the Kardashians: An E! News Presentation. "I would say things about Kourtney like, 'You cannot have a baby without being married!'"
Indeed, Kim -- who will welcome her bundle of joy in July -- said earlier this year that she judged her older
With her divorce drama now behind her, Kim Kardashian deserved a little retail therapy. Shortly after she reached a settlement with her ex Kris Humphries
in L.A. Apr. 19, the pregnant reality star browsed the racks at the
Giorgio Armani store in Beverly Hills. She also visited a dermatology
center.
Wearing a black dress with matching heels, the 32-year-old showed no
signs of sadness. It's not surprising, however, given that Kardashian
filed for divorce on Oct. 31, 2011 and spent the following 536 days
battling the 28-year-old NBA player in court. Humphries celebrated the
end of their marriage with a concise tweet: "Couldn't be happier."
Unlike his ex, Humphries did not appear in court Apr. 19; his
attorney attended on his behalf. "As a result of this agreement, we will
not have a trial in this case," Judge Hank M. Goldberg said. "I want to congratulate
Several years ago, when I was searching for a child, I had an affair with my husband’s driver. He didn’t want to have
anything to do with me but I blackmailed him into doing it by
threatening him that I would lie against him that he came into my
bedroom unannounced and uninvited to force himself on me. It took me almost six
months to get him to finally agree to my proposal; as a matter of fact, I
forced him the day my husband travelled out of town. He actually cried
after he slept with me. Having done it once, it was easy for me to force
him subsequently. That affair led to a pregnancy I passed on to my
husband. I was happy because through him I became a mother. For that, I
will
Enquirer website carried the breaking news that Nengi Warikoko is Actress Genevieves Daughter and they even renamed her 'Chimebuka'. The BB circulation says that Genevieves long lost daughter had been revealed. Well I asked if the
person in the picture was indeed Genevieve's child,knowing this rumour
was coming in a second time and we all know the adage of 'no smoke
without fire'
Recently married Annie Macaulay Idibia says being music star, Tuface Idibia’s wife has been no challenge. Annie, who spoke with an
online news portal, Ibaka tv, on location of a movie, Girls in the
mood, Annie Macaulay Idibia, says if at all there is any challenge, it
will be that 24-hours is no more enough for her to take care of her two
babies. Beaming with smiles, she says, “It has been nice,
everything I thought and much more. There are no challenges; the only
thing is shuffling my work, my home and my kid. I have so much to attend
to; I almost feel like 24 hours is not enough. Now I have
“I am so happy I’m now
getting married, I can now proudly wear iro n buba like a Nigerian
woman…God bless that young man that picked me and decided to pity me and
marry me when I had given up all…I am saying this because I want you
all to hear it, God bless him for me for covering up my shame” This is what happens when you live in a society where a woman is only
Over 5,000 as well as
their wives and children members of the militant Islamic sect, Boko
Haram, may benefit from the proposed Federal Government amnesty for
members of the group. Saturday PUNCH learnt
that members of the Federal Government’s amnesty committee would, among
other things, recommend a phased release of members of the sect
currently in detention. It was gathered that children and wives of the sect members would be released first before other detainees. This, it was gathered, would assist the committee and the Federal
The oldest man ever
recorded, Jiroemon Kimura, celebrated his 116th birthday Friday with a
message from Japan’s prime minister as health chiefs launched a study
into why his home city boasts so many centenarians. Kimura, who greeted
guests including the mayor of Kyotango city and officials from the
Guinness World Records had a very busy day. “You give us pride and
confidence in the people of Japan,” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in a
pre-recorded video greeting that marked the milestone. Mayor Yasushi Nakayama
also congratulated Kimura on reaching the ripe old age of 116, making
him the current world’s oldest person and the longest
A large sinkhole opened
up in the middle of the street and swallowed three cars on Chicago’s
South Side. According to police, a driver was taken to Northwestern
Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The cars, however,
weren’t so lucky. Two cars were inside the
hole when fire crews arrived. A third car, which was parked, slid into
the hole after first responders got to the scene. Authorities say the
sinkhole was caused by a water main break.
April Brown is a woman
who is not ashamed to say that she once suffered from self-esteem
issues. The negative feelings about her body image led to her decision
to pay for butt injections at a “pumping party” 8 years ago. The person that
administered the injections was an unlicensed bootleg hustler. April
says that she was well aware of the fact that the person that injected
her had no medical background and decided to go through with the
procedure anyways.
Nollywood's baddest boy Jim Iyke premiered his much talked about reality
show ‘Unscripted‘ at Four Points Sheraton, Victoria Island Lagos,
Thursday April 18th.
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings was discovered
hiding in a boat in the Boston suburb of Watertown on Friday, where he
was captured and taken into custody, according to Boston police.
Authorities
said they had custody of the suspect, earlier identified as Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev, 19, one of two brothers believed to have carried out Monday's
attack, which killed three people and injured 176.
Here's apicture of him in a 911 ambulance after being captured below:
Politics as usual in Paraguay? A
tobacco magnate and Paraguay’s leading presidential candidate is
currently embroiled in a ferocious controversy over comments he made
comparing gay people to "monkeys" and threatening to remove his private
parts if his son married another man.
During a recent radio
interview, Horacio Cartes, the 57-year old leading candidate for
Paraguay’s right-wing Colorado Party, compared the support of same-sex
marriage to believing in "the end of the world" and threatened to become
a eunuch if his 28-year old son wanted to marry another man.
"I would shoot myself in the testicles, because I do not agree."
Cartes
used slightly more profane language to describe the act. The comments
come as Cartes has also been hit with charges of money laundering and
smuggling contraband Paraguayan-made cigarettes into neighboring Brazil.
While he still maintains a lead in the polls, recent data shows Cartes’ numbers slipping in the run-up to
That's curious...because in his January interview with Toolz on Ndani
TV, D'banj said he was happily dating a very special lady who has been
with him for a while. Fast forward to his interview today with Seun
Apara of Thisday, D'banj says he's still single because he hasn't found
the right woman.
D'banj tells Seun:
"I have dated a lot of women but I don't really want to talk about them
because most of them have moved on and some are married. I don't have
any regret at all because I am still young and I am still a bachelor
though my mum wants me to settle down. She is proud of me and I do
Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are officially divorced, according to
TMZ. A judge in LA dissolved their marriage in today's court
hearing...and Kris got nothing from Kim. He had asked for $7 million as
divorce settlement and had also asked for an annulment of the marriage
based on fraud, but recently dropped his demands. Kim will have her baby
now as a single woman. Good for them.
The Police Service Commission has dismissed Olusegun Fabunmi, a Chief
Superintendent of Police who shot and killed one Ademola Aderinto in
Ogba, Lagos during the January 2012 fuel subsidy protest. During
the commission’s plenary meeting held on April 3 in Abuja, Mr. Fabunmi
was dismissed for act unbecoming of a senior police officer. Mr. Fabunmi was the former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pen Cinema, Agege police division. He is also being prosecuted for murder at a Lagos High Court by the Lagos State office of the Public Defender. Also
dismissed from the Police is Fausat Oduwole, an Assistant Commissioner
of Police, who extorted N21.6 million from police sergeants by
conducting a sham promotional examination for them.