President Goodluck Jonathan has effected a minor cabinet reshuffle by swapping the Minister of State for Power, Gauis Dickson, with t...
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Ripple effect of Hurricane Sandy may hit Lagos
Nedu Echianu
October 31, 2012
The Lagos State Government has told people living in coastal areas to be watchful as a strong surge from hurricane Sandy ravaging the E...
Gunmen kill village head, 17 others in Zamfara
Nedu Echianu
October 31, 2012
Gunmen numbering about 20 on Tuesday attacked the Kaboro community in the Dansadau Emirate of Zamfara, killing 18 people, including th...
Fake Photos of Hurricane Sandy Flood Social Media
Nedu Echianu
October 31, 2012
No matter what part of the country you're in, it's nearly impossible not to be aware of the devastation and destruction that sup...
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Deputy President of the Senate, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, has lamented the low quality of leaders in the country. He frowned on the edu...
Hajj: Nigerian pilgrims death toll reaches 21
Nedu Echianu
October 30, 2012
The death toll of Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia has risen to 21 from 14, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN quotes t...
Monday, 29 October 2012
Teenager killed by Police in Abuja, laid to rest as family cry out for justice
Nedu Echianu
October 29, 2012
Family of Lucy Ukpong, the 18-year-old sales girl killed by some policemen in Apo, Abuja on October 12, have said nothing short of justi...
Sunday, 28 October 2012
BREAKING NEWS: Suicide bomber hits Catholic Church in Kaduna
Nedu Echianu
October 28, 2012
A suicide bomber has hit St. Rita's Catholic Church in Ungwar Yero area of Kaduna metropolis, online news medium Sahara reporte...
Aftermath of plane crash: Taraba state Governor flown abroad for treatment
Nedu Echianu
October 28, 2012
Governor Danbaba Suntai of Taraba state was flown to Germany in an air ambulance for medical attention at about 3.05 p.m on Saturday, t...
Friday, 26 October 2012
Former Italian Prime Minister, Berlusconi sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax fraud
Nedu Echianu
October 26, 2012
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud. Mr Berlusconi and others w...
UK Man convicted of shipping illegal arms to Nigeria
Nedu Echianu
October 26, 2012
An arms dealer has been convicted of helping to organise a shipment of weapons from China to Nigeria without a licence. Gary Hyde, 43...
First Lady of Nigeria , Patience Jonathan yesterday marked her 55th birthday at the State House, Abuja, in company of her children ,...
Aviation Ministry debunk reports on the death of Taraba state Governor
Nedu Echianu
October 26, 2012
As many online news organisations yesterday broke the news o f the death of Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai who along with some ...
Thursday, 25 October 2012
"Beans Could Help Control Blood Pressure, Reduce Heart Risks in Diabetic Patients"- Study
Nedu Echianu
October 25, 2012
Beans really may be a magical fruit -- a new study in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine shows that for Type 2 diabetes patients,...
VIDEO: "Ojukwu was a selfish leader"- Femi Fani Kayode
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October 25, 2012
The controversies surrounding the release of a memoir by globally acclaimed writer, Chinua Achebe has continued to reverberate....
"You are a bastard" Popular blogger blasts Jim Iyke
Nedu Echianu
October 25, 2012
From the memo you are about to read, it seems Popular blogger, Stella Dimoko-Korkus, has a score ...
Popular Nollywood Actress reported to be down with HIV
Nedu Echianu
October 25, 2012
Contrary to reports in some quarters that N ollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu is down with kidney problems, a popular entertainment magaz...
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
The Bauchi state Police Command has arraigned a civil servant in the state, Abbas Ahmed before a Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedl...
Arik bomb suspect is mentally unstable
Nedu Echianu
October 24, 2012
Passengers on an Abuja-bound Arik Air flight yesterday arrested a man that was suspected to be planning to bomb the plane. But the spo...
School Teacher Flogs 12 year old Pupil to Death
Nedu Echianu
October 24, 2012
Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, a 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, has died after she was allegedly flogged by ...
The management of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KEDC, a subsidiary of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, has ac...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Federal Lawmaker's mother kidnapped
Nedu Echianu
October 23, 2012
The mother of a member of Nigeria's House of Representatives, representing Ijebu North, Ijebu East and Ogun waterside Federal Const...
Okada riders protest in Lagos, damage government vehicles
Nedu Echianu
October 23, 2012
Hundreds of commercial cyclists, commonly called Okada, protesting government restrictions on their operation, went on the rampage on ...
FAAN insists DANA is Nigeria’s best airline despite accident killing 163
Nedu Echianu
October 23, 2012
Dana Air plane crashed into a residential area at Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, killing all 153 passengers and crew and 10 people on ground Th...
Why Nigerian Graduates Remain Unemployed – Oby Ezekwesili
Nedu Echianu
October 23, 2012
Dr Oby Ezekwesili says the reason why most graduates in the country remain unemployed is ‘because majority of them study courses that ar...
Monday, 22 October 2012
Senator Zanna Is A Boko Haram Kingpin, Says Former Borno Governor Modu Sheriff
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
Ahmed Zanna, the Senator for Borno Central in whose Maiduguri home an alleged Boko Haram top commander was arrested late two days ago...
Drugstore Owner Arrested After Defiling 2 year old girl and Giving Her N25 To Buy Sweets
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
A popular businessman in Ogoja, northern Cross River State, southsouth Nigeria, has been arrested for allegedly raping a two-year old g...
242 Nigerians return from Gabon, complain of harsh economic conditions
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
About 242 Nigerians, many from Bayelsa State, returned to the country from the Republic of Gabon after several years of harsh economic ...
SSS invites Senator linked to Boko Haram
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
The State Security Service (SSS) on Sunday invited Senator Ahmed Khalifa Zanna from Borno State in connection with the arrest of a su...
Governor Okorocha denies punching Governor Obi's aide
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
The internet has been awash with a report in the SUNDAY PUNCH alleging that Governor Rochas Okorocha got into an altercation with Go...
The story of the murder of four students of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) on October 5 at Omuokiri-Aluu community continue...
EFCC arrests FAAN Security Guard With N218m At Airport
Nedu Echianu
October 22, 2012
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has apprehended an official of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, Mr. Akinyele Adetu...
Tonto Dikeh, the devil-may-care actress who recently trended after she dropped two new singles has released a video of herself in the st...
Sunday, 21 October 2012
Ten things you may not know about Tonto Dikeh
Nedu Echianu
October 21, 2012
Nollywood actress turned singer, Tonto Dikeh, has been in the news in the last few days as a result of two singles, Itz Ova and Hi whi...
Bollywood veteran film-maker Yash Chopra dies
Nedu Echianu
October 21, 2012
One of India's most influential film-makers, Yash Chopra, has died from dengue fever in Mumbai, aged 80. Over five decades, Chopra, ...
Mimiko emerges winner in Ondo governorship election
Nedu Echianu
October 21, 2012
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party (LP), was Sunday declared winner of the Ondo state governorship election held on Saturd...
Saturday, 20 October 2012
Fresh killings at UNIPORT’s host community
Nedu Echianu
October 20, 2012
Barely two weeks after four undergraduates of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) were murdered at Omuokiri-Aluu, three persons in...
Nigerian embassy in Berlin attacked
Nedu Echianu
October 20, 2012
The Nigerian Embassy in Berlin was attacked with paint bombs on Wednesday night by unknown persons, the police have said. According...
Top Boko Haram member arrested in Senator’s house
Nedu Echianu
October 20, 2012
A high-profile member of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested in the home of a senator in Maiduguri, Borno state, Nort East Nigeria, ac...
Friday, 19 October 2012
Wyclef Jean shows off in bizarre Twitter photo
Nedu Echianu
October 19, 2012
Wyclef Jean has posed for plenty of respectable photographs while visiting the children of earthquake-devastated Haiti with former Pr...
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Another senseless mob video: Girl stripped naked and molested after being caught stealing
Nedu Echianu
October 18, 2012
A young Nigerian lady has fallen victim of another mob action barely two weeks after the gruesome murder of four students of the Univers...
VIDEO: Ngozi Okonjo Iweala in party mood
Nedu Echianu
October 18, 2012
Didn't know that our own Minister of Finance and coordinating minister of the economy, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala is capable of shaking he...
Aluu Killings: Suspects implicate police in murder of 4 UNIPORT students
Nedu Echianu
October 18, 2012
Thirteen suspects involved in the brutal killings of four University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, students were on Wednesday charged on...
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
VIDEO: Ife Wa Gbona, Tiwa Savage Ft. Leo Wonder
Nedu Echianu
October 17, 2012
Mavin Records First lady, Tiwa Savage drops this very beautiful video.
New Music "Deep Down" by Dat Ibo boy, Ill Bliss
Nedu Echianu
October 17, 2012
Just listened to this track "Deep Down" by Dat Ibo Boy, Ill Bliss off his upcoming Mixtape, “Position of Power." The tr...
First Lady, Patience Jonathan is Back
Nedu Echianu
October 17, 2012
First lady hugs first man First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan finally arrived Nigeria today from Germany where she had gone for medical ...
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
The Nigerian police say they have arrested the man responsible for the false alarm which led to the abduction of the four students kil...
Nigerian Pastor in Ukraine cries out for help
Nedu Echianu
October 16, 2012
A group known as Stand with Sunday, Nigeria has alerted the Federal government and the International community on what it called the ra...
Former Super Eagles goalkeeper, Peter Rufai in Hospital after slumping
Nedu Echianu
October 16, 2012
Former Nigerian international, Peter Rufai, on Tuesday night was reported to have slumped in his office in Lagos. Th is sad ...
Kidnapped Delta State Commissioner, Hope Eghagha, released
Nedu Echianu
October 16, 2012
The Delta State Commissioner for Higher Education, Hope Eghagha, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on September 30, has been release...
Monday, 15 October 2012
"Mob denied Police access to Aluu 4" - IG
Nedu Echianu
October 15, 2012
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has confirmed that police officers were present when four students of the Univer...
A peep inside Lagos strip clubs
Nedu Echianu
October 15, 2012
PICTURES IN THIS REPORT CONTAIN SOME BITS OF NUDITY, THEREFORE VIEWER DISCRETION IS ABSOLUTELY ADVISED... A strip or nude club is an ...
TODAY'S PHOTO
Nedu Echianu
October 15, 2012
How much is too much…lol