In what appears to be a manipulated video of ailing Taraba state governor, Danbaba Suntai, purportedly making a broadcast to the people ...
Thursday, 29 August 2013
Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Ailing Taraba Governor Dissolves Cabinet
Nedu Echianu
August 28, 2013
Reports coming in from Jalingo the capital of Taraba state say Governor Danbaba Suntai has dissolved his Executive council and all Ad...
Arik Air Stowaway Teenager to Receive Scholarship.
Nedu Echianu
August 28, 2013
De Raufs, a volunteer group extolling the virtues of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor, state of Osun, has volunteered to sponsor 15ye...
Chibuzor Okonkwo set to leave Enugu Rangers
Nedu Echianu
August 28, 2013
Enugu Rangers and Home based Super Eagles Defender, Chibuzor Okonkwo is about to make a switch to a foreign club, guess where!...
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
5 Top Reasons For Marriage Failure
Nedu Echianu
August 27, 2013
No marriage is perfect. Even the ones that have lasted for decades have ups-and-downs. While some work towards enduring it, many fall to...
Liberia Students all fail University Admission Exam
Nedu Echianu
August 27, 2013
Liberia's education minister says she finds it hard to believe that not a single candidate passed this year's university admissio...
Monday, 26 August 2013
President Jonathan sacks Minister of Youth Development, Inuwa Abdul-Kadir
Nedu Echianu
August 26, 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Minister of Youth Development, Inuwa Abdul-kadir of his appointment from the Federal Exec...
Two Kenyan Men To Share One Wife
Nedu Echianu
August 26, 2013
Two Kenyan men have signed an agreement to "marry" the same woman, reports say. The woman had been having affairs with both men...
The teenage stowaway, Daniel Ihekina, who was arrested at the Lagos Airport after flying in the tyre hole of an Arik plane from Benin to ...
Sunday, 25 August 2013
Incredible: Boy Found in Arik Aircraft’s Wheel
Nedu Echianu
August 25, 2013
There was confusion Saturday at the Benin Airport and in what seems to be a serious security breach on a local flight, as a teenage boy s...
Am Close to Death from Drugs and Alcohol - Mike Tyson
Nedu Echianu
August 25, 2013
Former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson claims he is "on the verge of dying" from ongoing drug and alcohol pro...
The office of the President through the Senior Special Assistant on Media, Reuben Abati approved the above picture of President Goodluck ...
Saturday, 24 August 2013
Influential Nigerian Lawyer Mike Ozekhome Kidnapped
Nedu Echianu
August 24, 2013
Kidnappers in Edo State struck in the afternoon yesterday in the southern parts of Edo state, seizing renowned human rights lawyer, Mi...
Friday, 23 August 2013
Using Historical Facts, Igbo Scholar Counters Femi Fani Kayode's Remarks on Igbos
Nedu Echianu
August 23, 2013
Femi Fani Kayode An Igbo scholar, Dr. Samuel Okafor, has made one-time Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, look so small and uneducat...
Thursday, 22 August 2013
Policewoman Caught on Tape Demanding Bribe, Arrested
Nedu Echianu
August 22, 2013
The Lagos state Police Command have announced the arrest of the police woman filmed demanding N100 bribe from a commercial bus driver...
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Nigeria is the perfect place to go for those who want to embrace ecotourism, which entails the respect for the environment and the well-b...
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Male Prostitution Increases in Kenya
Nedu Echianu
August 21, 2013
The Police in Kenya said Tuesday that they were battling to contain a new trend of commercial sex tourism that targets young boys in th...
Tuesday, 20 August 2013
The police woman in the amateur video taken by a passenger refused to come down from the bus until she collected a N100! (less than a dol...
Monday, 19 August 2013
JTF Claims Boko Haram Leader May Have Been Killed
Nedu Echianu
August 19, 2013
The Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order, in Maiduguri, Borno State said intelligence report available to it “revealed that Abubakur...
Sunday, 18 August 2013
Producer of Boko Haram Movie Arrested
Nedu Echianu
August 18, 2013
John Dada Adedayo, the producer of a new film called ‘ Boko Haram,’ has been arraigned before court after he refused to wait for the Gha...
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
President Jonathan and Amaechi in Fence Mending Meeting
Nedu Echianu
August 13, 2013
Six governors led by Nigeria Governors Forum chairman Rotimi Amaechi held a meeting with President Jonathan at the State House in Abuja...
44 Persons Killed in Fresh Boko Haram Attack
Nedu Echianu
August 13, 2013
Suspected Islamic militants wearing army fatigues gunned down 44 people praying at a mosque in northeast Nigeria, while another 12 civi...
Monday, 12 August 2013
In a season of anomaly where rogue intellectuals and emergency ethnic warriors in their conceited jingoism are celebrated in Nigeria, si...
Friday, 9 August 2013
VIDEO:Texas Police Pull Over 3 Women And Search Their Private Parts For Marijuana
Nedu Echianu
August 09, 2013
A pair of videos posted online show police probing the private parts and anal regions of three women they claim to suspect of possessi...
Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions tha...
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Bribe-Seeking Police Officer Dismissed
Nedu Echianu
August 08, 2013
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed a police sergeant, Chris Omeleze, who was caught on video camera extorting N25,000 from a ...
Happy Eid ul-Fitr
Nedu Echianu
August 08, 2013
Happy celebration to all Muslim faithful.
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
The Policeman involved in the unprofessional and shameful act as seen in a video clip currently in circulation on the social media has b...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Kanu Nwankwo Celebrates Birthday with Beneficiaries of Heart Foundation
Nedu Echianu
August 06, 2013
August 1 2013, Former Super Eagles striker, Kanu Nwankwo celebrated his birthday with beneficiaries of his "Kanu Heart Foundation&q...
Governor Okorocha Defends membership of APC
Nedu Echianu
August 06, 2013
Imo State governor (South East Nigeria) Rochas Okorocha has defended his membership of the All Progressive Congress [APC] in far away Atla...
Monday, 5 August 2013
Fresh attacks by gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram left at least 35 persons dead and several others injured in Borno State...
Governor Fashola`s Father dies at 79
Nedu Echianu
August 05, 2013
Mr Ademola Fashola, father of Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, is dead. The governor`s father died in the early hours of Monday ...
World's First Lab-grown Burger is eaten in London
Nedu Echianu
August 05, 2013
The world's first lab-grown burger was cooked and eaten at a news conference in London on Monday. Scientists took cells from a cow ...
Friday, 2 August 2013
Last week, the picture below went viral along with news that another student was found dead in a hotel in Lagos.
Must-see African Movies of the 21st Century
Nedu Echianu
August 02, 2013
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is the CEO and founder of the Africa Movie Academy Awards. Here, she picks the best African movies of the 21st centu...
Thursday, 1 August 2013
Deportation of Destitutes: Angry Anambra Governor Threatens to Retaliate
Nedu Echianu
August 01, 2013
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State has threatened to carry out a reprisal following the deportation of beggars and destitute people by...
WWE Star Randy Orton Attacked by Fan in South Africa
Nedu Echianu
August 01, 2013
At a WWE stop in Cape Town, South Africa Tuesday, a fan put himself in the middle of the action when he hopped into the ring and pun...