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- Wife & 14yr old son of Sheikh Zakzaky allegedly killed by Nigerian soldiers
- Check out these striking photos of a Lady who looks exactly like Kim K
- Photos: Agbani Darego shows off her sexy bikini body
- Alyhills Records & SMD presents Tolu ft. Tiwa Savage - Silent Night
- Oh my! See inside the 100,000 seat stadium-like auditorium Bishop Oyedepo is planning to build
- US singer Donnell Jones in Lagos (photos)
- Donald Trump & Saudi billionaire Prince feuds on twitter, calls Trump 'a disgrace to the US'
- Great Ife And The Failure Of The Gown By Reuben Abati
- Unbreakable premieres video for single, 'Gbosa + new promo photos
- Photo: Hilary Clinton shops for her granddaughter
- Graphic: 2 die in Fatal accident along Oshodi-Apapa expressway
- Cute photo of prince George learning to ride...a horse
- Baby photo of Flavour N'abania
- How Canoe Consolidates Leadership Status As Coloured Fabrics Washing Detergent
- Photos from Atiku Abubakar visit to an Orphanage in Yola
- Craig David is still fine...after all *sigh of relief* (Photos)
- Tweet from Sahara Reporters
- Kunle Afolayan talks about the Adron2020 promo in new commercial
- Burundi massacre: 87 civilians killed during clash with military
- Photos from Adanna Ohakim Steineker's baby shower
- US woman with half a body and actress Rose Siggins dies at 43
- Tonto Dikeh's husband Churchill, Segun Arinze, others Honoured at Nigerian Goodwill Ambassador Awards.
- Kim K auctions off her maternity clothes on e-bay (photos)
- Photos: Genevieve Nnaji, Idris Elba at Beast of No Nation premiere
- Photos from the car robbery at Ilasa Maja, Lagos
| Wife & 14yr old son of Sheikh Zakzaky allegedly killed by Nigerian soldiers Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:07 PM PST   |
| Check out these striking photos of a Lady who looks exactly like Kim K Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:01 PM PST |
| Photos: Agbani Darego shows off her sexy bikini body Posted: 13 Dec 2015 03:56 AM PST |
| Alyhills Records & SMD presents Tolu ft. Tiwa Savage - Silent Night Posted: 13 Dec 2015 03:59 AM PST  MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM Alyhills Records and SMD. Enjoy below! FOLLOW ON TWITTER: @iamthatolu | @tiwasavage |
| Oh my! See inside the 100,000 seat stadium-like auditorium Bishop Oyedepo is planning to build Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:54 AM PST                    Watch the video below.. |
| US singer Donnell Jones in Lagos (photos) Posted: 13 Dec 2015 03:06 AM PST  |
| Donald Trump & Saudi billionaire Prince feuds on twitter, calls Trump 'a disgrace to the US' Posted: 13 Dec 2015 03:09 AM PST   "You are a disgrace not only to the GOP but to all America. Withdraw from the U.S presidential race as you will never win" he tweeted. Donald Trump responded with an insult of course. |
| Great Ife And The Failure Of The Gown By Reuben Abati Posted: 13 Dec 2015 02:59 AM PST  I have been reading some depressing stories about the state of the Obafemi Awolowo University, formerly University of Ife, which provide an equally depressing metaphor for the state of higher education in Nigeria. Great Ife as that university is known to its staff, students and alumni, is probably Nigeria's first model university in every respect. Its major competitors were the University of Ibadan, the University of Lagos, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.But Ife was far ahead in terms of the beauty of its environment and the facilities made available to staff and students. Built with Cocoa money (not petro-dollar!) by the Western Region Government, that university was a perfect illustration of the idea of the university and it managed to produce generations of scholars and students, known for nothing but distinction. I studied at the University of Calabar (Malabites!), and at the time, I took time out to visit all the universities I mentioned earlier. In those days, the top universities in Nigeria were tourism destinations. Ibadan and ABU had the best bookshops anyone could think of, and the bookshop in UNILAG was also professionally run. UNN students insisted that they attended the University of Nigeria! But Ife had the most beautiful campus. It was the only university that had a special publication titled "Ife University in Pictures." I remember receiving copies of that publication as a gift at different times from my friends: Kola Ogunleye, Akeem Adewuyi, and Kayode Ajala who served in the university as a youth corps member. Whenever UNIFE students spoke about their university, you would think it was a little piece of heaven that had been converted to a university. They spoke about beauty, excellence, intellect and great scholarship. Every lecturer on the campus was painted like an Oracle at Delphi. So much mythology mixed with tales of absolute excitement attracted other students to the university. Curiousity once took the better part of me also, and I went on a visit to see the marvellous depiction of a campus in physical reality. I was not disappointed. Great Ife was great. I did not go to the classrooms, but my friends took me round. The University had just opened a Bukateria at the time, where everything was available. Driving into the campus itself was a delight; well-manicured flowers at both ends, long, comforting, welcoming drive. We moved from one hall of residence to the other, where the students felt as if they were God's special creations, lucky to be receiving education in one of the brightest spots on planet earth. I didn't like the arrogance of the typical Ife student or graduate, even the girls had a special bounce to their gait, even if less pretty than our girls in Calabar, and I always quipped that flowers and beauty do not make a university, rather it is the intellectual content, but even in this regard, Ife was well-regarded. It boasted of some of the brightest guys in academia: that was in those days when Nigerian universities were centres of excellence, knowledge, discipline and distinction. Let's add culture, for truly culture matters, and in educational matters, culture is perhaps everything, and there were scholars in Ife who had grown to become cultural icons in their respective fields. The visits to Ife as expected always ended up at the newly launched Bukateria. Good food. Great ambience. And from the Bukateria Complex, there was a place we always visited for palm wine. I think they called it Old Bukka, close to the theatre. The halls of residence – Awolowo, Fajuyi, Moremi, Angola, Mozambique were exciting too; the students behaved as if each hall was a country unto itself, with each student having a permanent badge of identity. The students had quadrangles in every Faculty, and a Sports Complex, where my friend Akeem ended up with a black belt in Karate in addition to a degree in Architecture. Indeed, the University of Ife that I describe could compete at the time with any top university in the world. I have been to quite a few as a regular or executive student, there is no doubt that the university environment, where the gown is a special symbol, is meant to be a combination of everything that is excellent, to impart knowledge in a friendly environment where the student is groomed to become great citizens in society and for knowledge to be produced for the advancement of mankind. That is the ideal! This is why it is particularly tragic that the same Great Ife is now a shadow of its former self. These days, more than 30 years after that glorious era that I describe, students of Obafemi Awolowo University, are now reported to be protesting over dilapidated halls of residence and terrible facilities. That bad? There was even a picture in the newspapers of OAU students fetching water from a stream! And I read one columnist calling on the university's alumni to hurry up and rescue their alma mater. Please, is it that bad? But the story of this tragedy is the larger story of the Nigerian education system. My generation (waoh, man don dey old oh) went to school in this same country, and from kindergarten to doctorate, we can only recall in comparison with emergent realities, good memories. Once upon a time, our secondary schools were like higher institutions, but today our universities, with a few exceptions, are no better than secondary schools, and the secondary schools are no better than poultries. In those days, there were school principals who were more famous than state governors, commissioners, and traditional rulers, because they were known for their ability to manage schools and produce excellent students. There were government schools, there were mission schools, there were private schools, but there were standards, competition and quality. A whole generation of students has now passed through the Nigerian education system without any memory of those good old days. What they know is the story of distracted teachers who sell handouts or beg for money from parents. What they know is the tragedy of a school system where teachers are perpetually protesting about lack of pay, lack of facilities and the inadequacy of everything. What they know are lecherous male teachers asking for sex in exchange for marks. What they know are ugly campuses, with no toilet facilities, no water, no light. When they hear about the gown, what they imagine is a gown in tatters, now terribly disconnected from the town. In our time, companies and government departments came to campuses or the NYSC camp to recruit staff, the school-to-work transition was so smooth and certain that even nurses and midwives upon graduation were sure of a decent future. As an undergraduate, our room was cleaned, our beds were laid, and the cafeteria fed us well at cheap rates; we had water, we had uninterrupted electricity supply, our teachers were smart and committed, life was good. There were students in Nigerian universities from all parts of the world; the ones from Southern Africa were even sponsored by the Nigerian government and they were happy to be here, so happy some of them focused on our girls and caused problems each time they got drunk. But today, who will send a student to Nigeria? Everything changed the moment government went mad, and till date that madness has not been cured. That madness started in 1984 with the removal of education subsidy. My point is: the present administration must see the need to properly define the role of government in the education sector, and further work out the details about sustainable development. The rot of past decades is so deep, the crisis so bad, as has been described, and the marks are still evident, only sustained intervention can make the difference. And if I may say so, this is one sector where government subsidy will be a good idea. It is of course clear that President Buhari in his second coming wants to be remembered as the man who fixed Nigeria. He tried it in his first coming but he didn't have a definite mandate. Now, he has the people's mandate, plus extra-ordinary goodwill, and he is still determined to achieve his original objective. He wants to catch thieves. Fine. The only irony is that even General Sani Abacha did exactly the same thing, but other governments came and rewrote the narrative. Thief-catching is certainly okay! Perfect. It will excite the mob, extract vengeance, and may be promote justice, but President Buhari must begin to look to the future and build his own concrete legacy. His record in Nigeria in the long run, will be his legacy, but it must be that kind of legacy that cannot be re-written by revisionists. So, what then, is his legacy project? I believe he can capture the society at the younger level: by investing in the historians of tomorrow and making their today better; by re-creating the future of Nigeria, by atoning for the past, by using public funds to secure the future of Nigerian children. Those young boys and girls in Nigerian public schools who are being poorly served, sitting in badly shaped classrooms, being taught by unpaid teachers; those undergraduates in higher institutions who graduate and have to be re-schooled by their employers before they can be found manageable; those graduates who learn research and science by simulation and who cannot compete in the international arena of skills; those unhappy teachers in our schools who are busy looking for other jobs on the side; all the children in special schools who have been forgotten by government, all the Nigerian children who are out of school, all those boys and kids who graduate from university but know nothing - they all need President Buhari. And time is not on his side. And he cannot do it alone. Many state Governors have shown that they take their cue from him: most of them refused to appoint Commissioners, until he appointed Ministers. They should be part of this legacy project. The President should launch an aggressive restoration programme in the education sector that takes off from where the Jonathan administration signed off. The rot is so age-long, so deep, that no Nigerian President in many years to come can ever have enough time to fix all the problems with Nigeria. But every President that comes along can either leave a scratch, a mark, or a legacy. It is up to President Buhari to make his choice. Salaam. |
| Unbreakable premieres video for single, 'Gbosa + new promo photos Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:56 AM PST      He is currently on a tour of Europe with Terry G. The new single, Gbosa is an indigenous rap song with a blend of Afro and eastern vibes. The song is produced by Don Adah, for Rap Maf-Ya Records. Stream the video and while you download the audio via the provided link after the video cut below. @Unbreakabledee  AUDIO DOWNLOAD LINK: http://my.notjustok.com/ Watch video below... |
| Photo: Hilary Clinton shops for her granddaughter Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:49 AM PST  The first time grandmother and 2016 Presidential candidate shared the photo on twitter writing: "Sometimes a grandmother needs to make a pit stop to shop for her granddaughter" |
| Graphic: 2 die in Fatal accident along Oshodi-Apapa expressway Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:44 AM PST  Two people died on the spot in a fatal accident at the Iyana-Itire junction along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway Lagos this morning. According to eyewitnesses, the two cars involved in the accident were about to go help another accident victim when a trailer ran into them killing two people. One person actually came out alive. The photos are very graphic. *viewer discretion advised*         |
| Cute photo of prince George learning to ride...a horse Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:43 AM PST  |
| Baby photo of Flavour N'abania Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:42 AM PST  |
| How Canoe Consolidates Leadership Status As Coloured Fabrics Washing Detergent Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:41 AM PST   The campaign which has no doubt helped to consolidate the brand's leadership position in the market took place in various market locations across the country. It was a direct stakeholders' engagement strategy that brings the brand in contact with the consumers, traders and other partners. The initiative attracted huge stakeholders' endorsement for the brand, most especially for creating a niche for itself as the leading name in colour care for fabrics. Some specific market locations visited by the brand include; Ojuwoye Market, Mushin; Okearin Market, Lagos; Oja Oba Market, Akure; Suleja Market, Niger State; Gbagi Market, Ibadan among others. At the Ojuwoye Market, Mushin, the market women led by the Iyaloja General, Odi Olowo/Ojuwoye Lagos, Alhaja (Chief) Mrs. Mufuliat Abimbola Adebunmi commended Canoe detergent, for meeting the expectation of consumers by preserving the quality of coloured fabrics while washing cleaner and better. She also used the platform to encourage the brand owners to constantly ensure that they strive towards satisfying their consumers. Her words: "We appreciate your efforts. We salute your innovation especially your newly relaunched colourful canoe detergent and we assure you of our endorsement and patronage", Adebunmi said. Besides, she advised that "the brand should continue to maintain the standard it has set for itself before the consumers, noting that such will enhance continued patronage and support by the target audience." Speaking in a similar vein, public Relations Manager of Da Viva Fabrics, Mrs. Carol Arhere, said "the newly repackaged Canoe detergent is a delight to consumers who want to use a detergent that will not damage the colours and quality of their fabrics after wash". According to her, "Da Viva fabrics is produced by Africa prints, and we have been in partnership with Canoe detergent for more than two years", adding that Canoe has been tested on Da Viva fabrics and there has been no issues as regards preserving the colours and quality of the materials after use". Da Viva make bold to endorse brand Canoe. There were lots of commendations from consumers during the campaign across the country. For instance, at the Suleja Market, the brand was commended by the star-prize winner of a brand new washing machine, a trader simply identified as Mr Anayo "for displaying 547 faces of Canoe detergent in the market and for having the best display (of the products)". Commenting on the brand relaunch, senior brand manager, Canoe Detergent, Aro Olalekan stated that the essence is to unveil the new colourful look of Canoe, reinforce the brand's leadership status in the colour care segment, entrench colour care credentials; strengthen existing trade loyalty. This is also a platform for bonding with our trade partners and consumers. "Canoe detergent was reintroduced into the Nigerian market in 2013 and positioned as a good value branded detergent powder which protects and cares for coloured garments. We are unveiling a new colourful Canoe detergent and the choice of in-market relaunch is to strengthen the existing relationship with our trade partners and boost consumers' confidence on the efficacy of brand Canoe. He added that the plan is to take the relaunch to other locations across the country, which will afford us practical interaction with the brand and the consumers." He further explained that, "Brand Canoe has consistently blazed the trail and created an indelible impression in the minds of consumers at every experience, by making our coloured fabrics look brighter for longer. Our Canoe Laundry ranges have continued to experience positive reception from all our trade partners. Hence, this warm gesture presents an opportunity to further strengthen the bond between Brand Canoe and our trade partners." On the partnership with Da Viva, he disclosed that an internal product quality test, by Da Viva has corroborated the brand's claim of being the only Nigerian detergent powder that protects colours in every wash. Also at the product relaunch in Suleja Market, Niger State, the company's brand manager, Fabrics Care, Miss Gloria Jacobs, said the new product package was necessitated by the need "to evolve and make the product more attractive in line with colour care composition" and "to cater for people that have large families at affordable price. That is what we are doing in Suleja Market". On his part, Regional Sales Manager, Lagos, Ayodeji Adewale, who spoke on the competition in the market segment revealed that, "It has been a tough market, noting that however Canoe detergent has always find a way round the market competition through innovative products and connection with the consumer." He stated that what distinguishes the canoe brand from competition is that it has created a niche for itself by promoting colour care of fabrics as the brand will continue to deliver on the its promises to meet the expectations of our consumers." From the brand's antecedent, it must be said that it is determined to sustain its bonding relationship with the traders and consumers. It will be recalled that it launched its "Alive with Colour Campaign" much earlier, visiting selected markets and malls, during which consumers were assured that with Canoe Detergent brand, they can wash their coloured clothing perfectly clean, without compromising the look and quality of the fabrics. Consumers were also encouraged to afford themselves of the unique benefits of the brand by visiting supermarkets and stores across the country to purchase to product which is readily available and at very affordable price.        |
| Photos from Atiku Abubakar visit to an Orphanage in Yola Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:48 AM PST |
| Craig David is still fine...after all *sigh of relief* (Photos) Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:20 AM PST      |
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| Kunle Afolayan talks about the Adron2020 promo in new commercial Posted: 13 Dec 2015 01:08 AM PST   Adron has helped thousands of people realize their dreams of becoming home owners in Lagos. The company has over 18000 plots of land in its Estates inLekki, Shimawa and Otta to be developed into affordable housing for low and medium income earners. Contact Us Phone: 08037720628, 07033302622, 08090228691, 08080414208 Website: adronhomes.com Facebook: http://facebook.com/adronhomesnigeria Twitter: @adronhomes_ Instagram: @adronhomes_ |
| Burundi massacre: 87 civilians killed during clash with military Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:59 AM PST  At least 87 bodies were found in Burundi's capital Bujumbura on Saturday Dec. 12th, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations. The violence is linked to President Pierre Nkurunziza's third term in office, which many Burundians and foreign observers had opposed as unconstitutional and in violation of a peace accord. The treaty ended a civil war in which 300,000 people were killed between 1993 and 2006.  "The final toll of the attacks yesterday is 79 enemies killed, 45 captured and 97 weapons seized, and on our side eight soldiers and policemen were killed and 21 wounded," Colonel Barataria, Burundi Army spokesman was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. "Residents say people wearing police uniforms came into residential areas that have been hotbeds of protest. Residents believe these killings were a response to Friday's attacks on the military," reported Al Jazeera's Malcolm Webb, who spoke to eyewitnesses in Bujumbura.  "The bodies of dozens of civilians were on the street - most of them young men - many appear to have been shot at close range," said Webb. According to Associated Press, an eye witness said he counted 21 bodies with bullet wounds in their heads in the Nyakabiga neighbourhood on Saturday morning. Some of the dead had their hands tied behind their backs. Fidele Muyobera (22), said: "I fear I can be killed like my friend yesterday, police came to search our house and by chance I escaped. If I had money, I would go buy a passport and flee." "What is the international community waiting for? Will they intervene when there are no more people in Burundi?" asked businessman Gerald Bigirimana in Nyakabiga while pointing at one of the bodies lying on the streets. Police spokesman Pierre Nkurikiye said there were "no collateral victims" during Friday's clashes. "All the deaths were attackers killed in the joint sweep operation of the army and police," Nkurikiye said. "The enemy was neutralised." |
| Photos from Adanna Ohakim Steineker's baby shower Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:58 AM PST |
| US woman with half a body and actress Rose Siggins dies at 43 Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:45 AM PST  She was known as the woman with half a body. She was married and had two children...  The FX network show announced her death on its Facebook page, saying: "We are saddened to learn of the passing of Rose Siggins. She was beloved by everyone in the AHS family. She was a kind person, a loving mother and a very talented actor. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends at this time."  Her pregnancy was extraordinary and ground-breaking, no-one with Sacral Agenesis had ever given birth but she gave birth to two. What a phenomenal woman. RIP, Rose! |
| Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:48 PM PST  The high profile award ceremony which attracted several notable personalities and headline celebrities saw the confirment of Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador Award to Big Church Group as Software And Security Solution Provider Company Of The Year 2015.  They also manage Business Communications, provide Security Solutions, into Real Estate, Printing & Publishing, ICT (Software / Hardware) and Programming. Some other notable names that were honoured are the 1st Lady of Gombe State- Hajia Adama Dankwambo, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwakwaso, Engr. Chris Ifeanyi Oputa, Gen. PT Boroh, Susan West, Senator Goje, Hon. Mohammed Gololo, Comrade Timi Frank, Segun Arinze, Halima Abubakar, Alexreports,Studio 24 and Others. The CEO Mr Churchil who was recently given a title by an Igbo association in Abuja as Agu Ji Egbe ( A Fearless and highly respected personality) dazzled on stage as he received his award from veteran Nollywood actor Segun Arinze. While acknowledging the award, he said" I humbled to have been honoured with this prestigious award tonight, this actually shows that the work of my company is appreciated by our clients and the Nigerian community... I dedicate this award to God Almighty, my family and my to beautiful Wife" Some of the interesting highlights of the award ceremony anchored by Joseph Benjamin of MTN Project Fame and Amb. Utchay Udims a United Nation Youth Ambassador was the performance by Kayswitch as the audience responded with overwhelming ovation. Nigeria Goodwill Ambassador project which is headed by Amb. Chris Odey is an award that honours and celebrates individual role models and organizations that have rendered selfless service to humanity and are contributing greatly to our social transformation. The brand is an affiliation of United Nation.                      |
| Kim K auctions off her maternity clothes on e-bay (photos) Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:24 AM PST  Kim K is auctioning off her clothes online through the popular ebay. She said:'I've been saving up so many pieces from my closet for my eBay auctions!' It's all live now! 'A percentage' of the proceeds go to the alternative Florida VOUS Church - described as 'gatherings of 10-15 people who meet at different cafes around Miami to hang, eat, and talk about life.'       |
| Photos: Genevieve Nnaji, Idris Elba at Beast of No Nation premiere Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:22 AM PST |
| Photos from the car robbery at Ilasa Maja, Lagos Posted: 13 Dec 2015 12:18 AM PST |
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